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10/19/2026 12:45 PM
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Missouri’s crackdown on sports prediction contracts is now facing two federal court challenges, with operators linked to Crypto.com and Novig pushing back against state efforts to treat the products as unlicensed gambling. TL;DR: Two companies filed lawsuits on October 16 after receiving Missouri cease-and-desist letters. Their central argument is that federally regulated event contracts fall […]
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10/18/2026 09:30 PM
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TL;DR: Stablecoins issued or circulating on Cardano reached roughly $70.2 million in DefiLlama’s October 18 snapshot, up about 31% over 30 days. USDC represents nearly two-thirds of that total. Cardano’s stablecoin market has crossed another small but notable threshold. DefiLlama’s October 18 figures put the network’s dollar-pegged token supply at approximately $70.2 million, with 30-day […]
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10/18/2026 08:30 PM
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TL;DR: Aptos reports roughly 174,570 APT burned in the past 30 days, but gross staking issuance is about 1.5 million APT a month. Fee burns reduce issuance; they have not made the token deflationary. Burning tokens sounds attractive to investors until the other side of the supply equation comes into view. Aptos provides a useful […]
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10/18/2026 07:30 PM
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TL;DR: Investigators have raised new concerns about stolen crypto flowing into Zcash, following earlier tracing of roughly 2,746 ZEC linked to the Bitget breach. Shielded transactions obscure details after entry, but do not prove that the underlying network has been compromised. Privacy is a legitimate feature of cryptocurrency. It is also what makes Zcash a […]
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10/18/2026 06:30 PM
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TL;DR: Cross River Bank announced an integration of Ripple’s RLUSD stablecoin into its Core Operating System on October 15. The bank aims to give fintech customers access to blockchain settlement alongside conventional payment rails. A US bank is adding a stablecoin to the machinery it uses to move money for fintech customers. Cross River Bank […]
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10/18/2026 05:30 PM
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TL;DR: Sui’s Hashi project is preparing for a phased October mainnet rollout with more than $500 million in partner capital commitments. Anchorage Digital is joining as a launch partner, but pledged funding is not the same as value already deployed on-chain. The next battleground for Bitcoin lending is not necessarily a Bitcoin-native blockchain. Sui is […]
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10/18/2026 04:30 PM
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TL;DR: Crypto-aligned political committees have reported more than $52 million in spending against former Senator Sherrod Brown’s bid to return to Congress. The campaign is one of the clearest examples of the industry’s willingness to spend heavily on a single Senate seat. The cryptocurrency industry’s election spending is no longer an abstract national number. In […]
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10/18/2026 03:30 PM
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TL;DR: Ledger has introduced Atom, a new device intended to run everyday apps while keeping sensitive approvals inside its secure operating system. The Founders Edition has a $849 reservation price, with shipping estimated for 2027. Ledger wants to move beyond the familiar USB-shaped hardware wallet. Its new Atom looks much closer to a smartphone, but […]
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