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Zano rolls blockchain back a month after Gateway Address exploit
The Zano blockchain has been restarted at the block height that came immediately before Hard Fork 6, which introduced Gateway Addresses.
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THORChain under fire over Bitget, ETH evolves beyond blockchain: Hodler’s Digest
THORChain refuses to blacklist addresses linked to the Bitget hack. Vitalik Buterin says Ethereum is evolving from being a mere blockchain, into a world cryptographic computer.
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Vitalik Buterin maps Ethereum’s shift beyond a blockchain in sweeping 2030 vision
Buterin wants Ethereum to do far more work without forcing every computer on the network to repeat the same calculations.
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Australia asks OpenAI, Anthropic chiefs to Senate inquiry on health-data hack: Report
A rogue OpenAI research agent bypassed blocks on the Australian government health-data portal, accessing non-public files in June.
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How months of work on the Clarity Act all fell apart
Interviews with industry participants and legislative aides paint a picture of a blown bill-writing process, with sources pointing to nearly every facet of the bill's development and the debate around it as contributing factors to this month's failed vote.
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Riot Platforms repays $200M credit facility, releases collateral
The Bitcoin miner has continued to expand its data-center business as well.
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Saylor outlines ‘bill of digital rights’ to help build prosperity in future economy
Our ambition should be to “enable 10 million new companies to raise capital,” Strategy’s executive chairman Michael Saylor wrote in an essay.
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Kraken’s parent Payward is betting billions on becoming financial infrastructure, not just a crypto exchange
Kraken parent Payward is unifying trading, payments, asset management and institutional services on common rails, co-CEO Arjun Sethi said.
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Kalshi loses appeal, setting up potential Supreme Court case
The 6th US Circuit Court of Appeals ruled against prediction market Kalshi, siding with Ohio and Tennessee on regulating sports-event contracts under state laws.
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Binance deal gives Circle a boost in stablecoin race with Tether, analysts say
The five-year deal could strengthen USDC’s reach in emerging markets, though Tether’s liquidity advantage remains hard to dislodge, analysts told CoinDesk.
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Bitget hacker moves $83 million in stolen XRP that Ripple cannot freeze
Two wallets have been almost emptied and a third is being drained, with about $75 million remaining across the five original holding accounts.
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Fed requests comment on two proposals for stablecoin issuers under GENIUS Act
US regulatory agencies missed a rule-making deadline under the GENIUS Act, a year after the law was signed.
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SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce to leave post on Oct. 2
Peirce, known as “Crypto Mom,” served on the SEC for about eight years, including as director of the Crypto Task Force.
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CFTC sues Cash FX, alleges $950M crypto-linked forex scheme
The CFTC claimed that Cash FX engaged in minimal forex trading and misappropriated most of the participant funds.
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Solana’s 150-millisecond settlement upgrade reaches second public test network
Alpenglow is running on both public test networks, giving application teams a place to check their software before the live blockchain switches.
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XRP Ledger’s Batch upgrade slips to Oct. 9 after validator support resets
The feature would let users bundle up to eight transactions, including asset-and-payment transfers, but a brief drop below the network’s 80% support threshold restarted its two-week activation clock.
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Bitcoin could soon get Zcash-style 'shielded' privacy without changing its rules
Researchers have mapped out private bitcoin-denominated transfers that run alongside Bitcoin, but the system still lacks a finished way to lock up real BTC and release it again.
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U.S. SEC's steadiest crypto advocate, Hester Peirce, to depart next week
The long-anticipated exit of the commissioner sometimes known as Crypto Mom is Oct. 2, announced as the agency was sending out its latest crypto work.
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Another appeals court rules against prediction market provider Kalshi, says sports contracts are subject to state regulations
A Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals panel ruled that prediction markets' sports-related events contracts are not swaps, and therefore aren't subject to federal regulatory oversight.
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OG.com seeks CFTC approval for single-stock perpetual futures
OG.com, recently spun out of Crypto.com, joins Coinbase, Kalshi and Kraken parent Payward in seeking approval to bring perpetual futures to individual US stocks.
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