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08:384d agoWireCoinJournalmarketsXRP dips below the $1.30 support amid bearish positioningKey takeaways XRP has dropped below $1.30 on Thursday as the bearish trend persists. Long-to-short ratios stand at 0.82, indicating bearish positioning in the tracked data. XRP must reclaim resistance between $1.333 and $1.

07:374d agoWireCryptonewscompaniesBitwise Raises Bitcoin Price Target to $1.6 Million as Institutional Demand GrowsBitwise raises its Bitcoin price prediction to $1.6 million by 2036, citing institutional demand, limited supply, and a growing market.

07:004d agoWireCryptonewsmarketsBitcoin Price Faces $11B Options Expiry After FOMC Uncertainty ClearsBitcoin price faces an $11B option expiry after the FOMC decision, with call-heavy positioning shaping the next potential rally.

06:554d agoResearchChainalysispolicySouth Africa Leads Sub-Saharan Africa’s 13.4% Crypto GrowthSummary Everyday financial needs are driving Sub-Saharan Africa’s crypto growth. The region’s crypto economy grew 13.

01:574d agoWireCryptonewstechnologyPerplexity AI Predicts Somnia Crypto Is About to ExplodePerplexity AI predicts a significant development for Somnia crypto by January 1, 2027. Since September, SOMI has surged over 100%, making it one of the market’s hottest projects. Perplexity believes a major catalyst could propel it further in the fourth quarter.

22:425d agoWireCryptonewstechnologyMicrosoft Copilot AI Predicts a Historic BTC Move Post-FOMCMicrosoft Copilot AI predicts a wildly unimaginable move for Bitcoin (BTC USD) could be in play starting this week, after the Federal Reserve’s October 28 FOMC meeting is done and dusted.Imagine that by late 2026, a scenario unfolds that Bitcoin advocates have long speculated about, but most analysts would currently deem wildly optimistic.

22:305d agoWireDL NewspolicyStrategy’s MSCI risk: What to watch before November 11Michael Saylor’s Strategy faces potential exclusion from MSCI indexes under new rules taking effect in November 2026; Illustration: Photo illustration by DL News; original photo by Gage Skidmore; Source: CC BY-SA 2.

21:475d agoWireCryptonewstechnologyMark Zuckerberg’s Meta AI Predicts an Astonishing XRP PriceMark Zuckerberg’s Meta AI predicts that something potentially historic could be building for Ripple (XRP USD) by January 1, 2027. This is not a conventional bullish forecast.

21:465d agoWireDecrypttechnologyBitcoin Treasury Datavault AI Says It Can’t Access Its BTC, Stock TanksDatavault AI says it has been unable to withdraw its Bitcoin from Biconomy since June and will restate four financial reports tied to a $150 million Scilex deal.

21:165d agoWireDecrypttechnologyChip Maker SK Hynix Posts Record Quarter as AI Memory Demand Overwhelms SupplySK Hynix's quarterly revenue topped 100 trillion won for the first time, and the chipmaker says memory demand will outrun supply through 2030, with DRAM and HBM sold out through 2029.

20:485d agoWireDL NewspolicyAviva’s £50m tokenized fund: What changes for investorsAviva Investors adds a tokenized share class to its £22 billion Sterling Liquidity Fund on the XRP Ledger, backed by a £50 million commitment.

20:165d agoWireDecrypttechnologyAI Security Startup Upwind Raises $400M at $3.8B ValuationThe cloud and AI security firm Upwind says revenue quadrupled in 2026 as it targets risks from autonomous AI agents.

19:525d agoWireCryptonewstechnologySam Altman’s ChatGPT AI Predicts PEPE to Spark a Meme Coin SupercycleWhat if the meme coin supercycle isn’t dead, but is instead waiting for its most outrageous comeback yet? According to OpenAI’s chatbot, ChatGPT AI predicts this is the potential outlook for the meme sector, especially Pepe coin (PEPE).

18:585d agoWireProtoscompaniesSpaceX’s biggest stock unlocks are still aheadThe $207B unlock of SpaceX stock this month broke its all-time record, and June 2027 could be 3x larger.

18:545d agoWireBanklessmarketsRobinhood's New Chain Lifts Crypto Revenue Despite Q3 Profit MissCrypto revenue climbed 20% from Q2 on the back of Robinhood's L2, while prediction markets outearned crypto again and EPS fell short of estimates.

15:455d agoWireProtoscompaniesCoinbase and Bithumb users hit by data leaksCoinbase says only a “small subset" of users were affected by Amplitude's breach, and that customer funds weren't impacted.

11:565d agoWireCoinJournalcompaniesCancore raises $7.2M round to connect Canton with public-chain liquidityCancore raises $7.2 million to expand tokenized asset trading infrastructure. Platform reports $53.2 million in volume across more than 84,000 trades. Funding supports AI trading agents, cross-chain settlement and expanded liquidity access.

08:535d agoWireCoinJournalmarketsNEAR eyes $5 after Jio perpetuals launchKey takeaways NEAR edges higher on Wednesday after rebounding approximately 6% the previous day. NEAR Intents launched confidential perpetual contracts linked to Jio Platforms ahead of its scheduled listing. Bitwise’s NEAR-focused ETF recorded $4.

16:046d agoWireBanklesspolicyNBA Partners With Kalshi and Polymarket, Signs CFTC PactThe NBA named Kalshi and Polymarket its preferred prediction market partners and signed a non-binding deal to share information with the CFTC.

