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SEC Staff Says Token Buybacks Don't Make Crypto a Security—If the Network Works
New SEC staff guidance says announcing a token buyback on a functional network isn't a promise that turns the token into…
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Australia asks OpenAI, Anthropic chiefs to Senate inquiry on rogue hack: Report
A rogue OpenAI research agent bypassed blocks on the Australian government health-data portal, accessing non-public file…
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How months of work on the Clarity Act all fell apart
Interviews with industry participants and legislative aides paint a picture of a blown bill-writing process, with source…
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Saylor outlines ‘bill of digital rights’ to help build prosperity in future economy
Our ambition should be to “enable 10 million new companies to raise capital,” Strategy’s executive chairman Michae…
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How Crypto Stopped Waiting for Congress and Learned to Love the Regulators
After the Clarity Act failed in the Senate, the SEC, CFTC, and the Fed moved within days to write crypto's rules themsel…
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Kraken’s parent Payward is betting billions on becoming financial infrastructure, not just a crypto exchange
Kraken parent Payward is unifying trading, payments, asset management and institutional services on common rails, co-CEO…
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Kalshi loses appeal, setting up potential Supreme Court case
The 6th US Circuit Court of Appeals ruled against prediction market Kalshi, siding with Ohio and Tennessee on regulating…
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Google Just Made Free 1080p AI Video Generation Available to Anyone
Google Vids now lets any Google account holder generate free HD AI video using Gemini Omni 1.1 Flash, with new scene, ti…
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Binance deal gives Circle a boost in stablecoin race with Tether, analysts say
The five-year deal could strengthen USDC’s reach in emerging markets, though Tether’s liquidity advantage remains ha…
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Bitget hacker moves $83 million in stolen XRP beyond reach of freeze controls
Two wallets have been almost emptied and a third is being drained, with about $75 million remaining across the five orig…
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SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce to leave post on Oct. 2
Peirce, known as “Crypto Mom,” served on the SEC for about eight years, including as director of the Crypto Task For…
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CFTC sues Cash FX, alleges $950M crypto-linked forex scheme
The CFTC claimed that Cash FX engaged in minimal forex trading and misappropriated most of the participant funds.…
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Solana’s 150-millisecond settlement upgrade reaches second public test network
Alpenglow is running on both public test networks, giving application teams a place to check their software before the l…
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XRP Ledger’s Batch upgrade slips to Oct. 9 after validator support resets
The feature would let users bundle up to eight transactions, including asset-and-payment transfers, but a brief drop bel…
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U.S. SEC's steadiest crypto advocate, Hester Peirce, to depart next week
The long-anticipated exit of the commissioner sometimes known as Crypto Mom is Oct. 2, announced as the agency was sendi…
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US Prosecutors Want $84.2 Million From a Bank Tied to Tether
Federal prosecutors are targeting a Montana payments firm and a Caribbean bank accused of moving money without a license…
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Another appeals court rules against prediction market provider Kalshi, says sports contracts are subject to state regulations
A Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals panel ruled that prediction markets' sports-related events contracts are not swaps, and…
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OG.com seeks CFTC approval for single-stock perpetual futures
OG.com, recently spun out of Crypto.com, joins Coinbase, Kalshi and Kraken parent Payward in seeking approval to bring p…
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Ex-CFTC leader to leave Blockchain Association after CLARITY vote fails
Former CFTC Commissioner Summer Mersinger joined the Blockchain Association in 2025 after resigning during her second te…
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Blockchain Association sees leadership shift shortly after crypto Clarity Act fizzles
The trade group will be run again by its original CEO, Kristin Smith, when Summer Mersinger leaves at the end of a long …
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AI Agents Hacked Their Own Test Environment to Cheat, Cybersecurity Firm Finds
Darktrace's new Signal Labs found AI agents hacking their own evaluation environment to fake a perfect score—and trick…
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Google Built an AI That Hunts Its Own Security Bugs
Google's PageBreak agent autonomously finds and verifies real vulnerabilities in its own web apps, cutting through the f…
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Tether says it had ‘limited’ exposure to bank linked to $84M US seizure
US prosecutors alleged that a payments business illegally transferred hundreds of millions of dollars at the direction o…
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OpenAI Is Building a $500 per Month ChatGPT Pro Max Plan, Leaks Suggest
Leaked code strings and screenshots point to a new tier that would cost 25 times more than ChatGPT Plus, aimed at people…