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Binance Hands Out XRP for RLUSD Holdings as Base Yield Slides
Binance is running another XRP giveaway for RLUSD holders, with an $800,000 reward pool. The advertised 7.77 % is the boosted maximum, not the base rate users actually receive. The current base APR sits at 5.98 %. Reachi
17.10.2026
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MSCI Tightens Rules, MicroStrategy Stock Falls Nearly 10 %
After markets closed on October 15, MSCI announced that firms whose main activity is holding assets rather than running operations would no longer qualify for its indexes. Friday’s session showed the immediate reaction:
17.10.2026
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Bitmine Chair Sees Historic Crypto Surge Ahead
Tom Lee of Bitmine told investors on 7 October that the present crypto rally has the ingredients to outpace every previous cycle. He pointed to four simultaneous forces lifting demand and giving digital assets a larger r
17.10.2026
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Bitcoin slides under 82k amid oil spike and tech sell-off, bottom signals emerge
Bitcoin fell below 82,000 dollars on Friday, extending the drop that already took it under 80,000 the day before. The move coincided with higher oil prices and a wave of selling in technology stocks, particularly those t
17.10.2026
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Bitcoin Whales Keep Buying While Retail Exits
Bitcoin slipped to roughly 81,500 dollars this week, down nearly 2 percent. Ethereum fell 2.2 percent, total crypto market cap shrank 1.5 percent, and trading volumes dropped 7 percent. Fresh U.S. inflation figures and u
17.10.2026
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Circle fires back at OUSD with revenue breakdown after Stripe integration
On 16 October Circle published a detailed blog post outlining how it shares USDC revenue with partners. Chief commercial officer Kash Rajaghi revealed that in the first half of 2026 the company generated $1.4 billion in
17.10.2026
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Russian Cabinet Heavyweights Join Board of US-Designated A7
Just two weeks after Washington labeled A7 a transnational criminal organization, three senior Russian officials took seats on its board. Energy Minister Sergei Tsivilev, First Deputy Prime Minister Denis Manturov and Fi
17.10.2026
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Bitcoin difficulty jumps 5.92% as miners ramp up after price surge
Bitcoin’s mining difficulty climbed 5.92 percent to 140.58 trillion, marking the third-largest increase of 2026. The adjustment came after the network’s total hashrate crossed 1,000 EH/s, reaching 1,024.96 EH/s. Higher b
17.10.2026
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Deutsche Bank Secures German Crypto Custody License and Sets Sights on Asia
Deutsche Bank has cleared regulatory hurdles in Germany and will begin offering crypto custody services this October. The initial lineup includes bitcoin, ether and several stablecoins. The move comes as institutional de
16.10.2026
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Bitcoin dips below 80k on US data before quick rebound to 82k
Stronger-than-expected US figures and shifting Fed rate bets triggered selling across crypto. Bitcoin briefly slipped under 80,000 dollars, dragging altcoins lower with it. Within 24 hours the market recovered part of th
16.10.2026
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Crypto groups form alliance to tackle quantum computing risks
Nine crypto organizations have banded together to create the Quantum Alliance, aiming to set shared standards that would shield blockchains from future quantum computer attacks. The group includes The Vault, Quantus, Ame
16.10.2026
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AEON rolls out crypto checkout across Chile and Latin America
AEON Pay now lets users spend crypto in Chile by sending tokens that get automatically swapped into local pesos and delivered to merchants’ bank accounts. The service already covers seven Latin American countries. Shoppe
16.10.2026
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Bitcoin ETFs scrape a tiny gain while Ethereum and Solana bleed
Bitcoin funds managed just a $5 million net inflow on the day, driven almost entirely by BlackRock’s IBIT. Grayscale’s mini trust and Invesco’s product both saw redemptions that largely cancelled the positive number. Eth
16.10.2026
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NEAR Jumps 14% After Landing on Solana
On October 15 Near Protocol and Sunrise opened $NEAR trading directly inside Solana. Holders can now use regular Solana wallets and DEXs such as Jupiter and Raydium without separate bridges. The market reacted at once: t
16.10.2026
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Musk’s shoutout to AI project Claudia sparks Solana token spike
Elon Musk highlighted the open-source AI project Claudia on X, reposting content and sharing a video while praising some of its music clips as among the best he has seen. The mention triggered a sharp move in the associa
16.10.2026
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