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Justin Sun Prize Partners With MathDB, Led by Caltech Professor Tony Yue Yu, on 50-Problem Pilot
Geneva, Switzerland — October 26, 2026 — The Office of Justin Sun today announced a pilot program for the Justin Sun Prize in collaboration with MathDB, a mathematical research pla…
NBA becomes third league to sign CFTC prediction market pact, taps Kalshi and Polymarket
The CFTC and NBA have agreed to put in place standards to protect the integrity of the game when it comes to prediction markets.
South Korea lawmakers mull pushing crypto tax implementation to 2029
The Seoul government is reportedly weighing another delay for a 2020 income tax policy on digital assets, citing concerns with receiving data from US officials.
Tom Lee's Bitmine favors share buybacks to ether purchases as crypto declines
The Ethereum treasury firm spent $46 million buying back shares as Chairman Tom Lee said crypto has held up better than AI stocks during the recent market pullback.
Brazil’s Stock Market Crashes After Lula’s Upset Victory
The iShares Brazil ETF fell as much as 26% after Lula da Silva beat Flávio Bolsonaro, who prediction markets had at 80%, while the dollar jumped as much as 12% against the real.
NBA joins pro sports leagues on CFTC prediction markets bandwagon while NFL balks
The U.S. derivatives regulator, which has championed the arrival of prediction market firms such as Kalshi, has been gathering allied sports leagues.
Kalshi strikes deal with S&P Dow Jones Indices to expand financial event contracts
The agreement adds S&P Dow Jones gauges to a growing list of Wall Street firms expanding their involvement in prediction markets.
OCC calls on community banks to enter the stablecoin payments market
The U.S. banking regulator is encouraging smaller lenders to develop stablecoin services as new federal licensing requirements approach.
Tom Lee's Bitmine Keeps Buying Ethereum But Pivots to Record Share Buybacks
The firm added 10,452 ETH to reach 4.95% of supply, but its bigger move was repurchasing 2.04 million of its own shares—part of what it calls the largest equity buyback any crypto…
'Privacy Horror’: Researcher Uncovers Extent of Samsung Smart TV User Tracking
AI-powered reverse engineering could make it "easier and faster" for researchers to uncover and explain how devices collect and share data.
South Korea weighs fourth delay on its crypto gains tax, pushing it to 2029
Officials are concerned users of domestic exchanges would bear the tax burden because the U.S. won’t share crypto trading data until 2029.
PHP flaw shows AI ‘vulnerability apocalypse’ is on schedule: Immunefi CEO
Mitchell Amador warned internet users that websites could remain compromised for weeks, particularly smaller websites slower to adopt the emergency upgrades.
Canada opens consultation on draft stablecoin rules, maintains ban on yields
Under the draft rules, non-bank stablecoin issuers must back tokens 1:1 with reserves held at qualified Canadian institutions and settle redemptions within three business days.
Tom Lee insists ‘crypto bull market is underway’ as Bitmine adds 10,452 ETH
The company's combined crypto, cash, marketable securities, and other investments totaled $15 billion as of Oct. 25.
Anthropic Makes IPO Filing Public, Plans Nasdaq Listing Under ‘ANT’
The S-1 shows revenue up from $1.2 billion a year earlier, and a share structure that leaves a trust and the co-founders in control.
Strategy skips Bitcoin purchases, spends $205M on STRC buybacks
Strategy made no Bitcoin purchases or sales last week, as its STRC preferred stock buybacks reduced its USD Cash balance by 46% to $242.4 million.
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Strategy Pauses Bitcoin Buying, Spends $205M Buying Back STRC
The Bitcoin treasury firm's USD Cash balance fell to $242.4 million after its biggest weekly STRC buyback in more than a month.
Strategy pauses bitcoin buys, repurchases $205 million of STRC preferred shares
Strategy's bitcoin holdings account for roughly 4% of the total supply cap, with $3.9 billion in paper gains.
AI giant Anthropic files for blockbuster IPO
The maker of Claude reported $16.3 billion in first-half revenue and an $80.7 billion net loss as it aims to price its offering in mid-November.
