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CFTC Lets Traders Bet on Stocks With Crypto-Style Perpetual Futures
In brief The CFTC cleared perpetual futures on individual stocks to trade on registered U.S. exchanges for the first time, bringing the expiration-free, leveraged instrument long popular in crypto to ...
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Elon Musk’s Tesla and SpaceX Block Their Stock From OKX-ICE Tokenized Venue
In brief Six more companies, including Amazon, Tesla and SpaceX, objected to trading of their shares on OKXICE TSV, according to its Nov. 2 notice. The total has climbed from nine on Oct. 15 to 56, an...
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Ethereum Privacy Network Aztec Rolls Out Major Security and Speed Upgrade
In brief Aztec, the privacy-focused Ethereum layer-2, launched its Aztec Tierra upgrade, fixing a critical vulnerability and adding security hardening. A new architecture cuts Ethereum-to-Aztec messag...
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Morning Minute: Tom Lee Calls the Binance Hack Bullish for Ethereum
Morning Minute is a daily newsletter written by Tyler Warner. The analysis and opinions expressed are his own and do not necessarily reflect those of Decrypt. And check out our daily news show 'FOMO H...
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Bitcoin Firm Strive Climbs Up the Treasury Ranks With Another Big Buy
In brief Strive bought 124 BTC for about $10 million between Oct. 24 and Oct. 30 at an average of $80,526 each, bringing its total to 43,124 BTC. The purchase leaves Strive fourth among public compani...
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Binance Hack Shows Why Offshore Exchanges Need US Oversight, CFTC Chair Says
In brief CFTC Chairman Michael Selig told CNBC the $6.4 billion Binance hack “proves our exact point” for the crypto-market rules the agency proposed this month. Selig characterized the attack as a la...
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Intel Stock Suffers Worst Crash in 50 Years as Weak Forecast Overshadows AI Chip Demand
In brief Intel shares plunged nearly 30% to $65.76 on Friday, wiping out more than $146 billion in market value as investors reacted to a disappointing fourth-quarter forecast. Intel expects Q4 revenu...
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Worried About Crypto Hacks? Buy Bitcoin Proxies in Stock Market Instead, Say Wall Street Firms
In brief Cantor Fitzgerald, TD Cowen and Compass Point told clients in Friday notes that the $6.4 billion Binance hack—the largest ever—is unlikely to derail crypto’s recovery, framing the selloff as ...
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Reddit Stock Plunges 30% as Google's AI Search Hits Traffic and User Growth
In brief Reddit shares plunged 30.44% to $90.15 on Friday, extending their weekly decline to 44%. CEO Steve Huffman said Google search referrals fell by more than 1 million per week in October and war...
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Binance Hack: Why Bitcoin Didn't Crash Like It Did in 2018
In brief Bitcoin dipped to about $76,400 on Friday, roughly 6% below its post-Fed level, after Binance's record $6.4 billion hack, versus a fall from $10,740 to $9,690 in minutes in March 2018 over an...
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Binance Sets Aside $6.34B to Cover Hack Losses, CEO Says 'Your Assets Are Safe'
In brief Binance CEO Richard Teng said the exchange will cover all hacked losses, having reserved over $6.34 billion of company funds, $5 billion in the affected tokens. Teng said the attacker used a ...
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Elon Musk, CZ Trade Blows Over SpaceX Shares After $6.4B Binance Hack
In brief CZ asked Elon Musk to stop trolling Binance over its $6.3 billion hack, citing the exchange's SpaceX shares, which he values at more than $1 billion. Binance co-CEO Yi He said the company's a...
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What is EIP-7702? The Ethereum Upgrade Behind the $6.4B Binance Hack
In brief EIP-7702 is an Ethereum upgrade, activated in May 2025, that lets standard wallets temporarily take on the abilities of smart contracts. It enables batched transactions, gas sponsorship and l...
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Morning Minute: Binance’s $6.4B Hack Overshadows Hyperliquid’s Biggest Day
Morning Minute is a daily newsletter written by Tyler Warner. The analysis and opinions expressed are his own and do not necessarily reflect those of Decrypt. And check out our daily news show 'FOMO H...
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Robinhood Taps Ripple's Stablecoin, Treasury Software and Trading Loans
In brief Ripple's RLUSD stablecoin went live Tuesday on Robinhood Chain and Bitstamp, and is expected to reach the main Robinhood app later this year. Robinhood will adopt Ripple Treasury to run its g...
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Anchorage Positions Itself as Custody Backbone of US-Mexico Stablecoin Corridor
In brief Anchorage Digital expanded a custody-and-listing arrangement with Bitso covering both sides of the US-Mexico corridor. The deal targets the US-Mexico remittance corridor, one of the world’s l...
Read analysis →Intel, Oracle, IBM Join Objections to OKX-ICE Tokenized Stock Venue, Bringing Total to 26
In brief Intel, Oracle, IBM and IonQ joined the list of companies objecting to trading of their shares on OKXICE TSV, according to its Oct. 26 notice. The total has climbed from nine on Oct. 15 to 26,...
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Bitcoin Wallet Maker Keystone Pulls Devices as Stolen Key Opens Door to Fakes
In brief Keystone will destroy 18,835 unsold hardware wallets and has suspended shipping after an attacker obtained the permanent factory key used to verify its devices are genuine. The breach, detect...
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Circle Pushes Deeper Into Latin America With USDC Settlement in Colombia
In brief Circle has tapped ACI Worldwide to integrate USDC settlement into existing banking infrastructure across Latin America, starting with a pilot in Colombia built on ACI’s Bre-B instant-payments...
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A $3M Hedge, a Midterm Test and Retail's Rise: Prediction Markets at NEXTPredict
In brief NEXTPredict brought prediction market exchanges, trading firms and policymakers together in New York on October 22 and 23, less than two weeks before the U.S. midterms. Chuck Todd, who modera...
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