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Coinbase is set to explore tokenized stocks as a new business line, according to CryptoTwitter commentator @tokenterminal. The move represents a strategic shift aimed at increasing transaction fee revenue. Potential additional revenue sources include securities lending income and decentralized

Fortitude Mining Holdings signed a letter of intent with BITMAIN Technologies on Tuesday for priority access to the manufacturer's next-generation Zcash mining equipment, which has not yet been commercially released. The agreement involves a commitment of up to $100 million for the unreleased

Prediction market platform Polymarket began rolling out Protocol V2 on Monday, introducing a new smart contract system designed to support different market types through a single exchange, according to an X post by Rajath Alex, the company's head of protocol. The platform is testing the system on a

Base unveiled 25 new features aimed at strengthening its blockchain ecosystem. The expansion includes collaborations with Aave and Modveon to deliver services such as collateralized borrowing against tokenized stocks and instant remittances between the U.S. and El Salvador. The announcement

Xeal, an EV charging company, plans to deploy over 100,000 Nvidia GPUs in modular units called Latient Pods at its roadside charging sites across the United States. The company aims to create an edge inference compute network using idle EV charging capacity at its 1,600+ existing locations with

CRX Trade has launched an institutional brokerage platform that gives hedge funds and trading firms one account for eight crypto venues alongside access to CME Group and Nasdaq markets. The Zug-based service is operated by RAS Capital and uses CoinRoutes for order execution, portfolio management and

Global cryptocurrency exchange OKX raised fresh funding at a $25 billion valuation, Bloomberg reported on Oct. 6. Investors in the round included Circle, Ripple, SC Ventures (Standard Chartered's investment arm), and London-based hedge fund Qube Research & Technologies (QRT). OKX's global managing p

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin acknowledged Nethermind's work on improving Ethereum's efficiency and speed in a recent tweet. The commendation highlights ongoing development efforts within the Ethereum network. Ethereum operates as a

Sky Protocol is experiencing increased institutional interest driven by discussions surrounding its credit rating from S&P. A tweet from @SkyEcosystem highlighted how S&P's credit rating supports growing institutional diligence toward the protocol. The increased attention comes as institutional

Michael Saylor, executive chairman of Strategy (MSTR), stated on Oct. 6 that the company has delivered a 52% annualized return since adopting its Bitcoin strategy in 2020, while Bitcoin (BTC) has returned 38% annually over the same period. Saylor made the statement on X to highlight the

Iran stated on October 6 that the Strait of Hormuz will not reopen in response to external threats or pressure. The statement was reported by Walter Bloomberg, an overseas economic news alert channel. No further details on the specific Iranian official or triggering circumstances were provided in th

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission published a plan to regulate crypto exchanges through Regulation CTX and Regulation CAM, three weeks after the Clarity Act died in the Senate. The proposal requests public input with a 60-day comment period once it hits the Federal Register and lays out a

Nike reported first-quarter diluted earnings per share of 0.48 dollars on October 1 post-market, exceeding the 0.43-dollar analyst estimate, yet Nike stocks plunged to 31.77 dollars in after-hours trading from a 35.15-dollar close. The decline followed Nike's fiscal 2027 adjusted EPS guidance of 1.1

MeteoraAG announced DLMM Pro, an automated market maker that enhances liquidity management for token creators. The new AMM allows developers to customize liquidity distribution and implement dynamic fees based on market volatility. According to @SolanaFloor, the development could potentially lower s

Applied Digital secured an agreement on Tuesday providing access to up to 1 gigawatt of potential power capacity in Finland, marking the company's first overseas expansion of its AI data-center development model. The agreement enables development of a large-scale AI Factory campus with initial power

Private data center construction spending in the United States reached a record $84.95 billion annual pace in August, up 73% from $49.05 billion year over year, according to Census Bureau data released last week. The spending surge represents the fastest growth rate since April 2025, when constructi

U.S.-based Reflection AI, the $25B startup founded by former DeepMind researchers, introduced Beam, an open-weight model designed for coding and agent tasks. The company claims Beam competes with Chinese rivals at lower cost and greater efficiency. Reflection positions Beam as a response to China's

California's combat-sports regulator issued a cease-and-desist order to San Francisco startup Robot Entertainment Kombat (REK), barring it from staging human-robot cage matches without approval. The order followed a mid-Sept. event where REK put content creator Frankie LaPenna in a cage with a

Trump Mobile, a mobile network licensing Donald Trump's name, suffered a data breach last week when ransomware group BYOD leaked personal information of 3,615 customers including names, email addresses, telephone numbers, home addresses, and order details. The breach exposed data of senior Trump

Sberbank and T-Bank have applied for digital depository status and plan to begin trading crypto assets in December. The Bank of Russia previously announced plans to launch an official legal cryptocurrency market by the end of the year. Banks will become the main participants in Russia’s official cryptocurrency market. Strict requirements have been established for credit institutions: investments in cryptocurrency are limited to 1% of capital, according to Yuri Belikov, Managing Director of Exper