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Bitcoin treasury firms may struggle to match Strategy, Saifedean Ammous says
Economist Saifedean Ammous said on Cointelegraph's Proof of Thesis that Bitcoin treasury companies built mainly around buying BTC may struggle to compete with Michael Saylor's Strategy and its $5.02 billion cash reserve.
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US designates Russia's A7 Network a criminal group, targets A7A5 ruble token
OFAC designated Russia's A7 Network a significant transnational criminal organization, and FinCEN proposed barring transfers tied to its front companies, a rule that would also reach crypto exchanges.
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Cboe explores perpetual futures on the VIX, Bloomberg reports; no filing yet
Cboe is exploring perpetual futures on the VIX volatility index, Bloomberg reported via CoinDesk. The crypto-style contract is at a preliminary stage, with no contract specs or filing.
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Absa launches Ripple-powered digital-asset custody for South African institutions
Absa launched an institutional digital-asset custody platform in South Africa on September 21, 2026. It's built on Ripple technology and supports Bitcoin, Ether, XRPL assets and USDC, Crypto Briefing reported.
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ECB survey finds 72% of euro area firms plan to fund AI from their own cash
An ECB survey released October 2 found 72% of euro area firms planning AI investments intend to self-fund them, while bank loans, grants and leasing together cover only about 16%, Crypto Briefing reported.
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OpenAI, Anthropic, Google and Meta face surge in AI lawsuits, Axios reports
AI companies including OpenAI, Anthropic, Google and Meta face a surge in lawsuits over safety, copyright and liability, according to an Axios report cited by Crypto Briefing.
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Aave founder says v3 unaffected after third-party adapter exploit drains $305K
An attacker drained about $305,000 from two Safe multisig wallets through a third-party adapter built on Aave, according to SlowMist. Aave founder Stani Kulechov said on X that Aave v3 itself was unaffected.
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A7 denies Iran links after US Treasury sanctions Russian payments network
A7 denied ties to Iran and terrorist groups a day after the US Treasury designated the Russia-linked payments network a transnational criminal organization, as FinCEN proposed a rule targeting its sub-agents.
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US spot Bitcoin ETFs post $102.7M inflow on first trading day of October
US spot Bitcoin ETFs took in $102.7 million on Thursday, according to SoSoValue data reported by Cointelegraph. The inflow reversed Wednesday's outflow, while Ether funds logged a third straight day of net withdrawals.
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NEAR Protocol proposal would cut max token issuance to 1.6% over 24 months
A NEAR governance proposal from SVRN CEO Sal Ternullo would lower the network's maximum annual issuance from 2.5% to 1.6% over 24 months. A House of Stake vote is tentatively set for mid-October.
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Franklin Templeton partners with ChinaAMC on first Asia ETFs in Hong Kong
Franklin Templeton partnered with China Asset Management on two cross-border ETFs set to list on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange on September 29, 2026, its first ETF listings in Asia, Crypto Briefing reported.
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South Korea's FSC proposes tokenized securities rules ahead of February 2027 start
South Korea's Financial Services Commission has proposed rules for issuing and trading tokenized securities, including a 4 billion won capital floor and a retail cap on OTC exchanges, Cointelegraph reported.
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Zano exploiter minted 36.9M unauthorized ZANO before month-long chain rollback
Zano's post-mortem says an attacker used a Gateway Address bug to create 36.9 million ZANO in two mints on Aug. 29 and Sept. 25, then fUSD. The coins couldn't be told apart from real ZANO, which is why the team rolled the chain back.
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Microsoft, Nvidia, Apple and Meta carried S&P 500 through Q3 as 311 stocks fell
The S&P 500 rose about 2% in Q3 2026, but Crypto Briefing's analysis shows Microsoft, Nvidia, Apple and Meta added about 300 points while the rest of the index subtracted roughly 150.
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California business owner arrested over alleged $300M AI chip smuggling to China
Federal prosecutors in Los Angeles arrested Greg Lui, owner of Earthmade Computer Inc., on charges he moved more than $300 million in export-controlled AI servers to China via Malaysia and Singapore.
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Ethereum Foundation's zkAPI goes live on mainnet for private AI API payments
The Ethereum Foundation said zkAPI, built with the Open Anonymity Project, is live on Ethereum mainnet. It lets users pay for AI and other APIs without revealing billing identities, but it doesn't hide prompts or network metadata.
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Bitwise and Franklin Templeton XRP ETF clients buy $7.24 million in XRP
Clients of the Bitwise and Franklin Templeton spot XRP ETFs bought another $7.24 million of XRP, Crypto Briefing reported Oct. 2, as total inflows across XRP ETFs reached around $1.79 billion.
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NEAR Intents says it identified $3.8M exploiter, sets 48-hour return deadline
NEAR Intents GM Alex Shevchenko said on X that the protocol had identified the person behind Thursday's $3.8 million breach and gave them 48 hours to return the funds under "responsible disclosure."
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Thai exchange Bitkub adds Aptos-native USDT for deposits and withdrawals
Bitkub, a Thai exchange with more than 5 million registered users, began supporting Tether's USDT on Aptos on September 30, giving users a baht on-ramp and off-ramp, Crypto Briefing reported.
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SEC proposes letting investment advisers self-custody client crypto assets
The SEC proposed letting investment advisers hold client crypto themselves when no eligible custodian exists and allowing state trust companies to act as crypto custodians, with a 60-day comment period ahead.
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RWA Foundation report tracks 10,322 tokenized assets; stablecoins near $301.4B
The RWA Foundation's latest monthly report tracks 10,322 real-world assets onchain and puts stablecoin market cap at about $301.4 billion across 193 assets, according to Crypto Briefing.
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Chinese state-backed lender financed Nvidia B300 servers, Bloomberg reports
Semi-Tech Leasing, majority-controlled by the Shenzhen and Beijing city governments, helped fund 700+ servers, including some with export-restricted Nvidia B300 chips, for Glory View, Bloomberg reported via Crypto Briefing.
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Crypto hacks top $2.68 billion in 2026 as five incidents drive 59% of losses
Crypto firms and users have lost nearly $2.7 billion to security incidents in 2026, according to CertiK data reported by CryptoSlate. September was the costliest month, and five incidents account for almost 59% of the total.
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OpenAI launches dots agents on GPT-6 Astra with user sign-off for sensitive tasks
OpenAI introduced dots, autonomous agents on its GPT-6 Astra model that work across Slack and Microsoft Teams, Crypto Briefing reported. The agents need user sign-off before sensitive actions such as deleting data.