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VanEck is now focused on actively managed crypto funds, because most advisers struggled to choose between individual tokens, according to the CEO.

Ethereum, Solana, Ripple’s XRP, and Dogecoin saw a steeper drop than Bitcoin in the last 24 hours amid the crypto sell-off.

Zhao said “there’s no 100% security,” and that the financial system needs to start using AI for its own defenses.

Willy Woo said Bitcoin edged out gold last week, while Ted Pillows said "we are only in the first correction of this bull run."

OKXICE plans 24/7 trading of tokenized stocks against stablecoins, under a temporary SEC exemption.

Adam Back said bank capital rules still make holding Bitcoin "quite expensive" for lenders.

The breach happened amid a backdrop of a $6 billion hack on Binance, which the FBI attributed to North Korea's TraderTraitor group.

Binance said it has replenished about 90% of the stolen crypto, and CZ credited U.S. agencies for helping limit the damage.

Mike McGlone said that Bitcoin's performance since 2021 has failed to justify its higher volatility.

Binance reserved more than $6.3 billion to cover the hack, which investigators have linked to North Korea.

Zcash fails the economists’ test of a public good, Tyler Winklevoss said, as one can own Zcash coins outright and it costs money to use the network.

If approved, Payward's Bitnomial would run and settle the markets, and a planned upgrade would let it limit trading to approved users.

Bitcoin's main upgrade this year changed how the network lines up waiting payments, while Bittensor's biggest first-hand milestone was Gracecale's fund adding more of its tokens.

According to Grayscale, Zcash has kept upgrading through long bear markets, helped by how it funds development. Bitcoin miners keep all of each block reward.

DATA Network builds tools to license human-contributed data to AI labs, while USD.AI arranges GPU-backed loans.

NEAR Protocol co-founder said NEAR AI aimed to deliver "private, verifiable, and secure AI" for people and companies.

About $72 million remained available under the expanded program, which now runs through October 31, 2027.

Bitcoin's correlation with gold peaked in September at its highest level since the data began in 2018.

According to on-chain monitoring firm Lookonchain, Hayes sold around $22.28 million in tokens across several altcoins.

NEAR Business allowed teams to pay staff and vendors, swap assets, and allocate capital across more than 35 chains, including BTC, ETH, and SOL.

Referring to the merger, Dromos Labs CEO Cutler said, "Every CME needs a New York stock exchange."

Cameron Winklevoss pointed toward the trillions of dollars that AI labs have pushed behind data centers as a possible “catalyst” for the coin.

BTC traders saw over $34 million in liquidations, nearly 85% of it from longs, while shorts accounted for about 83% of XMR’s $216,110 in liquidations.

Hoskinson said Midnight City could launch fully in the coming months, enabling AI agents to operate with their own wallets and identities.

Balaji Srinivasan said BTC became “a reserve currency of Western institutions,” while ZEC was “the currency of Western individuals.”

Bankless co-founders said BTC climbed into the month from the $60,000s, unlike last year's slide from a record high.

Charles Schwab’s Lynch said BTC’s long-term fundamentals haven’t changed, even as Ethereum fell hard this year.

Darkfost said that Uniswap's TVL surpassed $4 billion in September, as DEX trading volume hit an all-time high of $93.6 billion.

Hayes said Bitcoin remains the core holding in his family office Maelstrom’s fund.

McEvoy said BTC miners that moved into AI had “a good step up,” but it was well short for Zcash.

Over 80% of Armada shareholders chose to redeem their shares for cash, removing nearly $195.3 million from the deal.

Aerodrome’s Cutler pushed back on claims the new chains disadvantage Aerodrome, noting it wasn't first on Base either.

Starknet targeted quantum resistance by next year, in contrast with Ethereum’s 2029 goal.

Arthur Hayes said he remained bullish on NEAR, and Michaël van de Poppe said he expected a short pullback before the token moved toward new yearly highs.

Hayes warned that revaluing gold to 50,000–60,000 an ounce to retire U.S. Treasury debt would be inflationary.

Among a bunch of reported DeFi tokens by Citrini Research, Pendle and Uniswap finished only fractionally ahead of Bitcoin on Saturday, and Ether.fi fell 5.5%.

Winklevoss brothers’ proposed spot ZEC fund would trade on Nasdaq under the ticker “WINK”, with a 0.25% sponsor fee.

Tokens bought with fees from NEAR Intents, which Ternullo said has handled over $32 billion in volume, are not burned but are held currently in a "permanent capital vehicle".

Peter Brandt said XRP has “a ton of overhead supply” to work through and named Monero as his favorite chart.

Analyst Ted Pillows sees $2,800 as a key level for Ethereum, saying a weekly close above it could confirm further upside.

Total value locked in Cardano's DeFi applications rose 8.72% over 24 hours, DefiLlama data showed.

Horsley said advisors are increasingly moving clients from self-custodied Bitcoin and Solana into ETFs.

Arbitrum’s license fees brought in about $4.75 million or 87% of the total revenue, while transaction fees contributed $507,000, and treasury income amounted to $181,000.

CoinGlass data showed that traders betting against WLD were hit hardest, with about $241,590 in positions wiped out over the past hour.

Fundstrat’s Head of Digital Asset Strategy called crypto breadth above the 200-day moving average a near-term "yellow flag."

Grayscale sees AI crypto producing “one or more major winners” over the next five years.

Hougan said crypto's leading investment teams are broadening beyond Bitcoin, Ethereum, Solana, and Chainlink.

Goldman’s FTIXX fund itself was not tokenized and remains an existing institutional fund.

CEA Industries said that 5,799 votes were cast over five days across four shortlisted names for its name change.

Chainlink highlighted institutions and crypto platforms including SWIFT, DTCC, Euroclear, UBS and Aave in connection with its CCIP ecosystem.