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Tom Lee’s Bitmine Nears 5% of Ether Supply, Trims Weekly Buy to 12,532 ETH
Bitmine nears 5% of ether supply but trimmed its weekly buy to 12,532 ETH, the third straight weekly decline.
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Strategy Spends $192 Million Buying Back Its Preferred Stock, Nearly Nine Times Its Bitcoin Buy
Strategy spent $192M repurchasing Stretch preferred stock, about nine times its bitcoin buys last week, leaving $354.8M of authorization.
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THORChain Fees Rebound but Remain 84% Below September Surge
THORChain fees rebounded but remain 84% below the September surge, with a 91% plunge in early October.
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Pando Sets Oct. 13 Hong Kong Listing for Spot Solana ETF
Pando sets an October 13 Hong Kong listing for a spot Solana ETF with a 0.60% management fee.
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SkyAI Sells Half Its SOL Treasury, Plans $201 Million Cash Buyback
SkyAI is selling half its SOL treasury and proposing a $201M cash buyback at $3 per security, conditional on SOL staying above $100.
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DeFi Development grows SOL holdings 12% as CHAD hits record highs
DeFi Development added 22,070 SOL, lifting holdings to 2.59 million SOL, while its CHAD preferred stock hit record highs.
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Bitmine Adds $32M in Ethereum as Tom Lee Says Firm Is Nearly 'Done Stacking'
Bitmine added $32M of ETH, bringing holdings to 6.03 million ETH (4.9% of supply), and Tom Lee predicts a large bull market.
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Evernorth names former Coinbase investment exec to steer 473 million XRP treasury ahead of Nasdaq debut
Evernorth hired a former Coinbase investment executive to manage its 473 million XRP treasury ahead of a Nasdaq debut, with plans for lending and yield.
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Bybit Launches USDC-Funded Trading in More Than 1,000 US Stocks and ETFs
Bybit launched USDC-funded trading in over 1,000 US stocks and ETFs, with Alpaca executing trades and holding the underlying shares.
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South Korea just got its first traditional bank loans backed by bitcoin
South Korea's first traditional bank loans backed by bitcoin use third-party custody and court-ordered sales on default.
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SWI raises $894 million to repurpose former FTX bitcoin miner Genesis Digital to AI
SWI raised $894M to convert the former FTX-acquired Genesis Digital bitcoin mining operation into an AI data center.
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Altcoins rally on thin trading as bitcoin holds below $83,500
Altcoins rallied on thin volume while bitcoin sits below $83,500 and spot ETFs saw $681M in outflows last week.
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Morgan Stanley expects to support tokenized equities in Q1 2027, digital asset strategy head says
Morgan Stanley plans tokenized equities support by Q1 2027 and is building the infrastructure now.
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Kalshi Reviews Three Sub-$100 Bets That Called Trump’s Press Secretary Pick Early
Kalshi reviewed three small bets on Trump's press secretary pick that were placed when the market gave her about 1% odds, with the last two placed under 20 minutes before the announcement.
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Most Tokenized Stock Trading Happens Outside U.S. Market Hours, IMF Finds
IMF study finds most tokenized stock trading happens outside US market hours, with most trades under one share.
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South Korean bank launches Bitcoin-backed business loans: Report
Jeonbuk Bank in South Korea reportedly offers Bitcoin-backed business loans with a third-party custodian holding collateral.
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Kraken Plans UAE Launch After Securing Full Dubai License
Kraken plans a UAE launch with dirham rails, AED pairs and staking after securing a full Dubai license.
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Everyone wants SCOTUS to take up prediction markets: State of Crypto
Several amicus briefs and a rule proposal push the Supreme Court to consider prediction market cases.
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Coinbase Completes Deribit Integration for Institutional Traders
Coinbase finished integrating Deribit for former International Exchange clients, with US Prime options to follow separately.
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Tokenized Stocks Show Real Demand But Remain Volatile and Illiquid, IMF Finds
An IMF analysis finds over half of tokenized stock trading happens outside U.S. market hours. The roughly $2.3B market shows real demand but remains more volatile and less liquid than traditional equities.
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US Bitcoin ETFs Shed $679 Million in Weekly Reversal
US spot bitcoin ETFs lost $679M in a weekly reversal, with withdrawals on Oct. 7-8 leaving two-week flows negative.
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IMF finds demand for tokenized stocks, says the market is still volatile, illiquid
An IMF report finds demand for tokenized stocks but says liquidity, legal rules and settlement remain immature.
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CFTC proposals aimed at separating prediction markets from casino gambling
CFTC proposals would separate prediction markets from casino gambling, setting up a likely federal-state jurisdiction fight.
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Filecoin Nears End of Six-Year Vesting, Removing 68 Million FIL in Annual Releases
Filecoin's six-year vesting schedule is nearing its end, which would cut annual FIL releases from about 89M to 21M.
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Pump.fun to Tie Callout Rewards to Followers’ Profits
Pump.fun will tie callout rewards to followers' profits starting with the Oct. 10 payout, cutting rewards for low-cap token calls.
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CFTC Draws the Line Between Prediction Markets and Gambling in New Rules
A proposed CFTC rule would fold sports, politics and weather event contracts into the swap definition, while an interim rule carves out casino-style gambling. This sets the agency's claim to exclusive jurisdiction over prediction markets.
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This Sam Altman-Backed Life Insurer Runs Entirely on Bitcoin, and Just Raised $37.5 Million
A Bermuda life insurer that runs entirely on Bitcoin raised $37.5M from existing backers led by Bain Capital Crypto.
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One year after 10/10 flash crash, bitcoin and ether liquidity have rebuilt, but altcoins still face risks
Bitcoin and ether order books are deeper than before the October 2025 crash, while altcoin liquidity keeps eroding.
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Tokenized commodities look beyond gold as lending and oil open new markets
Paxos, Theo and Energy Substantiation executives describe tokenized commodities expanding into lending, with metals leading and energy harder.
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Bitcoin's $19 billion wake-up call: One-year after flash crash, has crypto learned anything?
One year after the October 2025 flash crash, traders have better risk tools, but the underlying leverage forces persist.