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ESMA questions tokenized collateral as US lets brokers post crypto
Europe’s markets regulator wants proof that a tokenized government bond can be sold fast enough to cover a defaulting clearing member. The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) requested for the evidence today, ten months after Washington began letting futures brokers post crypto assets as margin. What evidence is ESMA asking for? The European Securities...
Fri, Oct 9
Leaked licenses and frontier AI push Japan to scrap image-based KYC early
Banks and crypto exchanges received a notice on Friday from Japan’s Financial Services Agency (FSA) to stop requiring photographed identity documents for customer verification. Today’s notice will move the Asian country to a new system of reading the chips embedded in ID cards. The request cut the timeline on a change previously set for April...
Fri, Oct 9
Anthropic builds political team to court 2028 candidates amid Trump feud
Anthropic is building an in-house political team to advise 2028 presidential candidates from both parties on AI policy; meanwhile, the company is still fighting the Trump administration in court. Learning from its tumultuous relationship with the Trump administration, Anthropic has decided to start building a relationship with the next presidential candidates, a move that critics...
Fri, Oct 9
Europe’s crypto-ATM capital closes its last anonymity gap ahead of FATF review
Spain, the country with the largest fleet of crypto ATMs in Europe, will now require identity checks for every crypto ATM transaction, ending an era in which people could use the machines anonymously ahead of an anti-money-laundering regime review by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF). Days before this new decree, on 29 September, Spain...
Fri, Oct 9
Crypto card volume in Q3 grows to $4.31B, rising 33% from Q2
Crypto card payments expanded in Q4, with up to $4.31B in volumes. In 2026, USDC emerged as the leading asset for card payments and stablecoin transfers, as regulations displaced the usage of USDT.
Fri, Oct 9
World Liberty’s partners head to court as DWF-linked firms sue BitGo over locked tokens
BitGo is facing a $141 million lawsuit over tokens that two firms tied to DWF Labs claim it sold earlier than agreed, per the Financial Times on Friday. The parties in the case filed in London’s High Court have one thing in common: ties to the Trump-backed World Liberty Financial DeFi project. Why BitGo is...
Fri, Oct 9
Three ex-OpenAI researchers warn of AI safety monitoring risks
Three terminated OpenAI safety researchers cautioned that advanced AI models are becoming more difficult to monitor. As a result, it would be challenging for independent experts to identify risks and verify the safety of these systems. The concern also affects businesses implementing autonomous AI systems. As companies grant more authority to such systems, they also...
Fri, Oct 9
Nvidia-backed Firmus scraps $5B IPO after weak investor demand
Firmus, an Nvidia-backed Australian data center operator, scrapped its planned IPO of $5 billion (A$7 billion). It announced the decision on October 9, 2026, after investors expressed discontent with its valuation. Reuters stated that the firm will instead look to secure funds privately. The setback shows that investors are taking a closer look at AI...
Fri, Oct 9
US lawmakers challenge Google’s $10M bid for Spirit employee data
Google’s offer of $10 million for the internal data of the bankrupt Spirit Airlines has raised questions regarding who will have access to organizational records once the employer has been bankrupt. More than 120 members of the US legislature want to see more safeguards implemented before the bankruptcy hearing that is scheduled to be held...
Fri, Oct 9
Senate Democrat probes Cantor Fitzgerald over Tether ties and $250M Lutnick windfall
Senator Richard Blumenthal, the leading Democrat on the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, is pressing for information on the financial relationship between investment bank Cantor Fitzgerald and Tether, the world’s largest stablecoin provider. In a formal letter sent Thursday, he asked Cantor Chairman Brandon Lutnick to detail their oversight of Tether’s banking and sanctions compliance. He...
Fri, Oct 9
Tokenized Commodity Adoption Accelerates as Holders Climb Past 450K
According to the latest date from rwa.xyz, the number of wallets holding tokenized commodities has gone past 450K and now stands at 452,931. A year ago, this number was at around 126K. That is a 3.6x jump in holder count in twelve months and most of that growth took place in the last few weeks....
Fri, Oct 9
ESMA gives EU crypto firms three months to exit non-compliant stablecoins
Crypto companies in Europe must remove existing exposure to non-MiCA-compliant stablecoins by January 8, 2027. The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) gave national financial authorities 90 days to supervise the process in an opinion published on October 8. The restrictions might lead to trading moving away from the European markets, but it wouldn’t mean...
Fri, Oct 9
The Altruists creator Graham Moore says SBF and Ellison set out to do good
Graham Moore, creator of Netflix's FTX series The Altruists, says Sam Bankman-Fried and Caroline Ellison set out to do good before their crimes.
Fri, Oct 9
Anthropic puts Claude Dashboards and Motion into beta for live data and animation
Anthropic put Claude Dashboards and Claude Motion into beta, letting Claude build live data dashboards and editable animated explainers from plain prompts.
Fri, Oct 9
US suspends green-card filings for Microsoft, Adobe as AI talent race tightens
The US Department of Labor has suspended the processing of all new and pending green-card labor certification requests for Microsoft, Adobe, and six IT outsourcing companies as of Thursday. This represents yet another challenge for foreign technology professionals to secure their green cards as the competition for talent in the field of artificial intelligence intensifies....
Fri, Oct 9
Standard Chartered to hold stablecoins and tokenized assets for Singapore institutions
Standard Chartered plans Singapore custody for selected crypto, stablecoins and tokenized real-world assets, open to institutions and accredited corporates.
Fri, Oct 9
Trump's AI task force meets as global AI spending nears $2.7 trillion
On Thursday, the leaders of President Donald Trump’s Super Intelligence Task Force were set to meet, Vice Chair Scott Kupor stated. This meeting takes place as investments in AI rise, public anxiety grows, and allies of the US want access to advanced AI models. Who sits at the top of the task force? Jay Clayton,...
Thu, Oct 8
APT monthly releases drop to 4.54 million as Aptos team and investor vesting closes
Aptos ends four-year vesting for core contributors and early backers on October 12, cutting scheduled monthly APT releases about 60% to 4.54 million.
Thu, Oct 8
OpenAI’s annual revenue predictions crash by $20B ahead of IPO
OpenAI has just walked into an awkward financial situation. Its yearly revenue pace is $50 billion, not the $70 billion investors were hearing about in September. That’s a $20 billion difference for a company currently valued at $852 billion and preparing to sell shares to the public. Before anyone starts looking for missing money, though,...
Thu, Oct 8
Trump traded Nvidia, Microsoft and AMD shares in August, then gave their CEOs medals
Trump's ethics filing lists 517 August trades, including Nvidia, Microsoft and AMD stock, made public the day he gave their CEOs national medals.
Thu, Oct 8
