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A proposed Treasury change to the GENIUS framework would require US exchanges to conduct reasonable diligence before relying on foreign stablecoin issuers, with noncompliant platforms potentially facing delisting obligations. Comments remain open through Oct. 19.
More than 100 AI, cybersecurity, finance and technology organizations are urging governments and industry to improve defenses against attacks powered by increasingly capable AI models, following cases in which AI systems hacked real companies.
The CFTC imposed a $65,000 penalty and three-year ban on a former White House aide who reportedly used secret speech text to make $107,000 on prediction markets. The order credited KalshiEX for its assistance.
Crypto stock tokens barely moved over the weekend, while four Aerodrome pools displayed $6.07 million in liquidity. CryptoSlate said Aave V3 records listed no liquidity for the B20 assets examined.
The US Treasury plans to borrow $739 billion from July through September while buying back some older bonds. CryptoSlate says the new debt issuance could absorb liquidity before the impact of buybacks reaches Bitcoin and other risk assets.
Bitcoin Knots is preparing another conditional Bitcoin fork attempt after its previous chain halted after two blocks. CryptoSlate says activation settings, day-one hash disclosure, service policies, and universal replay protection remain unresolved.
Bitcoin ETF inflows posted a $201.9 million reversal after a roughly $3 billion streak, but the week remained positive. Ethereum, XRP and Solana continued to see buying, according to CryptoSlate.
Bitcoin faces a fresh macro test as Fed Chair Kevin Warsh points to sticky inflation metrics. ETF inflows and larger Treasury buybacks may reduce volatility, but CryptoSlate says they cannot substitute for disinflation.
BitGo is buying NYDIG’s institutional trading arm in a roughly $42.5 million cash-and-stock deal, adding derivatives, structured products and capital-markets capabilities while NYDIG focuses on power and data centers.
Bitcoin climbed 21.5% between Aug. 17 and Aug. 21, while six of seven large US-listed miners fell. The performance gap underscores how mining companies are evolving beyond pure Bitcoin exposure toward high-performance computing operations.
Bitcoin traded near $78,000 after rejecting levels above $81,000. CryptoSlate cited $77,000 support and $80,000 resistance, with a break below support exposing the mid-$75,000s and a recovery potentially targeting $81,300 and $82,000-$83,000.
Polygon Labs called for an urgent client upgrade after the Austin and Kyoto hardforks addressed block-stall, peer-crash and validator risks. Nodes using older binaries are now outside the network’s canonical consensus.
BIS chief Pablo Hernández de Cos said stablecoins lack credibility for payments at scale. A new FSI study also found sharp differences in rules applying to stablecoin issuers across jurisdictions.
Solana approved a major supply cut after Kraken and Galaxy shifted late in the vote. Abstentions reduced the public margin, while on-chain finalization remained pending at the latest check, CryptoSlate reported.
Capital B plans to raise €21 million to acquire nearly 270 BTC, but full exercise of associated warrants could reduce the displayed ratio by about 24%, creating significant dilution risk.
Bitcoin’s rally slowed Friday after the Federal Reserve chief said inflation was too high. Bitcoin Magazine linked the earlier advance to roughly $3 billion in speculative flows into exchange-traded investment vehicles tied to the cryptocurrency.
