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Justin Drake urges move to fresh addresses over AI crypto-break fears; Ledger CTO warns of risks
According to The Defiant, Ethereum researcher Justin Drake personally advised users to adopt a 'bunker mode' and shift funds to new addresses, citing concern over an AI-aided cryptographic break. Ledger's CTO pushed back, saying a mass migration could lead to expensive user errors.
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Binance's Richard Teng at TOKEN2049: tokenized stocks see strong demand, but private markets lack good information
At TOKEN2049 in Singapore, Binance CEO Richard Teng said demand for tokenized equities and private market products is very strong. He added that poor information flow is still slowing the growth of some private markets, according to Cointelegraph.
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Digital Asset CEO at TOKEN2049: 24/7 onchain markets let liquidity respond to crises at any hour
Speaking at TOKEN2049 in Singapore, Yuval Rooz, CEO of Digital Asset (the company behind the Canton network), said always-on markets mean liquidity can arrive right away during shocks such as war or oil spikes, whatever the time.
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AMBCrypto reports Sui reached a 40M TPS throughput record, with a caveat attached
According to AMBCrypto, the Sui network has posted a record of 40 million transactions per second. The outlet says the figure comes with a catch but gives no details in the post, so the test conditions are unclear.
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Franklin Templeton CEO says rival tokenized money market funds are only 'digital twins'
Speaking at TOKEN2049 in Singapore, Franklin Templeton CEO Jenny Johnson said competing tokenized money market funds just mirror traditional funds and don't get the real benefits of blockchain, Cointelegraph reports.
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HyperLabs unstakes 3.75M HYPE for team distribution and OTC sales, Lookonchain says
Lookonchain reports HyperLabs unstaked about 3.75M HYPE (~$331M) to distribute to team members, with plans to sell via OTC. On-chain data shows 1.25M has been restaked and the rest split across two wallets.
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Cointelegraph reportedly seeking a buyer after a Google penalty cut its search traffic
CoinDesk reports that Cointelegraph is looking for a buyer. A Google manual penalty in October 2025 reportedly cut its organic traffic by about 80%. Similarweb shows monthly visits falling from more than 12M in Dec 2024 to roughly 700K by September 2026. No asking price has been disclosed.
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Cointelegraph reportedly up for sale after a Google penalty cut its traffic sharply
CoinDesk reports Cointelegraph is looking for a buyer after an October 2025 Google manual penalty reportedly cut its organic search traffic by about 80%. Similarweb data shows its monthly visits fell from over 12M to roughly 700K.
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Whale Alert flags about $100M in BTC moving from an unknown wallet to Coinbase Institutional
Whale Alert reports that 1,201 BTC, worth roughly $100 million, moved from an unidentified wallet to Coinbase Institutional. Large deposits to exchanges are often watched as a possible sign of selling, but the reason for this transfer is not known.
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Whale Alert flags roughly $137M in BTC moving from an unknown wallet to Coinbase Institutional
According to Whale Alert, an unidentified wallet sent 1,645 BTC, worth about $137 million, to Coinbase Institutional. Large exchange deposits like this are sometimes read as possible selling, but the purpose of this transfer is unknown.
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WSJ: Ripple Increasingly Positioned as Rival to Major Wall Street Banks
According to a Wall Street Journal report cited by Watcher.Guru, Ripple is becoming a significant competitor to large Wall Street banks.
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Cointelegraph reportedly up for sale as web traffic falls sharply
CoinDesk reports that crypto media outlet Cointelegraph is looking for a buyer following a steep drop in website traffic. The asking price has not been disclosed.
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About $51M in BTC leaves Coinbase Institutional for a new wallet
Whale Alert says 614 BTC, worth about $51.2M, moved from Coinbase Institutional to a newly created wallet with no known owner.
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Coinbase to bring USDC to Samsung Wallet as its first stablecoin, US launch coming
Coinbase says USDC will become the first stablecoin supported in Samsung Wallet, with the integration powered by Coinbase and set to roll out in the US soon.
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Buterin flags AI-driven threat to cryptography, says Ethereum's Lean roadmap is moving to hash-based signatures
Wu Blockchain reports that Vitalik Buterin cautioned AI-accelerated math could weaken lattice-based schemes and endanger ECDSA within about two years. He recommended using never-spent addresses and off-chain multisig, but warned against hasty asset migrations.
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Ethereum researcher Justin Drake warns AI may threaten private keys before quantum, urges 'bunker mode'
According to Cointelegraph, Ethereum researcher Justin Drake suggested users consider moving funds to new addresses. He argued that AI could weaken wallet private-key security within months, ahead of any quantum threat.
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Whale moves about $134M in USDC into Aave
Whale Alert reports that an unidentified wallet transferred roughly 133.8 million USDC, worth about $133.8M, to the Aave lending protocol.
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Trump says Strait of Hormuz saw record oil flows over the past three nights
President Trump said oil shipments through the Strait of Hormuz over the last three nights hit an all-time high. He gave no supporting figures, and the claim has not been independently verified.
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Whale Alert flags roughly $51M in BTC leaving Coinbase Institutional for a fresh wallet
Whale Alert reports that 614 BTC, worth about $51.1 million, moved from Coinbase Institutional to a newly created, unidentified wallet.
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Saylor urges US to let banks custody and lend against Bitcoin, citing scale of potential credit demand
In an Oct 2 Bitcoin Policy Institute interview, Strategy's Michael Saylor called for rules letting banks custody BTC and extend credit against it, saying $100B in bank credit could match about a decade of new BTC supply.
