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BNB's price movement follows a 45% surge in the past month, which made it the third-largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization.

The BlackRock spot Bitcoin exchange-traded fund is by far the industry leader, buying more and selling less than its competitors.

On Capitol Hill, Senator Cynthia Lummis wants to make Bitcoin “everyday money.” The Wyoming Republican is quietly drafting legislation that could do what years of evangelism never managed: make buying coffee with Bitcoin practical again. Her proposal, a de minimis tax exemption for small crypto transactions, would let Americans spend a few hundred dollars’ worth […] The post Senator Lummis pushes tax break for small Bitcoin payments. Could it unlock everyday adoption? appeared first on CryptoSlate.

Institutional demand and favorable policy drove Q3 crypto recovery. Ether ETF flows surpassed bitcoin. Altcoins surged as bitcoin dominance fell, marking a shift toward multi-asset institutional allocation.

The news comes on the heels of the Foundation announcing the launch of a privacy-centric wallet SDK, Kohaku.

ByBit says it’s the first crypto exchange to get this nod from UAE’s Securities and Commodities Authority.

The airdrop claims portal will open this month, the Monad team shared on X.

ShapeShift has reintroduced support for Zcash’s shielded transactions, marking its return to privacy-focused cryptocurrency after transitioning into a DEX aggregator. Multichain DEX aggregator Shapeshift announced support for shielded (private) transactions with the Zcash privacy cryptocurrency. According to a Thursday announcement shared with Cointelegraph, ShapeShift’s self-custodial decentralized exchange (DEX) aggregator and self-custodial wallet now support Zcash (ZEC) shielded transactions. The announcement comes as Zcash Community Grants allotted $50,000 to support ShapeShift’s technical and marketing investments. According to the announcement, with this move, the organization aims to “offer true privacy on-chain for its users.” Read more

A breakdown of 21Shares’ TDOG Dogecoin ETF — how it works, how it differs from DOJE and what to know before it starts trading. 21Shares’ Dogecoin exchange-traded fund (ETF), TDOG, recently appeared on the DTCC’s Active and Pre-Launch list under the ticker TDOG. The listing connects brokers and clearing institutions in preparation for potential trading, but it does not indicate regulatory approval. The proposed TDOG/21Shares Dogecoin (DOGE) trust is intended to be physically backed (i.e., holding Dogecoin directly) and to issue shares designed to track DOGE’s price (less fees). Read more

The company's bitcoin-linked perpetual preferred shares give it a lasting capital edge, analyst Mark Palmer said.

DEX wars are heating up as Hyperliquid, Aster and Lighter battle for dominance; lasting success depends on tech, not token perks. A new wave of DEX wars has shifted from token incentives to a focus on speed, leverage and sustainable infrastructure. Hyperliquid continues to lead the market with over $300 billion in monthly volume, strong liquidity and rising institutional adoption. Aster’s growth is powered by airdrops, Binance-backed credibility and leverage that attract professional traders. Read more

Afghanistan’s internet blackout highlighted the need for more decentralized internet infrastructure solutions to bolster blockchain’s resistance to censorship. Afghanistan’s recent nationwide internet outage underscored a critical weakness in the world’s leading decentralized blockchains: their dependence on centralized internet providers that remain vulnerable to government intervention and technical failures. The country suffered a near-total internet shutdown that lasted about 48 hours before connectivity was restored on Oct. 1, Reuters reported. The disruption was reportedly ordered by the Taliban administration, though officials later blamed “technical issues” involving fiber optic cables. While blockchains aim to provide people with a public, censorship-resistant network for value transfers, their reliance on centralized internet providers makes these use cases challenging during outages. Read more

Ethereum is putting privacy back at the center of its roadmap. This November, during the Devcon conference in Argentina, the Ethereum Foundation will unveil Kohaku, a new wallet framework designed to let users transact without exposing unnecessary personal or transactional details. The project was introduced on Oct. 9 by Foundation developer Nicolas Consigny, who said […] The post Ethereum doubles down on privacy with new ‘Kohaku’ wallet ahead of Devcon appeared first on CryptoSlate.

