Crypto news
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Starknet Weighs Layer 1 Shift to Pursue Quantum Security by 2027
An independent chain would let Starknet control security upgrades rather than wait for Ethereum, says StarkWare CEO Eli Ben-Sasson.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Standard Chartered Plans Digital Asset Custody in Singapore
The proposed service would extend a custody network spanning the UAE, Luxembourg and Hong Kong. The bank has not announced a launch date.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Ethereum Test Network Raises Block Limit to Over 3x Its Current Capacity
Ethereum's Sepolia test network activated Glamsterdam on October 6 with a block gas limit near 200 million, over three times mainnet's 60 million.
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Wall Street's tokenization boom could have bigger winners than bitcoin and ether, Citrini says
The research firm sees tokenized stocks, bonds and loans creating new markets for trading and lending, with fee-generating platforms and companies poised to benefit.
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Securitize stock jumps over 10% after launching tokenized US equities on Solana
Securitize’s new offering gives eligible investors access to tokenized shares of 12 US companies, with dividend and voting rights and plans for round-the-clock trading.
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NFL Sides With States Against Kalshi in Supreme Court Prediction Market Fight
The NFL urged the Supreme Court to resolve a circuit split over whether states can regulate sports contracts on prediction markets, arguing they're gambling, not federally regulated swaps.
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Aave Lists December AUSD PT on Monad With 93% Borrowing Limit
The new reserve has filled its 30 million-token supply cap, with Aave displaying $29.67 million supplied.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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NFL backs New Jersey authorities in SCOTUS petition over Kalshi
According to the league, Kalshi and other prediction markets “threaten game integrity” because many event contracts are “highly susceptible to manipulation.”
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AI Coding Agents Drive Surge in Bitcoin Integration Requests: Breez
Bitcoin Magazine AI Coding Agents Drive Surge in Bitcoin Integration Requests: Breez Bitcoin software company Breez said demand for its developer tools has surged since AI coding agents went mainstream, with partnership inquiries rising roughly 14-fold as developers, and increasingly the agents...
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WhiteBIT Integrates Lightning Network for Fast and Cheap Bitcoin Transactions
Bitcoin Magazine WhiteBIT Integrates Lightning Network for Fast and Cheap Bitcoin Transactions The Lightning Network continues to find use cases. Crypto exchange WhiteBIT announced on Thursday that the platform has integrated the network to help users quickly and efficiently move funds. Powered by...
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JPMorgan estimates $50 billion has flowed into crypto this year as momentum improves into Q4
JPMorgan analysts estimate around $50 billion has flowed into digital assets this year, equal to an annualized pace of $66 billion.
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Satoshi-Era Bitcoin Worth $8.3 Million Moves After 16 Years
A batch of 100.02 BTC mined in July 2010 moved Wednesday after 16 years. It's worth about $8.3 million, but nothing in the transaction shows who owns it.
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Greece Plans Crypto Capital Gains Tax: Report
Bitcoin Magazine Greece Plans Crypto Capital Gains Tax: Report Greece is planning a law to tax crypto investors’ capital gains at a rate of 15%, according to reports. According to Reuters and local media , the country’s Finance Ministry has drafted a bill with the proposal. Greece currently has no...
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Aptos Reaffirms 210 Million APT Lock as Insider Unlock Cycle Nears End
The network's 2.1 billion APT cap, 2.6% staking reward rate and tenfold gas-fee increase are already live.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Juventus FC stock is down 30% since Tether invested
Tether invested in Juventus, Italy's most successful football club, in February, 2025, taking an 8.2% stake. Since then, the buying has continued, with the stablecoin giant now holding over 11% of total Juventus shares and 7% of voting rights. Since Tether’s original investment, however, Juventus’s...
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Netflix drops trailer for series based on FTX’s SBF and Caroline Ellison
Sam Bankman-Fried remains in federal prison following his 2023 conviction, while Caroline Ellison was released in January.
