Bitcoin falls below $82,000 as AI stock selloff and oil above $111 hit risk assets
Crypto gave back weekly gains as an AI-led equity slide and rising oil prices pushed investors out of risk assets, with BTC swinging roughly $3,000 in under a d
Coindesk · +7 outlets
China opens Tianjin court case to confiscate 61,800 Bitcoin seized by UK in $5.7B fraud scheme
Beijing's forfeiture bid over Qian Zhimin's bitcoin runs parallel to a London fight over who holds rights to the same coins.
finance.yahoo · +11 outlets
Visa to acquire Fireblocks for $2.5 billion, reports say
A deal for the crypto custody and infrastructure firm would extend Visa's settlement and stablecoin ambitions.
Yahoo Finance · +14 outlets
Bitcoin ETFs erase October losses with $1 billion of inflows in three days
Spot BTC fund flows have flipped sharply positive after a $681 million weekly outflow, a signal of renewed institutional demand.
Decrypt · +14 outlets
a16z drops crypto from its name, widening bets to AI and frontier tech
The rebrand from Andreessen Horowitz reflects the venture firm's shifting allocation away from a crypto-only identity.
Decrypt · +12 outlets
PHP Foundation admits structural failure delayed critical security fix as two bugs hit 70% of the web
US agencies urged urgent patching of the PHP2Shell flaws, and the foundation conceded its process slowed the response.
cointelegraph.com · +11 outlets
OCC finalizes GENIUS Act stablecoin rules ahead of January deadline
The rulemaking sets federal expectations for stablecoin issuers before the law's implementation date.
Decrypt · +14 outlets
Coinbase fined $3.6 million in Ireland over fund safeguarding failures
The penalty is the latest in a series of Irish regulatory actions against the exchange's European operations.
Decrypt · +13 outlets
JPMorgan says crypto regulatory moves partly offset Clarity Act failure, but risks remain
The bank's analysts see piecemeal agency action filling some of the gap left by stalled market structure legislation in the US.
The Block · +5 outlets
Tesla holds its bitcoin in Q3 as profit drops 43% and Musk pushes robots and robotaxis
The company left its BTC position unchanged while earnings fell and it outlined spending on robots and driverless cabs.
Decrypt · +13 outlets
SpaceX and Tesla exploring merger that would consolidate 30,000 BTC, reports say
A combination would fold two corporate bitcoin treasuries into a single balance sheet, drawing attention to Musk's crypto holdings.
Yahoo Finance · +14 outlets
SEC's $75 million crypto fundraising plan draws bank backlash and legal threats
Banking groups are pushing back on the regulator's proposal for a smaller-scale crypto capital raise pathway.
CryptoSlate · +3 outlets
Bitcoin Lightning developers warn of security flaws as second patch lands in five days
Repeated fixes on the Lightning Network have put node operators on alert over protocol-level vulnerabilities.
CryptoSlate · +4 outlets
Stocks slide as Meta dents AI optimism and French bond worries rattle markets
The S&P 500 fell 1.2% and the Nasdaq 2.6% as semiconductor and AI-linked names sold off after Meta's results.
finance.yahoo · +3 outlets
Robinhood generates $51 million in blockchain fees while Ethereum settlement costs total $69,000
The figures highlight the spread between the broker's on-chain fee revenue and the cost of settling its activity.
CryptoSlate · +2 outlets
Meta creates non-voting stock to fund AI buildout while keeping Zuckerberg in control
The structure lets Meta raise capital for AI infrastructure without diluting founder voting power.
Decrypt
Solana bot turns $12,000 into $1.4 billion in volume as fake liquidity floods Raydium
The wash-trading case illustrates how cheap transaction fees let inflated volume distort DEX metrics.
CryptoSlate
Ken Griffin says AI is almost certainly a bubble, comparing GPUs to airline seats
The Citadel founder's warning adds to debate over whether AI capex is outrunning returns.
Decrypt · +1 outlets