Bitcoin’s price spiked, and ETF inflows are on a tear as “Uptober” just gets started. Over the last two months, at least 31 crypto exchange-traded fund (ETF) applications were filed with the US Securities and Exchange Commission, 21 of which were filed in the first eight days of October. This ETF wave comes amid increased optimism in crypto markets, which have seen impressive gains over the last month. The price action has started a familiar pattern of markets booming in October, dubbed “Uptober.” This also coincides with major geopolitical developments that can affect the finance sector. In France, Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu has stepped down after just 26 days, rocking the country’s financial markets. In the US, a government shutdown has put federal business on pause, including ETF considerations at the SEC. Read more

EU regulations assume all tokens are transferable, leaving non-transferable digital assets in regulatory limbo. Blockchain Sandbox reveals the solution. Opinion by: Elisenda Fabrega, general counsel at Brickken Europe’s rulebook was written for assets that move. Yet a large class of assets, including non-listed company quotas and bespoke revenue-sharing contracts, is non-transferable by design. Because Markets in Crypto-Assets’ (MiCA) definitions presuppose transferability, and MiFID II targets transferable securities and continues to apply to the digital representations of such securities, these “digital but nontransferable” instrument representations fall into a regulatory blind spot. The EU Blockchain Sandbox offers a way out: recognizing that a faithful “digital twin” can preserve the legal nature of the original non-transferable asset rather than being automatically qualified as a new, transferable security token. Read more

A firmer U.S. dollar and fading risk appetite weighed on bitcoin Thursday, while Binance’s new Meme Rush platform targets surging Chinese-language memecoin speculation.

Institutional access, a surging debasement trade, and bitcoin’s rally above $125,000 are setting the stage for the strongest quarter ever for ETF flows.

Could using ZK-proofs to verify IDs help resolve privacy concerns related to the UK’s Digital ID and Australia’s social media age limits? The idea behind Worldcoin (now called World) is an excellent one: without some way to verify human-based accounts, the internet will be completely overrun with AI bots. To a large extent, it already is: More than half of web traffic now comes from unidentified accounts, and Facebook and X are drowning in AI slop and pointless reply guys. More worryingly, hostile countries are using AI bots and content to divide the population of open and democratic societies. And if you are already worried about the UK’s mandatory digital ID plan, then World ID should also be on your radar. Apart from those creepy eyeball scanning Orbs, is it really a good idea to implement a global identity system co-founded by the CEO of the worlds largest private company, OpenAI? The project has raised significant privacy and ethical concerns, with Canadian public broadcaster CBC describing Worlds aims a...

Could using ZK-proofs to verify IDs help resolve privacy concerns related to the UK’s Digital ID and Australia’s social media age limits? The idea behind Worldcoin (now called World) is an excellent one: without some way to verify human-based accounts, the internet will be completely overrun with AI bots. To a large extent, it already is: More than half of web traffic now comes from unidentified accounts, and Facebook and X are drowning in AI slop and pointless reply guys. More worryingly, hostile countries are using AI bots and content to divide the population of open and democratic societies. And if you are already worried about the UK’s mandatory digital ID plan, then World ID should also be on your radar. Apart from those creepy eyeball scanning Orbs, is it really a good idea to implement a global identity system co-founded by the CEO of the worlds largest private company, OpenAI? The project has raised significant privacy and ethical concerns, with Canadian public broadcaster CBC describing Worlds aims a...

Could using ZK-proofs to verify IDs help resolve privacy concerns related to the UK’s Digital ID and Australia’s social media age limits? The idea behind Worldcoin (now called World) is an excellent one: without some way to verify human-based accounts, the internet will be completely overrun with AI bots. To a large extent, it already is: More than half of web traffic now comes from unidentified accounts, and Facebook and X are drowning in AI slop and pointless reply guys. More worryingly, hostile countries are using AI bots and content to divide the population of open and democratic societies. And if you are already worried about the UK’s mandatory digital ID plan, then World ID should also be on your radar. Apart from those creepy eyeball scanning Orbs, is it really a good idea to implement a global identity system co-founded by the CEO of the worlds largest private company, OpenAI? The project has raised significant privacy and ethical concerns, with Canadian public broadcaster CBC describing Worlds aims a...