Bitcoin slides below $81,500 as tech stock sell-off spreads to Asian equities
The Wall Street sell-off extended to Asian equities on Friday morning, with South Korea's Kospi down 2.3% and Japan's Nikkei 225 down 1.6%.
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JPMorgan says crypto regulatory moves partly offset Clarity Act failure, but risks remain
JPMorgan said actions by U.S. regulators partly offset the Clarity Act setback, but longer-lasting rules are still needed.
Blockchain Association pushes for crypto tax clarity as broader bill stalls
As progress stalls on a crypto bill, the Blockchain Association is urging Congress to pass legislation to resolve uncertainty around taxes.
Coinbase Ireland fined $3.6 million over customer fund segregation, oversight failures
Coinbase Ireland fined $3.6 million for safeguarding breaches that left customer funds underfunded and mixed with group accounts.
Uniswap’s aggregator hooks go live on Ethereum, Base and Robinhood Chain
Uniswap Labs has launched aggregator hooks, allowing Uniswap v4 to route trades through liquidity held on external platforms.
Fireblocks denies report of $2.5 billion acquisition talks with Visa
Fireblocks denied an Axios report that Visa is in talks to acquire the crypto custody firm for around $2.5 billion.
SoFi launches interest-bearing, FDIC-insured tokenized deposit for crypto users
SoFi has launched SOFIE, a tokenized deposit offering 4.4% APY and FDIC insurance, with the option to convert to SoFiUSD.
Dune launches onchain trading data feeds as tokenized markets expand
The new real-time market feeds will cover trade data from over 200 onchain venues across 12 blockchain networks.
Bitcoin ETFs draw $528 million as ether funds snap five-day outflow streak
Spot bitcoin ETFs attracted $528 million on Wednesday as BlackRock and Fidelity led a recovery in institutional demand.
Starknet community overwhelmingly backs research into becoming an independent post-quantum Layer 1
Starknet's community backed research into becoming an independent post-quantum Layer 1, with a draft whitepaper expected in November.
Layer 2 Scaling Solutions
Layer 2 scaling solutions help blockchains like Ethereum process more activity without forcing every transaction to happen directly on the base chain. Ethereum’s main network is secure and decentralized, but blockspace is limited. When demand rises, fees increase and users…
South Korea’s crypto bill nears completion while tax debate intensifies: reports
The bill seeks to establish a framework for digital assets, including licensing regimes for exchanges and rules for stablecoin issuance.