New York Bill Seeks Energy Excise Tax on Crypto Mining Activity
TLDR: Bill S.8518 taxes energy for proof-of-work crypto mining, with rates rising above 2.25M kWh in New York. Taxes scale
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VanEck Expands Crypto ETFs with Lido Staked Ethereum Registration
TLDR VanEck has officially registered its Lido Staked Ethereum ETF in Delaware. The filing is an important step before seeking
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Triple Trouble: Shepard Fairey, Damien Hirst, and Invader Join Forces for Monumental Exhibition at Newport Street Gallery | NFT CULTURE | NFT News | Web3 Culture
A bold collision of street art, pop culture, and contemporary fine art curated by Connor Hirst, running from October 2025
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Tether and Circle Are Losing Stablecoin Dominance: Here’s Why
TLDR: Tether and Circle control 86% of supply, down from 91.6% in March 2024, showing pressure from new entrants. Fintechs
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Robinhood Eyes Europe Expansion as CEO Boasts $4B Prediction Contracts in Q3
TLDR: Robinhood Prediction Markets surpassed $4B in all-time trades, with half of that recorded in just Q3 2025. The firm
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SEC Clears Path for SOL, XRP, DOGE, and LTC Spot ETFs as Deadlines Approach
TLDR: SEC removed 19b-4 filing requirement for SOL,XRP, DOGE, LTC ETFs, clearing the way for faster approvals. Issuers have been
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Elon Musk’s xAI Drags OpenAI to Court Over Alleged Trade Secret Theft
TLDR: xAI claims OpenAI poached engineers with insider access to Grok training methods and Colossus cluster strategies. Lawsuit details theft
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Australia to Require Crypto Exchanges to Get Financial Licences, Small Players at Risk
TLDR: Over 400 Australian crypto exchanges may need financial licences, forcing many smaller players out of the market. New laws
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Is the CFTC Opening the Door for Stablecoins in Derivatives Trading?
TLDR The CFTC announced its initiative to integrate stablecoins as tokenized collateral in derivatives markets. The initiative aims to modernize
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Judge Rules Against Justin Sun in Bid to Block Bloomberg’s Crypto Publication
TLDR A US judge denied Justin Sun’s attempt to prevent Bloomberg from publishing his cryptocurrency holdings. The court ruled that