Bessent indicated that a possible deal concerning Hormuz might be sealed by Tuesday or Wednesday.

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💻 Apple temporarily removed Telegram from the App Store following an incident involving illegal content planted by an attacker

Telegram stated that its moderation systems quickly removed the content, and explained that the issue stemmed from a takedown extortionist who exploited message editing to evade detection by group members.

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⚠️ The Second Circuit has officially shut down Sam Bankman-Fried’s appeal, upholding his FTX fraud convictions, 25-year prison sentence, and the $11 billion forfeiture order.

Back in June, the court dismissed his request for a retrial, leaving the Supreme Court as his final possible avenue for appeal.

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🔷 Bitmine acquired 28,086 ETH last week, boosting its total holdings to 5,929,198 ETH — now representing 4.9% of Ethereum’s entire supply

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Michael Saylor's Strategy repurchased $176M in STRC preferred shares

The company’s Bitcoin holdings are unchanged, with a total cash position of $6.54B.

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📢 Fox News notes that passing significant legislation like the Clarity Act shortly before U.S. midterm elections is highly uncommon

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📢 The White House stressed that Trump is "unequivocal" Congress must pass the CLARITY Act to preserve U.S. leadership in innovation.

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⚪️ Jack Dorsey’s Block has filed an application for a federal national trust bank charter.

The move is designed to support Block’s trust entity in offering institutional-grade Bitcoin custody. Once approved by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), it will operate as a non-deposit institution with no lending activities.

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⚡️ Nasdaq has poured $100 million into Payward, Kraken’s parent company, at a $21 billion valuation.

Coming soon: Kraken will launch Nasdaq-backed tokenized stocks—each offering full voting rights, just like traditional shares.

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📢 White House crypto advisor Patrick Witt warns that "aggressive rulemaking" will be implemented if the Clarity Act doesn't pass

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❗️ A U.S. official confirmed that Iranian strikes in Jordan damaged several American aircraft.

One A-10 lost a wing, approximately eight F-15s sustained minor damage but have since returned to operation, and roughly 30 Patriot missiles were deployed—further straining U.S. air defense reserves.

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⚡️ Bitwise has announced it's discontinuing its Dogecoin ETF, simplifying its product offerings to align with evolving market conditions.

Trading of the ETF will end on October 14.

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✅ The U.K. House of Lords has approved an amendment mandating the government to create a national cryptocurrency strategy

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💎 Telegram is now the sponsor of the world’s largest competitive programming platform

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⭐️ Just a quick look at how selected tokens have risen and fallen over the past week.

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⚡️ Revolut reportedly exposed passport and Bitcoin transaction data following a fraudulent government request

New reports reveal that attackers used forged documents to gain access to sensitive user information, compromising personal and transactional data.

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📢 Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei is urging a pause in the rapid development of advanced AI models—a move backed by OpenAI’s Sam Altman and xAI’s Elon Musk.

Investors point out that while AI-related stocks might see short-term pullbacks, ongoing demand for chips and computing infrastructure suggests the broader AI trajectory remains solid.

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📢 Senate Republicans have released the final version of the Clarity Act ahead of Tuesday’s cloture vote.

The updated bill includes 126 Democratic amendments, introduces new ethics provisions based on the Tillis-Gallego framework, grants state attorneys general enforcement authority for conflict-of-interest rules, and enhances Treasury powers to activate a "circuit breaker" on stablecoin yields during spikes in withdrawals from community banks.

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❗️ The Senate has confirmed the Clarity Act cloture vote for Tuesday at 2:15 pm ET.

If cloture is approved, debate may continue for up to 30 hours before the final vote on the bill, which needs 51 votes to pass.

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