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Circle’s USDC account and CEO Jeremy Allaire welcomed DJ Khaled to “team USDC,” prompting crypto users to recall his undisclosed Centra ICO promotion. The posts do not confirm a paid endorsement, and appear linked to Circle’s Chelsea partnership and a separate Roc Nation relationship.
A developer known as hashfunction has made metadata from about 5.6 billion public TikTok videos available on Hugging Face. The non-commercial dataset includes captions, hashtags, sound IDs and engagement figures, while its documentation links commercial users to a paid service and scraper code.
Leon Wankum argues that Bitcoin’s scarcity is challenging the monetary premium long associated with residential and commercial real estate. The author of *Digital Real Estate* links the potential shift to fiat debasement and changing approaches to saving, ownership and collateral.
A proposed ETF backed by Winklevoss affiliates has filed with the SEC to list on Nasdaq under the ticker WINK. The fund would hold Zcash directly, charge a 0.25% annual fee and offer brokerage-based exposure to ZEC.
Abstract, the Ethereum layer-2 built by Pudgy Penguins parent Igloo Inc., will shut down on Dec. 15. Users must move assets before then because funds left on the network will become inaccessible, as the project cites weak liquidity, limited DeFi and insufficient scale.
The Winklevoss twins have filed with the SEC for a spot Zcash ETF called WINK, which would hold ZEC directly and trade on Nasdaq. The proposal arrives as institutional products expand around the privacy coin, although approval and significant volatility risks remain.
FinCEN is withdrawing a proposed US reporting framework for cryptocurrency mixing after commenters warned that its broad scope could burden financial institutions and affect legitimate privacy-related activity. Existing anti-money-laundering, registration, recordkeeping and suspicious-activity reporting duties for covered crypto businesses remain in place.
The DOJ is defending New York as the venue for key charges against Tornado Cash co-founder Roman Storm, citing a Bitcoin Fog appeal. The case continues despite Treasury’s withdrawal of a proposed crypto-mixer reporting rule and its recognition of lawful financial privacy.
Founders Fund led a $5 million purchase of Anvil’s ANVL governance tokens, with Pantera Capital, Bullish and other investors participating. The Ethereum-based protocol is also launching a software kit designed to help businesses use crypto collateral for financial guarantees without building blockchain code.
FinCEN is withdrawing proposed rules covering crypto held in unhosted wallets and cryptocurrency mixing. The decision removes planned reporting requirements and follows privacy concerns, while the agency says it will continue monitoring mixers for money laundering and terrorist financing.
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.
Paxos has launched its $3.09 billion USDG stablecoin natively on Arbitrum, with integrations across major DeFi protocols and proposed incentives of 100 million ARB to support liquidity, adoption and ecosystem development.
Polymarket has begun testing Protocol V2, a redesigned smart contract system for prediction markets, ahead of a tentative Nov. 2 switch for new markets. Existing positions will stay on the current system, while pUSD becomes the sole collateral token.
Adam Iza, who called himself “The Godfather,” received a 78-month sentence and a $23.4 million restitution order over a scheme involving former sheriff’s deputies, more than $37 million in Meta fraud and cryptocurrency-linked tax evasion.
Bitcoin stayed in a narrow range as the Nasdaq and S&P 500 reached record closing highs. Kalshi launched a U.S. stock-index perpetual future, while the Winklevoss brothers filed for a direct-holding Zcash ETF and Moneyiar data showed Bitcoin below $84,000.
The Solana Foundation has launched Solana DvP, an open-source program for institutions that links asset delivery and payment in one transaction. It aims to reduce securities settlement from one or two days to seconds while limiting settlement and counterparty exposure.
OKX has introduced OKX Money, an app that lets eligible customers convert more than 50 local currencies into USDG, USDC or USDT and spend through virtual or physical cards while keeping blockchain mechanics largely out of sight.
