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Here's a quick preview of today’s content: Ledger asks resellers to pull devices, Organizations join forces to fight Illinois crypto tax, Standard Chartered opens crypto trading in the UAE, AI agents make 138M crypto payments, Sam Bankman-Fried’s lawyer lays out Supreme Court case, and so much more

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  • Bitcoin falls below $82,000 as hot September CPI puts a Fed rate hike back on the table

    • BlackRock’s crypto ETF assets surge +63% but remain far below their 2025 peak

    • Canada crypto remittances to Asian countries surge +141% to $2.36B as altcoins lag the broader market

  • U.S. inflation accelerates to +3.7% on jumping gasoline prices, sending BTC sharply lower

Prediction Markets

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Headline Roundup
The major headlines driving crypto markets

  • Hex founder Richard Heart detained in Istanbul (DC)

  • Patrick Witt exits White House crypto role (TB)

  • Godfather of AI wants models cut off from the internet (DC)

  • Sam Bankman-Fried’s lawyer lays out Supreme Court case (CT)

  • OCC report finds debanking efforts tied to crypto activities (CT)

  • BitMEX sued in UK for return of $27M (DC)

  • Standard Chartered sets $2T stablecoin forecast (TB)

  • Crypto celeb meme coin promoter plots second wave (DC)

  • AI agents make 138M crypto payments (CD)

  • Former FTX chief targets tokenized stock trading (CD)

  • Kalshi CEO defends prediction markets (TB)

  • L2 Capital tokenizes $500M of pre-IPO shares (TD)

  • Coinbase presses for bitcoin quantum migration to start (DC)

  • Solana sets date for next major upgrade (DC)

  • Strive buys $235M in bitcoin (TB)

  • VanEck withdraws Ethereum ETF (TD)

  • Major shareholder presses SkyAI on Solana sales (TB)

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Venture Capital

  • Blockchain developer EasyA hits $1.1B valuation (CD)

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M&A Announcements

  • Kraken owner Payward buys Lithuania's Saldo Bank (DC)

  • Blockchain firm Polygon Labs acquires crypto exchange Coinme (TB)

Launches

  • Standard Chartered opens crypto trading in the UAE (DC)

  • Ripple adds Stripe wallets to XRP Ledger (CD)

  • StarkWare launches OffMarket (TB)

  • EQX plans tokenized stock and ETF market (TD)

  • Starknet introduces wallet privacy feature (CT)

Regulation

  • Organizations join forces to fight Illinois crypto tax (CT)

  • Dutch bank grants Qivalis license for euro token (CD)

  • Crypto exchange Coins.ph faces regulatory action (CD)

Cybersecurity

  • Brooklyn cracks global crypto scam network in major bust (BBG)

  • Ledger asks resellers to pull devices (DC)

  • UNCX exploited for $86,000 (TD)

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