Crypto news
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US sanctions Canadian money-exchange firms over Iran ties
US also offers as much as $20 million and possible relocation for information about Iran’s nuclear program.
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Suspicious prediction market activity seen before election poll release: NYT
Bets were placed shortly before two recent New York Times/Siena political polls were released to the public, according to a report.
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Nvidia may face a more hostile post-election Washington: Report
CEO Jensen Huang’s relationship with President Donald Trump probably won’t save the company from a more adversarial Washington, Semafor says.
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Keplr Pauses Google and Apple Login After Unauthorized Transaction Reports
The wallet says recovery-phrase and hardware-wallet accounts are unaffected in its initial assessment, while social-login users should stop sending funds to their accounts.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Dinari Promises Anthropic dShares on IPO Day, Including for US Investors
The pledge follows Ondo's non-US launch plan, while Dinari's US tokens remain non-transferable and barred from DeFi.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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MEXC Says Withdrawals Continue as FinCEN Orders US Financial Cutoff
The exchange says it has begun an independent review of its AML and sanctions controls. The US transfer ban takes effect 30 days after Federal Register publication.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Aave Labs Acquires Avon Team to Develop Fixed-Rate Lending
The deal includes Avon's lending protocols and onchain order book, but Aave Labs has not named a first market or launch date.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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U.S. Treasury Cuts Off MEXC From U.S. Financial System Over Alleged $16 Billion in Illicit Flows
Bitcoin Magazine U.S. Treasury Cuts Off MEXC From U.S. Financial System Over Alleged $16 Billion in Illicit Flows The U.S. Treasury's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network issued a final order Friday that will cut offshore exchange MEXC Global off from the American banking system over alleged links...
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Treasury Cuts Crypto Exchange MEXC Off From US Financial System
FinCEN’s order, part of Operation Economic Outcast, bars U.S. institutions from any transfers to or from MEXC, which Treasury says facilitated $16 billion in illicit finance tied to Iran, North Korea and Russia.
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US Treasury cuts off MEXC over alleged $16B in illicit transactions
The US Treasury bureau FinCEN on Friday ordered US financial institutions to stop processing transfers involving MEXC Global.
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Treasury cuts off MEXC Global over alleged $16 billion in transactions linked to Iran, North Korea and Russia
Treasury says it has severed MEXC Global from the U.S. after it allegedly supported $16 billion in transactions connected to Iran.
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Gnosis Pay breach exposes card details, personal data and crypto wallet information
The crypto debit card provider said customer funds remained safe despite the exposure of sensitive financial and personal information.
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US Treasury walks back crypto surveillance ‘travel rule’ proposal
The Treasury Department has withdrawn a controversial proposal that would have expanded requirements for cryptocurrency transactions.
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Binance hack is ‘cyber war,’ TRM Labs executive says
TRM Labs executive Ari Redbord called for governments to take offensive action against North Korean hackers following the record $6.3 billion Binance theft.
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Greece Passes Crypto Tax Law With 10% Gains Levy, 15% on Staking and DeFi
Greece has approved a crypto tax framework with a €500 ($557) annual gains threshold and new rules for staking and DeFi income, but lawmakers left important questions about token swaps unresolved.
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Apple, Meta reject OKX–ICE tokenized stock plans, leaving crypto firms as the ones to watch
Strategy, Coinbase, Circle and Robinhood are among six companies from the venture’s initial selection with no disclosed objection, after 90% of issuers opted out.
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US 401(k) proposal leaves door open to altcoins, but hurdles remain
While the proposal doesn’t exclude altcoins and smaller cryptocurrencies, experts say they could face challenges getting into retirement plans.
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Why a Hyperliquid Treasury Firm Wants to Become a US Futures Broker
Hyperliquid Strategies has applied to become a U.S. futures commission merchant, a move that could let Americans trade perpetual futures on permissioned Hyperliquid markets, pending regulatory approval.
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Paraguay Protests Over Bank Lockout Intensify as Impeachment Vote Nears
Savers locked out of Ueno Bank burned their cards, booed a former presidential candidate out of the crowd, and watched Congress move to remove President Peña.
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Japanese credit unions hit by outage amid AI stock sell-off
Customers of 128 Japanese credit unions were left unable to withdraw cash today after one of Japan's banking systems suffered an outage amid cascading price drops across the country's stock market. Local media reports that the Shinkin Joint Center outage rendered ATM machines across the Tokai...
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Gnosis Pay data breach exposes customer info; funds unaffected
Gnosis Pay disclosed a data breach after unauthorized access to its legacy debit card system on Nov. 3. Customer funds were not affected.
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Russia finalizes crypto trading rules ahead of Nov. 17 rollout
The rules allow retail investors to trade BTC, ETH and USDT through regulated intermediaries, with Moscow Exchange planning to launch crypto trading in December.
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Merkley-Raskin Bill Would Ban Election and Sports Contracts on US Exchanges
The March 26 proposal also targets US government-action contracts, with a commercial-hedging exception defined by the CFTC. It remains in committee.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Bitcoin ETFs Bleed $430 Million as Tech Rout Tests Wall Street Buyers
Fidelity and BlackRock led Thursday's Bitcoin ETF withdrawals as a technology-stock selloff rattled risk assets.
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Bitcoin Magazine Books Opens 333-Copy Genesis Book Collector Edition for 3rd Anniversary
Bitcoin Magazine Bitcoin Magazine Books Opens 333-Copy Genesis Book Collector Edition for 3rd Anniversary Bitcoin Magazine Books opened a third-anniversary campaign Friday for Aaron van Wirdum's The Genesis Book , offering a redesigned Collectors Edition limited to 333 hand-signed, individually...
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Trump administration moves closer to allowing crypto in 401(k) retirement plans
A rule that would open up 401(k) retirement accounts to alternative assets, including cryptocurrencies, has landed at the White House.
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Strive buys 15,124 Bitcoin in October, closes in on top treasury holders
Bitcoin treasury company Strive reported $509 million in third-quarter net income and purchased 15,124 BTC in October, bringing its total holdings to 43,124 BTC.
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What Is Stablecoin Market Cap? Supply, Share and Dominance Explained
Issuance and redemptions change circulating supply. Transfers do not, and a price move can change market cap without any tokens being issued or redeemed.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Algorand Foundation Shuts Forum and Advisory Council
The Foundation will pause xGov grants on Dec. 6 and shelve Project King Safety, while maintaining bonus staking support through January 2028.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Elliptic says Binance hackers swap stolen tokens for $124M in bitcoin, exchange plans more withdrawal reopenings
Elliptic says little of the stolen crypto has likely been cashed out, while $2.85 billion remains frozen.