Strive closes in on second-largest corporate bitcoin treasury with $511 million purchase
Strive's latest bitcoin purchase puts it within 1,000 BTC of second-place Metaplanet as it unveils a new $1 billion preferred stock offering program.
HOOD’s prediction markets to add $1.7B to revenue, exceed crypto by 2028: Bernstein
Bernstein analysts raised Robinhood’s revenue estimates through 2026 and 2028, while maintaining their HOOD price target unchanged at $160.
Bitcoin Dips Below $80,000 Ahead of Fed Decision, Midterms
Analysts point to a sell-off in AI stocks and ETF outflows, with HashKey's Tim Sun flagging $75,000 as the next key support level.
Bitcoin’s Bear Market Is Over, Galaxy Research Says: 'Now Is an Attractive Time to Buy'
Galaxy Research says Bitcoin’s bear market ended in June, pointing to a reclaimed 50-week moving average, fading selling pressure, and a strengthening debasement case.
Galaxy says bitcoin bear market is over; now is the time to buy and hold
Galaxy said bitcoin’s bear market ended in June as fading long-term holder selling signals an attractive buying opportunity.
Morning Minute: Bitcoin Breaks Below $80,000 as Iran Fears Hit the Weekend
Some relief is appearing this morning as oil and rates fall, with a big macro week ahead featuring major earnings, FOMC and key data drops.
A $68 million bitcoin bet is targeting a post-midterm election breakout to $90,000
Your day-ahead look for Oct. 26, 2026
Aviva Investors launches tokenized share class of $29B Sterling fund on XRP Ledger
The move marks Aviva’s second fund to list tokenized shares, part of a broader collaboration to bring more tokenized funds to the XRP Ledger.
Aviva Investors, Ripple launch tokenized share class of $29 billion sterling fund on XRP Ledger
Aviva Investors has launched a tokenized share class of its Sterling Liquidity Fund on the Ripple-backed XRP Ledger.
Israel's Central Bank Rebukes Netanyahu Plan to Use Crypto to Dodge Sanctions
Over 100 economists, including former governor Jacob Frenkel, warned of deeper isolation ahead of Israel's October 27 national election.
Bitcoin holds near $80,000 as oil retreats and the Fed decision looms
Bitcoin was little changed near $80,400 since midnight UTC while the DeFi index was the only CoinDesk index to gain, with the Fed due to decide on Wednesday.
Live news: Bitcoin sits near $80,000 as tech rallies following Anthropic IPO filing
Alongside Anthropic raising as much as $100 billion, Meta on Monday announced a $95 billion share sale to fund its own AI ambitions.
BTC price risks $80K loss into FOMC, earnings: Three things to know in Bitcoin this week
Bitcoin bulls fought for $80,000 support over the weekend ahead of a heavy week of US tech earnings and inflation data.
Calpers pulls back from big tech as AI jitters deepen neocloud sell-off
California’s pension fund shifts toward private equity as investors question tech valuations and the payoff from soaring AI spending.
Securitize’s tokenized stock value halves as Circle widens lead
SECZ’s onchain market cap fell to $208.6 million as Circle-linked tokens reached a combined $383.6 million across several issuers in the $3.3 billion tokenized equities market.
South Korea weighs fourth delay of crypto gains tax, eyes 2029 start: report
The delay reportedly aims to align with the U.S. schedule of integrating CARF, the OECD's international tax framework for digital assets.
Fed, ECB and BOJ interest-rate decisions, Coinbase earnings: Crypto Week Ahead
Your look at what's coming in the week starting Oct. 26.
Bitcoin ETFs break 2-week outflow streak with $301M comeback
US spot Bitcoin ETFs finished the week with $301 million in net inflows after a strong three-day start gave way to heavy withdrawals.
Over 11 million bitcoin has no known owner. Here's what it means
The large number of coins held in unidentified wallets shows that retail investors have been in this market for years, observers said. But this interpretation comes with a caveat.
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