Crypto Newsletter

  • Crypto faces scrutiny over Trump ties

  • Crypto for 401k rule lands at White House

  • Blockstream details quantum proof BTC signatures

  • ETH should be a store of value: Vitalik

  • Democrats Sweep Congress, Crypto Faces Political Reset: Democrats won control of both chambers.

  • Coinbase wins final approval for bank charter

  • Blumenthal threatens crypto firms incl Binance

  • Binance CFO leaves after record hack

  • Treasury Moves to Cut Off MEXC Over Illicit Crypto Flows

  • Keplr halts Google, Apple logins after drain

  • US cuts MEXC off from financial system

  • Exchanges curb deposits after MEXC crackdown

  • Trump distances himself from WLFI bets

  • House Democrats Eye New Crypto Market Structure Bill: Crypto In America scooped that Democrats on the House Financial Services Committee are discussing a potential SEC-focused proposal that would revive provisions rejected in the Clarity Act.

  • US sanctions 8 Canadian firms over Iran links

  • Trump distances himself from WLFI bets

  • Binance France to close all accounts by year-end

  • Cboe, Citadel-Backed Group Sues CFTC Over Stock Perps: The Capital Markets Alliance sued the agency over its approval of single-stock perpetual market

  • Thailand files criminal complaint against Bitget

  • Lighter records a 314K revenue day

  • Bitcoin Core 32 can stall multisig signing on older nodes as fix slips to next patch. As of October 22, the proposed GUI fix remained open; mixed-version co-signers could request compatible v0 files through RPC

  • Jupiter Predict launches Combos

  • Ground adds Tempo support to wallets

  • Cronos announces new logo

  • Binance Hack Triggers Billions in Outflows, U.S. Bank Scrutiny: The exchange recorded $5.3 billion in net outflows following a record $6.3 billion hack.

  • Aave Labs acquires Avon team and technology

  • Web3Auth pauses embedded wallet service

  • Armstrong outlines AI agent setup

  • A single AI forecast inflates US power auctions by $5.7B. The monitor’s model attributes a $5.7 billion capacity-auction gap to forecast data-center growth, without isolating AI.

  • Kobeissi claims futures reversed after report

AI & NFT

  • Nvidia slumps before market, Jensen admits affair

  • Jensen to remain CEO amid probe: Nvidia

  • Voyagers to explore and harvest Otherdeed

  • Jensen hasn't done 'anything wrong’: Trump

  • Solana bot turns just $12,000 into $1.4 billion in trading volume as fake liquidity floods Raydium. Bitquery attributed 22.7% of September 21–October 20 Raydium CLMM turnover to one suspected wash-trading wallet, without establishing investor losses.

  • Anthropic IPO roadshow to start this week

  • Anthropic to pay $3.4B for gas fired generators

  • Anthropic now targets $1.5T IPO valuation

  • Robinhood generates $51 million in blockchain fees while Ethereum settlement costs total just $69,000. Bitwise estimates Robinhood retained $45.93 million before expenses; growthepie attributes 74% of quarterly network fees to a 12-day surge

  • Apple races to turn Siri into an AI agent

  • Microsoft winds down Oracle AI cloud deal

  • Crusoe offloads troubled Wyoming DC to Google

  • Bitcoin traders could mistake this Binance data change for a rush to sell. Expanded Binance wallet coverage can raise reported balances without fresh deposits; sell-taker trades establish executed selling

  • Senate eyes bill to fast-track AI DC, power grids

  • Bloomington votes to ban ‘future’ AI systems

  • Cydel speculates on OpenSea shutdown risk

  • Elon’s Terafab targets 1m wafers a month

  • SpaceX’s government revenue to shrivel: Elon

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