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Fed Beige Book ties AI productivity to slower hiring in 5 districts
According to the Beige Book released by the Federal Reserve on October 14, the use of AI by companies has led to a decrease in hiring in five districts. Some companies have reduced their staff purely due to employee turnover and others have chosen to put a hold on hiring or had fewer job openings....Cryptopolitan
Thu, Oct 15
“Not a sell-off”: Ethena CEO says investor’s on-chain moves were a security precaution
Ethena founder and CEO Guy Young has said that the large investor onchain transfers that occurred over the past 48 hours were a defensive move tied to the recent Ledger hardware wallet scare. He wrote in a post on X that it is not a sign the holder is dumping tokens. ENA holders who had...Cryptopolitan
Wed, Oct 14
OCC says big banks debanked crypto as it charters crypto firms
The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) said Wednesday that the nine largest U.S. banks restricted services to crypto firms and other lawful businesses between 2020 and September 2025. Meanwhile, the OCC keeps granting crypto firms national bank charters of their own. Did U.S. banks restrict services to crypto companies? The Office of...Cryptopolitan
Wed, Oct 14
Bastion Trading challenges SkyAI's proposed $201 million buyback
Bastion Trading, which, with affiliates, owns about 9.99% of SkyAI (Nasdaq: SKYA), challenged the company’s proposed $201 million buyback on October 14. SkyAI’s Solana holdings had fallen roughly 70% in under a month, and Bastion wants to know exactly when and how the tokens were sold. The clash could resonate beyond SkyAI. If crypto treasury companies face...Cryptopolitan
Wed, Oct 14
Ethereum Price Forecast: ETH falls below $2,500 as hot CPI raises Fed hike odds
Ethereum (ETH) extended its decline below $2,500 on Wednesday after a hotter-than-expected US inflation print renewed selling across the crypto market. At the time of writing, the top altcoin trades near $2,430, down 3.1% in the past 24 hours.
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Wed, Oct 14
Solana targets 150ms transaction finality with Oct. 21 upgrade
October 21 is reserved for the launch of Alpenglow, a protocol upgrade that aims to guarantee an irrevocable transaction in less than 150 milliseconds and remove the TowerBFT voting system the platform has used since 2020. Why the speed of finality matters While a Solana transaction may already become successful instantaneously, the difference is in...Cryptopolitan
Wed, Oct 14
Polygon completes Coinme buy as 6,000 crypto ATMs head for shutdown
Polygon Labs has completed its acquisition of Coinme, which gives it 37 state money-transmitter licenses and 11 exemptions, all of which will be integrated into its Open Money Stack. Polygon set out to make some acquisitions at the start of the year to give it access to stablecoin payments in the US, and Coinme’s acquisition...Cryptopolitan
Wed, Oct 14
Canada tops the G7 in peer-to-peer crypto as remittances to Asia hit $2.36B
Canada has been named as the foremost peer-to-peer crypto economy amongst the Group of 7 nations by blockchain analytics firm Chainalysis. This comes in light of an increase in remittance-sized transfers from Canada to India, China, and the Philippines. Those transfers went up by 141% year-over-year to $2.36 billion from July 2025 to June 2026. The report...Cryptopolitan
Wed, Oct 14
Richard Heart reportedly detained in Istanbul raid, watches and cash seized
Turkish authorities reportedly detained HEX founder Richard Heart in an early-morning raid in Istanbul on Wednesday. The authorities seized dozens of luxury watches, firearms, and a large cash haul from the 47-year-old, who has been designated as wanted on an Interpol Red Notice since December 2024. Has the HEX founder been arrested? Richard Heart, whose...Cryptopolitan
Wed, Oct 14
UK trader sues BitMEX for return of $27M in bitcoin over unlicensed derivatives
A British software engineer, Lewis Barber, is suing BitMEX operator HDR Global Trading in London for the return of 324.8 bitcoin, worth roughly $27.2 million. The software engineer alleges that the shuttered exchange sold him derivatives in the UK without approval from the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA). Why is BitMEX getting sued? A British software...Cryptopolitan
Wed, Oct 14
Bitcoin falls below $82K after US inflation tops 3.6% forecast
Consumer prices in the US came in higher than expected in September, pushing Bitcoin down by roughly $1,000 to $82,800 and stoking fears that the Federal Reserve may consider hiking interest rates once again at its upcoming monetary policy meeting in late October. The figures that rattled the markets According to the Bureau of Labor...Cryptopolitan
Wed, Oct 14
UK regulator Ofcom claims there are still concerns over X's handling of illegal content
Britain’s online safety regulator, Ofcom, has questioned Elon Musk’s X and its efforts to remove illegal hate speech and terrorist content on the platform, despite the commitment to a faster handling of user reports. Faster reviews, but no effective removal X’s first quarterly performance report showed it had met deadlines for reviewing suspected illegal posts....Cryptopolitan
Wed, Oct 14
Google Deepmind Chairman calls for stronger security, says recent hacks "warning shots"
Google DeepMind chairman Demis Hassabis has let out a warning at an AI summit in Dublin that recent hacks involving autonomous AI agents could be early signals of bigger security threats. He urged companies and governments to strengthen their defenses before AI technology becomes more capable. DeepMind co-founder and Alphabet chief scientist Hassabis struck a...Cryptopolitan
Wed, Oct 14
BingX EU Secures MiCAR License, Advancing Regulated Crypto Services Across Europe
VIENNA, October 14, 2026 – BingX EU (MEGE zweite GmbH) has secured its Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCA or MiCAR) license from Austria’s Financial Market Authority (FMA), that will enable the platform to offer regulated crypto services across 29 countries of the European Economic Area (EEA), subject to ongoing passporting arrangements. The authorization marks a...Cryptopolitan
Wed, Oct 14
HTX Publishes Its Q3 2026 Scorecard: Cumulative TradFi Trading Volume Approaches $6B Amid 13th Anniversary Celebration
Apia, Samoa, October 14, 2026 – The crypto market saw a notable rally in the just-concluded third quarter. It was also the quarter in which HTX turned 13. Over the past 13 years, the industry has weathered multiple bull and bear cycles, and HTX has stood alongside users worldwide throughout th...NewsBTC
Wed, Oct 14
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