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Binance finance chief Kaiser Ng to leave after five years, Yi He says
Binance's chief financial officer, Kaiser Ng, is leaving the exchange after more than five years, co-CEO Yi He said. Justin Yek, formerly of Airwallex, will replace him.
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America.gov AI chatbot hides Minecraft End Poem easter egg
The US government's new America.gov chatbot answers Minecraft prompts with a roughly 1,800-word rewrite of the game's End Poem, TechCrunch reports, and no one has said who added it.
Stand With Crypto names Senate and House picks before midterms
Coinbase-backed Stand With Crypto has endorsed candidates for the US Senate and House, as polls suggest Democrats could retake both chambers in 2027.
Open Standard launches OUSD stablecoin with $1bn from Visa and Mastercard partners
Open Standard's open usd (OUSD) went live on 30 September with more than $1bn committed by Coinbase, Mastercard, Shopify, Stripe and Visa, who share the reserve income.
Base activates Cobalt upgrade with new tools for tokenised assets
Cointelegraph reports Base's third major upgrade adds conditional transactions and issuer controls for tokenised assets, including compliance checks and forced transfers.
Bloomberg adds onchain stablecoin data to its Terminal
Bloomberg has launched an Allium-powered dashboard on its Terminal, giving users hourly data on stablecoin supply, issuance and transfers across blockchain networks.
CFTC files two prediction market rules with White House
The US commodities regulator sent two rules to the White House on 28 Sept that would redraw the swap definition around event contracts, as states and courts fight over who regulates prediction markets
