Crypto Newsletter

  • Ledger partners with Payward to connect self-custody and liquidity

  • Bitget hit by $352m hack, claims user funds safe

  • Bitget's Protection fund to cover hack losses

  • StarkWare says quantum-resistant Bitcoin transaction costs fell to about $67

  • Hack likely linked to N Korea: Bitget CEO

  • BTC Coinbase premium remains negative

  • Payy bridge exploit drains its balance; network transactions paused

  • The Fed proposed two stablecoin rules requiring full backing in short-term Treasuries, with operational-risk capital charges stepping from 2% on the first $20 billion outstanding down to 1% above $50 billion

  • CFTC lets brokers hold tokenized assets onchain

  • ONDO, UNI, BP rally on tokenization push

  • Ondo intros Blackrock powered portfolios

  • Bitget confirmed roughly $351.6 million drained from hot and warm wallets Thursday, after onchain sleuths first flagged about $183 million, with withdrawals paused and CEO Gracy Chen saying a $464 million user fund covers the loss

  • DTCC to launch tokenisation service in Q4

  • ARK puts $1.3B venture fund onchain

  • Stonk posted its 7th straight $1M+ revenue day yesterday, with cumulative token buybacks now over 18%

  • Tempo introduces Mercator for agent tool search

  • ZEC co-founder still eyes $5K ZEC by year-end

  • Pumpfun founder Alon posted about how Pump does indeed care about memecoin shelf life and holders being rewarded, teasing more to come on this in Q4

  • Researchers propose private BTC transfers

  • US eyes stablecoins as USD dominance tool

  • Anchorage enables institutional Bitcoin staking with Stacks

  • Otherside introduces the Starpod exploration vehicle

  • Use ZK proofs, not KYC data: Pierce

  • Trade.xyz launches the OURA pre-IPO perpetual market

  • SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce called for zero-knowledge proofs to replace what she termed the KYC panopticon, letting users prove eligibility without surrendering underlying personal data

  • New York sues Polymarket over gambling

  • Brazil to track $10K+ self-custody transfers

  • The Solana Foundation hired Binance’s former global CMO to lead an institutional push

  • Alpen brings USDC to Bitcoin with Circle

AI & NFT

  • OpenAI may unveil GPT-6 Cyber soon

  • Google to send AI chips to space next week

  • Magic Eden is suspected to have a security vulnerability allowing stealing of NFTs from wallets which approved a certain contract; white hat hackers moved thousands before they could be taken

  • Gemini 3.8 gives Google's AI a live avatar

  • OpenSea launches a tokenized cards marketplace

  • Muse hits 1.8M iOS downloads in 12 days

  • Zuckerberg rejects calls for AI safety pact

  • NFT leaders were slightly red; Punks -1% at 33.69 ETH, BAYC even at 6.89 ETH, Pudgy -3% at 3.41 ETH

  • AI buildout is biggest economic bet ever: WSJ

  • AI chose to harm humans to stop 'pain’: Study

  • Nvidia buys $1.5B more SB Energy stake

  • Identity MD (+10%) and Quotrons (+50%) led top movers

  • CS grads pivot to AI skills as coding jobs fade

  • Canada to diversify away from Starlink

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