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NEAR Leads AI Crypto Rally As Grayscale Says Sector More Than Doubled Broader Market's Gain NEAR Leads AI Crypto Rally As Grayscale Says Sector More Than Doubled Broader Market's Gain NEAR Exploit The September rally was followed by a setback for the NEAR ecosystem last week. A bug was detected in NEAR Intent's Omni deposit and withdrawal infrastructure interaction with the protocol's smart contract that led to losses of about $3.8 million. NEAR Intents said in a post on Thursday that "These funds will be compensated in full," adding that the contract-side vulnerability had been patched already. NEAR is up over 211% so far this year and rose over 55% in the last 12 months. Read also: SEC's New Crypto Custody Proposal Leaves DeFi...

Community banks sue US regulator over crypto firm charters Community banks sue US regulator over crypto firm charters Community banks in the United States have filed a lawsuit against a federal regulator over the decision to grant national trust charters to two cryptocurrency firms. The lawsuit contends that the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) has overstepped its authority by granting these charters, which the banks argue could undermine the financial system. The lawsuit, filed by the Independent Community Bankers of America (ICBA) and several state banking associations, claims that the OCC's decision gives these crypto firms the same benefits as national banks without subjecting them to equivalent regulations. The...

Nvidia Hits Record High as Market Value Reaches $5.7 Trillion Nvidia Hits Record High as Market Value Reaches $5.7 Trillion Bad news for workers, but stocks rallied anyway. The weak numbers cooled bets that the Federal Reserve will raise interest rates. Higher rates make borrowing pricier for everyone, including the companies building AI data centers. Considering Nvidia already monopolizes the industry, this difficulty to get debt hurts competitors more than it hurts Nvidia. Nvidia also funds its own customers. It committed up to $100 billion to OpenAI in September 2025, but the final stake came to $30 billion, with another $10 billion going to Anthropic. Its own books carry weight too. Nvidia disclosed $366 billion in multiyear AI...

'Uptober' Off With a Bang as Bitcoin Surges to $86K "'Uptober' Off With a Bang as Bitcoin Surges to $86K." That intake came against a 25-basis-point hike and a 10-year yield above 5%, which Sun said showed the money was "not merely chasing liquidity, but are rather allocation-driven inflows." Morgan Stanley's ETF took in more than $200 million last month, a sign that "major investment banks' wealth management systems are starting to incorporate Bitcoin into client asset allocation plans," he told Decrypt. The analysts disagree on positioning. Kalchev has futures open interest down about 12% from its September 22 peak and in the bottom decile of its one-year range, so the advance is not leaning on leverage. Sun says open interest rose...

Why a Bond Market Crisis Could Push Bitcoin Back Above $100K: Fundstrat Why a Bond Market Crisis Could Push Bitcoin Back Above $100K: Fundstrat The tension is particularly notable because Bitcoin has continued to recover even as long-term rates have remained elevated. Rather than being crushed by rising yields, Bitcoin has begun showing signs that investors may increasingly view it as a hedge against the policy response those yields could ultimately provoke. Farrell also sees evidence that Bitcoin's technical picture has changed. He pointed to Bitcoin reclaiming its 200-day moving average after spending an extended stretch below it, historically a constructive signal. More importantly, Farrell said Bitcoin recently broke through...

IMF Hands El Salvador $139M, Then Tells It to Stop Buying Bitcoin The IMF recently provided El Salvador with $139 million and advised the country to cease purchasing Bitcoin. This suggestion comes amid ongoing evaluations of the nation's fiscal and financial strategies. The IMF emphasized the necessity for fiscal consolidation and developing stronger financial buffers. While the findings give context to the financial approval, they do not claim that Bitcoin was the cause of El Salvador's improved economic performance. Nor do they suggest that risks associated with cryptocurrency have been entirely mitigated. Economic forecasts anticipate the nonfinancial public sector's primary surplus to grow from 2.9% of GDP in 2026 to 3.7% in...

Zcash Drops 21% From Recent High—Here’s Why the Rally May Not Be Over Zcash Drops 21% From Recent High—Here’s Why the Rally May Not Be Over If the slide continues, those lines will converge, which is usually how a trend change first shows up. That said, for that to occur, Zcash would need a sustained, rapid crash—which is unlikely to happen soon. Rally over, or a dip to buy? A 21% drop after a 253% sprint isn't unusual. In June, ZEC dropped from $635 to an intraday low of $309 when a critical vulnerability in its shielded pool was disclosed. It then went on to climb past $1,600. So the chart reads like a correction, not a collapse, at least for now. The trend indicators haven't flipped, but momentum has cooled and the ETF just...

