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Bitcoin
Bitcoin faces Fed, PCE, GDP and Big Tech earnings in packed week
Bitcoin is holding near $80,000 as investors await a Fed decision, inflation and growth data, and results from Microsoft, Alphabet, Amazon and Intel.
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Regulation
FCA consults on crypto crime guidance covering wallet checks and analytics
The non-binding proposals set out good and poor practice for customer checks, blockchain analytics and the Travel Rule, with responses due by 24 December.
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Stablecoins
Standard Chartered-backed Anchorpoint leaves retail stablecoin timing open
The Hong Kong venture declined to reaffirm an end-2026 retail target for its HKDAP token, shortly after HSBC opened RedCoin to PayMe users.
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Regulation
South Korea's presidential office backs another crypto tax delay
Ruling-party lawmakers propose moving the 22% gains tax from January 2027 to 2029, citing readiness and overseas reporting gaps.
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Altcoins
Evernorth seeks $80.7M through share sale to fund XRP purchases
Ripple-backed XRP treasury company plans to issue 5.2 million shares to Cantor Fitzgerald affiliate.
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Exchanges
Robinhood wins DFSA approval for Dubai crypto and stock trading
The US brokerage plans a 2027 Middle East launch from the DIFC, offering crypto, equities, ETFs and investment tokens with custody.
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Ethereum
Lido launches 0x02 community staking module with a deliberately small start
Operators can bond 32 ETH to run validators with effective balances up to 2,048 ETH, though Lido's first allocation covers only about 32 seed deposits.
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Stablecoins
Mastercard praised RLUSD stablecoin at XRP Ledger hackathon in New York
Payment giant's representatives complimented Ripple's stablecoin during developer event, per community account.
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Bitcoin
Bitcoin regains $80K after Schiff's $75K crash call
Bitcoin dipped to a five-week low near $79K, then recovered above $80K after Peter Schiff warned of a slide to $75K.
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Markets
XRP could slide to $0.98 if whale selling continues, analyst says
Ali Martinez ties a $0.98 target to whale selling, rising exchange balances and a break below $1.26, while EGRAG CRYPTO sees a bullish setup.
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Bitcoin
Tether signs 15 bitcoin mining firms to open-source automation kit
Hardware makers, pools and operators will build integrations for Tether's Mining Development Kit, with a stable 1.0 release targeted for the end of 2026.
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Hacks & Security
Electrum patches flaw that turned a fee bump into bitcoin theft
Malicious servers could swap an unconfirmed payment so that a user's later fee increase authorized a transfer to an attacker, developers say.
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Technology
XRP Ledger bug fix amendment reset to November 4 after validator support lapses
A maintenance upgrade for the XRP Ledger lost majority validator backing briefly, triggering a restart of its two-week approval window.
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Altcoins
BCG study puts custody at the center of banks' digital asset plans
Ripple-commissioned research models up to $100M in upside for a regional bank and says custody choices shape which digital asset services banks can offer.
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Hacks & Security
Suspect extradited to US over $36.9m crypto scam with 174 victims
Zheng Zhao, 44, faces a money-laundering conspiracy charge after being sent from the Netherlands, eight co-conspirators have already pleaded guilty.
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Altcoins
Dogecoin contributor Mishaboar sets out steps for ecosystem growth
The community contributor asked commercial ventures to fund Dogecoin Core, back code review and research, and ship transparent products.
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DeFi
Aave V4 goes live with first externally curated markets via Sentora
Sentora is managing three isolated lending markets on Ethereum where users can borrow RLUSD, PYUSD and OUSD under Aave DAO oversight.
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Technology
Starknet voters back research into independent post-quantum layer 1
A non-binding poll drew record participation and 93.52% support for studying a move away from Ethereum, but no migration has been approved.
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Technology
Cardano opens Dijkstra testnet ahead of node 11.2 upgrade
Intersect says stake pool operators can join DijkstraNet now, while node 11.2 is expected to carry the testnet to protocol version 12 without Leios.
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Regulation
Blockchain Association pushes Congress for crypto tax overhaul as Clarity Act stalls
The trade group sent congressional leaders a 10-point tax wishlist and a constituent outreach site, but endorsed neither chamber's pending bill.
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Markets
XRP's two-year consolidation before 2017 rally offers lesson on market patience
Black Swan Capitalist co-founder points to XRP's historical price action as a reminder that prolonged stagnation can precede major breakouts.
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ETFs
FINMA approves Switzerland's first retail spot bitcoin ETF
BIT Asset Management's Bitcoin Fund ETF is expected to list on SIX Swiss Exchange in November, offering Swiss retail investors direct bitcoin exposure.
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Regulation
Netanyahu asks for blockchain plan to counter possible banking sanctions
Israel's prime minister says he has ordered preparations for alternatives to conventional banking channels, four days before the October 27 election.
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Technology
Wells Fargo, Arm and Intuit object to OKXICE tokenized stock listing
Six more issuers have reportedly blocked tokenized versions of their shares from the OKX-ICE venue, bringing objections to 22, Reuters says.
