Strive Adds $169M Bitcoin in Its Biggest Buy in Four Months
The publicly traded company paid an average of about $84,422 per coin between Sept. 28 and Oct. 2, according to its a filing with the SEC. That works out to roughly $169 million.
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Australian Dollar holds steady amid soft consumer sentiment
AUD/USD remains steady after two days of gains, trading around 0.6970 during Asian hours on Tuesday. The currency pair is hovering in a tight range as the Australian Dollar (AUD) finds support despite local economic hea…
DeFi Development Corp Adds $3 Million in Solana as SOL Buys Slow
DeFi Development Corp., a Financial services and asset management company known in the crypto ecosystem for having the second biggest Solana holdings in the world, just added 26,202 SOL, worth roughly $3 million, to its…
WTI falls to near $88.50 on G7 reserve release
West Texas Intermediate (WTI), the US crude oil benchmark, is trading around $88.60 during the early Asian trading hours on Tuesday. WTI faces some selling pressure as rising Middle East crude exports and a release of o…
British Pound extends range play; holds above 1.3200 as bullish USD caps upside
The GBP/USD pair extends its consolidative move during the Asian session on Tuesday, trading above the 1.3200 mark and within a familiar range held over the past two weeks or so.
Singapore Dollar: MAS seen very slightly tightening – Standard Chartered
Standard Chartered’s Edward Lee expects the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) to deliver another very slight tightening in October, raising the SGD NEER slope to 1.5% from 1.25% while keeping the band parameters unc…
Inside the CFTC’s New Rules for Crypto Asset Markets
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New Zealand third quarter business confidence jumps, says think tank
New Zealand's business confidence improved in the third quarter despite rising fuel prices and geopolitical headwinds, according to the New Zealand Institute of Economic Research.
Treasury Kills Crypto 'Unhosted Wallet' and Mixer Surveillance Rules
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.
Gold Reprices a Longer US-Iran War as 1979-Style Risk Returns
In the days after the US and Israel first bombed Iran, financial markets bet the economic fallout from Donald Trump’s “little excursion” in the Middle East would be short-lived.
The Pound flatlines as Treasury yields climb to another high
The odds of an October Fed hike have fallen from about two in three in late September to roughly one in five, and GBP/USD hasn't left the range it has traded in since September 24. Monday's range is entirely inside Frid…
Dimensional’s ‘New’ ETFs Are Really ETF Share Classes
Three Dimensional Fund Advisors ETFs that NYSE Arca announced as Monday launches are not new funds at all. Instead, they are existing ETFs that now trade as share classes of older Dimensional mutual funds, according to …
Mexican Peso builds winning streak as USD/MXN drifts toward 18.00
The Mexican Peso (MXN) posted back-to-back bullish days as USD/MXN edges lower by about 0.34% on Monday amid softer-than-expected US data and a mediocre Nonfarm Payrolls report last Friday. The exotic pair trades at 18.…
Silver Price Forecast: XAG/USD builds base above $60, eyes $64
Silver (XAG/USD) price drifts higher by over 1.14% on Monday, even as US Treasury yields rise and the Greenback extends its gains by 0.26%, as per the US Dollar Index (DXY). XAG/USD trades at $61.13, after bouncing off …
Modern Treasury seeks US trust bank charter for digital asset custody
The payments infrastructure company is seeking federal approval to offer stablecoin custody and related fiat services through a limited-purpose national trust bank.
FinCEN withdraws proposed crypto mixing rule over ‘legitimate activity’ concerns
The bureau under the US Treasury said it was withdrawing two proposed rules on unhosted wallets and crypto mixers ”as part of the Trump Administration’s deregulatory agenda.”
US Treasury yields scale multi-year highs as inflation fears return
US Treasury yields edged up at the beginning of the week, with the 30- and 10-year yields reaching multi-year highs as inflation expectations rose, as shown in a US Institute for Supply Management (ISM) survey indicatin…
A Florida Woman Used Claude as a Diary. An Anthropic Employee Read It and Reported It to Police
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.
CFTC Unveils Plan to Bring Crypto Exchanges Under Federal Oversight
The CFTC wants to give crypto exchanges a federal home, and leverage is the key that unlocks the door.
Why a 4chan Bitcoin Prophecy Says Today Is the End of Crypto Winter
An anonymous 4chan user called Bitcoin's October 2025 peak to the day way back in 2023. Could they be right again?
Advocacy group pushes back on banks’ lawsuit against OCC over charters
CCI CEO Ji Hun Kim said that the organization “remains confident“ in the OCC’s approval of charters for crypto companies, despite a recent lawsuit and pushback from some lawmakers.
Crypto Sleuth ZachXBT Fronted $350K to Pose as a Client of Lazarus' Chinese Launderers
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.
SEC Clears 3x Leveraged Bitcoin and Ethereum Funds for Trading
The agency approved a Cboe rule letting six Volatility Shares funds that triple the daily moves of Bitcoin, Ethereum, gold, silver, oil, and natural gas list on a U.S. exchange.
Euro Is Wearing France’s Fiscal Bill
Spain has now added another political log to the fire with snap elections scheduled for late November. On its own, Spain probably would not have been enough to knock the euro lower, but markets already have one eye on F…