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Europe’s top regulator questions Polymarket and Kalshi’s EU access, warns of authorization gaps

ESMA said that event contracts may fall under existing EU binary-options bans, crypto-asset frameworks like MiCA or national gambling laws.
OKX brings OpenAI and Anthropic bets to Europe as pre-IPO trading grows

The exchange is offering up to 10x leverage on private-company valuations alongside 100 tokenized stocks and ETFs.
Why a new SEC plan could end the legal headaches of holding tokenized securities

The SEC's new proposal to overhaul transfer-agent rules could eliminate duplicate offchain shareholder records, reducing reconciliation costs and legal uncertainty for tokenized securities.
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New Clarity Act text tweaks DeFi, credit union provisions, but road ahead for bill remains murky

The Clarity Act needs 60 votes when the Senate returns from its recess next week. Republicans circulated a fresh draft on Thursday ahead of the vote.
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Ripple puts AI agents inside its $1 billion corporate treasury bet

The software can monitor cash, risk and forecasts and suggest financial moves, but humans still have to approve every action.
Bitcoin below $77,000, Zcash leads losses as traders bet on a Fed rate hike

Ninety-five of the CoinDesk 100 fell over the past 24 hours, and bitcoin has shed more than 5% on the week.
India starts tokenizing $620 billion corporate bond market with digital rupee settlement

SEBI’s Demat 2.0 pilot turns corporate bonds into digital tokens and settles payment through the RBI’s wholesale digital rupee, with secondary trading and retail access expected in later phases.
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Bitcoin pulls back as another golden cross fails to deliver

Bitcoin’s golden cross may support the longer-term outlook, but history suggests much of the upside often occurs before the signal appears.
Bitcoin recovers toward $77,300 as zcash leverage unwinds

Bitcoin rose 0.7% since midnight UTC to around $77,200, and 68 of the CoinDesk 100 constituents gained, though the index remains 1.4% lower over 24 hours.
Live updates: Bitcoin sinks to $77,000 as CPI lands with hike odds near 70%

Every major is red ahead of the August inflation print. Bitcoin is down 5% on the week and zcash fell 10% on the day.
Core CPI rose a faster-than-forecast 0.3% in August, setting up Fed rate hike

The August CPI report had taken on outsized importance after Fed Chair Kevin Warsh two weeks ago suggested the central bank may have to act if inflation doesn't soon slow.
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Zodia Custody CEO Julian Sawyer steps down, becomes adviser

Sawyer will become a strategic adviser rather than take the helm of Zodia Solutions, as previously announced.
Metaplanet cuts executive reward pool by 41%, extinguishes $220 million in value

The bitcoin treasury firm cut the potential Series 10 share pool to 188.2 million.
With Fed rate hike all but assured, here's how markets might react

Traders could look past an expected Fed hike and weigh what higher rates are signaling about the economy.
The legal drama of imprisoned Sam Bankman-Fried is waiting on its last act

The fallen leader of the former top exchange FTX is looking for answers from the U.S. Supreme Court.
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Robinhood CEO says companies shouldn't get veto over stock tokens in AMC feud

In a post on Friday, Vlad Tenev said securities issuers should control shareholder rights, but not separate products that track their publicly traded shares.
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Bitcoin activity, passports exposed after Revolut falls for fake government request

Passports, selfies and home addresses were also handed over after the digital bank treated a fraudulent request as legitimate, the firm said Saturday, but no customer funds were lost.
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Staked ether should be seen as the benchmark of the decentralized economy

The yield-generating asset has a special place in the digital asset investor’s portfolio, argues GlobalStake’s Ryan Haczynski.
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Ditching bonds for bitcoin: How crypto can tackle the AI-heavy portfolio dilemma

Bitcoin Suisse says rising AI investment, government debt and weakening stock-bond diversification strengthen the case for adding bitcoin to traditional portfolios.
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Ripple stablecoin chief sees $13 trillion corporate treasury opportunity for RLUSD

Payments and capital markets are driving growth for Ripple's $2.4 billion digital dollar as it looks to bring RLUSD to Europe under MiCA, the firm's Jack McDonald said.
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