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Decrypt • Crypto • 23:26, 20 Oct

The Midterms Are the First Real Test of Whether Markets Beat Pollsters

Former NBC News political director Chuck Todd is hosting NEXTPredict two weeks before the vote, and has yet to pick a side.

BITCOIN MAGAZINE • Crypto • 23:26, 20 Oct

BlackRock Files for Bitcoin ETF With Downside Buffer and Capped Upside

Bitcoin Magazine BlackRock Files for Bitcoin ETF With Downside Buffer and Capped Upside A new filing with the SEC shows BlackRock wants to release an exchange-traded fund that offers downside protection but also caps...

Bitcoin • Crypto • 23:25, 20 Oct

Coinbase Taps Thunes to Link Stablecoins to Billions of Accounts

Coinbase is partnering with Thunes to connect stablecoin transfers with payouts to billions of bank accounts and mobile wallets. The agreement would expand access to local payment systems, including in regions with li...

COINTELEGRAPH • Crypto • 23:14, 20 Oct

Bitcoin price spikes to $83.3K as US stocks rise on Q3 earnings, oil falls

High US corporate earnings reports boosted stock markets and saw BTC price hit $83,300 before reversing at a 21-day trend line.

Decrypt • Crypto • 23:01, 20 Oct

Mastercard Opens Up AI Agent Payments With Early Access and Live Demo

At Cloudflare Connect, the company demoed an AI agent running a sample ad campaign across nine payments to two merchants on a single approved budget.

Tehc Crunch • Crypto • 23:00, 20 Oct

Plants can speak using electricity, so this startup built an AI model to decipher their language

Electric Plant has built an AI-powered translator to help humans listen to what plants are saying with the subtle electricity coursing through their stems.

Bitcoin • Crypto • 22:55, 20 Oct

Bitget Agrees to Buy Licensed Thai Exchange Weeks After $388M Hack

Bitget plans to acquire a licensed Thai crypto exchange, creating a potential route to locally operated trading services. The proposed transaction would support its Southeast Asian expansion, subject to regulatory app...

Bitcoin • Crypto • 22:26, 20 Oct

Andrew Cuomo Revisits His 2011 Crypto Roots as OKX Rolls Out $500K Shield

Former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo says he saw cryptocurrency’s potential back in 2011. Fifteen years later, he’s helping OKX bring Wall Street onchain, defending tokenized stocks against corporate resistan...

Crypto News • Crypto • 21:56, 20 Oct

XRP Price Warning: Leverage Resets as $11.8B in Reserves Loom

XRP exchange reserves reach 11.81 billion tokens as $1.25 support faces pressure, while lighter leverage leaves supply concerns unresolved. The post XRP Price Warning: Leverage Resets as $11.8B in Reserves Loom appear...

Bitcoin • Crypto • 21:48, 20 Oct

Bitcoin Firm Strive Launches SATS Stock With 15% Dividend After Raising $630M

Strive has rolled out a new preferred stock paying 15% annual dividends, backed by a bitcoin treasury worth roughly $3 billion. The company raised $630 million by selling the shares at a discount, giving investors a p...

Tech & Crypto

DeFi

Tehc Crunch • 20:00

Eka is worth $1.45B thanks to a physical AI model that has experts raving

Coin Desk • 19:40

Microsoft, Alphabet and Goldman Sachs join objections to OKX-ICE tokenized stock trading

BITCOIN MAGAZINE • 19:40

Sam Callahan: Bitcoin Doesn’t Need Rate Cuts to Succeed

COINTELEGRAPH • 19:38

Drift exploiter sends $61M ETH to Tornado Cash, holds $194M

BITCOIN MAGAZINE • 19:33

Michael Howell: Bitcoin as the Apex Liquidity Asset

Markets & Economy

Macro

Bitcoin • 19:30

Bitcoin Price Clings to $81K as Sellers Circle Critical Support

COINTELEGRAPH • 19:30

Tx launches USTX stablecoin to pull RWA liquidity onto its chain

COINTELEGRAPH • 19:13

Lloyds and Barclays among UK banks named in crypto transfer complaints, advocacy group says

