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Bitcoin climbed over the weekend as signs of progress in U.S.–China trade talks lifted risk appetite across global markets.
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Bitcoin climbed over the weekend as signs of progress in U.S.–China trade talks lifted risk appetite across global markets.

Bitplanet, a publicly-listed firm backed by Metaplanet’s Simon Gerovich and Sora Ventures, has begun its daily Bitcoin purchases.

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Government regulators and legal experts warn that insider trading could proliferate in professional sports as wagers migrate to prediction markets.

New York-based startup Valthos is developing AI systems to identify and counter biological threats before they spread.

Beyond Meat bull Dimitri "Capybara Stocks" Semenikhin helped pump the latest meme stock, but said he'll feel relieved once the chaos cools.

Elon Musk's space exploration firm, SpaceX, moved $133 million worth of Bitcoin on Friday after transferring funds earlier this week.

Selig, chief counsel for the SEC’s pro-crypto task force, is the president’s latest choice to run the CFTC, according to a Bloomberg report.

DraftKings buys Railbird, Canaan rebounds from near-delisting, and Zelle embraces stablecoins in this week's Public Keys.

The two banks have moved from pilot to production with a platform that lets U.S. lenders issue interoperable tokenized deposits compliant with the GENIUS Act.

Publicly traded video sharing and livestream platform Rumble is adding Bitcoin tipping for its creator base.

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The initiative reflects stablecoins' rising significance in the financial services world.

The crypto firm is the latest to seek a MiCA license in Malta, as EU regulators raise concerns about uneven supervision across member states.

Crypto exchange Crypto.com is the latest firm to apply for a national bank trust charter, joining a list that includes Coinbase and Circle.

Stablecoin giant Tether launched QVAC Genesis I, the world’s largest open STEM AI dataset, and a privacy-focused local AI app, QVAC Workbench.

Crypto majors are green and rebounding. BTC is up 1% at $110,800, ETH is up 2% at $3,940, BNB is up 2% at $1,120, and SOL is up 1% at $191. MYX (+14%), VIRTUAL (+13%), ZEC (+11%), and WLFI (+11%) led the top movers. Stocks and crypto flipped green yesterday ahead of the October 30th meeting between Trump and Xi in South Korea. JPMorgan announced plans to allow institutional clients to use Bitcoin and ETH as collateral for loans. Trump pardoned Binance founder Changpeng “CZ” Zhao. An alleged “Trump insider” whale closed a $200 million Bitcoin short and booked fresh profits, bringing its lifetime total to over $100 million on Hyperliquid. Revolut won a MiCA license in Cyprus and hinted that a stablecoin could be next. Ledger introduced its new Nano Gen 5 wallet, featuring a redesign from Apple designer Susan Kare. Trezor launched the “quantum-ready” Safe 7 hardware wallet.

Matthew Modabber, Polymarket's CMO, confirmed the platform will launch a token and airdrop—but only after reentering the U.S. market.

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Bitcoin rises 2% as U.S. inflation cools to 3% in September, slightly below economists' 3.1% forecast, boosting crypto markets ahead of Fed meeting.

FireBunnyUSA operated for three years, shipping over 10,000 packages of illicit drugs while using crypto to obscure millions in proceeds.

The bank’s new framework could let institutional clients post crypto as loan collateral under a third-party custody model.

$260 million in fiat and crypto was flagged as part of Operation Catalyst, of which some $600,000 has been seized to date.

Trump’s pardon of Binance founder Changpeng Zhao has ignited political outrage and renewed scrutiny of his ties to the crypto industry.

Some see possibility for a renewed bullish setup for Bitcoin as key holders continue accumulating following the market's historic wipeout.

Despite repeated warnings from crypto exchange NDAX Canada, the customer lost her life savings in Ethereum to a scam.

RAND Corporation's simulation has shed light on how a rogue AI could cripple U.S. infrastructure before humans could react.

