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10/25/2026 02:23 AM US Manufacturing PMI Hits 4-Year High at 56 as GDP Outlook Reaches 5%
TLDR: US Manufacturing PMI rose to 56.0 in October, beating the 55.5 forecast and reaching a 53-month high. Factory hiring grew at its fastest pace since March 2012, even as the output index eased from 56.2 to 55.8. S&P Global’s survey suggested 5% annualized Q4 GDP growth, versus a PMI-implied 4% for the third quarter. [...]
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10/25/2026 01:22 AM DOGE Contributor Mishaboar Urges Dogecoin Businesses to Back Open-Source Growth
TLDR: Mishaboar says Dogecoin businesses should support Dogecoin Core updates, fund rigorous code reviews, and submit researched proposals to strengthen the Dogecoin ecosystem. His appeal extends to alternative node implementations, independent open-source developers, and transparent research with evidence and methods that others can examine. Dogecoin Labs brings MyDoge, DogeOS, and Such App together, while the [...]
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10/25/2026 01:09 AM Tokenized Stocks Hit $3.53B as Wall Street’s Blockchain Push Accelerates
TLDR: Tokenized stocks and ETFs reached $3.53B, with 4.42 million holder addresses and $10.26B in monthly transfers. Twenty-two companies objected to the OKXICE plan to tokenize 63 stocks, limiting that venue’s rollout. Hong Kong issued $2.6B in digital green bonds, while Luxembourg followed with a €1.7B sovereign deal. JPMorgan launched its Ethereum deposit token as [...]
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10/25/2026 01:20 AM Zcash Advances Quantum Readiness With Ironwood’s Shielded Notes Upgrade
TLDR: Zcash’s Ironwood upgrade activated on July 28, 2026, at block 3,428,143, opening a new shielded pool. Ironwood notes use plaintext marker 0x03, replacing Orchard’s 0x02 format to prepare for future recovery. ZIP 2005 reserves marker 0x0A for PRF-expand, but it does not make shielded transactions quantum-resistant. Recovery remains unfinished, while Sprout, Sapling and Orchard [...]
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10/25/2026 01:13 AM Arthur Hayes Exits Altcoin Positions Worth $22M, Cites Macro and Geopolitical Risk
TLDR: Arthur Hayes closed the Maelstrom directional book, selling about $22.28 million in crypto assets. The sale included 6,400 ETH worth $15.2 million, 14 million ENA, and 323,000 UNI, among other tokens. Hayes made the move just nine days after sharing a bullish outlook on both Bitcoin and Ether. Traders are split, with some reading [...]
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10/25/2026 12:07 AM Bitcoin’s Midterm Election ‘Curse’ Fuels Crash Fears Ahead of November Vote
TLDR: Ali Martinez identified Bitcoin drawdowns of 72%, 65%, 52%, and 27% across four midterm cycles since 2010. Bitcoin’s past election-cycle losses coincided with Mt. Gox’s fall, a Bitcoin Cash split, and FTX’s collapse. Bitcoin recovered about 40% from its July low near $57,850 to roughly $81,455 by October 22 this year. U.S. spot Bitcoin [...]
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10/24/2026 11:29 PM Keystone Confirms Customer Data Breach Following Unauthorized Website Access
TLDR: Keystone detected unauthorized website access on October 20 and confirmed customer data exposure October 23. Exposed records included customer names, emails, phone numbers, shipping addresses, products and prices. Keystone said payment details, wallet passwords, private keys and recovery phrases were not compromised. Keystone has not identified the attacker, the number of affected customers or [...]
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10/24/2026 09:27 PM Bitcoin Price Trades Near $80K as Schiff Sees $75K as Next Level
TLDR: Bitcoin price fell below $80,000, with reported lows from $79,146 to $79,263, while CoinGlass recorded $239.65 million in BTC liquidations and $820.78 million market-wide. Longs accounted for $223 million, or 93.1%, of Bitcoin liquidations and $686.93 million of crypto-wide closures as leveraged positions unwound. U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs lost $635.5 million Thursday and $137.9 [...]
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10/24/2026 08:17 PM Ethereum Price Holds Near $2,376 as Whale Liquidation Risk Grows
TLDR: Santiment reported that 169,770 ETH left exchanges in one day, the largest daily outflow in more than four months and a possible supply-side support signal. A similar June 5 outflow episode preceded roughly 223,800 ETH in net withdrawals and an ETH price bottom, though that historical sequence does not ensure another rebound. Two early [...]
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10/24/2026 02:00 PM LIBRA Scandal Case Against Milei Dismissed by Argentine Judge
TLDR: The LIBRA scandal criminal case against Javier Milei, Karina Milei, Hayden Davis, and eight others was dismissed after the judge found no offense established. Judge Marcelo Martínez de Giorgi ruled that a token price collapse and investor losses, without a provable deceptive act, did not establish criminal fraud. Investigators found no proof that Karina [...]
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