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US judge denies joint Gemini-CFTC bid to undo $5 million settlement

On October 15, 2026, Judge Alvin Hellerstein denied a joint motion by the CFTC and Gemini Trust Company to vacate a $5 million settlement...

City Therapeutics prices IPO at $18, raises $200M for RNAi pipeline

City Therapeutics priced its Nasdaq IPO at $18 per share, raising close to $200 million to advance its clinical-stage RNA interference (RNAi) pipeline. The...

Bitwise CIO: Bitcoin Wins in Every AI Scenario, Boom or Bust

Matt Hougan, Chief Investment Officer at Bitwise, is pushing a counter-intuitive thesis: bitcoin will emerge stronger under any macroeconomic scenario tied to artificial intelligence,...

Australia’s ASIC tightens crypto exchange rules with 2027 deadline

Australia's Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) is preparing a major regulatory turning point for the Australian crypto ecosystem, with new rules taking effect on...

OpenAI in Talks to Acquire Trail of Bits, Auditor of Uniswap and Aave

OpenAI is reportedly in preliminary talks to acquire Trail of Bits, one of the most respected smart contract audit firms in the crypto ecosystem....

Polygon Labs completes Coinme takeover, reaches 48 US states

Polygon Labs has closed its acquisition of Coinme, becoming a regulated on-chain payments platform across the United States as part of a broader $250...

US inflation surprise: dollar jumps, Wall Street slides in September

US inflation came in hotter than expected in September, with Core CPI rising 0.3% month-on-month and 2.6% year-on-year, above consensus. The dollar soared, short-end...

Kraken Parent Payward Buys Lithuania’s Saldo Bank in EU Push

Payward, the parent company of crypto exchange Kraken, is set to acquire Saldo Bank, a Lithuania-based lender licensed across the European Union. The deal,...