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Wednesday
Wednesday
Michael Selig imagines appliances spending crypto earnings and raises “Know Your Agent” questions about identity, liability and autonomous trading.
Bitcoin trades near $81,000 after the Fed holds rates at 3.75%–4.00% in a 10–2 vote, with both dissenters favoring another quarter-point increase.
Solidus Labs flagged $170 million in unusual oil-linked orders on Hyperliquid. The reported pattern raised spoofing concerns, with intent unconfirmed.
Diva Staking has canceled its Ethereum mainnet launch after funding ran out. Early depositors are being directed to withdraw through Enzyme.
CryptoQuant says monthly Bitcoin buying outside Strategy fell 91%, while one company supplied 71% of growth in public-company holdings over 14 months.
Stellar’s Thruput engine reached 7.02 million payments per second in a single-validator benchmark. Its mainnet path remains undecided.
Pump.fun adds 300-plus Hyperliquid perps markets across crypto, stocks and commodities, with leverage up to 50x and a separate trading fee.
Tether and industry partners launch the Swiss nonprofit FASE Foundation, targeting scam prevention, trafficking-survivor support and stablecoin aid.
Bitwise models Bitcoin at $1.6 million in its 2036 base case and $3.67 million in its bull case, with adoption assumptions and significant risks.
Grant Cardone proposes a $1 million-per-side bet that Bitcoin will reach $126,210.50 by October 2028, challenging Jason Calacanis’s bearish forecast.
Trenton Johnston, 20, received 25 months in a U.S. prison in a fake-support crypto case involving 185 stolen BTC and luxury spending.
DTCC’s tokenization service launches with 34 securities on Canton and Besu, registered-wallet transfers around the clock and Ondo in its ecosystem.
RLUSD goes live on Coinbase’s retail and institutional platforms across XRPL, Base and Ethereum, while Global Exchange collateral support remains planned.
Ethena Pay’s optional Earn+ vault targets up to 12% APY through a leveraged USDe strategy, with tier-based limits and variable rewards.
Google’s MPC service is being tested by financial institutions and Alphabet, with commercial availability planned for early 2027.
Daishin Securities says a cyberattack exposed 38,490 customers’ personal data, with account numbers and mobile numbers encrypted.
Data incidents at Coinbase, Bithumb, Daishin and Mirae Asset have different confirmed impacts. CZ urges stronger login, withdrawal and anti-phishing controls.
Coinbase says an Amplitude incident affected customer contact data but not funds. A claim that more than 70,000 users were affected remains unconfirmed.
Bithumb is checking whether an internal collaboration-system hack exposed customer data. The exchange says its separate trading network and crypto assets were unaffected.
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