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NEAR climbed into the top 20 cryptocurrencies by market capitalization, as NEAR Intents surpassed $31 billion in cumulative transaction volume.

Standard Chartered plans custody for cryptocurrencies, stablecoins and tokenized assets for institutional and eligible corporate clients in Singapore.

Greece is preparing draft legislation to impose a 10% capital gains tax on cryptocurrencies, as it moves towards the country’s first digital asset taxation framework.

CEO Tim Grant will lead AI venture TensorX, while CIO Stuart Connolly stays to oversee the firm’s formal unwind in January.

The bank said the service would extend its existing crypto custody footprint in the UAE, Luxembourg, and Hong Kong.

Bitcoin ETFs erased October’s net inflows with $485 million in withdrawals, while Ether funds logged a seventh straight outflow session.

The crypto company's $1.25 billion acquisition of Hidden Road has opened a corner of Wall Street where funds pay to amplify daily moves in stocks such as Nvidia and Sandisk.

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Bitcoin-backed lending is evolving into a mainstream source of credit, with borrowers using BTC to access liquidity without selling.

Former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo urged the crypto industry to balance its support for Democrats and Republicans if they want federal crypto legislation passed.

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin warned that the crypto industry should take risks to cryptography from AI-accelerated math seriously.

Canton CEO Yuval Rooz compared blockchain adoption to Uber and Airbnb, arguing that widespread adoption could help insulate it from potential policy reversals.

The Sepolia rehearsal has raised its processing budget more than threefold, but sampled blocks used less than half that allowance.

Bitcoin has slipped under a level FxPro says opens a "quick path to $80,000." Brent crude climbed above $102 and pushed Treasury yields back toward their highest since 2002.

The South Korean tech giant said the feature is built into Samsung Wallet, with fiat on- and off-ramps, rather than a separate crypto app.

The amount of money the crypto media firm has been shopping itself for was not revealed.

Ethereum researchers say crypto users should consider an orderly migration of funds to fresh addresses, warning AI could threaten private-key security before quantum computers do.

Orca and Loopscale unite as Formation, targeting financing for AI, energy, robotics and defense.

OpenAI posted 722 AI-written math manuscripts from an unreleased model, saying most came from a single prompt. Some mathematicians call the claims unverified.

Ethereum Foundation researcher Justin Drake urged holders to calmly move funds to unused addresses, warning that AI-driven math could break crypto signatures before quantum computers do.

The partnership with SAP-backed Tereina will let businesses send and receive Circle’s stablecoins from within the financial software they already use.

Claude Haiku 5.5 costs about 75% less to run than its predecessor and targets high-volume jobs like summaries and live customer support. It arrives 15 days after Opus 5.5.

The House Financial Services chairman credited the SEC and CFTC for stepping in after the Clarity Act's collapse but said only "permanent law change" can secure U.S. leadership.

Tether, issuer of the USDT stablecoin, will help Kazakhstan's central bank study a tenge-pegged token and put real-world assets on a blockchain.

Seoul's Yoido Full Gospel Church says data on 850,000 members may be compromised, and a security firm found signs AI helped run the attack.

The discussions would see Payward supply liquidity for crypto trading as major banks deepen their involvement in digital assets.

Grayscale's Krista Lynch says SEC listing standards cover about 15 tokens, letting crypto ETF issuers get selective beyond bitcoin and ether.

Google's Playground turns a typed description into a playable, shareable game, no coding required. It's live for U.S. adults, with creation access tiered by Google AI subscription.

“Trump’s coin was max extraction, and I wanted to troll every grift like it,“ said Hunter Biden in a breakdown of the memecoin launch and fallout.

The layer-1 blockchain said its programmable offchain tunnels reached the milestone during a live stress test designed to simulate high-frequency activity between AI agents.

Justin Drake recommended moving crypto assets to fresh addresses that keep their public keys hidden behind a hash.

Government-labeled wallets sent 833.6 BTC to Coinbase Prime deposit addresses and shuffled 40,285 BNB. No sale is confirmed, but the stash behind it is the largest any government holds in Arkham's ranking.

A commissioned report details thin liquidity and market-maker-linked gains during LAPTOP’s launch.

Polygon said businesses can also move the world’s largest stablecoin USDT between TRON and EVM networks without connecting to a wallet provider, bridge or fiat-ramp operator.

The agreement will explore a tenge-backed stablecoin pilot and a framework for tokenizing real-world assets as Kazakhstan expands its digital asset industry.

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.

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

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.

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

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

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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.