Meteora’s co-founder resigned from his leadership role due to his part in the MELANIA launch. Now wallets linked to it just received an airdrop of $1.2 million in MET.

Coins and tokens linked to crypto mogul Changpeng Zhao and President Trump jumped in price following news of the latest pardon.

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A wallet alleged to have connections to President Trump's family closed a major Bitcoin short ahead of Thursday's price jump.

The firm's stock rose Thursday, and has traded solidly above $1 during October.

Cryptomus has been fined $126 million for failing to report thousands of high-risk transactions tied to child abuse, ransomware, and Iran-linked transfers.

Crypto bounces as BTC dominance rises to 60%. The SEC and CFTC aim for crypto regulation by the end of 2025. Democrats and crypto executives meet to discuss a crypto bill. Over 150 crypto ETF filings await review. HYPE leads altcoins after its co-founder appeared on TBPN. Hyperliquid Strategies plans to raise $1b to buy HYPE. Aave DAO proposes a $50m annual token buyback. Robinhood officially lists BNB. FalconX acquires 21Shares. T. Rowe Price files for its first crypto ETF. Coinbase unveils a tool for AI agents to access wallets. HTX is sued by the UK for unlawful crypto promotion. Canada’s Cryptomus exchange is fined CAD 177m. Hackers move $1.8b BTC stolen from LuBian. Farage says he is willing to go to prison to stop the UK CBDC. Russia plans to legalise crypto use in foreign trade.

Crypto chop continues, tariff headlines dominate. ZEC breaks $300 before falling, leads altcoins. Waller signs Fed’s shift towards embracing crypto. ETH Foundation moves $654m ETH. BlackRock trying to pull in BTC whales to its ETFs. HK approves first SOL ETF. SOL ends support for Saga mobile phone. Galaxy profit jumps 1500% in record quarter. Bealls now accepting crypto payments. Aave outstanding loans hit $25b, to integrate Maple. Groups urge Trump to defend CFPB’s banking rule. Asian exchanges intensify scrutiny of DATs. Kadena winds down ops, KDA drops 60%.

Crypto Dips Despite Continue Strength in Stocks. Another $320m of Liquidations in Drop. Fed to Host Crypto Innovation Conference Today. Strategy Bought $19m Btc, Bitmine Buys $251m Eth. Coinbase Buys Cobie’s Echo for $375m. Coinbase Buys Cobie’s Up Only Nft for $25m. Sol Co-founder Toly Designing Perps Dex. Evernorth Spac Plans to Be the $1b Xrp Dat. Vaneck Files for First Staked Eth Etf. Gemini Launches Sol Credit Card. House of Doge Buys Fc U.s. Triestina 1918. Justin Sun Hints at Tron Collab With Base. Ethena Planning Two New Products.

Crypto Dips Despite Continue Strength in Stocks. Another $320m of Liquidations in Drop. Fed to Host Crypto Innovation Conference Today. Strategy Bought $19m Btc, Bitmine Buys $251m Eth. Coinbase Buys Cobie’s Echo for $375m. Coinbase Buys Cobie’s Up Only Nft for $25m. Sol Co-founder Toly Designing Perps Dex. Evernorth Spac Plans to Be the $1b Xrp Dat. Vaneck Files for First Staked Eth Etf. Gemini Launches Sol Credit Card. House of Doge Buys Fc U.s. Triestina 1918. Justin Sun Hints at Tron Collab With Base. Ethena Planning Two New Products.

