🇺🇸 LATEST: The SEC says three firms—TSV LLC, OKXICE TSV and Perpetualscom—have applied to operate tokenized securities platforms under its new Innovation Exemption.

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🚨 UPDATE: Zcash Network Upgrade 7 is expected to activate on mainnet at block 3,543,405, around November 5.

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🇬🇧 OPINION: The UK aims to become a crypto leader, but its planned 2027 rules could leave regulated firms locked out of DeFi.

Coinbase’s Katie Harries warns that the proposals could effectively block regulated access to DeFi, driving users to platforms beyond the FCA’s oversight.

Read: https://ct.com/opinion/uk-crypto-rules-regulated-defi-access

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🚨 BREAKING: Fireblocks has pushed back against an Axios report claiming Visa is in talks to buy the company for $2.5 billion.

“This is the first we’ve heard of it, and the report is inaccurate,” a Fireblocks spokesperson told Cointelegraph.

Visa declined to comment.

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🏀 WATCH: NBA champion Tristan Thompson opens up about his biggest crypto trading loss—and how he recovered.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ylM6T3xsJZY

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🇺🇸 Major move: Morgan Stanley, Bank of America, JPMorgan and Wells Fargo are among the US banks scrambling to limit risks posed by unauthorized AI agents accessing customer accounts, Axios reports.

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🇮🇷 JUST IN: Trump accuses Iran of staging attacks to push oil prices higher ahead of the U.S. midterms, and again insists Tehran must never be allowed to acquire a nuclear weapon.

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🚨 BREAKING: A new lawsuit alleges that Trump and World Liberty Financial illegally profited from more than $2 billion in crypto deals tied to the UAE.

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🇺🇸 JUST IN: The US Treasury has proposed rules limiting American investment in AI, supercomputing and other advanced technologies in China, Russia and other “countries of concern.”

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⚡️ JUST IN: CZ says fears that AI could break crypto are exaggerated, pointing out that banks and the internet use even weaker encryption. But he cautions:

“AI doesn’t have to break Bitcoin’s cryptography to do damage. Data breaches already power phishing, social engineering, and other attacks.”

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🇭🇰 HSBC plans to roll out its HKD-backed stablecoin, RedCoin, to more than 3.3 million PayMe users, according to the SCMP.

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🇺🇸 BREAKING: The US is ready for a prolonged standoff with Iran and could keep its blockade of Iranian ports in place indefinitely, US Ambassador to the UN Mike Waltz told the Financial Times.

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🇦🇪 BREAKING: A UAE-led operation has traced more than $39 billion in funds and crypto linked to scams, resulting in over 960 arrests across 30 countries.

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🇨🇳 China plans to have most of its nationwide blockchain network operational by 2030, supporting applications in trade, finance, manufacturing, and agriculture.

https://ct.com/news/china-2030-national-blockchain-network-buildout

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🇺🇸 JUST IN: The SEC has announced its examination priorities for fiscal year 2027:

• Tokenization risks
• AI and emerging technologies
• Cybersecurity
• Investor protection
• Private funds and private credit
• Anti-money laundering compliance

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🇺🇸 TODAY: The US Department of War has released its seventh batch of declassified UFO files, with more disclosures to come.

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🚨 ALERT: American Express plans to cut 5% of its global workforce—about 3,850 jobs—as it looks to become “leaner, more agile, and also to prepare for AI,” according to its CFO.

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🇮🇱 BREAKING: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says he has asked for a plan to use cryptocurrency as a possible way to circumvent banking sanctions.

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🚨 The crypto market has lost over $200 billion in less than a month.

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🔥 Spot Bitcoin ETFs recorded $635.6 million in outflows in a single day—their biggest withdrawal since June.

BlackRock’s $IBIT saw the largest outflow, with $254.1 million withdrawn.

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🇬🇧 REGULATION: The UK FCA has warned DeFi projects that calling an app “decentralized” doesn’t exempt it from regulation.

According to the regulator, “true DeFi” isn’t a legal concept.

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