Bitcoin Is Winning Against Wall Street and Gold — Here's Why Q4 Could Get Even Bigger Bitcoin Is Winning Against Wall Street and Gold — Here's Why Q4 Could Get Even Bigger ETFs and Corporate Buyers Are Becoming Critical Institutional demand has already provided considerable support. US spot Bitcoin ETFs recorded nine consecutive days of inflows totaling $3.08 billion through late September, according to Bitfinex. The previous week alone saw $2.38 billion of inflows, the strongest weekly total since October 2025. Corporate accumulation has continued alongside ETF demand. Strategy purchased another 1,665 BTC at an average price of $85,681, while Strive acquired 1,107 BTC at an average of $85,396, Bitfinex said. But the...

MetaMask Lido Validators Exit After Infrastructure Compromise MetaMask Lido Validators Exit After Infrastructure Compromise Ethereum's validator queues also shape how quickly stake can return to active service, a consideration for the wider Ethereum ecosystem. The 45-Day Cycle and Unresolved Scope Lido expects the final affected validators to be exited, but not fully withdrawn, by the end of October 7. ETH is expected to return gradually as validators pass through exit, withdrawal and re-entry, a sequence Lido estimates could take up to 45 days because of the extended entry queue. That timeline is not a prediction that all affected ETH will be unavailable for the full period. It describes the potential duration of the...

EU watchdogs question Binance over unlicensed European operations EU watchdogs question Binance over unlicensed European operations "In Europe, Binance remains committed to operating on a long-term, compliant basis under the EU's Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation. We are actively working toward becoming MiCA-authorised," a spokesperson said. ESMA told Euronews it "does not comment on specific cases". It stressed, however, that under MiCA, "the supervision, investigation, and enforcement are national competences", while its own role is to promote consistent supervision across the bloc by encouraging cooperation and information-sharing between authorities and issuing guidance. Any penalties against Binance would have to come from...

Morning Minute: Crypto Gives Up on Congress and Goes After Senators Morning Minute: Crypto Gives Up on Congress and Goes After Senators MetaMask Exits Lido Validators Amid Infrastructure 'Security Incident' Corporate Treasuries & ETFs Meme Coin Tracker This article has been published in decrypt.co via Yahoo News. https://finance.yahoo.com/markets/crypto/articles/morning-minute-crypto-gives-congress-122900876.html

Crypto IPO Frenzy Heats Up as Blockchain.com Targets $6 Billion Valuation Blockchain.com is not the only crypto company preparing to enter public markets. Kraken Is Also Waiting for an IPO Opening Kraken's parent company, Payward, announced in November 2025 that it had confidentially submitted a draft registration statement for its own US IPO. Kraken has not set a share count or price range and says its offering depends on the SEC review and market conditions. The pipeline suggests crypto companies see another opening to raise money from public investors. It does not guarantee strong demand for every listing. Bloomberg reported that shares of recently listed crypto firms, including Gemini, BitGo, and eToro, remained substantially...

CME Nine-Asset Crypto Basket Is 86.29% Bitcoin and Ethereum CME Nine-Asset Crypto Basket Is 86.29% Bitcoin and Ethereum So, a trader buying NCI futures for diversification is, in practice, buying a leveraged Bitcoin position with a thin Ethereum and altcoin garnish. What the CME Crypto Structure Solves? The single-trade design genuinely removes friction. Managing nine separate spot positions across nine wallets and multiple custodians is operationally expensive and introduces counterparty risk at every leg. Collapsing into one CME-cleared futures contract standardizes margin, settlement, and reporting under a framework that already handles single-asset Bitcoin and Ether futures. Bitcoin (BTC)24h7d30d1yAll time What it doesn't...