Crypto Bounces After Hitting Extreme Fear Sentiment. Spot Btc Etf Suffer Ath Weekly Outflows. Revived Btc Supply Hits Highest Since January. Tough to Be Bullish With Btc Below $112k: Ansem. Top 50 Altcoins Below Level After Ftx Crash. Bitmine Has Bought $1.5b Eth Since Crash. New $1b Eth Dat Incoming. Kang Liquidated on Long Ena, Short Eth & Btc Trade. Tao & Zec Lead Bounce in Altcoins. Us 10yrs Behind on Crypto, Fixing is Job One: Atkins. Crypto Execs to Meet Senate Dems on Crypto Bill. Crypto Miners Riding Ai Wave Outperforming Btc. Hayes to Raise $250m for New Pe Fund. Stripe’s Tempo Raises $500m at $5b Valuation. Dankrad Leaves Eth Foundation for Tempo. Tether Open Sources Wallet Kit. Japan’s Fsa Could Allow Banks to Hold Crypto. Japan’s Big Banks Join Forces on Stablecoins. Uk Sends 65k Letters to Crypto Tax Evaders. Uk to Finalise Stablecoin Rules by End-2026. Ant Group, Jd Com Halt Stablecoin Plans in Hk.

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Crypto Continues Rally as Shutdown Continues. Btc Nears Ath, Etfs See $2.4b Inflows in 4 Days. Bnb Hits Another Ath, Leads Top L1s This Month. Perp Dex Market Share Continues to Shift From Hype. Tokenisation Will Consume Financial System: Tenev. Strategy Stock +17% in Last 5 Days. Cme Crypto Perp Trading Set to Go 24/7 in 2026. Doublezero Goes Live at $5bn Fdv. Crypto Etf Flows Remain Very Strong. Sharps Tech Plans $100m Share Buyback. Kraken Expands Equity Offerings. Nomura Unit Plans Crypto Trading in Japan.

Crypto majors see more green; Bitcoin at $118,800. ZCash continues to lead, soaring 50% to $140. US government shutdown pauses ETF approvals. Lighter leaves private beta, opens Perps platform to public. Polymarket eyes US return as soon as today. PNKSTR jumps 50% to $140M as other NFT Strategies boom. Crypto majors are green again continuing the shutdown rally; BTC +2% at $118,800, ETH +2% at $4,380, XRP +1% at $2.99, SOL +4% at $225. ZEC (+50%), DEXE (+30%) and SPX (+17%) led top movers. Zcash rocketed ~63% to a three-year high, as traders (and Naval) pitch privacy coin as “insurance” hedge during Bitcoin strength. BTC ETFs saw another $675.8M in net inflows, now over $1.6B on the week so far. MSTR stock jumped 5% yesterday after Strategy avoided a multi-billion AMT (tax) hit after new IRS/Treasury guidance, easing concerns over taxes on unrealized gains tied to its Bitcoin holdings. Polymarket is poised to relaunch for U.S. users within days, as filings show self-certified contracts after acquiring a CFTC-licensed venue. Circle introduced a new tokenized US Treasury fund USYC on Solana. The UK government seeks to keep most of $7B in Bitcoin it just seized linked to massive Chinese fraud. The White House withdrew Brian Quintenz for CFTC chair, reopening leadership questions at the derivatives regulator amid active crypto agenda. New York is running a pilot to give low income residents $12,000 in USDC to help alleviate poverty, with funding provided by Coinbase. VisionSys AI is partnering with Marinade Finance to launch a SOL TreasuryCo, aiming to acquire $500M in SOL over the next 6 months (and stake it) with larger goals to accumulate up to $2B. The US government shut down has halted the ETF approval process, diminishing hopes of any early October approvals (i.e. for SOL.

Crypto Higher Despite Us Government Shutdown. Recent Runners Xpl, Aster, Stbl All Weak. Blackrock Eth Staking Etf Could Be Coming in Oct. Sec Opens Door for State Trusts as Crypto Custodians. Tron Inc. Down 85% From Peak Amid Dat Slumps. Gensler’s Deleted Texts Under Scrutiny. Metaplanet Buys $616m Btc, Btcw to Buy $100m. Upexi Taps Sol Big Brain for Advisory. Thumzup Invests $2.5m Into Dogehash Technologies. Tether to Tap Rumble to Boost Usat Adoption. Strive Intros Open Issuance, Wants Banking Charter. Wlfi Plans to Tokenize Rwa and Pair With Usd1. Phantom Launches Stablecoin on Solana. Binance’s X Account Hacked. Uk Seeks to Keep Seized Gbp 5b Btc. Xrp Cto to Step Back Into Board Role.

