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Bitcoin (BTC), Solana (SOL), and Ripple's XRP token fell Friday morning, extending declines over the past 24 hours and marking a rough week for major cryptocurrencies. Bitcoin's price dropped 1.5% in the last 24 hours to around $76,815, XRP fell approximately 4.2%, and Solana declined around 2.4%, w

More than 100 researchers working with AI coding agents reduced a quantum attack benchmark against Bitcoin and Ethereum cryptography from 10.75 billion to 1.496 billion between late May and July 26, according to a paper published this week. The competition, called ECDSA.Fail and run by Eigen Labs, s

The European Securities and Markets Authority published a risk monitor report on prediction markets, stating the sector is "rife with inside trading" and devoting an entire chapter to the issue. The regulator documented three specific episodes: new wallets made $1.2 million hours before February's s

Bitcoin fell below $77,000 on Sept. 10, extending its retreat from the $80,000 area as hotter U.S. inflation, rising Treasury yields, and leveraged liquidations hit the crypto market. BTC dropped as low as roughly $76,650 during the session before stabilizing near $77,000. The move followed August p

The XRP Ledger is preparing to release Lending Protocol v1.1 next week alongside XRPL version 3.4.0, according to validator Vet. The upgrade brings fixes and improvements to the initial lending infrastructure while validator support for the underlying SingleAssetVault and LendingProtocol

Robinhood reported crypto trading volume of $17.5 billion in August 2026, representing a 61% increase from the previous month, according to the company's monthly operating report published Thursday. The volume remained 38% below the August 2025 level. Bitstamp, the crypto exchange Robinhood

DMIST published an Execution Source Code Standard for derivatives trading. The standard preserves a reliable record of how exchange-traded derivatives transactions are executed from the point of execution through clearing and downstream processing. DMIST and FIA developed the framework with client f

UniCredit Bank is seeking a technology provider to build infrastructure for digital asset trading, custody and tokenized investment products, according to people familiar with the matter who spoke to Bloomberg on Friday. The Italian bank's discussions remain in early stages, with areas of interest i

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced the completion of consolidating a buffer zone in southern Lebanon, establishing what he describes as a "kilometres-deep" defensive position. The consolidation follows the seizure of this territory during conflict earlier in the year, with Israeli f

The U.S. 30-year mortgage rate reached 6.76% this week, marking a 14-month high, according to Freddie Mac's latest report. The increase from the previous week's 6.71% is attributed to rising global bond yields, which have elevated mortgage financing costs. This represents the highest level since

The Federal Reserve's September rate hike decision depends on highly precise inflation forecasts, according to Bloomberg chief U.S. economist Anna Wong. Wong stated her team operates on 1000th decimal points for Personal Consumption Expenditures (PCE) inflation forecasts, emphasizing how close the S

Macy's stock closed Sept. 10 at $20.50, down 4.70%, despite beating Wall Street expectations and raising its full-year guidance. The department store reported fiscal second quarter revenue of $4.87 billion, ahead of the $4.83 billion analyst estimate, and delivered companywide comparable sales

Israel's distrust of the United Nations has grown amid perceptions of heightened hostility and biased resolutions against the country, The Jerusalem Post reported. The sentiment emerges as the UN continues to pass critical resolutions, reflecting Israel's diplomatic isolation in international

Fundstrat's Tom Lee said Friday's consumer price index report could become a 'pivot point' for markets, with a softer inflation reading potentially shifting expectations around the Federal Reserve's decision and giving stocks room to rally. Lee stated that a core CPI reading of 0.2% or lower could r

Researchers at Anthropic and OpenAI issued warnings this week about the accelerating pace of recursive self-improvement in AI systems, with some expressing concerns about existential risks to humanity. Evan Hubinger, an alignment lead at Anthropic, stated on X that he believes there is more than a 1

U.S. President Donald Trump dismissed concerns that AI could pose an existential threat to humanity on Thursday, stating he has no such worries. Trump's remarks came after researchers at frontier AI labs OpenAI and Anthropic issued public warnings about risks from the technology. The president

Standard Chartered initiated coverage of Sky's SKY token with a $0.325 price target for the end of 2028. The target represents a fivefold increase from the $0.065 price cited in a Friday report shared with Cointelegraph. Geoff Kendrick, the bank's global head of digital assets research, issued the f

South Korea's Financial Supervisory Service (FSS) confirmed on the 11th that it has launched an investigation into Samsung Active Asset Management fund manager A for alleged front-running of KOSDAQ stocks before ETF purchases. The manager allegedly used borrowed-name accounts to purchase stocks that

Oracle (ORCL) shares jumped over 7% in pre-market trade on Friday after the company reported fiscal first-quarter results and Barclays raised its price target to $252, saying the cloud and software giant's growth has reached an inflection point. Barclays maintained an 'Overweight' rating and cited i