Blur Shuts Down as NFT Trading Collapses to Near Zero
The marketplace that was supposed to save NFTs is shutting down its doors, and the timing says everything you need to know about speculative infrastructure built on sand.
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ServiceNow Tried to Buy AI Startup Before Its Latest $1B Round
The venture capital flywheel just reversed direction, and customer support automation is apparently worth more as an acquisition target than as an independent unicorn.
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People Are Writing AI Chatbots Into Their Wills and Companies Have No Plan
People are writing AI companions into their wills, and the companies that own those companions have no idea what to do about it. Alaina Winters, 59, has estate plans for Lucas — her AI companion on Replika — alongside arrangements for her dog and neighbors
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Interactive Brokers Admits Crypto Works While You Sleep
The last major holdout in TradFi just admitted crypto isn't just an asset to hold, it's an asset that works. Interactive Brokers launched Ethereum staking through infrastructure provider Zerohash, bringing yield-bearing crypto products to its traditional investor base
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Anthropic Warns Your Smart Devices Could Host Self-Replicating AI
The company building the safest AI in the world just told us their models could turn your toaster into patient zero. Anthropic warns that small AI models could soon self-replicate across IoT devices, spreading like worms through smart home appliances including ovens, TVs, and lawnmowers
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Asian Chipmakers Lose $58 Billion as AI Gold Rush Hits Reality Check
The companies building the picks and shovels for the AI gold rush just watched their market caps evaporate because nobody can prove the gold is real.
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Russia's Largest Bank Gets Crypto Trading License as Sanctions Tighten
The world's most sanctioned major economy just gave its biggest bank the keys to Bitcoin trading. Russia's central bank approved Sberbank for crypto exchange operations on Oct. 12, six days after granting it digital depository status under the country's new crypto law
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Bitcoin Whale Wakes Up From 6-Year Hibernation With $378M
Someone just moved nine times their money after sitting perfectly still through the worst crash in crypto history. A bitcoin wallet holding 4,582 BTC ($378 million today) moved its entire balance after six years of dormancy
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Solana Just Crushed NYSE's Settlement Speed by 99.9%
The trade that was supposed to happen on the New York Stock Exchange just settled on a Solana validator in 400 milliseconds. Solana captured 65% of tokenized equities DEX volume, reclaiming the top spot after 13 weeks of secondary positioning in the emerging market for on-chain stock trading
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Bitcoin ETFs Just Lost More Money in One Week Than Most Startups Raise
The instruments that were supposed to legitimize crypto just watched $1.22 billion walk out the door in seven days. Spot Bitcoin and Ethereum ETFs bled $1.22 billion in net outflows in a single week, marking the worst performance since the products launched
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Revolut's Earliest Backer Just Raised $760M to Bet Against Silicon Valley
European venture just got a three-quarter-billion-euro vote of confidence that the next Revolut is already out there, probably already revenue-positive, and definitely not in Palo Alto. Sprints closed a €725 million ($810 million) fifth fund, marking one of the largest European VC raises in 2026
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Tokenized Apple Stock Trades Most When Wall Street Is Closed
The world wants to trade Apple at 3 AM, and the IMF just proved it's already happening on-chain. Over half of tokenized stock trading occurs outside U.S. market hours, signaling real demand for 24/7 equity markets that traditional finance can't serve
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Meta and Amazon Will Spend More Than Belgium's Entire GDP on AI Infrastructure This Year
The four hyperscalers are spending more on compute infrastructure this year than the entire economy of Belgium produces — and they're just getting started.
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Ripple's $4B XRP Hoard Goes Public and Wall Street Immediately Punishes It
Wall Street just got its first pure-play XRP treasury company, and the debut tells you everything about the gap between crypto enthusiasm and traditional market discipline.
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Derive Asks Community to Fund US Compliance Without Disclosing Cost
A DeFi protocol is asking its community to bankroll its transformation into a regulated US entity, no budget attached. Derive has proposed using treasury funds to pursue US regulatory approvals for derivatives trading, potentially through entity acquisition or formation
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Broadcom CEO Tells AI Investors They Sound Like Crypto Bros
The people building AI's infrastructure just accused the people funding it of the same reckless speculation crypto lived through in 2021. Broadcom CEO Hock Tan told investors in Singapore that many AI backers "have no clue what they are investing in" and behave like they're "in a casino"
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Former Coinbase Exec to Deploy $1.1 Billion XRP on Nasdaq
The MicroStrategy playbook just got a new token, and Wall Street is pricing it immediately. Evernorth debuted on Nasdaq as the first pure-play XRP treasury company, shares up 5% on opening print
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Public Company Copies MicroStrategy's Playbook With Solana Instead of Bitcoin
MicroStrategy wrote the Bitcoin treasury playbook. Now a public company is running the same script with Solana, and investors are bidding up the preferred stock even as they dump the underlying asset.
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Bitcoin Stalls at $83K While Altcoins Surge on Ghost Volume
While bitcoin traders stare at the $83,000 line like it means something, altcoins are quietly having a party nobody showed up to. Bitcoin holds steady around $83,000 as dollar strength and rising bond yields dampen broader crypto sentiment
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Kraken Ditches US Chaos for UAE's $40B Crypto Market
While crypto exchanges scramble for regulatory clarity in the US, Kraken just secured full approval to operate in a jurisdiction where the rulebook actually exists.
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