Bitcoin strength continues, altcoins mixed. Various l1 etfs may be approved very soon. Sec-cftc turf war is over: pham. Sec willing to engage with token issuers: pierce. Senate committee to meet to examine crypto taxes. Wisconsin may open up licenses to crypto firms. Strategy buys $22m btc, bitmine buys $963m eth. Ibit becomes top btc options venue. Sec pauses trading of the dat qmmm. Ny crypto regulator harris steps down. Binance launches ‘crypto-as-a-service’ solution. Cronje’s flying tulip raises $200m at $1b valuation. Falconx rolls out 24×7 crypto options trading. Republic plans to tokenise animoca’s equity on sol. Kazakhstan launches crypto reserve. Bitcoin may join central bank reserves by 2030: db.

Bitcoin strength continues, altcoins mixed. Various l1 etfs may be approved very soon. Sec-cftc turf war is over: pham. Sec willing to engage with token issuers: pierce. Senate committee to meet to examine crypto taxes. Wisconsin may open up licenses to crypto firms. Strategy buys $22m btc, bitmine buys $963m eth. Ibit becomes top btc options venue. Sec pauses trading of the dat qmmm. Ny crypto regulator harris steps down. Binance launches ‘crypto-as-a-service’ solution. Cronje’s flying tulip raises $200m at $1b valuation. Falconx rolls out 24×7 crypto options trading. Republic plans to tokenise animoca’s equity on sol. Kazakhstan launches crypto reserve. Bitcoin may join central bank reserves by 2030: db.

ETH, HYPE & BNB lead bounce in top L1s. ETH ETFs saw ATH outflows last week. Swift to launch blockchain in response to stablecoins. ASTER flips Tether in fees, Binance for perp volume. SEC’s Pierce urges quick progress in crypto. Stablecoin supply hits ATH over $300b. Plasma briefly hits $13b amid stablecoin surge. Kraken in talks to raise funds at $20b valuation. Vanguard considers crypto ETF access to clients. Revolut weighs $75b dual listing in NY, London. UK Banks to pilot tokenised GBP deposits. Hyperliquid season 2 points appear to be over. Hyperliquid launches permissionless stablecoins. Turkey to let watchdog freeze crypto accounts. QNB adopts blockchain for USD payments.

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AVAX & NEAR lead L1s, most alts fall. XRP, DOGE ETF debut, $50m day 1 combined volume. MetaMask token coming ‘very soon’. Michigan BTC bill moves forward after delay. Brera Holdings launches $300m SOL DAT. ETH Fusaka upgrade scheduled for December. Plasma TGE set for 25 September. Circle facing intense competition: JP Morgan. PYUSD expands to Tron, Aave and other blockchains. Avantis adds top tech stocks on chain, allows 25x lev. ASTER keeps rising, hits $3.8n FDV. ASTER hits $310m spot volume on TGE launch. BTC trading firm CEO pleads guilty to $200m ponzi. Canada seizes $40m crypto from TradeOgre.

Crypto majors mostly rally post-FOMC; BTC at $117,300. SOL jumps 5% as Forward Industries announces $4B ATM. BNB crosses $1,000 for first time; CZ bull-posts ASTER (+400%). Hype hits new ATH at $59; Project X announces its Phase 2. TokenWorks & PNKSTR announce perpetual machine rollouts for 5 new NFT collections, token soars. Crypto majors are very green after a 25 bps cut at FOMC yesterday; BTC +1% at $117,300, ETH +2% at $4,580, XRP +3% at $3.11, SOL +5% at $247. PENGU (+14%), SPX (+11%) and AVAX (+10%) led top movers. HYPE hit a new ATH at $59 on Wednesday; BNB crossed $1,000 for the first time. The Bitcoin ETFs saw $51M in net outflows, breaking their 7-day inflow streak; the ETH ETFs also saw outflows. Moneygram is embracing stablecoins in partnership with Crossmint, big news for its 50M customers and 200 operating countries. Kraken and Circle are partnering to expand stablecoin access with USDC & EURC integration. NYDFS told banks to adopt blockchain analytics for AML/sanctions controls. A golden statue of Trump holding a Bitcoin has been installed outside the U.S. Capitol building. The SEC approved a generic listing standard which will greatly accelerate the approval process for crypto ETFs.

