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Binance to delist 22 tokens and restrict eight services for users in Brazil
Binance will halt trading in 22 tokens and restrict eight products, including Binance Loans and margin trading, for Brazilian users from Oct. 27, U.Today reported. Customers outside Brazil aren't affected.
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Sui's Hashi to launch bitcoin collateral network with $500 million in commitments
Sui is launching Hashi, an institutional network that lets holders use bitcoin as lending collateral without moving it off the Bitcoin ledger, with $500 million in capital commitments.
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U.S. government wallets move $1 billion in Bitfinex-hack bitcoin, no exchange deposit
Wallets linked to the U.S. government moved 12,267 bitcoin worth about $1.01 billion on Thursday, Arkham data shows, sending the coins to unlabeled addresses rather than an exchange, CoinDesk reported.
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Crypto outran stocks and gold in Q3 as CoinDesk 20 index rose 52.7%
Digital assets posted their strongest quarter of 2026 in Q3, with the CoinDesk 20 up 52.7% and bitcoin up 42.7%, far ahead of the S&P 500, Nasdaq and gold, according to CoinDesk Research.
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Project Eleven and Quantus target Q1 2027 for post-quantum institutional custody
Project Eleven and Quantus plan to integrate Quantus with Project Eleven's custody platform by a Q1 2027 target, as custodians weigh whether key management systems can cope with varying quantum-resistant standards.
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Standard Chartered plans crypto and tokenized asset custody service in Singapore
Standard Chartered plans to offer custody in Singapore for selected crypto, stablecoins and tokenized real-world assets for institutions and accredited corporate investors, subject to regulatory requirements.
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XRP Ledger activates permission delegation so owners can keep main keys offline
The XRP Ledger switched on PermissionDelegationV1_1 on Oct. 8, letting account owners give helper accounts specific powers while keeping controlling keys offline, CoinDesk reported.
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Ether liquidations hit $356 million, topping bitcoin in $1.19 billion crypto flush
About $356 million in ether positions were liquidated over 24 hours after a late-Thursday crypto slide, more than bitcoin's $298 million, according to CoinDesk. Ether's market value is less than a fifth of bitcoin's.
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Bitcoin rebounds to $82,000 after Trump rules out Iran strike before midterms
Bitcoin climbed back to $82,000 on Friday, per CoinDesk, after Trump said on Truth Social the U.S. would not attack Iran before the Nov. 3 midterms and WTI crude fell from $93.20.
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Ethereum slips toward $2,500 as U.Today flags bearish pressure on ZEC, SHIB
Ethereum fell to about $2,525 from roughly $2,700, and Zcash dropped near $1,190, according to a U.Today price analysis that also tracked pullbacks in Shiba Inu and Hyperliquid.
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Pump.fun books $18.6M weekly revenue as Talos finds 81% of sampled memecoins down 90%+
Pump.fun generated about $18.6 million in protocol revenue in the week through Oct. 7, per DefiLlama data cited by CryptoSlate, while a Talos study found 81% of sampled memecoins fell at least 90% from their highs.
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XRP's 63 billion circulating supply isn't what's for sale, CryptoSlate analysis says
A CryptoSlate analysis says XRP's roughly 63.09 billion circulating supply measures market scale, while exchange balances, order-book depth and fund holdings show how little of it is actually on offer.
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Europol urges crypto industry to start quantum-resistant wallet upgrades now
Europol's Oct. 7 report urges crypto developers, wallet providers and users to start a phased move to quantum-resistant cryptography, warning that the migration could take years even though the threat doesn't exist yet.
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Securitize shares rise about 10% as it launches tokenized US stocks on Solana
Securitize shares rose about 10% Thursday as the company launched Securitize Stocks for eligible investors, tokenized versions of 12 US-listed equities on Solana that settle in USDC and keep dividend and voting rights.
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Netflix releases trailer for eight-episode FTX series on Bankman-Fried and Ellison
Netflix released a trailer for an eight-episode series about the lead-up to FTX's collapse. It stars Anthony Boyle as Sam Bankman-Fried and Julia Garner as Caroline Ellison, and Netflix said it will be released on Nov. 19.
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Manus raises more than $500 million after China unwound Meta's $2 billion deal
AI agent startup Manus has raised more than $500 million in a round led by Boyu Capital and IDG Capital, months after China forced Meta to unwind its roughly $2 billion acquisition.
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Google Cloud unveils Gemini Agent that can join a company with its own email
Google Cloud introduced the Gemini Agent on Thursday, a workplace AI it says takes a goal, runs in the cloud for hours or days, and can be set up as a coworker with its own Workspace account.
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Ethereum's Sepolia testnet activates Glamsterdam, lifts gas limit near 200 million
Ethereum's Sepolia testnet activated the Glamsterdam upgrade on October 6 and began producing blocks with a gas limit near 200 million, over three times mainnet's 60 million, Decrypt reported.
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NFL backs New Jersey in Supreme Court fight over Kalshi sports contracts
The NFL filed an amicus brief urging the Supreme Court to hear New Jersey's appeal of a Third Circuit ruling that shielded Kalshi's sports event contracts from state gambling laws, arguing they're bets, not swaps.
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Citrini Research says tokenization fee earners may beat bitcoin and ether
Citrini Research's 79-page "Breaking the Wall" report argues that companies and crypto projects collecting fees from tokenized stocks, bonds and loans may be better bets than bitcoin and ether, CoinDesk reported.
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Bitcoin slides to one-month low near $80,000 as flash-crash anniversary nears
Bitcoin fell to about a one-month low just above $80,000 on Thursday, CoinDesk reported, with ether, XRP and solana falling harder as the anniversary of the October 10, 2025, flash crash approached.
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Anthropic bars sustained abuse of Claude in Usage Policy update effective Nov. 12
Anthropic announced on October 8, 2026 that sustained, needless cruelty aimed at Claude will violate its Usage Policy from November 12. Frustration, art and research are excluded, and no penalties were disclosed.
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Bitcoin slips below $81,000 while futures price 85% odds of a Fed hike by December
Bitcoin fell below $81,000 on Oct. 8, touching about $80,800, as futures pricing cited by Fed Governor Waller put an 85% chance on a hike by December and CoinGlass logged over $1 billion in liquidations.
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Bitcoin.de says BaFin rejected its MiCA bid, plans partner-run restart
Bitcoin.de operator Futurum Bank AG says BaFin refused its MiCA authorization, so the platform plans to move trading and custody to two regulated German partners. It hasn't named the partners or set a restart date.