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Bitcoin layer-2 network Stacks said 735 BTC entered its Bitcoin staking system across the first two lock-up cycles, according to its third-quarter ecosystem report. The first cycle, Bond 1, drew 230 BTC from participant…
South Korea’s Ministry of Economy and Finance said it will track whether the recent stock market turmoil spreads into the bond, foreign exchange and money markets, Cailian Press reported. The government and related agen…
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Strategy, Metaplanet and Upexi were previously identified for deletion under the methodology, with MSCI set to announce its final list on Nov. 11.
Australia is among 77 jurisdictions committed to adopting CARF, with its first international exchanges of crypto tax data expected in 2028.
Russians have until July 1, 2027 to buy and sell crypto directly with each other. After that, every trade runs through a broker or exchange approved by the Bank of Russia.
Researchers investigating AI agents hijacking Alibaba’s mapping service, Amap, managed to talk directly to some while the software was still running.
A scammer reportedly lost $4.8M of stolen money after storing the funds on tampered Ledgers. Bitcoin and Ether ETFs launch trading in Thailand and South Korea blocks 27 exchanges.
The crypto exchange was reportedly looking to use the additional funding to regain market share following Binance’s 2023 settlement with US authorities.
Google says it has turned one of quantum computing's most promising paper tricks into something that actually works on a chip.
Sweden’s Riksbank has recommended that lawmakers prepare for a possible digital krona, citing concerns over foreign-currency stablecoins and the future of domestic payments.
The Wall Street Journal reported that a company co-founded by Bo Hines benefited from the passage of the GENIUS stablecoin bill.
Nasdaq approved Pyth as a distributor of real-time US equity data, expanding its traditional finance credentials.
The launch of Global Money Platform marks Mastercard’s first major integration with BVNK since its August acquisition, with Nuvei and Marqeta among the first companies to adopt the platform.
The US Office of the Comptroller of the Currency expects to publish its final rule implementing the GENIUS Act no later than the end of October, Comptroller Jonathan Gould said, according to journalist Eleanor Terrett. …
ALGO is trading above a weekly falling wedge, with $0.105 support as the next key test.
Russia plans to ban direct P2P crypto trades from July 1, 2027, while separate rules already prohibit transfers from digital accounts to self-custody wallets.
Market analysts say that macro factors are pushing altcoin prices down, after ETH, XRP, and SOL all dropped on the day.
The first major integration since Mastercard’s $1.8 billion BVNK acquisition lets banks, fintechs and enterprises hold, convert, and spend fiat and stablecoins through a single API, with agentic commerce support planned.
When President Donald Trump returned to the White House last year, he not only shed his earlier resistance to crypto technology but embraced the industry with the hiring of a high-profile crypto czar and the establishme…
Hot inflation data revived Fed rate-hike bets, and leveraged bulls paid the bill as nearly $1 billion in crypto positions were liquidated.
Google DeepMind's first internal audit of AI-driven research finds no measurable speedup in AI progress.
The market-implied chance of Bitcoin reaching $100,000 before Christmas has fallen 2.8 percentage points in 24 hours to 9.7%, according to Nick Forster, founder of options platform Derive.xyz, as cited by Bloomberg. The…
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