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Technology
Ibis exits stealth with $250M FalconX credit facility for onchain lending
The onchain credit platform also closed a pre-seed round led by FalconX, with Anchorage Digital Bank as custody and design partner.
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Exchanges
Coinbase posts $719M Q3 profit as market share and subscribers grow
The exchange ended two losing quarters, though most of the profit came from gains on crypto it holds rather than from operations.
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Markets
Pi Network sets first Ecosystem Summit for November as PI holds near $0.08
The three-day online event runs November 17, 19 with developer demos and a hackathon, while PI trades around $0.079 after a month of losses.
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Hacks & Security
Polymarket pauses trading after third-party breach drains user wallets
The prediction market blamed a compromised outside provider, resumed trading within hours and pledged to reimburse every affected trader.
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Regulation
CFTC Chair Selig raises questions about AI agents in crypto markets
The CFTC chairman outlined regulatory challenges posed by autonomous AI managing assets and trading on blockchain networks.
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Regulation
Itaú tells Brazil's central bank it operates as crypto provider
The country's largest bank filed a formal communication covering crypto trading and custody three days before the Oct. 30 deadline for incumbent lenders.
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Markets
Canton Foundation approves 15.8M CC grant to RedStone for pricing standard
The 12-month grant funds the Canton Access and Privacy Standard, which lets institutions use shared reference prices without revealing negotiated terms.
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Bitcoin
Alice & Bob study puts bitcoin key attack within 30,000 qubits
A preprint from the quantum computing firm estimates a fault-tolerant machine could solve bitcoin's elliptic-curve problem in about an hour, though the hardware
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Bitcoin
Franklin Templeton's Bitcoin dividend ETFs go effective
Two Franklin Templeton funds are designed to route stock dividends into bitcoin, starting at a 5% allocation with quarterly caps.
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Regulation
Lagarde to step down as ECB president early, on February 7, 2027
Lagarde will leave roughly eight months before her mandate expires, opening a succession race that will shape the bank's stance on crypto and the digital euro.
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Business
Kalshi raises $1 billion at $40 billion valuation, plans stock perpetuals
Sequoia and Wellington co-led Kalshi's second $1 billion raise in about five months, valuing the prediction-market operator at $40 billion.
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Markets
Bitcoin reclaims $80,000 as US GDP beats forecasts
Bitcoin recovered above $80,000 after slipping below the level, as third-quarter US growth topped estimates and inflation stayed above the Fed's target.
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Altcoins
Ripple reports $900m run rate and BNY custody as XRP lags
At Swell 2026, Ripple highlighted a $900m revenue run rate and BNY custody for XRP and RLUSD, while XRP trades 30% lower this year.
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Technology
Chainlink launches 24/7 real-world asset pricing with Aave as adopter
Chainlink 24/7 keeps equities and commodities data flowing through weekends and holidays, and Aave will use it for institutional RWA lending.
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Ethereum
Teku and Besu patch certificate flaw that could divert ETH rewards
Ethereum client teams released updates after weak eMudhra certificate keys exposed some validator setups to forged HTTPS connections.
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Bitcoin
Bitcoin steadies above $80K as PCE inflation meets expectations
Bitcoin rebounded to $80,000 following the release of September PCE inflation data that aligned with forecasts.
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Exchanges
Coinbase lists Ripple USD on exchange, Prime and retail app
RLUSD is available to eligible users on three networks with 1:1 dollar conversion, putting Coinbase in direct competition with Kraken.
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Regulation
Treasury sanctions 11 tied to North Korean IT worker crypto network
OFAC designated 10 people and one entity, including two Russian intermediaries, in a crackdown on Pyongyang's fake IT workforce.
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Altcoins
Hoskinson criticizes Cardano Foundation over Midnight TOKEN2049 absence
The Cardano founder questioned why Midnight was excluded from a major conference booth despite community funding.
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Bitcoin
Bitcoin pressured by hawkish Fed hold as traders weigh December hike
The Fed kept rates at 3.75%-4% but two dissents and a 78% December hike probability shifted attention to yields, the dollar and inflation data.
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Regulation
HTX agrees to leave UK in settlement with FCA
The exchange's Panama-registered entity has promised the High Court it will stop breaching UK financial promotion rules, ending the regulator's first case of
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Altcoins
Polygon Labs extends Open Money Stack payments suite to Solana
Solana businesses can now reach bank funding, embedded wallets and cross-chain payouts through one Polygon integration, with Kira among the first adopters.
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Markets
Ethereum slides toward $2,000 as bitcoin faces support test
Both cryptocurrencies have broken key technical levels amid broader market weakness and whale selling activity.
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Exchanges
EU crypto investors rank digital assets above retirement plans in OKX survey
Crypto investors in five countries ranked digital assets above retirement plans for lasting wealth in Europe, but not in the US, an OKX survey found.
