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Saylor shares Strategy Bitcoin chart showing 849,327 BTC after sell-off
Michael Saylor posted a chart of Strategy's 849,327 BTC holdings, valued at $64.4bn, days after the company disclosed an 811 BTC purchase and a $208m preferred-stock buyback.
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XRP Ledger patches lending protocol before validators approve it
Developers have published a second amendment, LendingProtocolV1_1, to fix the original uncollateralised lending code while it is still in the validator voting queue.
Tether's Ardoino says Senate Iran report ignores early sanctions freezes
Tether's CEO has pushed back at a Senate Democrats' report accusing the stablecoin issuer of aiding Iran's shadow banking network, saying it freezes suspicious wallets weeks before official sanctions.
Quantinuum says quantum error record sharpens focus on Bitcoin security
Quantinuum reports a record 99.9995% logical fidelity on its Helios machine, a tenfold error reduction since September, as debate grows over quantum risks to Bitcoin cryptography.
SkyAI sells entire Solana treasury and launches $201m buyback
The former Sharps Technology has liquidated its SOL holdings and is offering to repurchase up to $201m in shares and warrants, funded from $224m in cash, Cointelegraph reports.
Strive buys 1,223 Bitcoin as $630m preferred-stock sale nears settlement
The Nasdaq-listed asset manager spent about $100m on 1,223 BTC between 14 and 16 Oct, lifting its treasury to 36,818 BTC ahead of a $630m preferred-stock offering due to settle on 20 Oct.
CFTC says CME lacks standing in perpetual futures court fight
The US derivatives regulator has told a court that CME Group has not shown it is being harmed by the agency's new perpetual futures policy, and so cannot challenge it.