The National Bank of Kazakhstan said it will study a local currency-linked stablecoin and tokenized real-world assets with Tether.

Moody's assigned Sky a B3 issuer rating with a stable outlook, its first rating of a stablecoin protocol. Sky is also rated B- by S&P.

EU law enforcement agencies urged developers, exchanges, and users to initiate phased post-quantum migrations immediately to prevent future unauthorized fund transfers.

Tom Lee said Bitmine will be “done stacking” once it owns 5% of ETH, setting an end date to an accumulation streak that began in mid-2025 and made the company the world's largest Ethereum treasury.

Daniel Rhyne locked his company's IT administrators out of its network and demanded 20 BTC, then worth $750,000, to stop the shutdowns.

The firm is putting its own capital into stablecoin and tokenized gold vaults as institutional finance moves further onchain.

Some traders are looking for more predictable prediction market opportunities, rather than playing “hot potato” with the next 100x gem, according to Polymarket’s Shayne Coplan.

OKX raises more, $500M+ in crypto longs liquidated after a late evening selloff, and Abstract calls it quits.

Banks need their own permissioned ledger, wallet tools and smart-contract capabilities before they can use Swift’s tokenized-deposit network, Taurus’s Lamine Brahimi said.

Crypto card demand can be stronger where access is harder, Tangem says, as it expands its Visa payment offering, allowing users to spend from its self-custodial wallet.

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NEAR co-founder Illia Polosukhin said users no longer need centralized exchanges for "a lot" of crypto activity.

Ether underperformed, losing 6% after Tom Lee said Bitmine would soon stop purchasing additional ETH.

The EU police agency expects blockchains to adapt to the threat, while a second report weighs the risk of data stolen now and cracked later.

Yearly buyer cohorts and U.S. spot ETF investors offer a map of potential support and resistance as bitcoin retreats below $84,000.

Bitcoin fell below $84,000 as oil climbed on Iranian tanker attacks, while smaller tokens fell harder and liquidations rose to $547 million.

World Liberty Financial outlined plans to bring USD1 to major online platforms as Mesh announced a payments partnership scheduled to roll out this quarter.

Early Wall Street wealth-creation opportunities remain inaccessible to retail participants, but Hyperliquid’s perpetual contracts aim to democratize access, according to its CEO.

The Tornado Cash founder hit back in a tweet, noting FinCEN withdrew a proposed mixer rule over concerns it could chill legitimate activity.

BingX strategy chief Kevin Lee says wealthy investors are taking a longer-term approach to Bitcoin, though family-office crypto exposure remains limited.

Jito’s JTX plans a mobile app, equities feature, and perpetual futures as it expands beyond spot trading on Solana.

Bitcoin fell 2.3% in two hours amid suspicion over the appearance of leveraged BTC short positions on Hyperliquid.

The stablecoin payments company’s proposed New York trust bank would custody digital assets and dollars, manage stablecoin reserves and issue and redeem dollar-backed tokens.

Bitcoin ETFs returned to net inflows with $119 million on Tuesday despite falling prices, while Ether funds reached a six-session outflow streak totaling $408 million.

Unveiled at TOKEN2049 Singapore, the Morpho-powered Crypto Loan feature lets users borrow stablecoins against wrapped Bitcoin while keeping private keys and final approval on their hardware device.

Robinhood has added bitcoin worth $25 million to its balance sheet, senior vice president and general manager of crypto and international, told the Starting Block Wednesday.

Tom Lee said Bitmine will not accumulate Ether past 5% of the supply, turning the company’s target into a ceiling.

Chervinsky says that beyond regulated perps, onchain markets need to enter the U.S. regulatory perimeter, a step he expects will happen soon.

Russia registered its first crypto exchanges and custodians, including its largest bank, Sberbank, which plans to launch crypto products on Dec. 1.

Bitcoin dipped to around $84,200 on Wednesday but stayed inside its recent range, keeping the broader bullish stair-step trajectory intact.

Prosecutors say a recent Bitcoin Fog appeals court ruling supports their argument that Tornado Cash activity in Manhattan was enough to establish venue for parts of Roman Storm’s case in New York.

Robinhood SVP Johann Kerbrat says the purchase was intended to signal the company's commitment to the crypto sector.

Wallets linked to the U.S. government moved millions in crypto on Tuesday, according to data tracked by Arkham.

Gold recorded 542 million contracts and an estimated $5 million in fees in September, surpassing Ether’s 318 million contracts and $2.6 million, though Bitcoin remained far ahead.

The consumer-focused blockchain will close Dec. 15 after Igloo spent tens of millions supporting it, days after Blast said its own network was no longer worth operating.