Bitcoin Price in Limbo: Congress Lost the Vote, but Fed Sets The Tone Bitcoin Price in Limbo: Congress Lost the Vote, but Fed Sets The Tone The Regulatory Overhang Hasn't Gone Away The CLARITY Act's failure matters beyond the single-day price reaction. The bill sought to clarify which agency, the SEC or the CFTC, holds jurisdiction over specific token categories. The result is a regulatory landscape that remains fragmented, with both agencies continuing to advance separate rulemaking tracks and no unified statutory framework in place. That fragmentation is a standing risk for crypto markets, independent of who controls Congress after the midterms. A digital-commodity classification issued earlier this year is not permanent, and...

McDonald's AI ‘Pricing Engine’ Gauges What Customers Will Pay for a Big Mac: Report McDonald's described the portal as "a tool, not a mandate," designed to provide restaurant-specific recommendations, and said costs vary between stores that can sit in distinct markets even a few miles apart. It called Reuters' reporting "speculative and uninformed," and said it takes antitrust compliance seriously. This article has been published in decrypt.co via Yahoo News. https://finance.yahoo.com/technology/ai/articles/mcdonalds-ai-pricing-engine-gauges-110659209.html

Viral ‘Kanye West’ $3.9M Ethereum Wallet Claim as Tom Lee Predicts $5,000 This Year That shifted the funds from a lending position into an exchange account, where the owner could sell, swap, or continue holding them. The blockchain shows the deposit, but it does not reveal what happened inside Binance afterward. The move came days after Lee delivered another bullish Ethereum forecast in a Coinage interview, predicting $3,000 in the near term and "well above $5,000" before the end of 2026. At $5,000 per ETH, the transferred 1,445 ETH would be worth $7.225 million — approximately $3.32 million more than its reported value when it reached Binance. Lee's Longer-Term Ethereum Scenario Reaches $60K Lee's year-end call is only part of...

British Bitcoin Treasury Gets Green Light for UK's First BTC-Backed Preferred Stock Dividends are payable weekly, but the rate is variable, and payments can be suspended. Unpaid dividends accumulate without interest or compounding. The company's published terms set a dividend-rate ceiling of 20% and a floor at the Bank of England base rate plus 1 percentage point. The securities have no fixed maturity and carry no voting rights at general meetings. The Smarter Web can redeem them for £110 each plus accumulated unpaid dividends, but holders cannot demand redemption. In liquidation, preferred shareholders rank ahead of ordinary shareholders but behind creditors. Despite the "Bitcoin-backed" description, MORE represents ownership of...

Crypto ETFs Surge as Bitcoin Funds Add $2.95 Billion in 30 Days Crypto ETFs Surge as Bitcoin Funds Add $2.95 Billion in 30 Days Cryptocurrency exchange-traded funds (ETFs) have experienced a tremendous inflow as Bitcoin funds amassed a staggering $2.95 billion in the past 30 days, showcasing renewed investor interest and confidence. Traditionally, ETFs are securities that track an index, commodity, or asset. In the world of cryptocurrencies, these funds track various coins, providing a diversified exposure to the market. Bitcoin ETFs, in particular, have gained popularity as they offer a way to invest in cryptocurrency without needing to own the underlying digital asset directly. This surge in inflow correlates with Bitcoin's...

HBAR Crypto 30% Rally: Nvidia AI Link Lacks Proof, What Now? HBAR Crypto 30% Rally: Nvidia AI Link Lacks Proof, What Now? Can HBAR Crypto Hold the Rally, or Was This a Narrative Spike? HBAR needs to clear resistance at $0.135 to extend Monday's advance, after briefly topping $0.130 and settling near $0.117. A clean break and hold above that level would confirm buyers are willing to pay up for the AI-governance narrative rather than just react to a headline. This article has been published in 99bitcoins.com via Yahoo News. https://finance.yahoo.com/markets/crypto/articles/hbar-crypto-30-rally-nvidia-114357870.html

Morgan Stanley Builds Crypto Lab to Test Future of Wall Street Morgan Stanley Builds Crypto Lab to Test Future of Wall Street Wall Street firms have been experimenting with blockchain for a decade, but a more favorable US regulatory environment under President Donald Trump and growing efforts to move traditional financial markets onto these networks have accelerated activity. One area of particular interest is decentralized-finance vaults, Oldenburg said. Vaults are pools of assets that use blockchain-based software to automatically deploy capital according to a predetermined strategy. Investors deposit assets — often stablecoins or other digital tokens — into a vault, which then puts them to work across a range of decentralized...