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U.S. stocks traded mixed as jitters around bad loans at regional banks persisted despite President Donald Trump’s latest comments on trade tensions between the United States and China. Summary U.S. stocks opened mixed as investors weighed the latest tariff news from President Donald Trump. Trump’s comments on Friday about tariffs on China not being “sustainable” soothed sentiment. Dow Jones Industrial Average, the S&P 500 and Nasdaq had slipped as Wall Street reacted credit jitters and bad loans news from US regional banks The Dow Jones Industrial Average added 50 points, but the S&P 500 slipped 0.2% despite upbeat sentiment helped…

The United Kingdom (UK) and the United States (USA) are considering a shared sandbox to align licenses and regulations on digital assets: a key step in global crypto regulation. Crypto Regulation UK-USA: Towards a Joint Sandbox? What is the regulatory passport and why it matters What concrete steps are already underway? Is the United Kingdom at risk of falling behind? What Would It Mean for Businesses? Crypto Regulation UK-USA: Towards a Joint Sandbox? The United Kingdom and the United States are in preliminary talks to create a shared testing environment (“sandbox”) for digital assets and licenses. The goal is to…

Publicly traded Bitcoin mining companies had a tough week, with nearly every major miner posting double-digit declines as the sector sharply underperformed Bitcoin itself. Over the past five trading days, names like Cipher, Applied Digital, Core Scientific, CleanSpark and Bitdeer slid between 23% and 52%, while other operators such as Riot and Hut 8 saw mid-teens losses. Bitcoin (BTC) was trading about $94,400 at the time of writing, down about 9% over the past seven days. Source: Bitcoin Mining Stocks Zooming out, a Miner Mag report on Thursday showed public mining stocks have shed over $20 billion in market value…

DMZ Finance and Mantle Network have officially launched the world’s first tokenized money market fund onchain, with the Dubai Financial Services Authority (DFSA)-approved QCDT going live on Mantle. The announcement comes nearly two months after Bybit, the world’s second-largest cryptocurrency exchange by trading volume, added support for QCDT. Bybit became the first crypto exchange to make the move, disclosing a partnership with QNB Group and DMZ Finance to integrate a DFSA-approved tokenised money market fund as collateral. QCDT now expands to Mantle’s scalable layer-2 infrastructure as the crypto space witnesses further integration of decentralized finance (DeFi) and institutional-grade assets. MNT,…

Vancouver, Canada — Republic Technologies has secured a $100 million zero-coupon convertible note to accelerate its Ethereum validator expansion and increase ETH holdings, marking one of the most unusually favorable financing deals seen in the crypto infrastructure sector. (Cover photo: Daniel Liu, CEO at Republic Technologies (CSE: $DOCT)—The company, which trades on the Canadian Stock Exchange under the ticker DOCT, confirmed that over 90% of the capital will be deployed directly into ETH purchases, beginning with an initial $10 million tranche.A Rare Zero-Interest Structure in Crypto FinancingThe funding comes from a leading institutional investor and carries no interest payments and…

Chia Der Jiun, the Managing Director at MAS, has announced that Singapore plans to rein in stablecoin laws and experiment with tokenized bills. Chia highlighted that the MAS has established a vibrant FinTech sector comprising over 1,800 FinTech firms across different domains. Chia stated that MAS launched the BLOOM initiative to support the industry’s trials with tokenized bills and regulated stablecoins for settlement. He invited FIs (Financial Institutions), as well as clearing and settlement network operators, to help conduct trials under this initiative. He noted that three Singapore banks, including DBS Bank, United Overseas Bank (UOB), and Oversea-China Banking Corporation…

Russia is reinstating a ban on cryptocurrency mining in two of its regions in Siberia, which will remain in place until the spring. The restrictions are aimed at avoiding electricity shortages in the territories during times of peak consumption in the cold winter. Russia shutting down crypto farms in Buryatia and Transbaikal Russian authorities are reintroducing a mining ban in the Republic of Buryatia and Zabaykalsky Krai (Transbaikal) for the fall and winter periods. The prohibition on the crypto-related activity comes into effect on November 15 and will be in force until March 15, 2026, Russian media reported. The RIA…

Opinion Labs, a platform with more than 1.6 million users and 1.8 billion in cumulative trading volume, is working together with Chainlink Functions to put real-world macroeconomic data directly on-chain. The collaboration is a bridge between the traditional finance space and decentralized prediction markets, democratizing information on global economic intelligence for retail traders. Democratizing Access to Economic Data Opinion Labs has established itself in the arena of macroeconomic events. Users trade in inflation data, interest rate decisions, employment data, and geopolitical developments that impact the world economy. Each of these indicators are the same data points that institutional investors pay…

A distinct shift in Ethereum’s spot order activity suggests large investors are accumulating the asset at discounted prices, reflecting behavioral changes that have historically signaled potential trend reversals.  So-called whales, holding 10,000-100,000 ETH, have increased their balances by 7.6 million tokens since late April, a 52% increase. At the same time, retail wallets holding 100 to 1,000 ETH have sold off, reducing their holdings by 16%, according to CryptoQuant data. The metric measuring higher-than-average spot volumes for executed trades was observed multiple times after Ethereum dropped to $3,000 in early November. The pattern often marks “the start of trend reversals…

AI-focused Web3 entertainment and infrastructure firm Astra Nova has raised $48.3 million to grow its suite of tokenized content tools and creator platforms. The funding includes $41.6 million from a recent strategic round and builds on earlier investments led by Outlier Ventures as well as family offices and institutional investors in Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, and Bahrain, according to an announcement shared with CoinDesk. The company develops tools that allow creators to launch blockchain-based entertainment experiences without needing technical skills. TokenPlay AI, its flagship product, acts as a no-code launchpad for mini-apps. Powered by Alibaba Cloud, it enables…