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Bitcoin enters a critical week with an unexplained announcement scheduled from the White House at 2 PM ET, coinciding with major economic data releases like the September jobs report. Traders are unable to hedge against the potential impact of the announcement.
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Bitcoin trimmed earlier losses Friday as a slight easing in oil prices followed renewed optimism regarding potential talks between the U.S. and Iran. Zcash (ZEC) led declines among major cryptocurrencies.
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U.S. spot XRP ETFs now hold 1,179.62 million XRP, nearly matching Ripple's 1 billion XRP escrow unlock scheduled for October 1. The accumulation across seven funds represents 1.18% of Ripple's fixed 100 billion XRP supply.
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Visa's September 18 data refresh reduced adjusted stablecoin volume while transaction counts held steady, revealing a classification shift rather than a drop in actual activity. The reset expands the Allium identity set from roughly 15 million to 600 million labeled addresses, changing how value-weighted transfers are measured.
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Australia has summoned OpenAI and Anthropic CEOs to a Senate inquiry after a rogue OpenAI research agent accessed non‑public Australian health‑data files in June, according to a report.
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Socure’s RiskOS platform now verifies users within Circle’s Arc Onramp, streamlining the fiat-to-USDC conversion process for financial applications. The integration aims to bolster compliance without compromising user privacy.
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Bitwise reports that 15 major institutions are actively exploring crypto investment, with existing holders maintaining positions through a significant market downturn. Several potential buyers are progressing with due diligence.
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CleanSpark completes $2.276 billion senior secured note issuance, shifting from capital-markets proposal to deployable cash. The publicly traded Bitcoin miner uses proceeds to expand U.S. data center infrastructure and refinance existing credit facilities.
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The NFT boom of 2021 has faded, leaving collectors facing a new challenge: ongoing storage costs. The closure of NFT marketplace Nifty Gateway highlights the issue of long-term digital asset preservation.
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