Polymarket fuels crypto industry’s $1.2 billion election involvement, political donations up over 10x

The crypto industry’s monetary involvement in the 2024 US presidential election has exceeded $1.2 billion, with Polymarket accounting for a vast majority of the amount, according to a recent report by Breadcrumbs.... Read more »

OpenAI launches next gen LLM model o1 using reasoning tokens to plan outputs

OpenAI has released a new series of AI models called OpenAI o1, designed to enhance reasoning capabilities for solving complex problems. The o1-preview and o1-mini models aim to spend more time thinking... Read more »

21Shares diversifies custodians to reduce ‘single-point failure risk’ in crypto ETFs

Asset manager 21Shares has added Anchorage Digital Bank and BitGo as custodians for its spot crypto exchange-traded funds (ETFs) — the ARK 21Shares Bitcoin ETF (ARKB) and the 21Shares Core Ethereum ETF... Read more »

Federal agencies team up to fight surge in ‘pig butchering’ crypto scams

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has joined forces with federal and private organizations to combat the surge in crypto scams known as “pig butchering,” according to a Sept. 11 press release.... Read more »

Lawmakers to probe SEC over suspected political favoritism in staffing

Lawmakers have launched a joint investigation into the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), raising concerns that the agency may have engaged in politically motivated hiring practices, according to a Sept. 11 letter... Read more »

Digital Chamber urges lawmakers to classify NFTs as consumer goods amid SEC enforcement concerns

The Digital Chamber (TDC) has called on Congress to pass legislation that would define certain non-fungible tokens (NFTs) as consumer goods and exempt them from federal securities laws. The move follows growing... Read more »

Bitcoin miners stay resilient despite traders’ waning risk appetite — Glassnode

Bitcoin (BTC) miners are demonstrating unwavering commitment as the network’s hash rate approaches an all-time high, according to a recent Glassnode report. The report noted that the 14-day moving average hash rate... Read more »

Bitwise CIO highlights rapid adoption of Bitcoin ETFs by advisors

Bitwise Chief Information Officer (CIO) Matt Hougan asserted that investment advisors are adopting spot Bitcoin (BTC) exchange-traded funds (ETFs) faster than any other ETF launched in recent history. Hougan made the statement... Read more »

DePIN tokens down 30% over 6 months despite reaching $20 billion market cap — MV Global

Decentralized Physical Infrastructure (DePIN) tokens have experienced a 30% decline over the last six months despite the sector reaching a market capitalization of $20 billion in the past 12 months, according to... Read more »

VanEck shifts focus to spot Ethereum ETF, phases out futures fund EFUT

Asset management firm VanEck announced plans to close and liquidate its Ethereum futures exchange-traded fund (ETF) EFUT, according to a Sept. 6 statement. VanEck cited performance, liquidity, assets under management (AUM), and... Read more »