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Solana DeFi Firms Orca and Loopscale Merge Under New Formation Brand
Solana DEX Orca and lending platform Loopscale will operate as Formation, a New York company aiming to finance AI, energy, robotics and defense assets and eventually reach regulated U.S. markets.
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Crypto crumbles as anniversary of flash crash nears
It was October 10, 2025, when bitcoin plunged from about $122,000 to $105,000, with much of the decline occurring within minutes.
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NFL joins pushback against prediction markets as U.S. Supreme Court asked to act
In opposition to federal oversight of the prediction markets, the National Football League has sided with states, Gary Gensler and one of the authors of the relevant law.
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How MiniMed ended up with 99% of its float sold short
An anomaly appeared on the Nasdaq stock exchange yesterday when, per an estimate by data provider Ortex, 99% of the shares in public medical tech company MiniMed Group Inc.'s float were sold-short. In contrast to buyers, short-sellers borrow stock to sell first, hoping to repay shares at a lower...
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Bitcoin ETFs Suffer Worst Loss Since June as Uptober Turns Red
Investors yanked $484.9 million out of spot Bitcoin ETFs in a single day. Oil is near $100, bond yields are at their highest since 2002, and the Fed isn't done hiking.
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NFL tells Supreme Court prediction market sports contracts are gambling, not swaps
The NFL filed an amicus brief urging the Supreme Court to hear New Jersey's case, arguing Kalshi's sports contracts are gambling, not CFTC-regulated swaps.
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Strategy shareholders face dilution drag despite brighter bitcoin forecasts, TD Cowen says
TD Cowen kept its $260 price target on Strategy (MSTR) as dilution limits the benefit of higher bitcoin forecasts.
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The Block GCCI 2026 Country Profile: Inside Korea’s Crypto Market
Section 1: The Block’s Global Crypto Competitiveness Index Crypto markets have historically been measured on their trading volume, ownership, or adoption. While these metrics remain important, they speak to demand-side factors rather than the environment in which crypto companies and capital can...
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Bitcoin Falls Below $81,000 as Oil Spikes, Fed Talks Tough
Bitcoin Magazine Bitcoin Falls Below $81,000 as Oil Spikes, Fed Talks Tough Bitcoin’s price has dropped further, sliding with other assets as the oil price continued to climb and the Federal Reserve made a hawkish statement. The price of the leading asset recently stood at $81,203 after dropping as...
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Will AI Break Crypto Encryption? Ethereum’s Vitalik Buterin Weighs In on 'Bunker Mode' Shift
Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin thinks the crypto industry needs to make sure encryption is both quantum and AI-resistant.
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EDX Markets and VerifiedX Partner to Bring Verified Bitcoin (vBTC) to Institutional Markets
Bitcoin Magazine EDX Markets and VerifiedX Partner to Bring Verified Bitcoin (vBTC) to Institutional Markets VerifiedX ( verifiedx.io ), a programmable layer for Bitcoin and other crypto assets, and EDX Markets (“EDX”), a Chicago-based digital asset technology firm that combines an institution-only...
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GTA VI leaker is back and still pumping their crypto
Pseudonymous GTA VI leaker “Cyberleek,” who used spoilers to boost their crypto token, is now posting apparent gameplay footage of GTA VI characters naked. Cyberleek returned this week after an online hiatus and today shared 25 minutes of gameplay that they claim includes more unseen open-world...
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US Government Moves $1 Billion in Bitcoin Seized From Bitfinex Hacker
A government wallet holding Bitcoin seized from the Bitfinex hacker sent 12,267 BTC to a new, unlabeled address, according to Arkham data.
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Bitwise CEO says ‘tragic’ Dogecoin ETF failure shows gap between ETF buyers and crypto-app users
Alongside its recent spot NEAR ETF launch, Bitwise is prioritizing AI and intends to do more in that area.