The U.S. government shutdown led to a shortage of official economic data this month, but the Bureau of Labor Statistics rounded up enough of its panel to release its Consumer Price Index (CPI) report for September, and it came in better than expected. The CPI rose 0.3% month over month, compared with economists’ expectations of […]
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Investment banking giant JPMorgan Chase plans to let institutional clients use their bitcoin BTC$111,313.75 and ether ETH$3,975.84 loan collateral holdings by the end of the year, according to a Bloomberg report. Tokens pledged under the global program will be protected by a third-party custodian and extend JPMorgan’s earlier decision to accept crypto-related ETFs as loan
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By Omkar Godbole (All times ET unless otherwise noted) The crypto market is buoyant, with bitcoin BTC$111,313.75 climbing to $111,500 and the CoinDesk 20 Index (CD20) up 2% to 3,667 points. Most major cryptocurrencies, including BNB, XRP, SOL, and ETH, traded higher after President Trump pardoned Binance founder Changpeng Zhao. Additionally, the White House confirmed
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Decentralized finance (DeFi) is full of stablecoins generating Treasury yields, while smaller players in the artificial intelligence (AI) sector struggle to raise capital to expand data centers with new GPUs. A new stablecoin protocol called USD.AI wants to bridge this gap by turning unused crypto liquidity into loans for machines that train and run artificial
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LUGANO, SWITZERLAND — Swiss digital asset bank Sygnum Bank has partnered with Bitcoin BTC$111,359.32 Lending startup Debifi will launch what it says is the first bank-backed lending platform that doesn’t require borrowers to give up full control of their BTC. The offering, called MultiSYG and scheduled to open in the first half of 2026, will
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Lookonchain data shows first bitcoin BTC$111,390.85 The miner’s wallet containing 4,000 BTC (approximately $442 million) became active for the first time in 14 years. The wallet, identified as 18eY9o, transferred 150 BTC (approximately $16.6 million) after years of dormancy. These coins were initially mined in 2009 and consolidated into the wallet in 2011. The movement
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Artificial intelligence (AI) and high-performance computing (HPC) mining stocks are recovering pre-market following the announcement of the largest AI infrastructure funding on record, according to Bloomberg. Cipher Mining (CIFR) and IREN (IREN) are both up 7%, while Bitfarms (BITF) jumped 12%, as investors turn their attention back to AI-exposed assets after a recent correction. The
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Bitcoin BTC$110,935.34 was trading above $111,000 Friday morning in Europe, buoyed by news of a confirmed meeting between U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping. The two leaders will meet on October 30 on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in South Korea – the first face-to-face meeting since Trump
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Perpetuity-focused decentralized on-chain exchanges have reached another milestone, surpassing $1 trillion in total transaction volume this month, a sharp increase from September’s $739 billion. The increase marks the highest monthly trading activity ever recorded for these platforms, according to data source DefiLlama. This record volume comes amid increased market turbulence, particularly on October 10, when
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After months of steady rise to a record high, Bitcoin BTC$111,262.73 the pulse slowed, with BTC changing hands above $111,000 Friday afternoon Hong Kong time, up 2% from last week according to CoinDesk market data. The pullback from the recent high above $126,000 is marked by slowing momentum below key cost basis levels, with capital
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