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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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Eric Trump at TOKEN2049 points to card networks as evidence stablecoins are winning
Speaking at TOKEN2049 in Singapore, Eric Trump said stablecoin adoption shows crypto is gaining ground. He cited credit card companies taking up stablecoins as his evidence, Cointelegraph reports.
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Hacker drains about $4M from two of trader Frogman's wallets, says Lookonchain
Lookonchain reports that someone hacked two wallets belonging to Frogman and took about $4M, mostly BP, MARSCOIN and CASHCAT tokens. The attacker then reportedly converted the tokens into ETH, BNB and SOL and laundered the funds.
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CFTC's Selig: Under proposed rules, only federally regulated exchanges could offer crypto leverage
Cointelegraph reports that CFTC Chairman Michael Selig said the agency's proposed rules would let only federally regulated crypto exchanges offer leverage. He said the 100x leverage available offshore would stay off-limits in the US, as it always has been.
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Hyperliquid founder names options as the platform's next product
Speaking at Blockworks' DAS in Singapore, Hyperliquid founder Jeff said options are the logical next addition. He said they would let traders hedge against spot and perpetuals on the same order books, Cointelegraph reports.
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Arkham: U.S. government-linked wallets shift over $100M in BTC and BNB, no sale confirmed
CoinDesk reports that, per Arkham data, wallets tied to the U.S. government moved more than $100 million in BTC and BNB on Tuesday. It hasn't been confirmed whether the transfers are tied to a sale.
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Korean retail traders lost about $1.7B on leveraged Samsung and SK Hynix ETFs in under three months
A South Korean lawmaker's office estimates that retail investors lost roughly $1.7 billion in less than three months trading leveraged ETFs linked to Samsung and SK Hynix shares, Cointelegraph reports.
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Andrew Cuomo at TOKEN2049 warns a stalled CLARITY Act leaves crypto in regulatory limbo
Speaking at TOKEN2049 in Singapore, former New York governor Andrew Cuomo said the stalled US CLARITY Act's failure would leave the crypto industry facing continued regulatory ambiguity, Cointelegraph reports.
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Sui teams up with Alibaba Cloud on stablecoin pay-per-call billing for AI agents
Cointelegraph reports that Sui has partnered with Alibaba Cloud so AI agent services can be paid per request using stablecoins.
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WLFI co-founder says payments tech is headed to unnamed Web2 giants with billions of users
Speaking at TOKEN2049 in Singapore, World Liberty Financial co-founder Zak Folkman said WLFI plans to provide its payments technology to undisclosed large Web2 firms. He said the firms would use it to pay drivers, contractors and creators.
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World Liberty's Folkman says global payments are the next step for USD1 stablecoin
Speaking at TOKEN2049 in Singapore, World Liberty Financial co-founder Zak Folkman said USD1 will move toward global payments now that the team has built distribution and liquidity within the crypto market, Cointelegraph reports.
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OKX's Star Xu at TOKEN2049: Finance faces two major shifts within a decade, led by instant UX
Speaking at TOKEN2049 in Singapore, OKX founder Star Xu said finance will undergo two fundamental changes over the next 5–10 years, the first being payments and transactions that feel as instant as messaging or ride-hailing apps, per Cointelegraph.
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South Africa's FNB teams up with VALR to let banking customers trade crypto
Wu Blockchain reports that First National Bank has added BTC, ETH, XRP, SOL and USDT trading to its share-trading platform through licensed exchange VALR. Trading runs 24/7 with a R10 minimum, and FNB says it plans to add more crypto products.
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Kalshi's new 15-minute gold contracts outpace Ether markets in September, Bitcoin still leads
According to Cointelegraph, Kalshi's 15-minute gold markets logged about 542M contracts and roughly $5M in fees in September, ahead of Ether's 318M contracts and $2.6M, while Bitcoin markets kept a wide lead.
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US spot ETFs split on Oct 6: Bitcoin and XRP draw inflows as Ether and Solana see outflows
According to Cointelegraph, US spot Bitcoin ETFs took in about $118.8M on October 6 and XRP funds added about $3.1M. Ether ETFs lost roughly $201.9M and Solana products shed about $3.7M.
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Sanctum, Meteora, Nansen and ZetaChain unveil new products at Solana Summit Singapore
Solana says Sanctum introduced swSOL, a wrapped SOL that keeps the underlying SOL productive, and Meteora released DLMM Pro with configurable liquidity and launch settings. Nansen previewed autonomous trading agents, and ZetaChain demoed Anuma Nearby, a private AI memory layer that works across 40 models.
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Hyperliquid says it is registered in Singapore, but the MAS says the platform falls outside its oversight
Hyperliquid told the Financial Times it is officially registered in Singapore, Cointelegraph reports. Singapore's Monetary Authority (MAS) says the decentralized platform falls outside its jurisdiction.
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Abstract, the Ethereum L2 backed by Pudgy Penguins, is shutting down days after Blast closed
CoinDesk reports that Abstract, a consumer-focused Ethereum layer 2 backed by Pudgy Penguins parent Igloo, will shut down on Dec. 15. Igloo spent tens of millions of dollars supporting the chain. Abstract is the second L2 to announce a closure within a week, after Blast said its network was no longer worth running.
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Fidelity's Lo Bessette: Institutions must run traditional and digital asset rails side by side
Speaking at Blockworks' DAS event in Singapore, Fidelity's Cynthia Lo Bessette said financial firms now have to operate both legacy and digital asset infrastructure at scale, according to Cointelegraph.
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BlackRock's Nikhil Sharma: tokenized money market funds could serve as collateral directly, no redemption needed
Speaking at Digital Assets Singapore (DAS), BlackRock's Nikhil Sharma said tokenized money market funds could be posted directly as collateral. That would remove the need to redeem them first and the days-long wait to settle in cash.
