Crypto news
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CoreWeave, Broadcom Join Objections to OKX-ICE Stock Tokenization
The venture now discloses nine issuer objections, each of which bars the affected stock token from trading under the SEC’s conditional exemption.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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MSCI Adopts Rules Putting Strategy and Metaplanet at Risk of Index Removal
A May simulation flagged both companies for deletion and SharpLink for a watchlist. MSCI will publish its final list on Nov. 11.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Australia releases draft bill to adopt OECD crypto tax reporting framework
Australia is among 77 jurisdictions committed to adopting CARF, with its first international exchanges of crypto tax data expected in 2028.
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Google Cuts Quantum Magic-State Errors 40-Fold on Willow
The Science result reaches about 99.99% state fidelity, validating a technique already assumed in quantum resource estimates.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Pirate Chain Says Exploit Created 39.8 Million ARRR
The network remains operational, but users have been asked not to move funds while developers work on recovery.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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bOSMO Bug Leaves Little Backing, Prompts Holder Compensation Plan
The contract still allows cheap minting, putting liquidity pools at risk. bOSMO bought after the snapshot will not be compensated.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Brooklyn DA Pulls the Plug on Crypto Scam Network
Bitcoin Magazine Brooklyn DA Pulls the Plug on Crypto Scam Network The Brooklyn District Attorney’s office has dismantled the online backbone of a multinational cryptocurrency scam that drained tens of millions of dollars from Russian-speaking victims across the U.S. Working with the FBI,...
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Scammer loses $4.8M stored on tampered Ledgers: Asia Express
A scammer reportedly lost $4.8M of stolen money after storing the funds on tampered Ledgers. Bitcoin and Ether ETFs launch trading in Thailand and South Korea blocks 27 exchanges.
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Hidden Text, a Fake Mailbox: How Researchers Got Rogue AI Agents to Talk
Researchers added hidden text to contact AI agents probing Alibaba’s map service, getting replies about their tasks as investigators traced activity to Tencent Cloud infrastructure.
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MSCI finalizes index rules that put Strategy, crypto treasury firms at risk of exclusion
MSCI's new non-operating company rules could exclude Strategy, Metaplanet and SharpLink. The final list of affected firms is due Nov. 11.
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Google Says It Just Cracked One of Quantum Computing's Biggest Bottlenecks
Google's Willow chip cut errors 40x on the scarce “magic states” quantum computers burn through, a step toward smaller, useful machines—and toward ones that could threaten today's encryption.
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Farcaster acquired by Balaji’s Network School, with new ‘social smart contract’ for users
Balaji Srinivasan's Network School acquired Farcaster from Neynar. Users must sign a "social smart contract" or drop to read-only access.
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Aave V4’s Arc Markets Connect Dollar-Euro Loans to Shared Liquidity
The deployment launched Sept. 16 with four reserve assets. Its Forex market lets borrowers pledge EURC, which is not eligible collateral in Arc’s Main market.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Russia Will Soon Ban Peer-to-Peer Bitcoin Trading, Central Bank Confirms
Russians have until July 1, 2027 to buy and sell crypto directly with each other. After that, every trade runs through a broker or exchange approved by the Bank of Russia.
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Bitcoin’s Volatility Has Fallen Within S&P 500 Ranks, Study Shows
Bitcoin Magazine Bitcoin's Volatility Has Fallen Within S&P 500 Ranks, Study Shows Stocks and shares are a safer bet than buying bitcoin? Not so fast. According to research from crypto asset manager Grayscale, the digital coin’s realized volatility fell within the distribution of S&P 500...
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Binance.US seeks $1B valuation in potential $100M funding round: Report
The crypto exchange was reportedly looking to use the additional funding to regain market share following Binance’s 2023 settlement with US authorities.
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Boom or Bust, Bitcoin Wins the AI Trade, Bitwise CIO Says
In a note to investors, Matt Hougan used a “Choose Your Own Adventure” framework to argue that superabundance, an AI bust or a muddle-through economy all ultimately funnel to the same place: Bitcoin higher.
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At the White House, crypto policy vacancy looms large
The departure of President Donald Trump's crypto adviser, Patrick Witt, leaves the digital assets office vacant and its policy aims uncertain.
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US Hoovers up Bitcoin While the World Runs on Its Digital Dollars: Report
Bitcoin Magazine US Hoovers up Bitcoin While the World Runs on Its Digital Dollars: Report America is accumulating bitcoin while exporting dollar-pegged stablecoins to everyone else, according to a new Chainalysis report. The blockchain data said in its Wednesday report, “North America: Inside the...
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Ledger roasted over $849 device launch after $86M hack
Ledger has been accused of failing to “read the room” after the company unveiled its new $849 Atom wallet device just days after falling victim to an $86 million draining hack which led to it suspending multiple resellers. Users on X have called Ledger’s Atom announcement the “worst timing ever,”...
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BlackRock’s Larry Fink Warns AI Data Center Halt Could Tip US Into Recession
Speaking after BlackRock’s Q3 earnings, Fink said AI infrastructure spending has become so central to growth that a construction halt would be dangerous—calling the backlash “misinformation” as data centers become a midterm flashpoint.
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Ledger Was Hacked — Who Do You Trust With Your Keys Now?
The Defiant Livestream | Wednesday, Oct. 14, 1:00pm ET Up to $93M drained from more than 300 wallets, and the software was never touched. Ledger confirmed a physical implant inside signers sold through reseller CryptoBilis, reading recovery phrases off the screen at setup and sending them out...
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CoreWeave halved since joining Nasdaq 100 as insiders sold $740 million
CoreWeave CEO Mike Intrator sold about $85 million worth of stock in the heavily indebted AI company between September 15 and September 30. Those same shares have since lost more than a quarter of their value. Insider selling is rampant at the company whose stock has lost $18 billion in market cap...
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Google Says AI Isn't Building Itself Yet—Even Though It Writes 75% of the Code
Google DeepMind's first internal audit of AI-driven research finds no measurable speedup in AI progress.
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IPX Exchange, the Agentic OS and Tokenized Exchange for IP, Closes $4M Seed Round at a $125M Valuation
IPX, an agentic operating system and tokenized exchange for intellectual property built on Base, closed a $4 million seed round at a $125 million valuation. Bitsurge Holdings led the round alongside YICIPX Holdings Family Office.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Ripple Prime Rolls Out Traditional-Asset Perps Linked to Trade.xyz, Bloomberg Reports
The reported rollout builds on Ripple Prime’s existing Hyperliquid access, which lets institutions combine onchain derivatives with other exposures in one margin framework.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Ex-Trump crypto adviser profited after helping pass stablecoin bill: WSJ
The Wall Street Journal reported that a company co-founded by Bo Hines benefited from the passage of the GENIUS stablecoin bill.
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Tether paid Bo Hines’ company while he was at White House, WSJ
Before Bo Hines became chief executive officer of Tether-backed stablecoin USAT, he was President Donald Trump's executive director of the President's Council of Advisers on Digital Assets. While he was serving the president and working to advance stablecoin legislation, Tether — the world's...
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Russia Bars Self-Custody Withdrawals From Regulated Crypto Accounts
A separate restriction on direct crypto trades between individuals takes effect July 1, 2027, requiring residents to use authorized intermediaries.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Sweden revisits digital krona as ECB advances digital euro plans
Sweden’s Riksbank has recommended that lawmakers prepare for a possible digital krona, citing concerns over foreign-currency stablecoins and the future of domestic payments.