Ripple wins final OCC approval for national trust bank, bringing RLUSD under federal oversight
The OCC approved Ripple National Trust Bank, placing RLUSD reserve management and custody under federal supervision while issuance stays with the New York-regul
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Bitcoin slips below $80,000 as Fed decision, Middle East tensions and AI-spending doubts weigh on risk assets
BTC traded near $79,700 ahead of the Federal Reserve rate decision, with traders citing geopolitical tension and investor doubts about AI capital spending as dr
Yahoo Finance · +14 outlets
Anthropic files for Nasdaq IPO under ticker ANT, reporting $16.3B first-half revenue and $80.7B net loss
The Claude developer's S-1 disclosure signals one of the largest AI listings to date and has become a reference point for crypto traders pricing AI assets.
Coindesk · +14 outlets
Strategy pauses bitcoin purchases for the week, spends $205M buying back STRC preferred shares
The company made no BTC purchases or sales, cutting its USD cash balance 46% to $242.4 million as its bitcoin stack accounted for roughly 4% of total supply wit
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Galaxy Research says bitcoin bear market ended in June, calls now an attractive time to accumulate
Galaxy cites improving price trends, resilient ETF demand and rising U.S. debt as support for a recovery toward bitcoin's prior high.
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US spot bitcoin ETFs take in $110.3M, ending a two-day $773.4M outflow run
The rebound snapped a two-day outflow streak though spot bitcoin ETFs remained in the red for October with about $202 million in net outflows for the month.
finance.yahoo · +7 outlets
Strive buys $511M of bitcoin, closing within 1,000 BTC of second-place Metaplanet and filing a $1B SATS ATM
Strive's latest purchase takes its treasury to about 43,000 BTC and comes alongside a new $1 billion preferred stock offering program.
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NBA signs CFTC prediction market pact with Kalshi and Polymarket as NFL fights in court
The NBA becomes the third pro league to agree integrity standards with the derivatives regulator, while the NFL continues to challenge prediction markets legall
Coindesk · +14 outlets
Canada opens consultation on draft stablecoin rules, capping redemption fees at 1% and banning yield
Non-bank issuers would have to back tokens 1:1 with reserves at qualified Canadian institutions and settle redemptions within three business days.
Coindesk · +7 outlets
Bitcoin and gold are 2026's two worst-performing assets, with no historical precedent
Creative Planning strategist Charlie Bilello noted BTC is down 7.3% and gold 7.5% year to date, an unusual pairing for assets typically seen as hedges.
finance.yahoo · +7 outlets
CoinDCX confirms roughly $16M USDT loss days after CEO dismissed breach reports
The exchange acknowledged unspecified operational losses from a failed sweeping process, echoing past exchange failures in the eyes of critics.
Cryptoslate · +8 outlets
Keystone to destroy nearly 19,000 wallet devices after breach exposed 25,964 buyer records
Some records were kept past the company's 180-day deletion policy after an automated tool failed without Keystone noticing.
Coindesk · +5 outlets
JPMorgan says bitcoin will outperform stocks, bonds and gold over the next decade
The bank's asset management arm set a base case in which BTC beats domestic equities, fixed income and gold over 10 years.
finance.yahoo · +14 outlets
Ark Invest buys $5.2M of Circle shares, sells $15.9M of its own bitcoin ETF as BTC slides
The rebalancing trimmed Ark's bitcoin ETF holdings while adding to its position in the USDC issuer as BTC fell below $80,000.
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Mizuho warns Circle faces up to 20% medium-term revenue risk from AI agents steering USDC holders away
The bank cited 10-20% reserve revenue downside risk as AI agents direct stablecoin holders toward higher-yielding fiat alternatives.
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South Korea weighs a fourth delay to its crypto gains tax, pushing implementation to 2029
Officials worry domestic exchange users would bear the burden because the U.S. will not share crypto trading data until 2029.
Coindesk · +13 outlets
OCC urges community banks to enter the stablecoin payments market as federal licensing deadline nears
The banking regulator is encouraging smaller lenders to develop stablecoin services ahead of new federal requirements.
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Zcash co-founder proposes ending grants funding, citing $125M treasury
Sean Bowe's plan would redirect the committee's 8% share of new ZEC to a reserve for future miners, with the committee keeping funds already received.
Coindesk · +1 outlets