OCC finalizes GENIUS Act stablecoin rules ahead of January compliance deadline
The federal banking regulator's rules set the compliance framework for stablecoin issuers under the new US law.
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Chinese prosecutors seek to confiscate $5.1B in Bitcoin seized by UK in Qian case
The claim contests custody of one of the largest Bitcoin seizures on record, with two states now asserting rights to the coins.
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Swiss regulator approves first retail fund holding Bitcoin directly
The approval opens direct Bitcoin exposure to retail investors in a major European financial center.
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Bitcoin ETFs post best day in nearly a month, with BlackRock accounting for all inflows
Concentrated buying by a single issuer highlights how narrow ETF demand has become during the recent rebound.
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Solana's Alpenglow upgrade goes live, billed as most ambitious change since Ethereum's Merge
The consensus overhaul targets faster finality, a key metric for Solana's competitiveness in trading and payments.
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Italy busts mafia 'secret bank' that laundered money through crypto, seizes $24M
The operation underscores continued use of digital assets by organized crime networks in Europe.
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UK banks hit with 10,000 complaints over blocked crypto transfers in 90 days
The complaint volume shows friction between bank risk controls and customer access to crypto payments in the UK.
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Microsoft, Alphabet, Goldman Sachs join companies objecting to tokenized stocks
Pushback from major issuers and brokers signals a widening fight over how equity tokens should be structured.
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Wallet linked to Drift exploit sends $61M in Ethereum to Tornado Cash
The movement of stolen funds through a sanctioned mixer complicates recovery for victims of the DeFi exploit.
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French lawmakers back stablecoin swap tax by a single vote
The narrow margin reflects divided European politics over how to tax crypto trading activity.
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JPMorgan sets first Bitcoin forecast at 10% a year, with caveat
A major bank's formal long-term estimate gives institutional investors a benchmark for Bitcoin allocation.
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Ken Griffin says AI is 'almost certainly' in a bubble, compares GPUs to airline seats
A prominent hedge fund manager's warning adds to debate over AI capital spending and valuation.
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PHP panic: two critical bugs put 70% of the internet at risk
The widely used scripting language's flaws prompted emergency patching across web infrastructure.
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Dogecoin gets a dedicated company to build out its ecosystem
A formal corporate entity for the meme coin marks an attempt to move beyond purely speculative use.
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Nvidia unveils full-stack blueprint to contain and monitor AI agents
The tooling push targets enterprise governance as autonomous agents move into production use.
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Bitcoin hits weekly high as crypto market rebounds
Broad crypto gains resumed after a period of weakness, with attention on Bitcoin's next move.
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Mastercard opens up AI agent payments with early access and live demo
Card network rails are being adapted for machine-initiated transactions as agent commerce develops.
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OpenAI buys Orchestra Bio to put AI agents on drug development grunt work
The acquisition extends AI agent deployment into pharmaceutical research workflows.
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