Crypto news
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Strive reports $208M in warrant exercises as Bitcoin holdings jump 11%
Strive is now the fifth-largest publicly traded corporate Bitcoin holder, with 32,773 BTC, as it continues to expand its treasury through equity financing.
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Crypto exchange MNX takes on OKX, BitGet offering pre-IPO futures for AI giants
MNX is offering a different way to trade the future valuations of private AI companies, including OpenAI, Anthropic and DeepSeek.
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Strive Buys More Bitcoin, Crosses 30,000 BTC Mark
Bitcoin Magazine Strive Buys More Bitcoin, Crosses 30,000 BTC Mark Nasdaq-listed Strive isn’t slowing down with its bitcoin buys. The company now has more than 30,000 BTC after buying 3,311 coins last week, according to a Tuesday filing. Strive now holds 32,773 coins worth $2.7 billion at today’s...
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Bitcoin keeps up pressure on $84K as US stocks skirt Korea tech sell-off
Bitcoin price action preserved overnight gains as US stocks quickly rebounded after opening lower on the back of Korea’s tech-stock rout.
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UK crypto trader says almost $800,000 lost in knife attack as wrench attacks proliferate
A crypto trader in the U.K. claimed masked intruders stole nearly $800,000 in cryptocurrency at knifepoint, furthering concerns of "wrench attacks" spreading in the country.
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Interactive Brokers expands crypto services with Ethereum staking via Zerohash
Interactive Brokers now lets eligible clients stake ETH through its Client Portal, with zerohash providing the service.
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Zest Sets Oct. 23 Deadline to Exit aeUSDC on Stacks Market V1
The lending protocol says Allbridge will end its aeUSDC bridge to Stacks on Nov. 3. Its one-transaction migration to V2 excludes aeUSDC.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Anza Sets Oct. 21 for Solana’s Alpenglow Mainnet Upgrade
The upgrade targets 150-millisecond finality, while validators and block-data providers face software changes before the switch.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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DRW and Marex complete OTC swap referencing tokenized S&P iBoxx Index
DRW and Marex completed the first OTC swap referencing a fully tokenized index on Derivnex via the Canton Network, with Kaiko data.
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AI Powered PlayStation Crack Could Let You Play GTA 6 on PC at Launch
AnyPS5 is working to get any PS5 game running natively on PC—and gamers are hoping it'll work for the next instalment of Grand Theft Auto.
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Ledger confirms hardware implant in CryptoBilis reseller units as MediaMarkt suspends sales in Europe
Ledger confirmed a hardware implant in CryptoBilis-sold devices steals recovery phrases, as MediaMarkt suspends sales.
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StarkWare Launches Shadow Accounts on Starknet
Apps can hold DeFi positions under separate, persistent identities, but balances, amounts and contract calls remain public.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Interactive Brokers Launches Ethereum Staking Through Zerohash
Eligible clients keep at least 70% of staking rewards under the broker’s agreement, while withdrawals remain subject to network waiting periods.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Anthropic warns ‘AI worms’ may autonomously spread across devices like a virus
Anthropic warned that rogue “AI worms” are months away from the ability to self-replicate and autonomously infect user devices such as home appliances and other internet-connected devices.
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Trezor Shrinks Reseller Network After Hardware Wallet Supply-Chain Incidents
CryptoBilis is already off Trezor’s seller list. The company says the wider reduction is preventive and that it has no evidence its devices were compromised.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Strive buys 3,311 bitcoin for $280 million in largest acquisition since January
Strive added 3,311 BTC between Oct. 5 and Oct. 9, bringing holdings to 32,773 BTC and narrowing the gap with MARA.
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German Ledger reseller pauses sales following $86M draining incident
Official European Ledger reseller MediaMarkt is no longer selling the wallets following reports that some of the devices may have been fitted with physical spyware, leading to an $86 million draining incident. The German company told Cointelegraph that it has “removed all of the manufacturer’s...
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Is Bitcoin kidding itself about the Lightning Network?
Bitcoin developer Paul Sztorc says Bitcoiners are lying to themselves about Lightning. Developers claim usability has improved, but questions remain over everyday adoption.
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Alex Gladstein: How The Bitcoin-AI Convergence Impacts the Fight for Freedom
Bitcoin Magazine Alex Gladstein: How The Bitcoin-AI Convergence Impacts the Fight for Freedom Is the biggest AI risk really the end of humanity? Alex Gladstein says no: the real danger is AI centralized in the hands of dictators, governments, and a few large corporations. In this interview, the HRF...
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Digital cash offers ‘cash-like privacy,’ but bank data breaches threaten users: BIS
BIS said that digital cash can achieve “cash-like privacy,” however, the technology isn’t yet production-ready due to risks such as bank data breaches.
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Matt Dines: Why a Rising Dollar is Bullish for Bitcoin
Bitcoin Magazine Matt Dines: Why a Rising Dollar is Bullish for Bitcoin The dollar is rising, and so is Bitcoin. Matt Dines says that’s a bullish signal. The Build Asset Management CIO explains how capital is leaving the old post-World War II offshore dollar system for a new U.S.-led Western...
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Russia clears Sberbank for crypto trading ahead of December launch
Russia’s largest bank, Sberbank, has secured crypto exchange authorization as it prepares to offer Bitcoin, Ether and Tether USDt trading.
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DRW and Marex Execute Bond-Index Swap on Canton
The Derivnex trade links a shared contract record to licensed S&P benchmark data, with cash and collateral integration planned next.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Mysten Reports Sui's First Native Quantum-Safe Devnet Transaction
The devnet implementation adds ML-DSA-65 account signatures. Native mainnet support is targeted for Q1 2027, subject to audits and testnet feedback.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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South Korea blocks 27 crypto exchanges, including Bitmart and Kucoin
The country’s regulators are stepping up their earlier restrictions on mobile apps to websites, targeting unregistered exchanges before investors report losses.
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Federated Hermes joins Wall Street's tokenization push with plans for first onchain fund shares
The $911 billion Pittsburgh-based asset manager is teaming up with Prometheum to bring blockchain-based share classes of its funds to traditional brokerage accounts.
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Ledger Finds LTE Implant That Stole Recovery Phrases in Suspected $86M Drain
Ledger says the hidden chip reads the 24-word phrase off the screen during setup, leaving the Secure Element and its software untouched.
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Binance to shut down mining pool, cloud mining and related services
Binance said it will shut down its mining pool, cloud mining, and Pool Savings services on Nov. 10.
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Morning Minute: Bitcoin Gets Spooked as ‘Uptober’ Lets Down
Crypto majors are red, alts are down bad and onchain is facing capitulation. This was not the ‘Uptober’ that was promised…
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UK High Court rules Chinese law governs claims over $5 billion in seized bitcoin
A UK judge ruled Chinese law applies to victims' claims over 61,000 seized bitcoin, leaving ownership undecided.