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Mastercard launched Agent Pay for Machines, enabling AI agents to autonomously pay for services using x402 protocol vouchers. A live demo showed an agent executing nine payments across two merchants without traditional accounts, settling via Coinbase, Base, and BVNK.
Mastercard launched Agent Pay for Machines, enabling AI agents to autonomously pay for services using x402 protocol vouchers. A live demo showed an agent executing nine payments across two merchants without traditional accounts, settling via Coinbase, Base, and BVNK.
French lawmakers narrowly passed an amendment taxing crypto-to-stablecoin swaps from 2027. The measure, supported by 38 votes, aims to close tax loopholes but faces government opposition and further legislative hurdles.
Drift Protocol exploiters moved $61M in ETH to Tornado Cash after two months of silence, obscuring fund trails. They still hold $194M in Ether. The hack, attributed to North Korean group UNC6862, caused $295M in losses.
Sam Callahan argues Bitcoin thrives without rate cuts, citing a 20% drop in USD purchasing power over five years. He attributes this to financial repression and core PCE averages of 3.7%, positioning Bitcoin as a hedge against structural currency debasement rather than a liquidity-dependent asset.
JPMorgan projects Bitcoin will yield 10% annually over the next decade, outperforming stocks and gold. However, the bank warns that volatile correlations make it unsuitable for portfolio diversification, labeling it a speculative hedge against monetary easing.
Sophon set a Nov. 25 deadline for users to withdraw assets before shutting down its Ethereum layer-2 mainnet. The move follows a June decision to migrate to Base due to high maintenance costs, mirroring Abstract's recent closure announcement.
Corporate Bitcoin buying slowed sharply in Q3 2026 as stock premiums collapsed, prompting analysts to predict selective future growth. Established players may attract capital first, while smaller firms abandon treasury strategies amid stricter investor scrutiny on funding costs.
Crypto PAC affiliate Protect Progress spent $362,000 supporting Aisha Wahab in California's 14th district, weeks after she won a special election against a fellow pro-crypto Democrat. The move signals Fairshake's strategy to back incumbents with strong electoral prospects ahead of the 2026 midterms.
Hackers successfully booted iOS 16 on Android phones, breaking Apple's hardware-software exclusivity. Experimental builds on Redmi and Nothing devices lack Wi-Fi, audio, and camera functions, rendering them unusable as daily drivers despite viral demonstrations.
Bitcoin fell below $82,000 as US equities and bond yields rose, diverging from traditional risk assets. Whales reduced activity, with the Binance whale ratio dropping to 0.45, while $335 million in liquidations pressured prices near $83,000 resistance.
Strive bought 4,045 BTC for $335M, reaching 36,818 total holdings and becoming the fourth-largest public corporate holder. The purchase was funded by warrant exercises issuing 13.7M shares, keeping BTC per share stable while shares rose 7.7%.
Strategy bought 267 BTC for over $22 million, marking its third October purchase and bringing total holdings to 848,517 coins. The company also repurchased $193.1 million in STRC preferred stock amid MSCI's proposal to exclude non-operating firms from key indexes.