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Tue, Oct 27, 7:16 AM ET
Ripple wins final OCC approval to launch Ripple National Trust Bank, bringing RLUSD under federal oversight
The charter places RLUSD reserve management and custody under federal supervision while issuance stays with Ripple's New York-regulated entity.
Theblock · +14 outlets
AI giant Anthropic files for IPO, reported $16.3 billion first-half revenue and $80.7 billion net loss
The Claude maker aims to price its offering in mid-November as part of a broader wave of AI capital raising.
Coindesk · +14 outlets
Mochatrade raises about $5.5 million led by CoinFund to offer US stock perpetuals to Indian traders
The Y Combinator-backed platform is in beta and plans to open publicly in coming weeks, targeting Indian demand for US equity derivatives.
Theblock · +14 outlets
NBA signs CFTC prediction market agreement with Kalshi and Polymarket, as NFL balks
The NBA becomes the third major league to set integrity standards with the derivatives regulator for event contracts.
Theblock · +13 outlets
Nvidia rival tensions aside, Strategy pauses bitcoin buys and repurchases $205 million of STRC preferred shares
Strategy's bitcoin stack equals roughly 4% of total supply with $3.9 billion in paper gains.
Theblock · +1 outlets
Strive closes in on second-largest corporate bitcoin treasury with $511 million purchase, unveils $1 billion preferred program
The purchase puts Strive within 1,000 BTC of Metaplanet, and StoneX lifted its price target to $43 from $32.
Theblock · +9 outlets
Keystone to destroy almost 19,000 hardware wallets after breach exposed buyer data kept past its deletion policy
The breach exposed 25,964 buyer records after an automated deletion tool failed without detection.
Coindesk · +9 outlets
Mizuho says Circle faces up to 20% revenue risk as AI agents steer USDC holders to higher-yielding alternatives
The note cuts Circle's price target, citing medium-term reserve revenue downside from AI-driven stablecoin flows.
Theblock · +8 outlets
Bitcoin slips below $80,000 as traders de-risk ahead of Fed decision
Ether and XRP led losses among majors while AI-linked trades took another hit in Asia.
Coindesk · +14 outlets
CoinDCX confirms $16 million loss from retired wallets days after CEO called breach reports a false alarm
The Mumbai-based exchange said it will absorb the loss from an internal process failure tied to a retired wallet.
Theblock · +14 outlets
South Korea weighs fourth delay on crypto gains tax, pushing start to 2029
Officials worry domestic exchange users would bear the burden because the U.S. will not share trading data until 2029.
Coindesk · +13 outlets
Ark Invest buys $5.2 million of Circle shares and sells $15.9 million of its own bitcoin ETF as BTC slides
The rebalancing came as bitcoin fell below $80,000.
Theblock · +4 outlets
Solana requires 1 SOL burned per bug report as AI-generated spam floods security teams
A monthlong contest drew 809 reports, with AI believed to have produced nearly all of them.
Coindesk · +1 outlets
Bitcoin wallet bug let rogue servers steal funds when users tried to speed up payments
Attackers replaced legitimate transactions with fake ones and waited for users to approve higher fees; at least one person lost bitcoin before a patch.
Coindesk · +5 outlets
Canada opens consultation on draft stablecoin rules, keeps ban on yields
Non-bank issuers would have to back tokens 1:1 with reserves at qualified Canadian institutions and settle redemptions within three business days.
Coindesk · +14 outlets
Hyperliquid says Kraken parent Payward to be first CFTC-regulated HIP-3 deployer
The step moves toward regulated U.S. perpetual futures on the platform.
Theblock · +14 outlets
Zcash co-founder proposes ending grants funding, citing $125 million treasury
The proposal would redirect the committee's 8% share of newly created ZEC to a reserve for future miners.
Coindesk · +1 outlets
BlackRock joins SBI and Startale to link tokenized money market funds with Japanese yen stablecoins
The MoU explores connecting tokenized MMFs with SBI's yen-pegged stablecoin JPYSC.
Theblock · +1 outlets

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