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Japan adds Russian crypto exchange Garantex to its asset freeze list in a new Russia sanctions round
Wu Blockchain reports that on Oct 2 Japan sanctioned 33 entities and nine individuals tied to Russia, including Garantex, and restricted services to 35 shadow-fleet vessels. The US and EU had already sanctioned Garantex.
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Russia's defense ministry says it will step up strikes on Kyiv after Zelenskiy remarks, TASS reports
According to TASS, Russia's defense ministry said it will escalate strikes on Kyiv and other Ukrainian regions in response to Zelenskiy's latest comments, a sign of rising geopolitical risk.
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Bitcoin wallet holding 801 BTC moves for the first time in over 13 years
Whale Alert reports that a Bitcoin address with 801 BTC, worth about $68.3M, became active again after 13.1 years without activity.
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IMF releases $138M to El Salvador after granting waivers on Bitcoin-related program terms
Cointelegraph reports El Salvador got a $138 million IMF payment after waivers tied to its Bitcoin activities were approved. The IMF says it will keep working to scale back the state's Bitcoin involvement and strengthen crypto regulation.
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Brian Armstrong says AI agents could eventually make more transactions than humans
In an interview with Scott Melker, Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong said AI agents may eventually make more transactions than humans. He argued that legacy payment rails can't handle the speed, global reach and micropayments agents need, and pointed to Base, USDC and x402 as Coinbase's answer.
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Cointelegraph: Ex-SEC Chair Jay Clayton Named Trump's AI Czar, to Lead 'Super Intelligence Force'
Cointelegraph reports that Jay Clayton, the former SEC chair who brought the agency's lawsuit against Ripple, has been named President Trump's AI czar. He will head a "Super Intelligence Force" that has 120 days to report its findings.
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AMBCrypto: Andrew Tate shifts $1.87M as HYPE faces possible $5.62M in sell pressure
AMBCrypto reports that Andrew Tate moved roughly $1.87M in funds. The outlet points to about $5.62M in possible selling pressure on Hyperliquid's HYPE token.
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Philippine court freezes crypto wallets and bank accounts linked to lawmaker in flood-control graft case
Cointelegraph reports that a Philippine court has frozen 25 crypto wallets and 86 bank accounts linked to an unidentified lawmaker. The order is part of a plunder investigation into flood-control projects.
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Russia's Finance Ministry pays salaries in digital rubles for the first time
Cointelegraph reports that Russia's Finance Ministry has paid wages in digital rubles for the first time. The Bank of Russia and the ministry are working together to bring the CBDC into the state budget process.
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CME FedWatch shows markets pricing in a likely Fed rate hold this month
Cointelegraph reports that CME Group's FedWatch data puts the odds of the Fed holding rates steady this month at about 77.9%. That makes another hike look unlikely.
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Lubin says there's no sign MetaMask wallets were affected
Consensys founder Joseph Lubin told users there is currently no evidence that MetaMask wallets were affected, AMBCrypto reports. The comment appears to respond to a recent security concern.
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Hong Kong woman, 60, reportedly loses $2.8M to fake crypto adviser scheme
According to Cointelegraph, a 60-year-old Hong Kong woman lost about $2.8M after someone posing as a crypto expert convinced her to make deposits, supposedly to show her account was not involved in money laundering.
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Dragonfly's Haseeb Qureshi says recurring token unlocks are weakening secondary-market confidence
In a Bankless interview, Dragonfly managing partner Haseeb Qureshi said multi-year unlock schedules create steady sell pressure. He said some strategic investors sell each tranche as it vests, which he argued discourages secondary buyers.
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Lookonchain flags whale wallets accumulating PUMP, including a long-dormant buyer
Lookonchain reports that wallet "netherlol" bought about 383M PUMP (~$2.4M), its first such move in over a year. Separately, a newly created wallet pulled roughly 189M PUMP (~$1.18M) from MEXC.
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Whale 'Corus' buys about $200K of EDEL, Lookonchain reports
Lookonchain says the trader known as 'Corus' bought about 7.14M EDEL for roughly $200K. Lookonchain also says the trader has made about $34.95M in profit on Hyperliquid and holds about 137K HYPE. EDEL has risen about 750% over the past two months.
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Cathie Wood pushes back on Ackman's inflation concerns, citing normal yields and plunging AI costs
ARK Invest's Cathie Wood disputed Bill Ackman's inflation warning, Cointelegraph reports. She argued the 10-year Treasury yield sits near its historical median and that AI inference costs are falling about 99.99% a year, which she sees as deflationary.
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Stablecoin market cap passes $310B, AMBCrypto reports
AMBCrypto reports that total stablecoin market capitalization has climbed past $310 billion. The outlet frames the growing liquidity as a possible factor for Bitcoin heading into Q4.
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Trump pledges $5,000 'Trump Dividend' per citizen if GOP wins midterms, touts Medicare checks
According to Cointelegraph, Trump said more than 20 million seniors will receive Medicare payments of close to $100. He also promised every US citizen a $5,000 "Trump Dividend" if Republicans win the midterm elections.
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Whale moves roughly $155M in USDC into Aave
Whale Alert reports that an unidentified whale wallet sent about 155 million USDC, worth around $155M, to the Aave lending protocol.
