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NBA becomes third league to sign CFTC prediction market pact, taps Kalshi and Polymarket
The NBA signed a CFTC prediction market pact, naming Kalshi and Polymarket as partners.
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Tom Lee's Bitmine favors share buybacks to ether purchases as crypto declines
Bitmine spent $46M on buybacks rather than ether purchases as crypto declined.
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Kalshi strikes deal with S&P Dow Jones Indices to expand financial event contracts
Kalshi signs a deal with S&P Dow Jones Indices to expand financial event contracts.
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Strategy (MSTR) Pauses Bitcoin Buying and Spends $205 Million on Preferred Stock
Strategy skipped bitcoin buys for one week and spent $205M buying back STRC preferred stock instead.
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South Korea weighs fourth delay on its crypto gains tax, pushing it to 2029
South Korea is considering a fourth delay to its crypto gains tax, now to 2029, because US data sharing on trades is not due until then.
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Arthur Hayes sold ENA 98% below his profit target
Arthur Hayes sold his ENA position at a deep loss versus his prior target, a useful reminder about public calls.
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Anthropic Makes IPO Filing Public, Plans Nasdaq Listing Under ‘ANT’
Anthropic's public S-1 shows revenue growth and a share structure keeping control with a trust and co-founders; it is an AI story with a Nasdaq listing, so this is borderline.
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Strategy skips Bitcoin purchases, spends $205M on STRC buybacks
Strategy paused Bitcoin buys and spent $205M on STRC buybacks, cutting its USD cash by 46%.
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Strategy Pauses Bitcoin Buying, Spends $205M Buying Back STRC
Strategy paused bitcoin buying and spent $205M repurchasing STRC preferred, drawing its USD cash down to $242.4M.
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Securitize’s tokenized stock value halves as Circle widens lead
Securitize's tokenized stock market cap halved to $208.6M while Circle-linked tokens grew to $383.6M in the $3.3B tokenized equities market.
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Brazil Election Results Spark Debate Over Prediction Markets After Lula Wins at 20% Odds
Polymarket and Kalshi priced a Lula loss at roughly 20% before he won Brazil's runoff, reigniting debate over prediction market accuracy.
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India's largest crypto exchange absorbs $16 million loss from internal process failure tied to retired wallet
An Indian exchange absorbed a $16 million loss from an internal process failure tied to a retired wallet after first dismissing outflow alerts.
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Wells Fargo, Cisco, Intuit Among 6 More Companies Objecting to Tokenized Stocks
Twenty-two companies, including Wells Fargo, Cisco and Intuit, now object to their shares trading on the planned OKX-ICE tokenized stock venue.
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Why Tokenized Stocks Can Trade Away From the Share Price
Explains why tokenized stocks can trade away from the share price, driven by spreads, trade size and separate mint/redeem timing.
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UK banks face 10,000 complaints in 3 months over crypto restrictions
UK banks have drawn 10,000 complaints in three months over restrictions on crypto purchases, at odds with the government's goal of becoming a crypto hub.
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whale on hyperliquid got liquidated and trackers had posted his levels before the drop
Anecdote on a Hyperliquid whale liquidation where tracker posts flagged the levels beforehand, raising questions about visible liquidation levels on perp DEXs.
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Strategy, Strive face balancing act between bitcoin buying and preferred stock dividends
Strategy and Strive use preferred stock to fund bitcoin purchases, now about 136,000 BTC, raising dividend-obligation questions.
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Why McDonalds, Microsoft and Google saying no to tokenized stocks isn't a dealbreaker
Analysis arguing that big-company refusals to list tokenized stocks reflect issuer caution more than rejection of tokenization.
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Wells Fargo, Cisco, Marvell among latest firms objecting to OKXICE's tokenized stock plan
Total objections to OKX's tokenized stock plan rise to 22 companies, including Wells Fargo and Cisco.
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Bitcoin’s wealthy holders turning to loans and yield as investment habits mature: Xapo CEO
Xapo CEO says wealthy bitcoin holders increasingly borrow against BTC and seek yield; a useful but interview-based trend read.
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Arthur Hayes Says He Sold Maelstrom’s Directional Book
Onchain transfers from Hayes-linked wallets of 8,000 ETH and six other tokens appear to contradict his public long Bitcoin and Ether stance from Oct. 15.
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Franklin Templeton adds $150 million in fund shares to XRP Ledger, all in one wallet
Franklin Templeton added $150 million in fund shares to the XRP Ledger in one wallet, nearly quadrupling its on-network tokens. The receiving wallet shares authorized signers with the issuer.
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Kraken Scraps Monero Withdrawal Questionnaires, Keeps XMR Listed
Kraken dropped the Monero withdrawal questionnaires but keeps XMR listed, with co-CEO Arjun Sethi calling destination-use questions unacceptable.
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Phantom Starts a Staged US Launch of In-Wallet Prediction Markets
Phantom is staging a US launch of prediction markets through Kalshi accounts, with two cents of fees per contract.
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Ali Yahya Is Leaving a16z as Its Crypto Arm Becomes ‘a16z Frontier’ and Opens to AI
Ali Yahya is leaving a16z as its crypto arm rebrands as a16z Frontier and opens to AI startups. A notable shift in VC focus, but mostly a personnel and fund-scope story.
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Delphi’s Jason Pagoulatos Says Papertrade Is ‘Kind of Bait and Switching’ PAPER Holders
Delphi's markets head says Papertrade changing its rules after about $140M in deposits is a bad look for PAPER holders. Useful on tokenholder trust, with limited detail in the snippet.
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Wells Fargo and five others object to OKX-ICE tokenized stock listings: Report
Wells Fargo and five others have objected to OKX's proposed tokenized stock listings under the SEC innovation exemption, with 22 objections filed so far.
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Ether ETFs Are Having Their Worst Month of 2026. Who Buys Once Bitmine Stops?
Ether ETF outflows hit a 2026 monthly worst in October, with Bitmine's treasury buying also slowing.
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SEC Flags AI 'Super Intelligence' and Tokenization as Systemic Market Risks
SEC exam division names AI super intelligence and tokenization as focus areas for systemic market risk.
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Venture giant Andreessen Horowitz drops ‘crypto’ from name of blockchain fund, rebrands as ‘a16z Frontier’
a16z drops 'crypto' from its crypto fund name and rebrands as a16z Frontier, widening scope to more startups.