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An Argentinian judge has ordered the freezing of property and financial assets belonging to Hayden Davis and two other cryptocurrency “intermediaries” tied to the LIBRA token. According to La Nacion, the order was made in response to a report written up by the Secretariat for Financial Investigation and Recovery of Illicit Assets (SIFRAI) and General Directorate for Asset Recovery and Confiscation of Goods. The prosecution pushed for the order after the report found that these assets might make up some of the proceeds from the estimated $100 million obtained from LIBRA investors. Judge Marcelo Martínez de Giorgi deemed there to…

A Bitcoin user paid more than $105,197—slightly less than one BTC at the time—to send just $10 of the digital coin on Tuesday, according to blockchain data.  First flagged on Crypto Twitter—or X—by the digital asset community, the user paid the huge amount to send just 0.00010036 BTC, data from Mempool shows.  “It was definitely some non-standard way of crafting a transaction,” Nick Hansen, CEO and co-founder of the Luxor mining pool, noted dryly to Decrypt. Bitcoin transaction fees are generally only a fraction of the amount sent, although they may vary when traffic spikes on the blockchain. Fees have…

Matrixport predicts that the Ethereum price may continue to consolidate as ETH ETFs lose steam and BitMine continues to be its main consistent buyer. Summary Institutional demand for Ethereum has weakened in recent weeks, with BitMine emerging as the only major buyer amid persistent ETF outflows and declining market interest. Ethereum’s price continues to face bearish pressure below the $3,800 level, though oversold indicators suggest a potential short-term rebound if support near $3,700 holds. According to a recent report by Matrixport, institutional demand for ETH has gone down in the past month. In fact, the on-chain analysis platform identified BitMine…

Fidelity says that as crypto goes mainstream and proves its longevity, more customers are asking their financial advisors about the benefits and risks of these investments. The firm is now advising advisors to help clients navigate the intricacies of investing in crypto. Fidelity Claims Digital Assets Are Becoming More Common in Advisor-Client Conversations The Facts: Fidelity, a financial counseling and brokerage firm with over $16.4 trillion in assets under management (AUM), claims that talks of digital assets as investment tools are sparking more frequently between financial advisors and their customers. Fidelity Digital Assets, Fidelity’s subsidiary dedicated to these investments, posted…

Critics of the EU’s latest legal overhaul say Brussels is now sailing close to the wind on data rights, and possibly crossing a line Europe claimed was red. For years, EU officials were proud of sweeping privacy protections; it was treated like the bloc’s moral high ground, and citizens were told their private lives would not be traded away for convenience or novelty. Those days may be ending. The Commission argues that the aim is simplification, cutting back the thicket of new rules that have arrived in rapid succession. However, activists who have read the fine print say the story…

On Tuesday, gold erased a total of $2.1 trillion in value, logging one of its worst days in years. Gold dev just rugged pic.twitter.com/rMHx6uLGLn — wale.moca 🐳 (@waleswoosh) October 21, 2025 The yellow metal, as noted by commodity trader Peter Brandt, has lost more than half of the total crypto market cap, which currently stands at $3.7 trillion. In terms of market cap, this decline in Gold today is equal to 55% of the value of every crypto currency in existence #Gold @PeterSchiff ‘s pet rock lost $2.1 Trillion in value todayThat is 2,102 billion $ worth pic.twitter.com/aIrO4AnQgL — Peter…

The Senate Agriculture Committee published its draft crypto market structure legislation on Monday, bringing the body a necessary step closer to advancing its answer to the House of Representatives’ Clarity Act legislation to define how exactly the Commodity Futures Trading Commission can oversee spot market trading. The draft bill, which still includes brackets indicating sections where lawmakers have yet to fully agree on details, marks a major step toward the government delineating where the CFTC’s jurisdiction ends and the Securities and Exchange Commission’s jurisdiction begins — a key question that only Congress can answer as these federal agencies ramp up…

Ethereum price has stumbled into November with renewed selling. The price dropped 3.8% in the past 24 hours, falling near $3,738, after a rough October that saw losses of almost 17%. The market had hoped for a rebound, but data now show holders reducing exposure. Still, on-chain support zones and a key momentum signal suggest the dip may not last for long. Holders Pull Back, But On-Chain Support Remains Strong The holder accumulation ratio — which measures how much existing Ethereum wallets are adding to their balances — has slipped to 29.79%, its second-lowest level in a month. The last…

Deribit, the crypto derivatives exchange acquired by Coinbase (COIN) earlier this year, is working with digital asset custodian Komainu to offer institutions the ability to trade continuously without moving assets off custody, the companies said on Wednesday. The agreement links Deribit to Komainu Connect, a platform that manages collateral between trading venues and custodians. Institutional clients can keep their funds entirely within Komainu’s regulated custody structure while executing trades on Deribit. This setup aims to reduce counterparty and settlement risks, long-standing concerns among professional crypto traders. Like the rest of the digital asset industry, crypto derivatives are edging towards mainstream…

A new safe harbor announced by the U.S. Internal Revenue Service on Monday is being seen as a major step toward allowing crypto exchange traded products (ETPs) to share staking rewards with their investors. Under certain conditions, the new guidance allows trusts to “stake their digital assets without jeopardizing their tax status as investment trusts and grantor trusts for Federal income tax purposes,” according to the IRS document, which went into effect immediately. Under proof-of-stake consensus mechanisms, network participants put up or “stake” some of their cryptos — Ethereum ETH$3,549.55 or another crypto — to secure the network, and they…