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Vitalik tests private AI setup using a local model, zkAPI payments and Tor to hide his identity from frontier models
Vitalik Buterin says he got personal health advice from frontier AI models without revealing his identity. A local model wrote the queries, zkAPI handled payments and Tor hid his network traffic. He named Tor latency and slow local inference as the main weaknesses.
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Whale pulls roughly $155M in USDC out of Aave
Whale Alert reported that about 155 million USDC, worth roughly $155 million, moved from Aave to an unidentified whale wallet.
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Bitcoin slips back below $87K as about $1.05B in realized profits weighs on price, AMBCrypto says
AMBCrypto reports that Bitcoin failed to hold its move above $87K. It points to about $1.05B in profit-taking as a possible source of selling pressure on BTC.
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Bessent shrugs off AI bubble concerns and climbing 10-year yields, Bloomberg reports
Bloomberg reports, via Cointelegraph, that US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent played down fears of an AI bubble. He also said the jump in 10-year yields, reportedly to their highest level since 2002, matches what is happening globally.
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Whale Alert flags roughly $58M in bitcoin leaving OKX for an unidentified wallet
According to Whale Alert, 684 BTC, worth about $58 million, moved from the exchange OKX to an unknown wallet. Outflows like this sometimes point to custody moves or accumulation, but the reason for this transfer has not been confirmed.
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Solana logs record 8.92B successful non-vote transactions in Q3, per Cointelegraph
Cointelegraph reports that Solana processed about 8.92 billion successful non-vote transactions in the third quarter. That is the network's highest quarterly total on record.
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ETH unstaking queue up 392% since start of October
Cointelegraph reports that the amount of ETH waiting to exit staking has risen about 392% since early October, which suggests more stakers want to withdraw.
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Holder count for Tether's XAUT gold token on BNB Chain is up about 29x in three months
Cointelegraph reports that Tether's tokenized gold product XAUT now has about 79,300 holders on BNB Chain. That is roughly 29 times the count from three months ago.
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About $247M in crypto longs liquidated in 24 hours, with the biggest single wipeout on ZEC
Cointelegraph reports that roughly $246.8M in leveraged long positions were liquidated across crypto markets over the past 24 hours. It says the largest single liquidation was a Zcash (ZEC) position.
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Ethereum layer-2 Blast to wind down in October, citing costs outpacing revenue
According to AMBCrypto, Ethereum layer-2 network Blast plans to shut down in October after operating costs grew larger than the revenue it brought in.
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Chainalysis says AI-assisted tracing ties $387M Bitget hack to North Korea
Decrypt reports that blockchain analytics firm Chainalysis used AI tools to follow the funds from the $387M Bitget exploit and attribute the attack to North Korea.
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Chainalysis links $387M Bitget breach to North Korea, using AI to follow funds across four chains
Chainalysis says North Korean hackers were behind the Sept. 24 Bitget exploit worth about $387M, which it says pushes the country's 2026 crypto thefts above $1B. The firm says it used its own AI tools to follow the stolen funds across four blockchains, Decrypt reports.
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Bitwise CEO reveals personal stake in firm's NEAR ETF
Bitwise's chief executive has disclosed that he personally bought shares of the NEAR exchange-traded fund, Cointelegraph reports.
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Crypto job listings jumped roughly threefold in September even as fewer people applied
CoinDesk reports that crypto job postings rose about threefold to more than 1,200 in September while applications declined. Finance, engineering and trading roles saw the most demand, and Bitcoin, Ethereum and Solana were the blockchain skills employers asked for most.
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OpenPayd plans Nasdaq IPO by year-end to fund U.S. push and acquisitions
CoinDesk reports that payments infrastructure firm OpenPayd is aiming for a Nasdaq listing by the end of the year. CEO Iana Dimitrova said the company wants to enter the U.S. by April 2027 and is looking at deals to pick up licenses and technology.
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NEAR Intents reports full recovery of $3.8M taken in separate exploit, closes probe
According to NEAR Intents, all $3.8M stolen in a separate hack has been returned, and the team says its investigation into the incident is now closed, per Cointelegraph.
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Jordan reportedly detains key ShinyHunters member tied to FBI breach
Unnamed sources say authorities in Jordan have detained a key member of the ShinyHunters hacking group, which is linked to a breach of FBI systems.
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Pump.fun's PUMP token sees about $8.3M in long liquidations
AMBCrypto reports that about $8.3M in leveraged long positions on Pump.fun's PUMP token were liquidated. Traders are now watching whether the $0.005 level holds.
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Decrypt: Trump to host another dinner for top meme coin holders
Decrypt reports that President Trump is planning another dinner event tied to his meme coin, following the earlier holder dinner. The outlet has published the event details.
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TRUMP meme coin plans Nov. 22 gala dinner with the President for its top 185 holders
Decrypt reports the TRUMP meme coin project will host its top 185 holders at a Nov. 22 dinner with President Trump. The news comes two weeks after ethics disputes over his crypto interests helped stall the Clarity Act in the Senate.
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Cathie Wood urges investors to track spending by AI agents as machine-driven commerce grows
CoinDesk reports that ARK's Cathie Wood says investors should start watching where AI agents spend money. Agents are moving from answering questions to making real purchases, and tech firms are racing to control the payment networks behind that commerce.
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