Crypto News • 19:12

North Korea Polymarket Prediction Odds: Kim Jong Un’s Appearance Did Not Settle Leadership Fears

Decrypt • 19:06

Morning Minute: Nine Blue Chip Companies Say No to Tokenized Stocks

Policy, Politics & Global Regulation

SEC • Fed • G20 • Legal Wires

POLICY SPOTLIGHT

Tom Lee Says VCs Regret Missing Bitcoin’s 80x Rise Over 10 Years

Bitcoin • 18:30, 20 Oct

Coin Desk

France's parliament approves vote to hit stablecoin trades with 31% capital gains tax

COINTELEGRAPH

Netflix FTX trailer was ‘enough to upset me’ in first 30 seconds: former FTX COO

Coin Desk

Equity weakness could damp demand for bitcoin after biggest ETF inflows in a month

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COINTELEGRAPH • 23:06, 07 Oct

House Finance panel chair says regulator actions on crypto ‘fall short’ of CLARITY bill

Representative French Hill hopes lawmakers could pass a cryptocurrency market structure bill before the next session of Congress in 2027 as SEC and CFTC actions weren’t sufficient

Bitcoin • 22:40, 07 Oct

Solana Hits 14M Stablecoin Holders as Card Volume Tops $1B

Solana’s stablecoin footprint has expanded to more than 14 million holder addresses, alongside over $15 billion in supply and $1 billion in cumulative stablecoin card volume. Solana Stablecoin Use Sees Massive Growth ...

COINTELEGRAPH • 22:36, 07 Oct

Coinbase brings global crypto derivatives liquidity to US with Deribit integration

US institutions will gain access to Deribit’s options and perpetual futures through Coinbase, with US retail options expected later this year.

Decrypt • 22:34, 07 Oct

Bitcoin Dips Below $83K as Oil Shock Rattles Markets: What Happens Next?

Bitcoin fell sharply as oil topped $101 and the 30-year Treasury yield hit its highest since 2002. The daily chart still leans bullish. The four-hour chart disagrees.

Coin Desk • 22:13, 07 Oct

Gate bets all-in-one money app is crypto’s biggest consumer trend this year and next

Gate rebrands around Gate Money, which combines accounts, asset conversion, savings and card payments as the exchange broadens beyond its trading base.

Tehc Crunch • 22:07, 07 Oct

Healthleap raises $38M for its AI that flags hospital patients who may need a closer look

The financing includes an $8M seed round co-led by Sequoia Capital and First Round Capital, and a $30 million Series A led by Hummingbird Ventures.

COINTELEGRAPH • 22:06, 07 Oct

Bitcoin price drops to $82.7K October low as bond sell-off resumes on Iran nerves

Bitcoin fell below $83,000 to reach month-to-date lows as stocks reversed after all-time highs and bond yields spiked higher.

Bitcoin • 22:05, 07 Oct

Bitcoin Beats Equities, Real Estate Among Wealthy Investors: Survey

Another survey of investors with deep pockets signals strong interest in digital assets, especially bitcoin, as these assets were the most common pick for the best long-term performer among wealthy respondents in the ...

Coin Desk • 22:03, 07 Oct

Crypto Long & Short: Zcash and the case for privacy in the age of AI

AI has made it cheap to link wallet addresses to the people behind them, and the permanence of the blockchain means records don’t age out. Michael Zhao of Grayscale Research explains how Zcash’s shielded transactions ...

Decrypt • 21:55, 07 Oct

Bitmine's Relentless Ethereum Buying Is About to End, Tom Lee Says

Speaking at Token2049 in Singapore, the chairman said Bitmine is about 100,000 ETH—roughly six to seven weeks—from its 5% cap, setting an end date on a buying spree that made it the world's largest Ethereum treasury.