Crypto Newsletter
Polymarket unveils Protocol V2USDC bridge now supports SolanaOKX raises at $25B valuation from Circle, RippleAbstract to shut down on Dec 15Metaplanet targets 85%–90% of assets in BitcoinSolana Adds MKS PAMP Tokenized GoldCFTC Seeks Crypto Market Rule CommentsStrike launches 3.6% cash yield paid in BitcoinEthereum ran its first transaction that works across the main chain and a layer-2 at the same time moving 0.001 ETH in a test under the Ethereum Economic Zone framework; the two halves either both succeed or both reverse, and the goal is to stop Ethereum's dozens of networks from feeling like separate placesAptos MonoMove runs contracts ~55x fasterSui partners with Alibaba Cloud on AI paymentsStripe plans to run stablecoin cards in more than 100 countries by year-end as spending on them hit $1.2 billion last month, triple a year agoOndo launches tokenised notes on private firmsZachXBT spent $349,700 of his own money to pose as a client of a Chinese crime ring laundering for North Korea; he lost 5% on every order, held the story 18 months while the case was live, and the intel helped freeze Bybit hack funds including $442,000 Tether lockedCoinbase Pro to return via Deribit integrationPredict dot fun teased its token launching soonStrategy booked a $20.91 billion paper gain on Bitcoin in the third quarter its first profitable quarter in a year; it bought just 334 BTC for $28.7 million while spending $176 million buying back STRCMetaplanet sold 10,000 Bitcoin for $789 million and bought back 11,000 for $949 million to show credit agencies it can turn Bitcoin into cash on demandS Korea open to scrap/delay 20% crypto taxBinance launched an AI suite that turns plain-English trading ideas into working strategies alongside a free market assistant and a developer platformGermany denies MiCAR license to Bitcoin GroupS Africa's top bank FNB to launch BTC tradingThe SEC approved six funds that triple the daily moves of Bitcoin, Ethereum, gold, silver, oil and gas clearing a Cboe rule change on October 2OKX says AI now does the main work on about 95% of its code changes with engineers left to review and approve.S&P Global launches a risk framework for digital-asset lending vaults
AI & NFT
Meta joins group for agentic commerce standardsMistral AI releases massive 'Le Chonk' modelClaus debuted at a 0.9 ETH floor; new collection tied to the Claus AI tokenAI startup Lambda raising $4B ahead of IPOHenri Stern says he will lead crypto and stablecoins at StripeHyperscaler capex to hit $5.5T in 2026-29: UBSLong Neck Brokers (+46x) and Quotrons (+9%) led top moversPolymarket takes Dutch regulator to courtKalshi launches first US stock perp futuresApple partners with LG on home devicesDeepSeek considers doubling funding to $14.9BHubSpot cuts 7% of staff, denies AI is the causeNFT leaders were mostly fla; Punks even at 33 ETH, BAYC even at 5.95 ETH, Pudgy +3% at 3.07 ETH

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