Summary: U.S. and Chinese leaders hosted a state dinner attended by major tech executives, marking President Xi Jinping's first official visit to the United States since the Obama administration.
Summary: Bitget CEO Gracy Chen attributed the exchange's $351.6 million security breach to a North Korean group, citing IP address matches with known DPRK VPN services.
Summary: Nine Asia-Pacific nations rank in the top 20 of Chainalysis’s 2026 Global Crypto Adoption Index, while exchange Bitget confirms a $351.6 million security breach.
Summary: Bitget confirmed a $350 million hot wallet exploit on September 24, with CEO Gracy Chen stating user funds are safe under the exchange's $464 million protection fund.
Summary: The Federal Reserve proposed rules requiring Board-supervised stablecoin issuers to fully back tokens with permissible assets like short-term Treasury bills.
Summary: The CFTC updated its FAQ guidance to allow tokenized asset investments and blockchain recordkeeping, following a failed Senate vote on the CLARITY Act.
Summary: Crypto exchange Bitget suspended withdrawals after detecting unauthorized transfers of approximately $351.6 million from its hot wallets.
Summary: New York Attorney General Letitia James and Governor Kathy Hochul filed a lawsuit against Polymarket, alleging the crypto prediction platform operates as an unlicensed gambling business.
Summary: DoubleZero introduced a dedicated fiber network feed for Hyperliquid, enabling professional trading firms to access full order book data with greater speed and consistency than public APIs.
Summary: Bitcoin held steady near $84,500 as the 10-year US Treasury yield reached 5.18%, its highest level since July 2007, while Ondo Finance surged following a new BlackRock-backed product launch.
Summary: Saifedean Ammous identifies declining Bitcoin volatility as a key bullish signal, noting bear-market drawdowns have shrunk to approximately 54% this cycle.
Summary: New York officials sued Polymarket for operating an unlicensed gambling business, seeking a ban, restitution, and fines triple its earnings.
Summary: Bitcoin traded near $84,490 Thursday, down from Monday's high, as CME data showed October rate-hike odds at roughly 75% and December odds near 59%.
Summary: New York Attorney General Letitia James filed a lawsuit against Polymarket, alleging its sporting event contracts violate state gambling laws.
Summary: SoFi has begun settling debit and credit card transactions with Mastercard using its SoFiUSD stablecoin, migrating a program expected to process over $25 billion in annualized volume.
Summary: Philadelphia Fed President Anna Paulson indicated that modest further interest rate increases may be necessary to return inflation to the 2% target, citing persistent underlying price pressures.
Summary: European Central Bank Executive Board member Isabel Schnabel will resign on January 3, 2027, to become the International Monetary Fund’s Financial Counsellor.
Summary: UK charity Crimestoppers is offering up to £10,000 for information leading to the arrest of suspects in a targeted crypto home invasion in Birmingham.
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Summary: Researchers from [[alloc] init] introduced a privacy metaprotocol enabling shielded Bitcoin transactions without requiring consensus changes or operators.
Summary: IBM introduced beta connectivity to Swift’s blockchain ledger and an on-premises option for its Digital Asset Haven platform, enabling banks to manage tokenized deposits using existing ISO 20022 standards.