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Here's a quick preview of today’s content: Missouri man admits role in failed bitcoin kidnapping, McDonald's McRib doesn't boost bitcoin's price, CFTC sues Utah over prediction markets, Galaxy Digital swings $323M profit, Crypto election spending reaches $176M, and so much more

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Market Snapshot

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• Bitcoin rests near $81,000 as the Fed meeting begins and U.S. midterms loom

  • BTC ETFs claw back $110M after a $774M exit as flows stay choppy

  • USDC overtakes USDT in euro stablecoin trading as the market share shifts

• Old coins turn dormant with the AI buildout drawing investor attention and capital

Prediction Markets

• How high will ETH get this week?

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Headline Roundup
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• OpenAI proves ETH is false (DC)

• Intel, Oracle, IBM join objections to tokenized stocks (DC)

• Crypto election spending reaches $176M (BM)

• Polymarket investigates dozens of election bets (DC)

• Robinhood Chain brings in $26M (TB)

• SoFi crypto revenue hits $162M (TB)

• Galaxy Digital swings $323M profit (TB)

• Coinbase says user funds are safe after breach (CD)

• Robinhood taps Ripple’s RLUSD stablecoin (CD)

• Majority of Americans want candidates who support fintech (CT)

• Ripple and BNY explore using XRP Ledger (TB)

• Datavault AI can’t withdraw bitcoin tied to $150M deal (TB)

• CF Benchmarks brings Wall Street pricing onchain (CD)

• Ark Invest buys $5.2M of Circle shares (TB)

• Anchorage positions itself for US-Mexico stablecoin corridor (DC)

• RedotPay weighs IPO by year-end (CT)

• 425 Los Angeles merchants accept Bitcoin (BM)

• Brazilian companies turn to stablecoins on election day (CD)

A Message from Polymarket

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Venture Capital

• Bitcoin mining firm Luxor raises $16M led by CMT Digital (DC)

• Trading platform Cancore raises $7.2M led by Paper Ventures and dao5 (TB)

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Launches

• Janus Henderson and Centrifuge launch licensed fund (CD)

• Crypto.com and OG.com launch crypto perps (TB)

• Polymarket adds five-minute crypto contracts (TD)

• VanEck launches wealth builder ETF (BM)

• Ondo brings stock tokens to Robinhood Chain (TD)

Regulation

• CFTC sues Utah over prediction markets (TD)

• Binance files for Brazil crypto license (CT)

• CFTC probes Polymarket (BM)

• Japan's yen stablecoin falls short of its target (CD)

Cybersecurity

• US charges six in NFT wallet-draining scheme (TD)

• Keystone destroys 19k devices after security breach (CD)

• Missouri man admits role in failed bitcoin kidnapping (BM)

• Bithumb discloses data leak (CT)

• Bloom bot hackers loot $953K (CT)

Extra Reads

• Every time McDonald’s brings back the McRib, crypto traders joke that a Bitcoin rally must be coming, but someone finally checked, and the sandwich lined up with a clear price gain only 3 of the last 10 times, often preceding drops instead - Here’s why the McRib doesn’t actually move Bitcoin’s price

Chart of the Day

Stablecoins surpass 300M addresses worldwide

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