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Robinhood puts $25M of bitcoin on its corporate balance sheet
CoinDesk reports that Robinhood has bought about $25 million in bitcoin for its own balance sheet. The company's head of crypto and international business disclosed the purchase in an interview.
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Justin Sun at DAS Singapore: AI agents expected to run crypto wallets within five years
Speaking at the Digital Asset Summit in Singapore, Tron founder Justin Sun said he expects AI systems to be making onchain decisions and managing crypto wallets within the next five years, according to Cointelegraph.
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Number of Solana stablecoin holders tops 14 million, a new high
Citing Blockworks data, Solana says more than 14 million addresses now hold stablecoins on its network. That is a record and more than triple the fewer than 4 million recorded in late 2024.
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DOJ points to Bitcoin Fog ruling as it pushes back on Roman Storm's acquittal bid
Cointelegraph reports that federal prosecutors have cited the Bitcoin Fog case ruling to argue that New York is the proper venue, as they oppose Tornado Cash developer Roman Storm's motion for acquittal.
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Hyperliquid Policy Center's Chervinsky expects exchanges to move to public blockchain rails and onchain markets to get U.S. oversight
Jake Chervinsky, CEO of the Hyperliquid Policy Center, told The Block that exchanges will need public blockchain infrastructure to stay competitive. He also said onchain markets, not just regulated perps, should be brought under U.S. regulation, and he expects that to happen soon.
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Bitcoin falls under $85K after failing at $87K; about $550M in liquidations hit the crypto market
AMBCrypto reports that Bitcoin dropped below $85,000 after sellers pushed it back from another try at $87,000. About $550 million in leveraged positions were liquidated across the crypto market.
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Russia approves first crypto exchanges and custodians under new law, with Sberbank among them
Cointelegraph reports that Russia has registered its first batch of crypto exchanges and custodians under its new legal framework. Sberbank, the country's largest bank, is on the list and intends to roll out crypto products on Dec. 1.
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Abstract, the chain backed by Pudgy Penguins, is shutting down and says it never found product-market fit
AMBCrypto reports that Abstract, a blockchain project backed by Pudgy Penguins, will shut down. The team reportedly gave a lack of product-market fit as the reason.
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Whale Alert flags 979 BTC transfer from Robinhood to trading firm Cumberland
Whale Alert reports that about 979 BTC, worth roughly $82.4M, was moved from Robinhood-linked wallets to Cumberland, the crypto trading desk of DRW.
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Balaji Srinivasan at TOKEN2049: Bitcoin for Western institutions' reserves, Zcash for personal privacy
Cointelegraph reports that Balaji Srinivasan said at TOKEN2049 in Singapore that Bitcoin could become a reserve currency for Western institutions. He said Zcash could be what individuals use for private payments.
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At TOKEN2049, Balaji Srinivasan calls Zcash a real fix for lost privacy
Speaking at TOKEN2049 in Singapore, Balaji Srinivasan said Zcash is the tool that truly brings privacy back, according to Cointelegraph. He also pointed to its early work in zero-knowledge cryptography.
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Whale Alert flags 999 BTC (~$84M) moved from unknown wallet to Robinhood
Whale Alert reports that an unidentified wallet sent 999 BTC, worth about $84.3 million, to Robinhood.
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Cameron Winklevoss at TOKEN2049 contrasts Bitcoin's transparency with Zcash's privacy
Speaking at TOKEN2049 in Singapore, Gemini co-founder Cameron Winklevoss talked about monetary privacy. He described both Bitcoin and Zcash as decentralized, but said Bitcoin is public while Zcash is private, according to Cointelegraph.
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Morgan Stanley's Amy Oldenburg says tokenization demand is rising across US, Europe and Asia
Speaking at Blockworks' DAS conference in Singapore, Morgan Stanley's Amy Oldenburg said interest in tokenization is showing up in the US, Europe and Asia all at the same time, according to Cointelegraph.
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Backpack CEO says some Solana tokenized stocks top Nasdaq's 24h volume within a day of listing
Speaking at DAS Singapore, Backpack CEO Armani Ferrante said tokenized stocks the exchange lists on Solana can outpace Nasdaq's 24-hour trading volume for the same stock within a day of listing, according to Cointelegraph.
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DBS Digital Exchange eyes tokenized equities as its next offering after money and gold
At Blockworks' DAS, DBS Digital Exchange deputy CEO David Hui said the bank is looking at tokenized equities as its next product. It follows DBS's tokenized money and a tokenized gold product that can be redeemed for physical bars in Singapore.
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DOJ points to Bitcoin Fog appeal ruling to defend New York venue in Roman Storm's Tornado Cash case
Federal prosecutors argue that a recent appeals court decision in the Bitcoin Fog case backs their claim that Tornado Cash activity in Manhattan was enough to try parts of Roman Storm's case in New York, which works against his push for acquittal, Cointelegraph reports.
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AMBCrypto: Strategy's roughly $21B Q3 gain beat Meta, Broadcom and Walmart
AMBCrypto reports that Strategy, the company holding large amounts of bitcoin, booked about $21B in Q3 gains. By that measure it came out ahead of big companies like Meta, Broadcom and Walmart.
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Musk says Grok will send each task to the best outside model, including Claude, MidJourney and Suno
According to Cointelegraph, Elon Musk said xAI's Grok will now pick a backend model for each task, which can include third-party tools like Anthropic's Claude Opus 5.5, MidJourney and Suno.
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Robinhood puts $25M of bitcoin on its balance sheet
The Block reports that Robinhood has bought about $25 million in bitcoin for its corporate treasury. SVP Johann Kerbrat said the purchase is meant to show the company is committed to crypto.
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