AI may be keeping Bitcoin’s biggest macro headwind alive after the Fed stops hiking
Bitcoin faces a new macro headwind from the artificial-intelligence boom as massive infrastructure spending competes for long-term capital. Minutes from the Federal Reserve’s Sept. 15-16 meeting showed market participants citing heavy private debt…
Abstract’s shutdown exposes the gap between owning assets and being able to move them
Abstract, an Ethereum layer-2 network, says it will shut down on Dec. 15, 2026. In its Oct. 6 announcement, @AbstractChain told users to migrate their assets before that date or lose access to their funds. The deadline tests a distinction that can…
XRPL’s $1.34 billion stablecoin base doesn’t tell us how much XRP users need
Tracked stablecoins on the XRP Ledger totaled $1.338 billion on Oct. 7. For XRP holders, the critical question is how much activity uses the token as principal, and how long users or intermediaries need to hold it. Fees and account reserves require XRP,…
Solana’s geographic speed plan trusts validator locations the network cannot verify
Roger Wattenhofer and Quentin Kniep propose speeding Solana’s block production by scheduling nearby validators consecutively. Their plan relies on self-reported locations, bringing an unverifiable physical input into the order of block producers. Each…
Bitcoin Core’s privacy fix reaches v32 code while the v31 patch remains open
Bitcoin Core has merged a privacy fix into its 32.x source branch addressing behavior that could correlate private-broadcast connections with ordinary node connections. The backport for 31.x remains open as of Oct. 8, leaving users who enable the feature…
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The best Binance referral code is P8DEY0JB, which will give you a 20% discount on spot trading fees for life and qualify you to receive other extra rewards. To use the Binance referral code, you have to register a new account with the code P8DEY0JB,…
AI Startup Manus Raises $500 Million After China Nixed Meta’s $2 Billion Acquisition
Manus built a self-driving AI assistant before the hype, sold itself to Meta, then watched Beijing unwind the deal. Its first fresh money since: more than $500 million.
Google Wants Gemini to Be Your Next Coworker—Complete With Its Own Email Address
Google Cloud unveiled a single Gemini agent that takes goals instead of questions, works in the background for days, and can join a company as a staffer with its own inbox and calendar.
Ethereum Test Network Raises Block Limit to Over 3x Its Current Capacity
Ethereum’s Sepolia test network activated Glamsterdam on October 6 with a block gas limit near 200 million, over three times mainnet’s 60 million.
NFL Sides With States Against Kalshi in Supreme Court Prediction Market Fight
The NFL urged the Supreme Court to resolve a circuit split over whether states can regulate sports contracts on prediction markets, arguing they’re gambling, not federally regulated swaps.