Ethereum open interest rose 2.3% in ETH on Binance as its dollar value fell 6.6%
Matched October 6–8 snapshots show a larger ETH-denominated book despite Thursday’s contraction, separating outstanding exposure from lower USDT valuation.
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OpenAI, Google and Meta battle for AI internet domains as crypto firms target .bitcoin and .wallet
CryptoSlate's tally shows 11 applications for .bit and five for .crypto, with final strings due Nov. 17.
Locked liquidity did not stop this $14 million crypto pool drain
Bitquery traced 79AU’s drain to token permissions that bypassed burned LP receipts, with residual rights documented on Oct. 8.
Polygon’s 8 million USDT0 holders face scrutiny as 58% of growth matches scam patterns
The Oct. 7 audit estimates about 1.1 million scam look-alikes, while addresses holding at least $10 fell 42% since August 2025.
Backing Polymarket’s primary favorites would have lost 4%, new audit finds.
Bitquery’s 273-race scorecard found an 87% win rate, but its equal-dollar hypothetical shows why accurate calls can come at losing prices.
AI agents can pay for your shopping. Who gets your money back?
Amazon's Bedrock AgentCore Payments, built with Coinbase and Stripe, lets AI agents discover paid services, authenticate, and pay with stablecoins and x402 under preset spending limits. AI agents are getting wallets before merchants get a court, and shopping agents have…
Strategy’s $150 million-a-day STRC market has a hidden dependency on its own buybacks
Strategy's $1.45 billion preferred-share buyback program is supporting a substantial share of trading in one of its key Bitcoin financing instruments. According to a Keyrock research report, Strategy's repurchases accounted for more than 20% of weekly trading volume in its…
Coinbase streams $150,000 Singapore trading cup and crowns its first champion
The exchange paired walkouts and memes with a ten-trader tournament; its displayed leaderboard listed Intern first without confirming a winner.
EU regulators target non-compliant stablecoins with a 90-day deadline
National regulators should require remediation within three months and may permit narrowly supervised exit services for existing holdings.
Coinbase rolls out 10x spot leverage, but blocks US retail from it
The coming-weeks rollout limits US access to Eligible Contract Participants and puts borrowers’ collateral at risk.
Core Lightning patches critical security flaws and a Bitcoin payment bug
Version v26.06.9 repairs a v26.06.8 regression that could delay channel traffic on busy nodes and adds protections for forwarded funds.
Bitcoin miners escape months of distress as daily revenue surges by 78%
Bitcoin miners are emerging from months of financial pressure as rising BTC prices lift daily industry revenue by 78%. According to CryptoQuant's weekly report shared with CryptoSlate, total daily mining revenue climbed from approximately $27 million at July's lows to…