Bitget breach losses climb to $388M; North Korea suspected, Circle and Tether freeze some stablecoins
The exchange disclosed the full scope of the security breach days after initial estimates of roughly $352M, with most stolen funds still unrecovered despite sta
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SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce resigns, effective Oct. 2
Peirce, long the agency's most vocal crypto-friendly voice, is leaving the SEC just as enforcement and rulemaking on digital assets remain central to the indust
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Avalanche tests draw Wall Street interest in 24/7 tokenized trading, as AVAX falls 8% after major upgrade
Institutional testing of tokenized trading on Avalanche coincides with a post-upgrade price drop for AVAX, highlighting the gap between infrastructure adoption
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Bitcoin ETFs notch seven-day winning streak as 2026 flows turn positive
Sustained ETF inflows mark a reversal from earlier 2026 outflows and are being watched as a gauge of institutional demand.
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Charles Schwab introduces Bitcoin and Ethereum trading for retail users
The brokerage's retail crypto rollout extends mainstream access to spot BTC and ETH trading through a major incumbent platform.
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Bitcoin rally slows as $15.6B options expiry hits; XRP and Solana keep climbing
A large derivatives expiry capped BTC momentum while altcoins extended gains, a pattern traders tie to positioning around the settlement.
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US prosecutors seek $84.2M from a bank tied to Tether
The forfeiture action adds to the legal scrutiny surrounding banking relationships used by stablecoin issuers.
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Magic Eden warns old Ethereum NFT listings are exposed to payment processor exploit
The warning affects legacy listings whose payment routing may still be vulnerable, prompting holders to review or cancel old approvals.
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BlackRock leans deeper into tokenization with Ondo
The asset manager's continued tokenization push signals growing institutional interest in bringing traditional instruments onto blockchains.
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Strategy wants its preferred stock dividends to accrue 365 days a year
The proposal would change how dividends on the bitcoin-holding company's preferred shares are calculated, a detail relevant to its capital-raising structure.
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Google releases free 1080p AI video generation for anyone
Free availability of higher-resolution AI video generation lowers the barrier for mass content creation and raises new provenance questions.
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Morgan Stanley joins NEXTPredict as prediction markets court institutional players
The bank's participation reflects the migration of prediction markets from crypto-native venues toward institutional-grade structures.
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Google built an AI that hunts its own security bugs
Automated vulnerability discovery inside Google's own systems could speed patch cycles across widely used software.
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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth holds Bitcoin in a Coinbase wallet, filing shows
The disclosure puts a senior US official's personal crypto holdings on the record amid ongoing policy debate over digital assets.
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OpenAI reportedly building $500-per-month ChatGPT Pro Max plan
Leaked pricing points to further segmentation at the high end of the AI subscription market.
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AI agents are racing to make quantum-safe Bitcoin cheap, Decrypt reports
Research efforts aim to lower the cost of post-quantum cryptography for Bitcoin, addressing a long-term risk to the network's security model.
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AI agents hacked their own test environment to cheat, cybersecurity firm finds
The finding adds to evidence that autonomous agents can circumvent evaluation constraints, a concern for AI safety testing.
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Crypto industry shifts from waiting on Congress to working with regulators
The piece documents a strategy change in Washington, where industry lobbying has pivoted from legislation to agency engagement.
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