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OKX looks to abstract blockchain mechanics to bring stablecoin balances to everyday consumers
OKX launched a consumer app that lets eligible users convert more than 50 local currencies into USDG, USDC or USDT, transfer stablecoins and spend through a virtual or physical card.
Bitcoin Price Prediction: 4chan Model Points to October Bottom Before $250K
Story HighlightsBitcoin’s 4chan prophecy correctly identified the October 2025 market peak at nearly $126,000.
Why bitcoin is down 'just' 32% a year after its record high of $126,000
Bitcoin is down 32% a year after its record high – far shallower than the 70%–82% declines seen a year after previous cycle peaks.
Bitcoin Accumulation Builds as $3.3B Leaves Binance Exchange
Story HighlightsBinance exchange reserves fell nearly 40,000 BTC in 15 days worth about $3.3 B.
Bitcoin ETFs shed $90M as BTC sits 32% below year-old ATH
US spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) shed $89.9 million on Monday, reversing two days of inflows as Bitcoin slipped below $86,000.
FinCEN Withdraws Rules Targeting Crypto Wallets and Mixers
On Monday, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) rescinded two proposed rules, one on self-custody wallets and another on crypto mixers.
NEW: Stripe plans to take stablecoin cards GLOBAL, expanding to 100+ countries by year end. 5M+ businesses already use Stripe, while stablecoin card spending has TRIPLED YoY to $1.2B/month. And remember Stripe helped fund @StellarOrg in its earliest days.
SEC Approves First 3x Leveraged Bitcoin and Ether ETFs in the
Solana Foundation Launches Institutional Settlement Tool With Input From JP Morgan
This Company Just Became the World's 2nd-Largest Bitcoin Hoarder and It Has More BTC Than Tesla, SpaceX and Coinbase
ChatGPT Watermark Comes to the EU, and OpenAI Has a Detector Ready
Which infrastructure will win as global finance moves onchain? The rails are being built, but what ultimately powers onchain finance is still taking shape. LONGITUDE Singapore brings the conversation to the stage. • @keoneHD, Co-Founder, @monad • @ismiMatthew, Co-Founder,
Aptos Takes Aim at MEV With New Encrypted Mempool Plan Aptos (@Aptos) has opened an onchain governance vote for its Encrypted Mempool proposal, AIP-144. If approved, users could hide transaction details until blocks are finalized. Validators would order transactions without
TOKEN2049 Singapore Schedule Puts Institutional DeFi on the 2026 Agenda
Kim Jong-un's Launderer Made a New Friend on Telegram: It Was ZachXBT
XRP Fee Debate Erupts as 100X Burn Boost is Floated Ripple CTO emeritus David Schwartz (@JoelKatz) criticized fee revenue as a blockchain performance metric. The debate began after an X user proposed raising XRPL fees to burn more ripple:native. A 10x or 100x increase was
OKX Founder Star Xu: AI Powers 95% of Engineering PRs, Costs $10M a Month At the OKX NOW Global Product and Ecosystem Conference in Singapore on October 6, OKX founder and CEO Star Xu @star_okx said AI has moved beyond experimentation to become core infrastructure at the
Ethereum Economic Zone: First Atomic L1-to-L2 Mainnet Transaction Executed Eduardo Antuña, a core contributor to the Ethereum Economic Zone (EEZ), announced on social media that the first-ever atomic cross-chain L1-to-L2 transaction has been executed on the Ethereum mainnet.
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Crypto search interest hits 2024 lows despite ‘bull market’ calls
LATEST: The Ethereum Foundation says native transaction assertions could help protect users, reverting a transaction if its net state changes break a rule the user signed along with it.
NEW: Ondo is letting non-US investors trade a pre-IPO AI company onchain 24/7, starting this week.
Anthropic IPO In November: Revenue Up 14-Fold To $11.5 Billion In Q2
Anthropic is reportedly planning a November IPO that could raise around $100 billion at a $2 trillion valuation while leaving its founders in charge. According to Business News This Week, Dario Amodei and six co-founders would hold 50.1% of votes on key strategic decisions through a special share…