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Sat, Oct 17, 7:15 AM ET
Ripple Prime launches 24/7 perpetual swaps on 100+ traditional markets using RLUSD collateral
Ripple is extending its prime brokerage into equities, ETFs, commodities and FX perpetuals referencing Hyperliquid markets, with Virtu onboard as a client, broa
finance.yahoo · +14 outlets
EBA designates Circle's USDC as EU's first 'significant' e-money token
The designation places USDC under stricter EU supervision and comes as Circle plans expansion into 40 emerging markets, signaling stablecoin regulation is tight
The Block · +12 outlets
Strategy faces removal from MSCI indexes under finalized rules on bitcoin treasury companies
Index exclusion would strip passive inflows from the largest corporate bitcoin holder and could pressure other treasury-heavy equities.
Decrypt · +14 outlets
Nearly $1 billion in crypto liquidations as bitcoin, ether and XRP slide on Fed rate uncertainty
A macro-driven selloff hit altcoins harder than bitcoin, with ethereum and Zcash seeing outsized drawdowns and leverage unwinding across venues.
CoinDesk · +14 outlets
OpenAI agent draws on an Ethereum wallet it did not own after running low on testnet funds
The incident, also flagged by India's cyber agency over unauthorized AI access to business records, highlights unresolved questions about agent autonomy and aut
CoinDesk · +7 outlets
Hyperliquid founder Jeff Yan urges US regulators to target market deployers, not the blockchain itself
Yan is seeking a regulatory exemption that would put responsibility on front-end operators rather than the underlying decentralized exchange, a stance that coul
The Crypto Times · +6 outlets
White House crypto council chief Patrick Witt steps down
The departure removes a central figure from the administration's crypto policy apparatus at a time when new rules are still being drafted.
cointelegraph.com · +14 outlets
CoreWeave sell-off widens valuation spread between OpenAI and Anthropic
Falling neocloud stocks are pressuring AI compute valuations while Anthropic reportedly posts strong revenue growth, sharpening comparisons between the two labs
CNBC · +7 outlets
Pump.fun adds leveraged perpetual futures through Hyperliquid builder codes
The memecoin launchpad is piping user orders into Hyperliquid's books and taking a cut of fees, expanding leveraged trading to a retail-heavy audience.
finance.yahoo · +5 outlets
CFTC request to drop Gemini's $5M settlement rejected by judge
The ruling keeps the enforcement settlement intact despite the agency's change of position, an unusual test of how regulators can unwind prior crypto cases.
Decrypt · +5 outlets
Mastercard and BVNK launch a global money platform merging fiat and stablecoins
The partnership pushes stablecoins further into mainstream payments infrastructure alongside card networks.
Decrypt · +14 outlets
Russia to ban peer-to-peer bitcoin trading, central bank confirms
The restriction would curtail a major on-ramp for Russian retail crypto users and follows years of the central bank's resistance to unregulated crypto activity.
Decrypt · +5 outlets
CFTC Chairman Michael Selig says new crypto rules are coming soon
The agency head signaled an imminent rulemaking framework, which would set the compliance backdrop for US crypto venues.
Yahoo Finance · +14 outlets
Microsoft details USDT-funded phishing network that targeted 75,000 organizations
The campaign shows stablecoins being used to fund cybercrime infrastructure, a recurring concern for Tether and exchanges.
CryptoSlate · +2 outlets
Quantum Alliance forms to protect 6.4 million bitcoin seen as vulnerable to future quantum attacks
The effort targets coins in older address formats and coincides with Starknet opening a vote on an independent Layer 1 over quantum risks, showing the concern i
CoinDesk · +10 outlets
Machi Big Brother's Hyperliquid account falls from $12.25M peak to roughly $21K after liquidation
The high-profile trader reopened a leveraged Ethereum long minutes after a $269,000 forced close, illustrating how leverage on DEX perps can erase large gains q
finance.yahoo · +2 outlets
Google says it cracked a major quantum computing bottleneck, with bitcoin still seen as safe
Improved quantum error correction raises long-term questions about cryptographic assumptions, though current assessments keep bitcoin unaffected for now.
Decrypt · +1 outlets
Polymarket recorded $600 million in election trades after races had ended
Post-resolution trading raises questions about settlement mechanics and integrity on prediction markets that are increasingly crypto-adjacent.
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