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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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IMF says tokenised finance still small and fragmented
An IMF report says tokenised repo volumes average $300bn-$350bn a day against $13tn in the traditional US market, and warns that isolated networks and thin liquidity hold adoption back.
Bitcoin falls below $81,000 as crypto liquidations pass $1.1bn
Bitcoin dropped under $81,000 on Thursday, touching an intraday low of $80,507, as Brent crude hit $105 and total crypto liquidations topped $1.1bn, led by ether.
Blumenthal letter asks Cantor Fitzgerald about Tether ties
Senator Richard Blumenthal has written to Cantor Fitzgerald CEO Brandon Lutnick seeking details on the firm's relationship with Tether and its sanctions safeguards.
Tokenization boom may favour fee-earning platforms over Bitcoin, Citrini says
Citrini Research says Wall Street moving assets onto blockchains could create new trading and lending markets, with fee-collecting companies and protocols benefiting more than Bitcoin or ether.
Buterin warns AI may break crypto encryption within two years
Ethereum's co-founder says it is "plausible" that AI-driven maths could crack lattice-based cryptography, and urges the industry to cut exposure to AI-vulnerable as well as quantum-vulnerable systems.
Hill pushes CLARITY Act in Senate lame-duck session
Representative French Hill says he still hopes the CLARITY Act can pass in the Senate lame-duck period after next month's midterm elections, arguing agency rules fall short of a permanent law.
