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Symbiosis says it recovered 15 BTC after a bridge hack and is offering a 20% bounty for information leading to further asset recovery. The hacker reportedly refused to return the stolen funds for the same white-hat bounty.
Blockstream is refusing the Liquid attacker’s demand for nearly 600 BTC, or about $50 million, after a Sept. 6 exploit created roughly 4,000 unbacked L-BTC and enabled the withdrawal of about 3,996 real BTC.
Bitcoin Suisse plans to move up to half of its Swiss jobs to lower-cost international hubs, according to Finews. The relocation would affect back-office functions as the firm expands its global wealth and asset management business.
UniCredit is reportedly developing a crypto custody service, according to Bitcoin Magazine. The move would add Italy’s second-largest bank to a group of European institutions exploring digital-asset services, although no launch or regulatory details were provided.
The House of Lords backed legislation requiring the UK Treasury to consult on a digital assets strategy covering cryptoassets, stablecoins, tokenized securities and digital financial infrastructure, Bitcoin Magazine reported.
Maharashtra is drafting a policy to tokenize state assets, including electricity transmission infrastructure, as it explores ways to fund new infrastructure. CoinDesk reported that the proposal remains at the policy stage.
Bitwise plans to wind down its BWOW Dogecoin ETF less than a year after launch. The fund held about $688,000 in net assets on Sept. 9, with trading expected to end Oct. 14 and cash payouts around Oct. 22.
The UK House of Lords backed an amendment requiring the Treasury to develop a digital-asset strategy covering cryptoassets, stablecoins, tokenized securities and digital financial infrastructure, Cointelegraph reported.
ESMA questioned whether Polymarket and Kalshi have the required authorization to serve EU users. The regulator said event contracts could be covered by binary-options bans, MiCA rules or national gambling laws.
CryptoSlate reports that speculative memecoin trading could create inventory for stock-token lending and vaults. However, the broader adoption cycle and its ability to convert trading activity into real capital remain unproven.
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent urged passage of the CLARITY Act after the Senate returned, warning that failure to approve it would damage America’s leadership position in the digital asset industry.
Hunter Biden denied profiting from the LAPTOP memecoin after its decline. Nansen reported a $117,800 unrealized loss in one wallet, while the team announced liquidity incentives and Bubblemaps flagged new top holders.
Fields medalist Terence Tao says AI is advancing through difficult mathematical problems at a pace that may outstrip the creation of new challenges, citing competition between OpenAI and Anthropic.
DoubleZero is adding real-time Kalshi political-market data for institutional and automated traders ahead of the US midterms, as election betting activity continues to grow, Cointelegraph reports.
