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Cardano just added the kind of token controls Wall Street wants and DeFi may hate

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Cardano just added the kind of token controls Wall Street wants and DeFi may hate
Cardano’s proposed programmable-token standard could let a freeze on one asset temporarily block unrelated tokens held in the same transaction output. CIP-113, merged into Cardano’s main improvement-proposal repository on Sept. 29, is designed to add issuer-controlled transfer rules to native assets without abandoning the network’s extended unspent transaction output, or eUTXO, model. The Cardano Foundation … Read more

NYSE owner and OKX plan 24/7 tokenized stock trading using Uniswap

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NYSE owner and OKX plan 24/7 tokenized stock trading using Uniswap
Intercontinental Exchange and OKX are preparing an always-open market where tokenized US stocks could keep repricing after Wall Street closes. On Oct. 4, OKXICE, the companies’ 50-50 joint venture, notified the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) that it intends to launch a Tokenized Securities Venue under the regulator’s new Innovation Exemption. The proposed platform would … Read more

Bitcoin futures drop $1.4B, but spot buyers step in to help

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Bitcoin futures drop $1.4B, but spot buyers step in to help
Bitcoin’s aggregate futures exposure fell as recently active capital gained share through Oct. 4. Younger coin cohorts tend to spend more readily during volatility, so sustained buying remains the test of how readily the market can absorb active supply. Glassnode’s Oct. 5 Market Pulse reported futures open interest declining from $38 billion to $36.6 billion. … Read more

CFTC makes its biggest move yet to bring offshore crypto trading back to the US

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CFTC makes its biggest move yet to bring offshore crypto trading back to the US
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) is offering US crypto exchanges a federal route to retail leverage as Congress remains stalled on market-structure legislation. On Oct. 5, the financial regulatory agency opened rulemaking for Regulation Crypto Asset Transactions (CTX) and Regulation Crypto Asset Markets (CAM), which would create a national framework for platforms offering retail … Read more

Aave hikes GHO borrow rates to rescue depleted stablecoin pools

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Aave hikes GHO borrow rates to rescue depleted stablecoin pools
Aave’s Ethereum Core market lists a 4.5% borrowing rate for GHO, aligning the stablecoin’s borrowing cost with the savings rate TokenLogic reported on Oct. 2. The next test is whether the change brings USDC or USDT into the reserves available to savers who choose to convert withdrawn GHO into USDC or USDT. Aave describes its … Read more

Circle can delay European USDC redemptions if reserves cannot cross borders

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Circle can delay European USDC redemptions if reserves cannot cross borders
European USDC holders seeking dollars from Circle could have to wait if reserves cannot move between its French and U.S. issuers, even while retaining their claim to a dollar. Circle’s current European redemption policy allows temporary delays during failed reserve rebalancing, exposing a cash-access boundary inside a token that is interchangeable worldwide. That boundary matters … Read more

Ten tokens held 62% of altcoin futures exposure, but shared collateral can put other positions at risk

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Ten tokens held 62% of altcoin futures exposure, but shared collateral can put other positions at risk
Ten tokens accounted for 62% of outstanding altcoin futures exposure, known as open interest, in Talos’s weekly market report covering September 24–30, 2026. That concentrated exposure came with different financing burdens: the report put SOL funding below zero while PUMP funding reached +21.8% annualized. Published October 1, the market report also put altcoin open interest … Read more

Circle and Tether find common ground against MiCA’s bank reserve rules

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Circle and Tether find common ground against MiCA’s bank reserve rules
Circle is urging the European Union to open its Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCA) to foreign-regulated stablecoins and loosen reserve rules that constrain global issuers. The USDC issuer proposed a recognition regime that could let qualifying overseas stablecoin companies distribute tokens in Europe without becoming fully authorized EU issuers, as part of a broader push … Read more

US expands Hamas sanctions after tracing crypto transfers from France

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US expands Hamas sanctions after tracing crypto transfers from France
The US sanctioned two French charities and three individuals after alleging they helped channel cryptocurrency and other funds to Hamas. The Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) added Association Baraka, Ensemble C Mieux, Faouzi Barika, Amel Oualid and Saleem Abdallah Saleem al-Zaq to its sanctions list on Oct. 2, expanding the roster of … Read more

Ethereum’s past outflow charts can change when more exchange wallets are identified

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Ethereum’s past outflow charts can change when more exchange wallets are identified
Coin Metrics has rebuilt Ethereum’s historical Standard Flow Metrics, raising a timing problem for tests that treat exchange outflows as a trading signal. The crypto data provider’s Oct. 1 notice says it recomputed Ethereum Standard Flow Metrics from the network’s first block using its most up-to-date information as part of its Ethereum Point-in-Time release. The … Read more