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Ray Dalio cautions the AI market bubble could pop soon
Billionaire investor Ray Dalio has warned that the AI-driven market bubble may burst in the near term, according to Watcher.Guru.
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Coinbase completes Deribit integration, previews unified US-global derivatives pool and Coinbase Pro return
Coinbase says options exchange Deribit is now part of the company. It plans to combine US and global derivatives in one regulated liquidity pool, then add options, spot margin and unified portfolios. It also says Coinbase Pro will come back later this year.
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Cardano rolls out token standard letting issuers freeze, seize and restrict transfers
CoinDesk reports Cardano has introduced a new token standard that lets issuers freeze, seize and restrict assets. It targets regulated stablecoins, funds and bonds that need identity checks, sanctions screening and transfer rules built into the token itself.
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Bitcoin slips under $84K as reported Iranian tanker attacks lift oil and the dollar
CoinDesk reports BTC briefly fell below $84,000, a level analysts had marked as a seller-control threshold. The drop came as oil prices and the US dollar rose after reports of Iranian attacks on tankers.
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Whale Alert flags $150M USDT move from Tether Treasury to Bitfinex
Whale Alert reports that Tether Treasury sent 150 million USDT, worth about $150M, to Bitfinex. Big stablecoin transfers onto exchanges are often watched as a sign of new trading liquidity.
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Whale Alert flags $120M USDT transfer from Bitfinex back to Tether Treasury
Whale Alert reports that about 120 million USDT, worth roughly $120M, moved from Bitfinex to the Tether Treasury. Transfers back to the treasury often come before tokens are taken out of circulation.
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Vitalik expects Ethereum to be cheaper, more private and run by AI agents within two years
Speaking at OKX NOW in Singapore, Vitalik Buterin said Ethereum should handle far more transactions at lower cost and with better privacy within two years. He also expects bots and users' AI agents to trade directly onchain, possibly replacing traditional apps, Wu Blockchain reports.
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Bitcoin dips under $84K for a moment as long liquidations near $490M
The Block, citing CoinGlass, reports that bitcoin briefly fell below $84,000. Crypto liquidations over 24 hours came to about $556 million, and roughly $487 million of that hit long positions.
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BlackRock exec at TOKEN2049: tokenized money market funds could serve directly as collateral
Speaking at TOKEN2049 in Singapore, BlackRock's Nikhil Sharma said tokenized money market funds could be posted as collateral as-is, so holders wouldn't need to redeem them or wait days to settle in cash, per Cointelegraph.
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At TOKEN2049, Hyperliquid's founder says HIP-3 markets give users access they didn't have before
At TOKEN2049 in Singapore, Hyperliquid founder Jeff (chameleon_jeff) told Cointelegraph that HIP-3 markets succeed because they open up new capabilities for users. He added that finance should be open to everyone worldwide.
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U.S. government-linked wallets move about $103M in BTC and BNB, with 833 BTC going to Coinbase Prime
On-chain analyst EmberCN reports that U.S. government-linked wallets sent about 833.6 BTC (~$71.6M) to Coinbase Prime and about 40,285 BNB (~$31.6M) to another address. The tracked wallets still hold roughly $28B in crypto, including about 324K BTC.
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Hyperliquid's Jeff Yan at TOKEN2049: HIP-3 markets succeed by opening up new kinds of trading
Speaking at TOKEN2049 in Singapore, Hyperliquid founder Jeff Yan said HIP-3 markets are gaining traction because they let users do things they couldn't do before. He also argued that finance should be open to everyone worldwide, Cointelegraph reports.
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x402 batch payments go live on Solana, letting AI agents pay many times and settle once
Solana says PayAI Network and BlockRun have launched batch payments for the x402 protocol. An AI agent can open a payment channel, make repeated payments through it, and then settle everything in a single onchain transaction.
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Muneeb Ali's CEO plan for Stacks Labs: IP moves to the Stacks Endowment, plus a two-year roadmap
The Defiant reports that Stacks Labs chief Muneeb Ali has pledged to transfer intellectual property to the Stacks Endowment. His plan also includes a two-year roadmap on Bitcoin privacy and post-quantum tech, and a public call with holders within 30 days.
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Bitcoin drops under $84K in abrupt sell-off as long positions get liquidated
According to The Defiant, bitcoin fell to an intraday low of $83,551 on Coinbase. Coinalyze data shows about $83 million in BTC long positions were liquidated over 24 hours.
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Grayscale research head expects Bitcoin ETFs to keep growing their roughly 6% share of BTC supply
Cointelegraph reports that spot Bitcoin ETFs now hold roughly 6% of all BTC in circulation. Speaking at Blockworks' DAS event, Grayscale's head of research said he expects that share to keep rising.
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Whale Alert spots $100M in USDT leaving Aave for an unidentified wallet
Whale Alert reports that about 100 million USDT, worth roughly $100M, was moved from Aave to an unlabeled wallet. The tracker didn't say who received the funds or why they were moved.
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New wallets opened $12.5M in 40x BTC shorts on Hyperliquid just before Bitcoin fell below $84K
Lookonchain reports that four newly created wallets deposited 1M USDC on Hyperliquid and opened 40x short positions on about 148.49 BTC (~$12.5M) shortly before Bitcoin slipped under $84,000.
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Coinbase finishes Deribit integration to form Coinbase Global Exchange, plans Coinbase Pro comeback
The Block reports that Coinbase has completed its Deribit integration, which creates a new venue called Coinbase Global Exchange. The company also intends to bring back Coinbase Pro before the end of the year.
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