Bitcoin Core v32.0rc1 has turned the Sept. 14–Oct. 10 window into a concentrated compatibility test for node operators, wallet providers and services that depend on Bitcoin Core’s RPC interfaces. The candidate was tagged with a verified signature on Sept. 14. The live release schedule lists Oct. 10 as the aim for the final v32.0 tag, …
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In 1984, NASA Sent 3,301 Bees to Space and They Built Comb in Seven Days
3,301 honeybees rode aboard NASA’s STS-41C mission, launched April 6, 1984, to see whether a colony could build hexagonal comb in microgravity. After early disorientation, the bees produced about 200 cm² of functional comb with thicker walls and smaller cells, while the queen laid roughly 35 eggs that did not hatch after the flight. On …
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Bubblemaps CEO Pushes Transparency as LAPTOP’s Drop Fuels Scrutiny
Hunter Biden’s LAPTOP saw a nearly 10% rebound to $0.24 after sinking to $0.192. However, the token remains down 99% from its Sept. 9 peak of $199.51. Market Volatility and Post-Launch Slump Hunter Biden’s LAPTOP memecoin rose nearly 10% Tuesday, defying a broader crypto market sell-off triggered by the U.S. