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• 13d ago

  Polymarket Takes Dutch Gambling Regulator to Court Over Its Ban

  Polymarket is asking a Dutch court to overturn the Netherlands’ ban on its prediction market, arguing it offers financial products that belong under the country’s markets watchdog – an argument the regulator has already rejected. The Regulator Cited Polymarket’s Own Help Page The case follows a Jan. 20 order against Polymarket’s operator to stop serving […]

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  Greek Police Bust Alleged $9M AI Crypto Scam That Promised to Double Money

  Greek police dismantled an unauthorized cryptocurrency pyramid scheme that defrauded over 10,000 investors of approximately $9 million in total by promising to double their money in 50 days via automated artificial intelligence (AI) trading. A Facade of Legitimacy Greek police have dismantled a massive alleged cryptocurrency pyramid scheme that authorities said defrauded more than 10,000 […]

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  6 Continents Sound Alarm on Scams Targeting Investor Trust

  Investors face rising scams built on personal trust and borrowed authority as regulators across six continents participate in World Investor Week. The SEC’s new warning highlights relationship investment fraud and impersonation, including increasingly convincing artificial intelligence (AI)-assisted deception. A Global Campaign Puts Investor Trust Under Scrutiny Someone posing as a friend,…

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  Trump Names Jay Clayton to Lead America’s Super Intelligence Force

  Federal efforts to coordinate artificial intelligence (AI) policy will fall to a new Super Intelligence Force, President Donald Trump announced. Director of National Intelligence Jay Clayton joins three other officials tasked with maintaining U.S. leadership and protecting Americans. Jay Clayton and Three Officials Lead Federal AI Coordination Consumers, public interest groups, and technology…

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  US Regulators Push National Crypto Rules as America Chases Global Lead

  Federal crypto initiatives are advancing across trading, asset custody, and tokenized stocks as Washington pursues global digital asset leadership. The CFTC’s new consultation joins SEC measures aimed at keeping innovation domestic while protecting customers and investors. Two Federal Paths Target Trading and Crypto Custody Retail crypto traders could gain tailored protections under a federal…

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  Ripple Targets Turkey’s $200 Billion Crypto Market Amid Lira Pressure

  Turkey’s large crypto market is creating opportunities for bank custody and dollar-backed stablecoins, according to Ripple. The company ties its local strategy to currency pressure and evolving regulations as institutions follow consumers into digital assets. Turkey’s $200 Billion Market Meets Evolving Banking Rules Turkish consumers and businesses are gaining access to crypto storage and…

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  Peter Brandt Hints at Bullish XRP Pattern With a Coffee Cup Chart

  XRP’s recent price recovery may be forming a bullish chart pattern, judging from a coffee cup image Peter Brandt placed beneath the cryptocurrency’s trading history. His latest post hints at a possible setup awaiting a breakout. A Coffee Cup Puts XRP’s Gain in Focus XRP investors have a possible bullish formation to assess after veteran […]

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• 14d ago

  Ripple’s Schwartz Slams Fee Metric as 100x XRP Fee Hike Is Floated

  Blockchain fee revenue is a poor performance metric, according to Ripple’s David Schwartz. Responding to an XRP Ledger fee suggestion, he described transaction charges as friction the chain failed to remove and questioned whose interests the metric represents. Schwartz Questions Whose Interests Higher Fees Serve People paying to use a blockchain face costs that fee […]

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  Plume Opens Onchain Door to Fidelity’s $28B Bond Giant

  Plume opened nBND on Oct. 5, giving investors blockchain-based exposure to Fidelity’s roughly $28 billion Total Bond ETF. But there’s a small catch. The exchange-traded fund (ETF) itself wasn’t tokenized, and its $28 billion hasn’t moved onchain. The nBND vehicle is a receipt token for a Nest vault holding FBND shares, and hours after launch, […]

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  Brazil Calls Its Own Betting Laws Unconstitutional as Shutdown Begins

  Brazil’s government has asked the Supreme Court to strike down the core of the laws that created its licensed betting market, two years after defending them. The filing landed days before licensed sites go dark on Oct. 6, with Justice Luiz Fux yet to rule on industry requests to suspend the ban. Government Lawyers Say […]

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  Novig Says Trading Jumped 94% After Sydney Sweeney’s Viral Ad

  Sports-centric prediction market platform Novig says its trading volume nearly doubled around the launch of its Sydney Sweeney campaign, with first-time depositors more than tripling. The company-reported figures cover a window that also included the start of the NFL season, and a new funding round reportedly values Novig at $2 billion. The Figures Overlap With […]

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  Brazilian Markets Spike After Bolsonaro’s First-Round Election Win

  Brazilian markets, including Ibovespa futures and the iShares MSCI Brazil ETF (EWZ), rose up to 12% overnight after Senator Flávio Bolsonaro, seen as a more market-friendly option, defeated President Lula in the first round of Sunday’s Brazilian presidential election ahead of an impending runoff. Brazil’s Markets React Favorably to Bolsonaro’s Surprise Lead in […]

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  ‘Uptober’ Hype Is Shaky as Bitcoin’s Most Predictable Months Keep Failing

  As some analysts continue pushing the “Uptober” narrative, calling for a strong rally in October based on its historic performance, the same historic data now warns to be more cautious. The two most predictable months in terms of bitcoin price performance rose in 10 of the previous 12 years, but ended in the red three […]

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  Wall Street Never Sleeps: ICE and OKX Plot 24/7 Tokenized Stock Trading

  This weekend, the crypto exchange OKX and the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) owner Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) submitted a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and said the duo intends to create a 24/7 platform for tokenized U.S. stocks. Tokenized Stocks Move Into the Mainstream In June 2025, tokenized stocks witnessed a […]

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  Bitcoin Behemoths Strategy and IBIT Amass 1.65 Million BTC Worth $140B

  Strategy and Blackrock’s IBIT now control a combined 1.653 million bitcoin worth roughly $140.82 billion, nearly 8% of the network’s absolute 21 million supply ceiling. The two piles are almost the same size, but that’s where the resemblance ends. Strategy operates a corporate treasury, while IBIT’s bitcoin backs shares in an exchange-traded fund (ETF) trust. […]

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• 14d ago

  CFTC Opens Crypto Rulebook as Selig Tells Industry ‘Build Here’

  The CFTC took the wraps off a potentially sweeping U.S. crypto market framework Monday, opening a 60-day public comment period on rules covering retail crypto commodity transactions. Chairman Michael S. Selig paired the move with an unusually direct message to builders: “Build here.” His pitch is simple but consequential. Washington wants crypto firms operating under […]

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• 14d ago

  Justin Sun Prize’s New Round Honors Human–AI Collaboration on Erdős Problems

  Geneva, Switzerland — October 5, 2026 — The Office of Justin Sun today announced the newest recipients of the Justin Sun Prize: independent researcher Wouter van Doorn, mathematics Ph.D. student Quanyu Tang, and mathematics researcher Yanyang Li from Nanjing’s Southeast University, recognized for contributions spanning six Erdős problems. Wouter van Doorn is an independent number […]

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  Bitcoin Price Fails to Break $87K as CFTC Signals New Crypto Rules

  Bitcoin rallied to an intraday peak of $86,969 before erasing most of the gains and returning to trade near $85,200 with a $1.71 trillion market cap. Bitcoin Rejection Near $87K Triggers Intraday Volatility Bitcoin wiped out early gains on Monday as the cryptocurrency again appeared to face rejection near $87,000 amid unusual volatility for a […]

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  S&P Global Targets $10B Crypto Lending Market With New Risk Framework

  S&P Global Ratings has introduced a new framework for assessing onchain lending vaults after deposits in the sector surged to $10 billion. S&P Global Brings Wall Street Risk Ratings to DeFi Vaults S&P Global is pushing deeper into crypto markets with a new framework designed to assess the risks of blockchain-based lending vaults. The firm’s […]

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• 14d ago

  US Treasury Moves to Scrap Proposed Crypto Wallet, Mixer Surveillance Rules

  FinCEN, a bureau of the U.S. Treasury Department, is planning to kill two crypto surveillance proposals that spent years hanging over self-custody and privacy tools without ever becoming law. One would have required banks and money transmitters to collect information on certain self-hosted wallet transactions above $3,000 and report larger ones above $10,000. The other […]

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  Bitcoin’s Halving Clock Is Ticking With Fewer Than 80,000 Blocks Left

  Bitcoin’s notorious halving event is getting closer, and as of Monday, there are now fewer than 80,000 blocks left until that point. When that happens, at block height 1050000, on or around April 12, 2028, block rewards will shrink from 3.125 BTC to 1.5625 BTC. Bitcoin’s Fifth Halving Moves Into View As of today, according […]

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• 14d ago

  Tom Lee’s Bitmine Nears 5% of Ether Supply With $41M ETH Buy

  Publicly traded ether treasury firm Bitmine Immersion Technologies announced Monday that it has edged closer to its stated goal of obtaining 5% of the circulating ETH supply, adding about $41 million worth of the cryptocurrency to its holdings over the last week. Bitmine Nears 5% ETH Supply Target Bitmine said Monday that it obtained an […]

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  Strive Buys 2,000 Bitcoin as Its Treasury Push Picks up Steam

  Strive bought 2,000 bitcoin for roughly $169 million in a single week, lifting its treasury total to 29,462 BTC. The purchase was about six times larger than Strategy’s latest 334 BTC addition, even though Strategy still controls a stack roughly 29 times Strive’s size. Strive funded the expansion partly through SATA preferred stock and $56.7 […]

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  Bitcoin ETFs Add $241M as 3-Week Streak Holds Despite 90% Slowdown

  U.S. bitcoin ETFs attracted $241.08 million in the week through Oct. 2, extending their winning streak to three weeks even as inflows slowed sharply from the previous period. Blackrock Adds $450M as Bitcoin ETF Demand Splits The flood of institutional money into bitcoin slowed last week, but it never disappeared. After attracting $2.39 billion in […]

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  Binance Brings ‘Vibe Coding’ to Crypto Trading Strategies

  Binance has launched an artificial intelligence (AI) product stack built directly into its cryptocurrency exchange to help users analyze markets, automate trading strategies, and build custom financial tools. Three-Tier AI Product Stack Binance unveiled a new artificial intelligence (AI) product suite Monday designed to integrate customized financial analytics, strategy automation and developer…

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  Bitcoin Price Grinds at $86K as Resistance Refuses to Give Way

  Bitcoin’s price held between $85,800 to $86,000 per unit on Oct. 5 at 8:45 a.m. Eastern time, with its larger trend still favoring bulls, yet the market was pressing directly into resistance rather than breaking free. Every tracked daily exponential moving average and simple moving average from 10 through 200 periods remained bullish, while momentum […]

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  Strategy’s Bitcoin Treasury Reaches 848,000 After 334 BTC Buy

  Strategy added another 334 BTC for $28.7 million, bringing its bitcoin holdings to exactly 848,000 BTC as of Oct. 4. The company paid an average $85,838.80 per coin in the latest purchase, while its entire bitcoin position carries a $63.97 billion cost basis. Michael Saylor also disclosed a roughly $21 billion third-quarter gain on digital […]

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  Metaplanet Sells 10,000 Bitcoin, Buys 11,000 Back to Prove Liquidity

  Metaplanet sold 10,000 BTC and subsequently bought 11,000 BTC during the third quarter, using the unusual round trip to demonstrate that its bitcoin treasury can be converted into cash when needed. Metaplanet Ends Q3 With 44,000 BTC After Liquidity Test Metaplanet has answered a question hanging over corporate bitcoin treasuries: what happens when creditors want […]

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  Czechia’s Partners Banka Adds Direct Bitcoin Trading

  Czech Republic bank Banka has partnered with licensed cryptocurrency exchange Anycoin to offer direct bitcoin trading inside its mobile app. In-App Trading Partners Banka has launched direct bitcoin trading in its mobile app, making it the first domestic commercial bank in the Czech Republic to offer clients seamlessly integrated cryptocurrency transactions. According to a local […]

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• 14d ago

  5 Indicted in France Over Alleged $2M Crypto Aid to Hamas

  French and U.S. law enforcement have dismantled an international network of non-profit associations accused of using humanitarian aid appeals to divert over $2 million to Hamas’ military wing between 2020 and 2026. French Arrests and U.S. Sanctions A joint investigation by French and U.S. law enforcement has uncovered a network of non-profit associations accused of […]

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