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Top Crypto Stories This Week: From Trump Support to FTX Wins
The crypto community has found solace in the industry's most notorious (former) exchanges, FTX, and America's most divisive (former) President, Donald Trump
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Bitcoin Holds Above $81,000 Despite Regulatory Setback, Fed Hike
Bitcoin shrugged off a failed Senate crypto bill and the Fed’s first rate hike since 2023. With ETF inflows returning, $82,500 is now the level that matters.
Defining Accuracy in Blockchain Analysis
A new study using real EU regulatory data finds that the multi-input heuristic can be highly accurate in some cases and completely wrong in others, raising serious questions about its use as forensic evidence.
Warsh's First Shot: How the Fed's Hike Is Repricing Crypto Markets
Warsh’s first Fed hike has redrawn crypto’s macro playbook: with the 10-year Treasury hovering around 5%, sticky inflation and ETF outflows are tightening the liquidity backdrop for Bitcoin and Ether.
Senate Clarity Act Collapses in 50-49 Vote: Crypto’s Regulatory Hopes Dashed Until 2027
A failed Senate vote has killed hopes for near-term crypto market-structure rules, opening the door to more agency enforcement and a costly political fight heading into the midterms.
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Coinbase Opens IPO Share Allocations to US Retail Customers, Starting With Smart-Ring Maker Oura
The feature routes IPO shares through Coinbase's own FINRA-registered broker-dealer and penalizes quick flipping, extending the exchange's push to trade tokenized stocks and prediction markets under one "Everything Exchange."
Apple, Google Post Job Listings Hinting at Stablecoin, Tokenized-Deposit Ambitions
An Apple Pay strategy role in New York and a Google Cloud Web3 architect post in Hong Kong both list stablecoins and tokenized deposits as preferred expertise, though neither company has announced a product.
Kakao Pay, Kakao Bank to Build Institutional-Grade Digital Asset Infrastructure in Korea With Fireblocks
The partnership adds custody and transaction infrastructure built for banks to Kakao Group's stablecoin push, following its July tie-up with Circle and its own wallet pilot now running across 43 million Kakao Pay users.
Bitcoin Tops $86,000 as Short Squeeze Lifts Crypto and Equity Markets
A wave of forced short covering pushed bitcoin to its highest level since January, and a Hyperliquid liquidation map shows the next flashpoint sitting near $95,750.