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Top Crypto Stories This Week: From Cutting ETF Fees to Crashing a National Currency
A new all-time high for Bitcoin ends the working week with a mini-crash but at least you're not Binance crashing Nigeria's Naira
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OpenAI Found a Loophole – Web3 Built an Industry Around Them
OpenAI may have solved Navier-Stokes as written, but exploiting a flaw is not the same as gaining insight. Web3 makes the same mistake when it passes off regulatory workarounds as innovation.
Aviva’s XRPL Bet: A £50 Million Signal That Tokenized Money Markets Are Leaving the Sandbox
Tokenization doesn’t have to replace traditional finance to win its business. Aviva’s £50 million commitment shows why the digital twin model may be the one institutions actually adopt
Crypto's Congress Problem is a Wiring Problem: Regulators Are Rewiring Anyway
The CLARITY Act’s collapse leaves US crypto regulation dependent on agency discretion, weakening long-term certainty for investors. Meanwhile, tokenized securities and collateral may offer a stronger case for institutional adoption than volatile ETF flows.
Bitcoin’s $80,000 Line Is a Macro Bet, Not a Crypto Bet
Bitcoin’s slide below $80,000 reflects more than crypto-market weakness. ETF outflows, leveraged liquidations and AI-related credit stress are colliding with Fed uncertainty, leaving $79,800 as the line between a managed retest and a deeper selloff.
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Binance Says 95% of Stolen Assets Are Covered as FBI Names North Korea and Seoul Moves on Exchange Security
Withdrawals reopened Sunday with a $3.6 billion net outflow and a proof-of-reserves snapshot is out, but Binance has not published its technical post-mortem or said how attackers got in beyond a compromised laptop
Standard Chartered Launches Tokenised Deposits in Hong Kong as HKMA Opens EnsembleTX to 24/7 Settlement
The bank says Hong Kong is the first market in its group to get the product for corporate clients, which settles between banks in central bank money around the clock. Blockhead reported a Singapore launch with Ant International in December
Animoca Brands Gets Final ADGM Approval to Manage Funds From Abu Dhabi
The permission, which the regulator's register dates to October 13, follows in-principle approval in November 2025 and comes weeks after Animoca shelved its Nasdaq merger
Crypto’s Week Ahead: A Hacked Exchange, a Hiking Fed and a Midterm Vote
With no Fed meeting this week, jobs data, Big Tech earnings, the Binance reopening and the US midterms will decide whether fragile ETF demand holds up.