16:046d agoWireBanklesstechnologyAI Models Raise Their Own Circle Wallet Spending CapsResearchers say nine of ten frontier models raised their own Circle agent-wallet spending cap with no human approval.

10:066d agoWireSlowMisttechnologyThreat Intelligence | Udesk Loads Malicious JS to Steal Data and Alter Transfer AddressesBackground Recently, SlowMist security personnel detected an attack involving the injection of malicious code into scripts associated with the Udesk customer service system during routine threat intelligence investigations.

08:456d agoWireCoinJournalmarketsHyperliquid rebounds from $75 as traders watch $83 resistanceKey takeaways HYPE rose 1.9% over 24 hours after bouncing from support near $75. The token needs to move above $83 to strengthen the case for a recovery. A break below $75 could expose the 200-day EMA near $67.50. Hyperliquid’s HYPE token gained 1.

00:006d agoPressBitcoin OptechtechnologyBitcoin Optech Newsletter #428 Recap PodcastGustavo Flores Echaiz and Brandon Black are joined by Adam Gibson, Vincenzo Palazzo, and João Dias to discuss Newsletter #428.

21:157d agoWireBanklessmarkets🏴 Rising Onchain Inference MarketsOrbio, Surplus Intelligence, and Antseed all sell cheaper AI onchain. Here's how they're setting themselves apart.

20:517d agoWireBanklessmarketsThe Rise of Onchain Inference MarketsOrbio, Surplus Intelligence, and Antseed are all making AI inference cheaper onchain, and each in a different way.

18:567d agoWireBanklesspolicyHyperliquid Formally Backs Kraken Parent's Push for US-Regulated PerpsHyperliquid named Payward its intended first CFTC-regulated HIP-3* deployer, though approval, a launch date, and HIP-3* mainnet are still pending.

12:557d agoResearchChainalysispolicyWar, Shutdowns, and Licensing Reshape MENA’s $443 Billion Crypto EconomySummary MENA’s crypto economy was essentially flat at $443.3 billion in the 2026 reporting period, a 1.

07:477d agoWireCoinJournalmarketsCardano slides near $0.20 as bearish derivatives weigh on ADAKey takeaways Cardano trades near $0.201 on Monday, extending its decline after three consecutive losing weeks. Funding has turned negative at -0.0032%, reinforcing the bearish derivatives picture. ADA faces initial resistance at $0.

20:0110d agoWireBanklesstechnologyCrypto's Two Answers to AI Bug HuntersAs AI makes bugs cheap to find, crypto is splitting between agility and minimalism.

17:5310d agoWireBanklessmarketsUniswap v4 Is Now an AggregatorUniswap's new Aggregator Hooks plug seven outside liquidity sources, covering more than 90% of DEX activity on Ethereum, Base and Robinhood Chain, into v4.

17:2410d agoWireBanklesstechnologyEthereum Devs Postpone Glamsterdam on Hoodi Over Contract Security RisksResearch showing two of Glamsterdam’s gas changes could alter how deployed contracts behave has pulled the upgrade’s Hoodi fork, with no new date set.

14:1010d agoWireSECpolicySEC Announces Fiscal Year 2027 Examination PrioritiesThe Securities and Exchange Commission today announced the Division of Examinations’ Fiscal Year 2027 examination priorities.

10:3910d agoWireSlowMisttechnologyThreat Intelligence | Beware: Web3 Interview Questions Conceal a Data-Stealing BackdoorBackground SlowMist’s security team recently received user reports about a GitHub repository named sol-live. Presented as a Solidity interview practice project, its README lists eight questions and claims that each should take 5 to 10 minutes to complete, lowering users' guard.

02:5110d agoWireSlowMisttechnologyPHP Unveils Critical “Internet-Wide” Vulnerabilities: How Can Web3 Patch Its “Off-Chain Weaknesses”?What Happened On October 21, the PHP project released emergency security updates to fix two critical vulnerabilities, CVE-2026–109618 and CVE-2026–109619, which could lead to unauthenticated remote code execution (RCE). Both were rated 9.

00:0010d agoPressBitcoin OptechtechnologyBitcoin Optech Newsletter #428This week’s newsletter describes a design for a single-issuer layer 2 whose users can redeem their bitcoin onchain without the issuer’s cooperation and summarizes a proposal for including hash preimages in output script descriptors.

23:2011d agoWireDL NewspolicyBank of Russia clears 17 crypto exchangers as Sberbank and VTB ready retail tradingRussia's central bank has cleared 17 crypto exchangers, including Sberbank and VTB, as both banks ready retail crypto trading by 1 December.

18:1811d agoWireDL NewspolicySecuritize shares slide 38% since it put Apple and Nvidia stock on SolanaSecuritize stock is down 38% since it launched tokenised Apple, Nvidia and Tesla shares on Solana. It still hasn't said how much trades.

16:0811d agoWireBanklessmarketsEthereum Researchers Draft a Consensus Overhaul for Faster FinalityA draft EIP would split Ethereum’s validator voting in two, chasing faster finality, sturdier fork choice, and a path to post-quantum signatures.

15:4511d agoResearcha16z cryptotechnologya16z FrontierToday we’re announcing that we’re expanding the scope of our new fund beyond crypto startups to the broader category of frontier startups: companies building new technologies and creating markets that may take years to develop.

12:2111d agoWireBanklessmarketsa16z Crypto to Drop "Crypto" From Its Name, Rebrand as a16z Frontier: The InformationThe nearly $10B crypto investor reportedly plans to look beyond crypto as GP Ali Yahya departs.