The new standard is aimed at regulated stablecoins, funds and bonds whose issuers need identity checks, sanctions controls and other transfer rules built into the asset itself.

Crypto liquidations amounted to $555.6 million over the past 24 hours, including $487.2 million in long positions, according to CoinGlass.

Coinbase plans to relaunch Coinbase Pro by year-end and has completed its Deribit integration, creating Coinbase Global Exchange.

Trading on the platform has largely been suspended since June as its operator awaited MiCA authorization, with the company now looking to regulated partners to restart services.

Igloo CEO Luca Netz said the company funded Abstract for 18 months but still failed to find product-market fit despite attracting major brands and a community of millions.

Google's new image model, Nano Banana 2.1, is live. It costs about half as much as its predecessor, but the performance claims come from Google's own tests.

Nothing in Circle's posts announces a sponsorship, but replies dug up Khaled's 2018 SEC settlement over a crypto fraud he promoted. The internet never forgets.

A developer posted metadata for about 5.6 billion public TikTok videos, scraped through the app's private API in a way TikTok's terms prohibit. The free dataset also doubles as a storefront.

The lawsuit alleged that Tether froze USDt funds in a Conduit wallet tied to an investigation launched by Brazilian authorities in 2024.

The proposed fund would hold ZEC directly, with Gemini Trust serving as custodian and Winklevoss Capital affiliates eyeing up to a $100 million investment.

Abstract will shut down Dec. 15, saying a chain focused solely on consumer crypto proved unsustainable, and is urging users to bridge their assets off before then.

Abstract, the Pudgy Penguins-backed Ethereum L2, will shut down on Dec. 15. Users must bridge assets off before then.

The payments firm alleges Tether froze its treasury wallet on its own initiative over a Brazilian investigation it has no connection to—and has profited from the reserves while refusing to release the funds for more than a year.

The face of the "Don't Die" movement now says retouching beats therapy for looking young. His transformation over the summer may explain why.

The proposed fund would hold ZEC directly, trade on Nasdaq under "WINK" with Gemini as custodian, and add the Winklevoss twins to a wave of institutional interest in the privacy coin.

Conduit is suing Tether in NY federal court, alleging the USDT issuer froze $2.76 million of its funds for over a year without explanation.

Paris-based Mistral launched Large 4, a model nicknamed after a June internet joke. It tops GPT-6 Astra on one finance test, but trails Claude on others.

Winklevoss Asset Services filed for a spot Zcash ETF under ticker WINK, with Gemini as custodian and a 0.25% fee, rivaling Grayscale's ZCSH.

Bitcoin and Ethereum barely moved today, but Zcash and Monero are leading the largest coins over the last 24 hours.

Attacks grew more sophisticated and less predictable over the period, according to researchers who scanned more than 20 billion transactions.

Solana treasury firm DeFi Development approved an open-ended program to repurchase CHAD preferred stock if it trades below its $10 par value.

Ripple Prime will provide prime brokerage, clearing and financing to Brevan Howard, deepening a tie that began with its Ripple investment.

Polymarket rolls out Protocol V2, replacing its legacy Gnosis-based setup with a single ERC-1155 positions contract and pUSD collateral.

A London quantitative hedge fund joins the round too, seven months after the NYSE's owner bought in at exactly the same price.

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Adam Iza used off-duty LA deputies to pull warrants and personal data on his rivals, then moved the proceeds through crypto custodians.

Built with input from J.P. Morgan, the open-source "DvP" program lets institutions settle trades atomically on Solana with finality in seconds instead of days.

The Nasdaq-listed bitcoin treasury company, co-founded by Vivek Ramaswamy, paid roughly $169 million for 2,000 coins last week and now holds 29,462 BTC.

Nasdaq-listed DeFi Development Corp's latest SEC filing shows its Solana stash grew 1%, to about 2.56 million SOL and SOL equivalents—roughly half the prior week's gain and well below mid-September's pace.

Investigators say a Bonita Springs woman's Claude "diary" tripped Anthropic's safety filters. A human review team sent it to police, and Anthropic's own terms allow exactly that.

An anonymous 4chan user called Bitcoin's October 2025 peak to the day way back in 2023. Could they be right again?

FinCEN withdrew a 2020 proposal to track transactions with self-custodial crypto wallets and a 2023 plan to designate crypto mixing as a primary money laundering concern.

The on-chain sleuth says he posed as a customer of a Chinese crime syndicate, fronting $349,700 and eating 5% on every order, to track Lazarus Group's Bybit loot in real time.