BTC taps $117k, BNB leads L1s ahead of Fed decision. Whale moves $116m BTC after 11-year dormancy. Binance nears deal to end DoJ compliance monitor. CZ updates X profile, sparks Binance return rumours. 67% fund managers don’t hold crypto: BofA survey. Crypto execs set to meet senate banking committee. New crypto PAC launches with $100m war chest. US, UK to collab on crypto initiatives. Sharplink announces 1m shares repurchased. ETH devs open Fusaka to $2m security audit contest. Ether Machine files to go public via Dynamix merger. Sharps to collab with Bonk to stake portion of its SOL. Circle launches USDC natively on Hyperliquid. Bitwise files for ETF focused on tokenization, stablecoins. Keyrock acquires Turing Capital. Google launches AI agent-to-agent payments protocol.

Crypto reverses weekend strength, FOMC this week. BTC ETF inflows hit $2.3b last week. Gemini stock soars on IPO. Atkins scraps SEC’s crypto enforcement agenda. Tether launches USA₮ stablecoin, Bo Hines as CEO. Monero rallies despite being hit by 18 block reorg. Allied Gaming establishes DAT. Galaxy Digital buys $300m SOL. Native Markets wins USDH bid. Ethereum Foundation releases privacy roadmap. AI run crypto governance is a bad idea: Vitalik. ETH stablecoin supply hits ATH $166b. BoE plans to restrict stablecoin ownership in UK. LSE completes first blockchain powered fund raising. Pakistan invites crypto firms to apply for license. Yala’s YU stablecoin fails to restore peg after attack. Shibarium Bridge hacked for $2.4m. Polymarket weighs financing at $9-10b valuation. Polkadot to tighten tokenomics, capping DOT supply.

Crypto higher on lower PPI, ETH leads. BitMine buys $201m more ETH. Binance & Franklin Templeton to partner on RWAs. POP Culture Group & Robin Energy both buy BTC. XRP reserves on exchanges surge by 1.2b tokens. AVAX Foundation eyes $1b raise to setup DATs. Chainlink, UBS to automate tokenized fund ops. Hayes buys $1m ENA ahead of Hyperliquid vote. Kraken offers to list Paxos-issued USDH. SEC delays staking decisions on various ETFs. VanEck plans HYPE spot staking ETF. Gemini, Figure hike IPO price range. Scroll DAO appears close to being dissolved. Ledger rolls out enterprise mobile app. India continues to resist comprehensive crypto law. HK proposes capital rules for banks holding crypto. Russia may consider crypto bank to combat fraud.

Crypto mixed ahead of PPI, SOL outperforms. ETH ETFs get inflows after 6-day outflow streak. Metaplanet upsizes discounted $1.4b raise. KindlyMD commits $30m in Metaplanet equity raise. Sharplink buys back 1m shares. Ethena joins race for HYPE stablecoin. Native Markets favourite to win HYPE stablecoin race. CBOE plans perp style futures with BTC, ETH. Dems want seats at SEC, CFTC to support crypto bill. CFTC exploring recognising foreign crypto platforms. Gemini to IPO this week. Robinhood to embrace copy trading. Grayscale files for HBAR, LTC, BCH vehicles. Binance, SGB to offer direct USD transfers for retail. Vietnam approves 5 year crypto trading market pilot.