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The Parliamentary Association for the Promotion of Blockchain delivered recommendations to Japan’s finance minister on crypto and blockchain. A group of lawmakers within Japan’s Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) are seeking reforms to the country's cryptocurrency taxation system, as well as support for initiatives for the development and adoption of yen-denominated stablecoins. According to a Monday Nada News report, the LDP’s Parliamentary Association for the Promotion of Blockchain delivered recommendations to Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama, including provisions on stablecoins, exchange-traded funds (ETFs), central bank digital currencies (CBDCs), and applications for blockchain technology. The document proposes doubling the leverage cap for retail cryptocurrency derivatives trading and establishing a framework for ETFs tied to digital assets. Read more

Florida's attorney general seeks damages, restrictions on ChatGPT, and personal liability for OpenAI CEO Sam Altman in what the state describes as the first state-led lawsuit against the AI company.

Despite skepticism after its rally, ZEC could climb higher, according to one analyst.

Strategy’s 32 BTC transaction has sparked debate over how investors value Bitcoin treasury companies as capital structure and liquidity considerations evolve. Shares of Michael Saylor’s Strategy fell Monday after the company disclosed its first Bitcoin sale since adopting a “never sell” philosophy, prompting fresh scrutiny of the corporate Bitcoin treasury model. Nasdaq-traded MSTR stock was down more than 6.5% to start off the week before paring back some of that decline by early afternoon on Monday. Although short-term price action rarely determines broader trends, Strategy’s sale of 32 Bitcoin (BTC) last week challenged the long-held perception that the company would only accumulate BTC and never liquidate its holdings, according to digital asset research and advisory firm Delphi Digital. Read more

Compass Point analysts reiterated a bearish $140 price target for Coinbase, warning of fierce competition in the derivatives space.

Investors pulled $1.67 billion from digital asset investment products last week, with bitcoin funds posting their largest weekly outflow of the year, according to a recent report from CoinShares.

There’s a scene in the new film Obsession (2026) that’s been living rent-free in a lot of heads since its release. A character gets a fragile little novelty toy, the “One Wish Willow”, and wishes for a billion dollars. (Spoiler alert) and cash literally rains from the ceiling. It’s absurd, it’s funny, and for about […]

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With Strategy breaking its accumulation streak and many peers stepping aside, the list of active digital asset treasuries has narrowed considerably.

Michael Saylor's Strategy has evolved into a far more complex bitcoin-finance machine since it last sold BTC three and half years ago.

Cardano's 2026 Summit in Singapore is off after the network's treasury governance process failed to approve funding for it. The official event page now says the Summit will not take place on Oct. 5-6 as previously announced. The cause is governance: Cardano Foundation said treasury-funded initiatives are subject to community vote, and the community decided not to proceed with […] The post Cardano just canceled is 2026 Summit – exposing the power and risk of its governance vetos appeared first on CryptoSlate.

XRP, Hyperliquid, and Near attracted fresh investor money despite massive outflows across the broader crypto fund market.

In a research post published Monday, Buterin proposed creating index-tracking assets using options contracts rather than the debt-based structures that underpin much of DeFi today.

A week after notching its largest purchase of 2026, BitMine was back in the order books, accumulating more Ethereum.

Claude maker Anthropic said Monday that it confidentially filed to launch an IPO in the U.S. following another huge funding round.

Michael Saylor says Strategy aims to make STRC the world's best credit instrument after the company sold bitcoin to help fund preferred stock distributions

The move suggests a greater willingness on the part of Michael Saylor and Strategy to use BTC holdings to support the capital structure, said one analyst, while others disagreed.

A whitehat and HongCoin's original multisig used a preserved overflow bug to reopen refunds trapped since 2016. The post Failed Ethereum ICO from 2016 just unlocked 1,003 ETH by exploiting itself appeared first on CryptoSlate.

Strategy sold Bitcoin, sparking jitters among investors and raising questions among analysts toward the prospect of future sales.

Long-term whales have cashed out millions of dollars from Ethereum following the recent sell-off, potentially putting ETH at risk of further losses. An early Ether (ETH) investor sold their ETH holdings over the past week as the price headed toward $2,000, sparking fears of further losses. However, onchain data tells a different story as traders speculate where ETH/USD might bottom. Key takeaways: An old Ethereum whale, an early investor holding tokens since the network’s first years, sold 55,000 ETH worth about $112.25 million and 9,442 ETH worth roughly $24 million over the past week.  Read more