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Ex-employee sues Ethereum Foundation and Vitalik Buterin over firing
Kayleen Fulton alleges she was fired less than two weeks after disclosing a cancer diagnosis and helping organize a staff letter challenging a requirement to endorse the foundation’s new mandate.
Bitcoin slips before U.S. inflation report as traders price in Fed rate increase
Fed Governor Waller backs December tightening even if inflation cools, while falling oil prices offer some relief and Anthropic withdraws IPO pricing details.
Live news: traders price in fed rate hike for December as bitcoin and gold retreat
Markets price in a December Fed rate hike ahead of U.S. inflation data, while bitcoin and gold fall and oil retreats on easing Iran tensions.
Bitcoin price eyes $74K as Fed rate-hike bets hit 96% after Waller speech
Bitcoin price action and stock futures trended lower after Fed governor Christopher Waller said that he would vote to raise interest rates by 0.25% at the December FOMC meeting.
The crypto wallet that grew up inside Telegram is striking out on its own
The app will offer crypto trading, tokenized U.S. stocks and ETFs, and perpetual futures, all already available through Telegram.
Coinbase, Kalshi, Kraken parent back CFTC in legal fight over stock perpetual futures
The Capital Markets Alliance argues that the products fall under the Securities and Exchange Commission’s jurisdiction.
BitGo Q3 profit nearly doubles on crypto gains as revenue falls 51%
BitGo’s $71 million unrealized gain on its crypto holdings helped nearly double its net income, but revenue and earnings came in below preliminary analyst expectations.
BlackRock Bitcoin ETF outflows hit $1.66B over seven trading sessions
US spot Bitcoin ETFs shed $201 million Monday, with seven straight sessions of net withdrawals from BlackRock’s IBIT totaling $1.66 billion.
Securitize agrees to buy River One to expand into asset-backed lending
Securitize agreed to buy River One to bring stablecoin funding to asset-backed lending and expects the deal to close in the fourth quarter of 2026.
An 11-year-old Ethereum wallet moved $4.6 million and dodged a scam set up in minutes
Bots spotted a wallet from Ethereum’s 2015 launch the moment it stirred and planted lookalike addresses in its history, but the owner sent the money to the right place anyway.
Bitcoin miner MARA sold 13,597 BTC for $1.1 billion in six weeks, plans to sell more
MARA paid off every loan backed by its bitcoin and says the rest of its coins can fund AI datacenters.
Crypto exchanges need dollar caps on hot wallets, CertiK says
“Cold storage is a useful measure of online exposure, but it is not a standalone security score,” the cybersecurity firm told Cointelegraph.
XRP Ledger maps out quantum-proof accounts, with no extra fees for users
The XRP Ledger Foundation’s design lets owners add a quantum-resistant key and switch off the old one, part of a roadmap that puts the network on track for a full transition by 2028.
Bitcoin faces U.S. CPI test as analysts warn inflation relief may not be enough
Bitcoin trades below $75,000 ahead of the October inflation data. Analysts warning that sustainable recovery depends on improving liquidity and spot ETF demand rather than temporary macro relief.
OpenAI builds kill switch to stop rogue agents within 35 seconds
Control Room cuts off model output for internal research jobs when people or automated monitors flag safety or security concerns.
HIVE, MARA mine more Bitcoin but earn less as crypto prices fall
Both miners reported higher Bitcoin production but lower mining revenue and rising electricity costs as they expanded their AI infrastructure businesses.
HIVE’s Bitcoin output jumps 49%, but mining revenue still falls
HIVE’s mining revenue fell 7.4% despite higher production, while its AI hosting business grew 71%.
Securitize pushes into $6 trillion asset-backed finance market with River One acquisition
The tokenization firm unveiled an acquisition and a $50 million stock buyback as quarterly revenue rose 13%. SECZ shares jumped 10% after hours.