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Goldman Sachs brings $100 billion Treasury fund into crypto’s institutional plumbing
Goldman Sachs is putting one of its largest Treasury funds within reach of digital-asset firms without creating a tokenized version of it.
SEI Tests Upper Edge Of Falling Wedge, Can Staked SEI ETF Boost SEI Price Next?
REXShares and Osprey Funds updated their Staked SEI ETF filing with an October 23 effective date.
UK needs plan in case of 'unprecedented' AI job losses, says minister
Kanishka Narayan says one of his top priorities is to have a plan in place if job losses are as bad as some fear.
UK tries to stop Trump's diesel export ban
The UK is in talks with US authorities over a potential stoppage of diesel exports and has started preparing for a ban, Chancellor John Healey has told BBC News.
Chainlink (LINK) Price Tests a Crucial Resistance—Is a Rise to $20 on the Horizon
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Citi Clients Can Now Take Stablecoin Payments Through Coinbase—Without Touching Crypto
Big businesses banking with Citi can now let customers pay in stablecoins without ever holding the tokens themselves.
After AI Agent Hacked Its Government, Australia Calls Altman and Amodei to Testify
An apology and a supportive tweet won’t be enough to calm down Australia's parliament after U.S.-based AI agents hacked their government. Now, its parliament wants a word with the two men steering the world's most power…
Tether is a ‘lifeline’ for Iranian regime, Senate Dems say in new report
U.S. dollar-pegged stablecoin Tether is a go-to tool for the Iranian government to bypass sanctions, a new report from a group of Senate Democrats said.
Nvidia Built a Kill Switch for AI Agents Because They Keep Getting Out
Nvidia on Monday launched the Open Agent Safety Platform, built to solve a problem the AI industry spent this past year discovering the hard way: how do you physically stop an AI agent (a system that can plan, use tools…
Anthropic's Claude Sonnet 5.5 Is Out, Beats Opus 5.5 at Coding for Half the Price
Anthropic released Claude Sonnet 5.5 on Monday, an upgrade to Sonnet 5 from June. Anthropic says this middle-tier model runs more than 30% faster than its predecessor.
Strive Buys $94.5 Million in Bitcoin, Pushing Holdings Past 27,000 BTC
Strive kept its Bitcoin shopping streak alive last week, though its cart was a bit lighter.
Canadian ‘crypto king’ set to represent himself at fraud trial
Aiden Pleterski was allegedly behind a crypto Ponzi scheme between 2021 and 2022 that resulted in a kidnapping and related criminal charges.
Bitcoin Falls Lower as Trump's Iran Snub Sends Oil, Yields Higher
The Bitcoin rally that sent BTC soaring in August is once again being slowed today by forces largely outside of the crypto market’s control. Bitcoin is currently trading near $83,000, down about 1.8% over 24 hours, afte…
Aldi boss says some of rivals' loyalty discounts 'dupe' customers
Aldi's UK boss has accused rival supermarket chains of duping customers in some cases with loyalty discounts that start with "unrealistically high prices" and then drop.
US SEC follows CFTC in staff guidance for crypto
With the failed cloture vote on the CLARITY Act, the SEC announced updates on how federal securities laws could apply to token issuers, following similar guidance from the CFTC.
Tether Helped Freeze $550M in Iran-Linked USDT, Reveals $4.9B Total Freeze
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The restaking gold rush is over, and top protocols are barely making a profit
By the end of this quarter, ether.fi will have cut the last structural link between its staking tokens and restaking protocol EigenLayer. Protocol documentation put under 1% of assets still restaked as of August with Ei…
Bybit accepts Franklin Templeton tokenized funds as trading collateral
Eligible institutions can pledge Benji-issued fund shares for stablecoin credit lines while keeping the underlying assets in off-exchange custody.
Quant Surges by 50%—Here’s What’s Driving the QNT Price Rally
Quant price surged over 50% as institutional tokenisation adoption, rising volume and short liquidations accelerated the breakout.
BGB Token Price Faces Fresh Pressure to Fall Under $1 After Bitget Hack
BGB token price remains below the $2.0-$2.20 resistance belt tied to the falling wedge.
Best thing we can offer young people is a job, not benefits, says chancellor
John Healey's speech comes ahead of next month's Budget, as he faces pressure to bring down government borrowing costs.
Crypto PAC spends $11M to oppose Sherrod Brown in Ohio
Fairshake pledged an initial $30 million on media opposing the Democratic candidate in Ohio’s Senate race in what some see as a repeat of spending by the crypto industry in 2024.
CCIP 2.0 Goes Live With $84B in Cross-Chain Value Secured
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