Cboe’s New S&P Deal Opens the Door to Tokenized Options
The renewed agreement preserves Cboe’s exclusive rights to S&P 500 index options through 2051 while opening the door to pairing the flagship benchmark with blockchain infrastructure.
Bitcoin drops to $82,000 on US data, and inflation fear is blamed
US job openings cooled modestly in August, but September households grew more worried about inflation and interest rates. That split left Bitcoin investors with only part of the case for easier financial conditions after Sept. 29 releases. Bitcoin…
Bitwise Launches First US Spot Near ETF After Token Nearly Triples Since August
Bitwise’s NRR started trading on NYSE Arca on Tuesday, offering exposure to NEAR and staking rewards as the AI-focused token rises. Bitwise Asset Management launched NRR, the first U.S. spot ETF providing exposure to the NEAR Protocol, with trading…
Anthropic Lost $42 Billion Last Year. It Wants to Go Public at $2 Trillion
The company’s IPO prospectus shows revenue up twelvefold, a $518 billion spending plan, and a risk section warning that its own AI could pose existential risks to humanity.
Fed guarantees 2-day stablecoin payouts, but $76B remains blocked
The Federal Reserve’s stablecoin proposal would put a general two-business-day limit on redemption by issuers it supervises. For a customer holding stablecoins at an exchange, the first step is getting that venue to release or convert the balance.…
Someone Finally Jailbroke the PS5—Just After Sony Said Players Don’t Own Their Games
Linear Fox founder Nathan Fargo released a public jailbreak for the PS5, dubbed Relapse, while Sony argues in court that players don’t own their digital games.
El Salvador targets $9 billion in transfers, but chooses stablecoins
El Salvador is turning to stablecoins for remittances, further separating everyday payments from the country’s pioneering Bitcoin experiment. Sivar, a new national community and payments app developed by Modveon, will use Coinbase infrastructure to…
Compound DAO used protocol reserves to buy $52 million worth of COMP, and delegates call it a mandate breach
A new on-chain reconstruction says COMP acquired, through Compound DAO reserves, a majority of all delegated voting power at a May snapshot. That position did not change the recorded result that Proposal 582 passed with zero votes against. Bitquery says…
Robinhood Chain’s $1.5 billion boom is attracting memecoin rug factories
A second suspected memecoin rug factory has surfaced on Robinhood Chain as the fast-growing network attracts increasingly coordinated scam activity. On Sept. 28, blockchain security firm GoPlus said it identified a high-risk operation behind hundreds of…
Nearly 5,000 BTC leaves Bitget as hackers begin laundering $387 million haul
Nearly 5,000 Bitcoin has left Bitget’s tracked reserves after the crypto exchange reopened withdrawals following its $387.5 million hack. On Sept. 28, Bitget Chief Executive Officer Gracy Chen said the exchange had processed 9,585 withdrawal orders…