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Grayscale is opening a new route for eligible crypto investors to exchange their existing tokens directly for shares in 10 investment products, bypassing the need to sell for cash first. The program covers bitcoin, ether, XRP, solana, and other asset...
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Moonpay and Dunamu—the parent company of Upbit, South Korea’s largest cryptocurrency exchange by trading volume and the world’s third-largest by volume—announced a strategic collaboration on Wednesday. The companies plan to explore stable...
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Elon Musk has publicly endorsed a potential merger between Tesla and SpaceX, a combination that would consolidate 30,221 BTC worth approximately $2.54 billion. During SpaceX’s third-quarter earnings call, Musk acknowledged serious shareholder h...
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Bitcoin’s price punched through $84,000 on Wednesday, catching bearish traders off guard and helping wipe out $188 million in short positions across crypto markets. More than 71,000 traders faced liquidations as the leading crypto asset climbed...
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On Wednesday, Standard Chartered disclosed that it has signed definitive agreements to acquire 100% of Zodia Custody, bringing a six-year institutional crypto venture fully into its banking operations. Founded in 2020 alongside Northern Trust, Zodia...
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Solana activated its long-awaited Alpenglow network upgrade on Wednesday, Oct. 21, marking one of the most significant overhauls in the blockchain’s history and promising to slash transaction finality times by roughly 99%. Solana’s Big Step For...
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Ethereum ended the third quarter with a record 43.8 million ETH staked, while yields declined across major proof-of-stake networks, according to Bitwise. At the same time, tokenized stocks and traditional-market trading surged on Solana, Hyperliquid...
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The OCC has finalized regulations implementing the GENIUS Act, creating federal standards for stablecoin reserves, redemptions, custody, and risk management from January 2027. Stablecoin Issuers Face Clearer Federal Standards The U.S. has put a regul...
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Bitcoin’s price traded at $83,394 on Wednesday, Oct. 21, as buyers extended a short-term recovery from recent lows, bringing the $83,600 resistance level into focus. While 13 of 15 moving-average indicators favor bullish conditions, eight of 11...
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MEXC is ending services for users in Russia and Belarus, a short service update confirmed on Oct. 20, citing nothing more specific than “global compliance.” Four Paragraphs but No Clear Reason The notice was posted late yesterday and stat...
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A Distributed Micro-Roughness surface reduced aerodynamic drag by up to 43.6% in experiments run by a Japanese team using a magnetic levitation wind tunnel at the University of Tohoku. The microscopic, canyon-like texture is designed to suppress Toll...
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McDonald’s, Microsoft, Alphabet and Goldman Sachs are pushing back against Wall Street’s latest blockchain experiment, formally objecting to having their shares traded on OKX-ICE’s proposed tokenized stock platform. The resistance c...
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Law and Ledger is a news segment focusing on crypto legal news, brought to you by Kelman Law – A law firm focused on digital asset commerce. The op-ed below was written by Michael Handelsman for Kelman.Law and is Part 1 of “Stablecoins After th...
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Project Eleven has partnered with Bermuda-based Relm Insurance to explore incorporating post-quantum security controls into digital asset insurance underwriting. Assessing Post-Quantum Risk Models Post-quantum security firm Project Eleven announced a...
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SpaceX delivered a blockbuster third quarter, generating $14.6 billion in revenue, $4.4 billion in net income, and $8.8 billion in adjusted EBITDA. Behind those extraordinary earnings, Elon Musk’s company reported $1.573 billion in digital asse...
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A fake security warning flashed across crypto wallets, sending users scrambling to protect their funds. Instead, the alert delivered them straight to thieves who drained roughly $2.56 million, exploiting a trusted notification system without ever cra...
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Upgrading blockchains to post-quantum cryptography typically causes severe network congestion, high gas fees, and state bloat due to massive signature and zero-knowledge proof sizes. Compact Shielded client-side validation (CSV) solves this problem b...
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Evidence of banks restricting services for crypto asset users keeps piling up on both sides of the Atlantic. A new report highlights the difficulties U.K. customers have faced with specific banks. Earlier this year, Stand With Crypto in the UK (SWC),...
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NIP Group, the publicly traded parent company of esports powerhouse Ninjas in Pyjamas, is expanding its bitcoin mining operation through another major hardware acquisition, bringing its planned computing capacity to nearly 14 exahash per second (EH/s...
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Mastercard is beginning to open up a system that allows AI agents to autonomously purchase digital services using blockchain technology and stablecoins, marking another step toward a future in which software can conduct financial transactions without...
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On Tuesday, as bitcoin’s price cruised comfortably above $82,000, a long-dormant wallet established on Jan. 1, 2016, stirred from its decade-long slumber, transferring 500 BTC for the first time in more than 10 years. The haul joins other recently mo...
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Blockchain.com launched cryptocurrency options trading on Tuesday, allowing eligible users to wager on price movements across seven digital assets with premiums starting at just $5. The simplified contracts expire within one week and cap losses at th...
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Sophon Chain is officially winding down its standalone Ethereum Layer 2 network, with the final mainnet shutdown scheduled for Nov. 30. Any assets left onchain past Nov. 25 risk becoming permanently inaccessible. Urgent Action Required for Asset Hold...
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Bitcoin briefly surged past $83,000 on Oct. 20, hitting a daily peak of $83,335 and pushing its market capitalization near $1.67 trillion despite volatile intraday swings between $81,200 and $82,000. Volatile Intraday Bitcoin Swings In a repea...
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Coinbase is partnering with Thunes to connect stablecoin transfers with payouts to billions of bank accounts and mobile wallets. The agreement would expand access to local payment systems, including in regions with limited banking infrastructure. Coi...
