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In November 2020, Gary Gensler co-authored a paper titled “Deep Learning and Financial Stability” with Lily Bailey at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Sloan School of Management before becoming SEC head, which Curran shared alongside his tweet. The paper noted at the time that the financial sector was entering a new era of rapidly advancing data analytics as deep learning models were adopted into its technology stack. It further stated that existing financial sector regulatory regimes, which were built in an earlier era of data analytics technology, might likely fall short in addressing the systemic risks posed by broad…

Reap, a fintech platform and Visa Principal Issuer Member (VPIM), is preparing to add a Mexican peso stablecoin to its card, cross-border payments and treasury products, its founder told CoinDesk. Hong Kong-based Reap is exploring tokens pegged to the Hong Kong dollar, the euro, the won and the yen, founder Daren Guo said in an email. The company is pursuing the expansion through its global stablecoin partnership with Visa, which provides its card programs with around-the-clock settlement. Reap, which is owned by Kraken parent company Payward, can issue cards on its own bank identification numbers, or BINs, and says it…

The agent angle is the newest piece, and the release keeps it in the future tense. Agents are starting to shop, book and sign up for services on their owners’ behalf, which leaves businesses unsure who’s behind a given request. Moca says AIR is extending its credentials so a business will be able to confirm who an agent acts for and what it’s allowed to do before offering access, pricing or rewards. When that check ships, and how an owner would set an agent’s limits, isn’t spelled out. Nine months past the first target Moca announced the chain in June…

These whales have held their $BTC for 155 days or less, making them more likely to sell when prices move sharply. While these holders are sitting on big gains, CryptoQuant analysts warn that the profits could quickly turn into selling pressure if Bitcoin falls. The risk was clear on September 5, when STH whale profits dropped to $7.51 billion after $BTC fell by just under 2%. “Unrealized profit at that scale is exposure.” He added that short-term whale holders can turn into sellers when prices drop because they are among the fastest groups to take profits. Can ETF Demand Absorb…

Below price, the 20-day exponential moving average (EMA), a trend line that weights recent prices more heavily, sits at $2,616.57. The 50-day EMA at $2,445.18 and the Supertrend at $2,439.02 form the next cushion, about 8% under price. Related: Bitcoin Price Prediction October 2026: $BTC Eyes $90,000 in October as Fed Hike Odds Slide Below 50% The Supertrend, a trend tool that trails price and flips when the trend turns, has stayed in buy mode since July. $ETH trades above all four EMAs, and the 100-day at $2,280.93 now sits above the 200-day at $2,267.02. $ETH Support and Resistance Levels,…

Brown argued that when someone buys a “passive” index fund, a private company’s committee, not the fund manager, decides what counts as “the market.” However, three firms, MSCI, S&P Dow Jones Indices and FTSE Russell, set the benchmarks that 54% of all long-term fund assets in the United States follow. $21 trillion is benchmarked to MSCI’s indexes alone. Three major index firms control 54% of the market. Source: Bitcoin Policy Institute (BPI) Brown is calling out that scale as a problem. Index providers, by adding or cutting a single company, force every fund tracking the benchmark to rebalance, which trickles…

Alongside that job, he founded Saavedra & Associates LLC, a security outfit that staffed its shifts with active LASD deputies and other law enforcement officers. Adam Iza became the firm’s marquee client. Court documents say the self-styled cryptocurrency businessman, who lived between Beverly Hills and Newport Beach, paid roughly $100,000 a month for round-the-clock guards, first from August 2021 through March 2022 and again from July 2024 until his arrest that September. Saavedra’s plea agreement reportedly revealed that he recruited 20 to 25 deputies for the detail, each paid about $750 a shift. Prosecutors said Saavedra used his LASD credentials…

On Binance, a separate review produced a narrower action. Binance announced that AIXBT/$USDC, DOLO/$USDC, $ENJ/$USDC, $HUMA/$USDC, SXT/$USDC, TNSR/$USDC and TURTLE/$USDC will stop trading at 03:00 UTC on Sept. 25. The exchange cited factors including “poor liquidity and trading volume.” Upbit gives SOPH until mid-October for review Upbit’s warning period runs from Sept. 22 through the second week of October, which the exchange defined as Oct. 12–16. During that window, the exchange will assess whether the concerns behind the designation have been addressed. Three outcomes remain possible under Upbit’s process. The exchange can lift the warning, extend its review period or…

Market Pulse Currently, the market is witnessing a lack of trading volume for Optimism, with the price remaining at $0 and no recorded volume in the last 24 hours. This absence of market activity suggests that while interest in partnerships is growing, actual trading dynamics may take time to develop. Observers are keen on how this partnership will impact both Optimism and the broader market as more real-world assets enter the blockchain sphere. Optimism is a layer-2 scaling solution for Ethereum, designed to enhance transaction throughput and reduce costs on the network. DB Securities is a financial services company in…

The milestone activated FIP-102, a consensus upgrade that changes how future FB emissions are distributed while preparing the token for distribution on Bitcoin. The proposal does not raise FB’s total supply or create a separate supply for tokens distributed through Bitcoin. Under FIP-102, Fractal’s first scheduled halving reduced the block reward from 25 FB to 12.5 FB. The proposal simultaneously brought forward the network’s second halving, cutting the reward available on Fractal again to 6.25 FB. The remaining 6.25 FB per Fractal block equivalent has been allocated to a Bitcoin mainnet distribution budget. That allocation will not immediately be distributed…