Crypto news
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Veranta Adds 1,000x BTC and ETH Leverage on Base
The venue says traders can redeem profits immediately, with payouts drawn from a protocol buffer before liquidity-provider capital.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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US Sanctions 45 More Targets Linked to Prince Group
The SDN update lists no crypto addresses for the newly designated parties, but US firms must still block covered assets and avoid unauthorized dealings with them.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Bitcoin price dips under $75K as crypto markets miss tech-stock rebound
BTC price action stayed weak after US nonfarm payrolls data significantly beat forecasts, increasing bets of a December interest-rate hike.
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US Sanctions 45 More Targets Tied to Alleged Crypto Scam Empire Prince Group
OFAC targeted offshore companies and associates it says helped Prince Group executives hide assets and dodge earlier sanctions.
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U.S. prediction markets regulator issues demand that clashes directly with courts
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission said regulated exchanges can't cut off customers state-by-state, but firms like Kalshi are under court orders to do so.
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Thailand SEC Files Criminal Complaint Against Bitget Ahead of Dec. 5 Access Block
Bitcoin Magazine Thailand SEC Files Criminal Complaint Against Bitget Ahead of Dec. 5 Access Block Thailand's Securities and Exchange Commission filed a criminal complaint Thursday against BG Limited, the operator of cryptocurrency exchange Bitget, alleging it ran an unlicensed digital-asset...
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LIVE: Nasdaq suffers record $2.3 trillion loss as AI sell-off deepens
Wall Street just lived through a crash for the ages, as the Nasdaq 100 erased a record $2.3 trillion in market value yesterday — its largest ever notional loss. A sell-off in AI stocks that started on October 7 accelerated yesterday as the VIX volatility index surged more than 70% in a single...
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Threshold Sets tBTC Reconnection Target as Week-Long Pause Continues
Bitcoin redemptions will resume once enough operators return, while Aave’s $123.2 million Ethereum Core tBTC reserve remains frozen.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Former FBI Agent Pleads Guilty to Stealing $2.47 Million in Crypto From Investigations
Bitcoin Magazine Former FBI Agent Pleads Guilty to Stealing $2.47 Million in Crypto From Investigations A former FBI agent pleaded guilty Thursday to stealing about $2.47 million in cryptocurrency with wallet credentials the bureau had collected in its own cases, the U.S. Attorney's Office for the...
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Crypto Card Provider Gnosis Pay Says Hackers Accessed Customer Data
Gnosis Pay said hackers accessed customer information on the legacy system behind its branded cards, though funds weren’t affected and its enterprise card platform was untouched.
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Crypto Liquidations Top $1 Billion as Bitcoin Tests 11-Week Low
Bitcoin fell toward $75,500 after AI stocks plunged, and over $1 billion in the crypto derivatives market has been wiped out.
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Anthropic IPO Valuation Could Fall to $1 Trillion After AI Stock Rout: Report
Investors told The Wall Street Journal that the $1.5 trillion target now looks too high, as prediction markets bet on a December listing.
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Strive (ASST) Posts $474.8 Million Common Net Income as Bitcoin Yield Hits 63.2%
Bitcoin Magazine Strive (ASST) Posts $474.8 Million Common Net Income as Bitcoin Yield Hits 63.2% Strive reported $474.8 million of net income attributable to common stockholders for the third quarter ended Sept. 30, a print that arrived Friday alongside a company claim that Class A total return...
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Strive’s bitcoin gains drive $509 million Q3 profit as BTC buying ramps up
Strive’s bitcoin stash reached 43,124 BTC as its shares continued to slide despite a profitable third quarter.
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Gnosis Pay breach exposes customer addresses
Gnosis Pay, a firm that issues white label stablecoin cards, has announced a data breach affecting those cards. Specifically, it claims that earlier this week on November 3rd that they “detected unauthorised access to the system powering Gnosis Pay-branded cards (our B2C business line), resulting...
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Coinbase Opens USDC Borrowing Against PAX Gold
The gold-backed token joins Coinbase’s collateral options, while its loan-health pricing updates only during gold-market hours.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Ondo Plans Tokenized Anthropic Shares From IPO Day
Ondo Stocks uses share-backed notes for eligible non-US investors, unlike the derivatives already trading on Anthropic's valuation.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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The crypto industry has found new ways to grow. Making money from them is another story
Coinbase, Robinhood and Circle are expanding into stablecoins, payments and prediction markets, but their latest earnings show how hard it is to escape crypto's boom-and-bust cycles.
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Rule to Allow Crypto in 401(k)s Arrives at White House for Final Review
Bitcoin Magazine Rule to Allow Crypto in 401(k)s Arrives at White House for Final Review A final DOL rule that would ease alternative assets such as private equity, real estate and cryptocurrency into 401(k) retirement plans arrived at the White House on Thursday for review, Bloomberg Law reported...
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Gnosis Pay Confirms Breach of Consumer-Card System
The company says funds and its enterprise platform were unaffected, but has not disclosed how many customers were hit.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Aave Labs buys Avon team in fixed-rate lending push
Aave Labs acquired the team and technology of Avon, an onchain fixed-rate and floating-rate lending protocol.
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Binance Hackers Swap About $50 Million of Stolen XRP Mostly Into Bitcoin, Elliptic Says
Bitcoin Magazine Binance Hackers Swap About $50 Million of Stolen XRP Mostly Into Bitcoin, Elliptic Says Hackers tied to the record Binance theft have begun converting a large slice of the stolen XRP into bitcoin, blockchain analytics firm Elliptic said in an update dated through Friday, with about...
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Crypto 401(k) Rule Enters Final White House Review
Labor’s public proposal would give plan fiduciaries a process-based safe harbor for investment decisions involving crypto and other assets.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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China central bank probes Solana after Shanghai shutdown, report
China’s central bank has launched an investigation into Solana after authorities shut down an “illegal” promotional Solana event last month. According to China’s Financial Times , an official from the People's Bank of China revealed that it's halted further in-person Solana promotional events in...
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Rotki Founder Says Gnosis Pay Exposed His Address, Card and Wallet Details
A notification screenshot he shared describes unauthorized access to the consumer-card system on Nov. 3 and says enterprise programs were unaffected.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Thailand moves to block Bitget as crypto exchange's local acquisition faces uncertainty
Thailand’s SEC filed a criminal complaint against Bitget’s operator, alleging it ran an unlicensed crypto exchange for Thai users from 2022 to 2025.
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Bitcoin Price Holds Near $75,000 After Hot October Jobs Report
Bitcoin Magazine Bitcoin Price Holds Near $75,000 After Hot October Jobs Report U.S. employers added 165,000 jobs in October, nearly three times the 59,000 economists expected, the Labor Department said Friday, and the bitcoin price briefly pushed above $76,100 before settling near $75,500, Bitcoin...
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What Democrats’ US midterm sweep means for the CLARITY Act
The CLARITY Act faces a new test as Democrats control Congress, raising questions over consumer protections, ethics and what the crypto industry may have to concede.
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South Korean Crypto Exchange Gopax Suspends Withdrawals and Trading After Hacking Threat
Bitcoin Magazine South Korean Crypto Exchange Gopax Suspends Withdrawals and Trading After Hacking Threat South Korean cryptocurrency exchange Gopax suspended withdrawals and trading on Friday after receiving a hacking-threat email, and said it is moving all held virtual assets into offline cold...
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What Are Crypto Derivatives? Futures, Perpetuals and Options Explained
Futures bind both sides to settlement obligations. Options give buyers a right in exchange for a premium, while sellers take the corresponding obligation.... Read the full story at The Defiant