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Ripple Prime will provide Brevan Howard’s funds with multi-asset prime brokerage, clearing and financing across traditional and digital markets, expanding a relationship that includes a $500 million Ripple investment in 2025.
OKX has raised an undisclosed amount from existing partners and investors at a $25 billion valuation. The financing extends its March round, which brought in $200 million from ICE, while the exchange pursues a broader financial-technology strategy.
Representative Don Davis has introduced a House bill that would prohibit federal candidates, their spouses and campaign committees from trading contracts tied to their own elections. Violations could bring a $10,000 fine or three times the gain, while platforms would receive protections for enforcement actions.
Hong Kong has reaffirmed plans to submit a crypto licensing amendment bill by the end of 2026. The proposed framework would regulate digital-asset trading, custody, advisory and management services, building on the city’s initial stablecoin licensing work.
DeepSeek is nearing a funding round of at least $12 billion and Moonshot AI has reached a $50 billion valuation, with both targeting early-2027 IPOs. OpenAI and Anthropic are also pursuing enormous valuations and potential listings as U.S.-China AI competition intensifies.
Strategy bought 334 Bitcoin for $28.7 million and lifted its holdings to 848,000 BTC, but spent more than six times as much repurchasing preferred stock. The company also estimated a $20.91 billion third-quarter digital-asset gain and $1.88 billion in deferred tax expense.
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Chainalysis attributed the $387 million Bitget hack to North Korea-linked actors, saying the theft pushed Pyongyang-linked crypto losses in 2026 above $1 billion. The funds moved across four blockchains within three hours, while AI tools accelerated the tracing investigation.
The U.S. Senate’s failure to advance the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act has ended realistic hopes of passage before year-end. The setback leaves crypto without a comprehensive federal market-structure framework, while key lawmakers who supported the bill prepare to leave Congress.
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Stablecoin issuers have added about $200 billion in US Treasuries and repurchase agreements over five years, replacing more than 40% of China’s reduced holdings. The shift strengthens short-term Treasury demand, while differing maturities mean stablecoins cannot fully replace China as a buyer of longer-term US debt.
Blast, the Paradigm-backed Ethereum layer-2 that once held more than $2.3 billion, is shutting down because operating costs exceed revenue. Users can withdraw through Oct. 26 before direct interaction with Ethereum bridge contracts becomes necessary.
Nvidia shares reached a record $237.88, lifting the chipmaker’s market value to roughly $5.7 trillion. The advance followed a larger buyback authorization, strong AI-related revenue and weaker U.S. jobs data that reduced expectations for a Federal Reserve rate increase.
Blast is shutting down after its revenue and activity collapsed. Assets on the Ethereum layer-2 network fell from more than $2 billion in June 2024 to $32 million, while users have until Oct. 26 to withdraw through Blast’s interface.
Crypto fundraising is accelerating, but valuations are becoming more selective. Kalshi is reportedly seeking $1 billion at a $40 billion valuation, Blockchain.com is preparing for a lower-valued IPO, and most crypto treasury companies now trade below the value of their holdings.
BNB Chain has become the first blockchain to exceed $1 billion in tokenized stocks and ETFs. Its $1.1 billion share represents roughly 30% of a market that reached $3.7 billion, with Ethereum and Solana ranking behind it.
Bitcoin open interest increased by about $2.3 billion as the cryptocurrency rose above $86,000 ahead of a U.S. jobs report. Higher perpetual funding rates showed stronger demand for bullish positions, while also increasing the cost and risk of leveraged long exposure.
Illinois has delayed a planned 0.2% tax on digital assets from Jan. 1 to July 1, 2027, following lawsuits by crypto industry groups. The postponement allows legal challenges to proceed but does not repeal the measure or settle its constitutionality.
