Bitcoin falls below $80,000 as traders de-risk ahead of Fed decision and Big Tech earnings
BTC's slide below $80,000 comes with the Fed expected to hold rates steady and a heavy week of Big Tech earnings, with ETF outflows and Middle East tensions add
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Elon Musk confirms $40B SpaceX debt deal for AI chips, warns of neocloud shakeout
Musk said buying a neocloud is pointless while confirming a large debt raise tied to AI compute, sending neocloud shares such as CRWV, IREN and NBIS lower.
CoinDesk · +14 outlets
Fed, ECB and BOJ rate decisions and Coinbase earnings headline the crypto week
Three major central bank meetings and Coinbase's third-quarter results are the key scheduled events for crypto markets this week.
CoinDesk · +4 outlets
Bitcoin wallet bug let rogue servers steal funds when users tried to speed up payments
A disclosed flaw in a Bitcoin wallet let malicious servers divert funds during fee-bumping, highlighting risks in the replace-by-fee flow.
CoinDesk · +7 outlets
India's largest crypto exchange absorbs $16 million loss from internal process failure tied to retired wallet
The exchange said an internal process failure linked to a retired wallet caused the loss, which it will absorb rather than pass to users.
CoinDesk · +12 outlets
Wells Fargo, Cisco, Intuit among more companies objecting to tokenized stocks
More listed companies have joined objections to OKX-ICE tokenized stock plans, though some coverage argues the pushback is not fatal to the sector.
Decrypt · +9 outlets
Over 11 million BTC cannot be linked to any known owner
Analysis of on-chain data finds a large share of bitcoin supply sits in wallets with no identifiable owner, a persistent feature of the asset's ownership distri
CoinDesk · +13 outlets
SEC approves leveraged Bitcoin and Ethereum funds for trading
Regulators cleared leveraged BTC and ETH ETFs, expanding the suite of US-listed crypto derivatives products available to retail and institutional traders.
Yahoo Finance · +13 outlets
Bitcoin ETFs snap two-week losing streak despite late-week slide
Flows into spot bitcoin ETFs turned positive for the week, ending a two-week run of net redemptions even as prices fell.
Decrypt · +2 outlets
Initia hack drove its USDC bridge reserve down to $63 as withdrawals failed
An exploit drained the Initia bridge's USDC reserves to roughly $63, leaving users unable to withdraw.
CryptoSlate · +2 outlets
FCA proposes personal-wallet checks in nonbinding crypto guidance
The UK regulator floated checks on self-custody wallets in guidance that is not legally binding but signals its supervisory expectations.
CryptoSlate · +1 outlets
Lido opens larger Ethereum validators with a 32 ETH operator bond
Lido introduced a validator design requiring operators to post a 32 ETH bond, aiming to widen participation in Ethereum staking.
CryptoSlate · +8 outlets
Argentina judge dismisses LIBRA criminal case against Milei, sister and token creator
The ruling closes the criminal fraud case over the LIBRA memecoin promotion, removing legal risk for the Argentine president and co-defendants.
CoinDesk · +9 outlets
Defense tech investment boom sparks bubble warning as private equity pours in
Surging private equity inflows into defense technology are drawing comparisons to past investment bubbles.
CNBC · +3 outlets
Nebius CEO says neocloud financing has tightened but company can fund its gigawatt
Nebius acknowledged tighter financing conditions for AI cloud builders while saying it has enough capital and has started on-site power at a 300 MW New Jersey f
Yahoo Finance · +14 outlets
AI debt has exploded fourfold to nearly $500 billion, IO Fund says
The buildout of AI infrastructure is increasingly funded with debt, raising questions for names such as NVDA, ORCL and CRWV.
Yahoo Finance · +3 outlets
Polkadot wallet breach exposed private keys over nearly 20 months
A long-running Fearless Wallet security breach exposed Polkadot users' private keys, with DOT trading near $1 support after failed recovery attempts.
Cryptoslate · +1 outlets
Strategy and Strive must balance bitcoin purchases against preferred stock dividends
The treasury-company model faces tension between accumulating BTC and servicing the preferred dividends used to fund those purchases.
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