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Lido Puts Liquidity Buffers At The Center Of Ethereum ETP Yield Debate
An Ethereum investment product can advertise staking exposure without putting every unit of its ETH to work. Lido's October 23 comparison of European exchange-traded products bring…
Lido Opens Higher-Balance Ethereum Validators With A Deliberately Small Start
Lido has opened a permissionless route to Ethereum validators that can hold much larger effective balances, but the first allocation is deliberately limited. Its October 23 launch…
Bank Lobby Presses OCC For Clarity On Stablecoin Rewards After Final Rule
A final stablecoin rule has not ended the argument over rewards. The Bank Policy Institute used its October 24 newsletter to renew criticism of how the Office of the Comptroller of…
CoinDCX confirms $16 million loss from retired wallets days after CEO called breach reports a ‘false alarm’
CEO Sumit Gupta had told X users on Wednesday that early reports of a breach sounded like "a false alarm."
Kraken Lists SFI As Saffron Puts Uniswap Trading Fees At The Center Of Its Product
Kraken added SFI trading on October 23, bringing fresh exchange access to a token attached to a protocol that has changed substantially since its early DeFi incarnation. Saffron's…
Kraken Ends Trading In 13 Tokens As A Separate Withdrawal Deadline Begins
Kraken's October delistings have moved into the withdrawal phase. Trading and deposits for 13 assets were scheduled to stop on October 23, while customers have a longer window to r…
Wells Fargo, Cisco, Intuit Among 6 More Companies Objecting to Tokenized Stocks
Twenty-two companies have now objected to having their shares traded on the planned OKX-ICE tokenized stock venue, after Wells Fargo, Cisco, Marvell, Arm, Moderna. and Intuit joine…
Cardano Leios Plan Makes Higher Throughput A Series Of Votes And Tests
Cardano's Leios scaling plan has a launch sequence that extends well beyond the hard fork. Input Output's October 20 roadmap describes a gradual increase in capacity, with operator…
Keystone customers say breach exposed data the hardware wallet maker promised to delete
Keystone has said it deletes customer information 180 days after their orders in most cases, though X users have cast doubt on that claim.
ECB official sees digital euro as key to protecting EU ‘sovereignty’
Piero Cipollone said the bloc is on track to test real transactions in 2027 and roll out a digital euro as early as 2029, pending legislation this year.
Ripple And Arf Target The Short Funding Gap Behind Cross-Border Payments
A payment can move across a blockchain in seconds while the company delivering it remains short of cash for days. Ripple's new arrangement with Arf targets that funding mismatch, u…
Bitcoin ETFs Snap Two-Week Losing Streak Despite Late-Week Slide
Spot Bitcoin ETFs finished the week with about $301 million in net inflows, ending a two-week losing streak, even as two straight days of outflows kept October in the red.
Hydra Test Replays Midnight Claims And Finds A Smaller, More Useful Speed Gain
A new Cardano scaling test has an unusually useful feature: it explains why its headline speed gain is smaller than the biggest numbers attached to the technology. Input Output's O…
Netanyahu floats use of blockchain as solution to potential financial sanctions
Ahead of elections, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel could turn to blockchain and crypto to skirt potential international sanctions, to the dismay of opponents and the…
Crypto longs lose $404 million in four hours as bitcoin briefly slips below $80,000
Spot bitcoin ETFs lost $773 million on Thursday and Friday after three days of net inflows, per SoSoValue data.
Google Quietly Updates Privacy Policy to Let Gmail and Photos Data Feed Ads
A policy change effective Oct. 16 carves out an exception to Google’s long-standing pledge—letting connected Gmail, Drive, and Photos data personalize ads through its Personal Inte…
Argentine judge clears Milei and 10 others in LIBRA case, finding no ‘criminally relevant deception’
The judge's 60-page ruling concluded Argentine President Javier Milei's post promoting the LIBRA token did not, by itself, establish fraud.
Sweden's Government Offices Block ChatGPT and Claude, Keep Microsoft Copilot
Sweden's Government Offices will block ChatGPT and Claude on staff computers from Monday, steering civil servants to Microsoft Copilot as the only AI that passed its security revie…
Game Publishers Have Pushed to Cut Discs Since 2007, Infinity Ward Veteran Says
Robert Bowling, who spent six years working on Call of Duty, told Decrypt that Activision suggested cutting discs nearly two decades ago.
Hong Kong’s Biggest Bank Puts a Stablecoin in 3 Million Wallets
HSBC switched on its Hong Kong dollar stablecoin inside PayMe on Friday, testing whether a bank-issued token can become everyday money.
Wells Fargo and five others object to OKX-ICE tokenized stock listings: Report
As of Friday, 22 companies had filed objections as part of the joint venture’s proposed tokenized stock platform under the SEC’s innovation exemption.
Netanyahu Considering Crypto Plan to Dodge Banking Sanctions on Israel
Days before Israel’s election, Netanyahu said he has asked for a blockchain plan in case banks are hit with sanctions, and told Israelis to prepare for a rainy day after Trump.
IRS plans lower tax disclosure penalties, including for crypto: Forbes
The US tax agency is targeting faster resolutions and more flexible payment options for taxpayers voluntarily disclosing past tax violations under a planned program overhaul.
Senate Democrat Probes Tether Payments to Ex-White House Crypto Adviser’s Firm
Sen. Richard Blumenthal demanded Tether’s records on payments to Nxum, a firm co-owned by former White House crypto adviser Bo Hines.
SpaceX Filing Gives Elon Musk the Final Word on Tesla Merger He Says He’s Staying Out Of
SpaceX’s latest 10-Q filing quietly confirms any Tesla combination requires sign-off from its “controlling shareholder.”
SEC Flags AI 'Super Intelligence' and Tokenization as Systemic Market Risks
The regulator's Division of Examinations named "super intelligence and other advanced technologies" as a focus area alongside tokenization risks.
Initia halts blockchain after exploit reportedly drains over $2.6M
The blockchain suspended its layer-1 network and rollups after security researchers identified unauthorized token minting and millions in assets transferred to Ethereum.
Netanyahu seeking blockchain plan to prepare for possible sanctions
Netanyahu says blockchain could help Israel prepare for possible sanctions targeting its banking system.
How I Vibe Coded My Smart TV—And Claude Killed It
Vibe coding your TV is impressive. Doing it without knowing exactly what you're touching is how you lose a rooted LG set and get a very sincere apology from an AI.
Sen. Blumenthal seeks answers from Tether over payments to firm founded by ex-White House crypto adviser
Sen. Blumenthal said he wants answers from Tether following reports that it paid millions to a firm started by a former WH crypto adviser.
US senator probes Tether after reported deal with ex-Trump crypto adviser
The Democratic ranking member of the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations asked Paolo Ardoino for records related to a reported deal between Tether and Nxum.
Bitcoin Core Rewrites Its Security Policy for a World Where AI Finds Bugs in One Prompt
Developers will now backport fixes and cut releases immediately for flaws flagged as “easily discoverable,” abandoning long embargoes for bugs an attacker can surface with a single…
Initia halts network after security incident as attacker reportedly mints tokens
Onchain data shows a $2.7 million ether transfer as Initia investigates the scope of a security incident.
Crypto Scammers Who Used Prayer Groups to Lure Victims Must Pay $1.3 Billion, Says New York
New York’s attorney general asked a court to order NovaTech’s founders, who fled the country, to pay about $1.37 billion, and settled with four top promoters for nearly $6 million.
SEC flags tokenization as high-risk area in 2027 market examinations
The SEC’s latest priorities highlight tokenization as an emerging market risk, while cryptocurrencies remain absent as a standalone examination category.
Bitcoin ETFs Bleed $636 Million as October Turns Red Again
Spot Bitcoin ETFs lost $635.6 million on Thursday, their biggest outflow of the month, pushing October flows back to a loss of about $176 million as Ethereum and Solana funds also…
Bitcoin seeks support above $81K as Brent crude oil hits highest level since March
Bitcoin dipped below $81,000 as stocks fell and Brent crude hit its highest level since March, leaving the 50-day moving average in focus.
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Morning Minute: a16z Drops 'Crypto' From Its Fund
The name change is symbolic of the fund’s future investing focus, though the firm will continue investing in crypto.
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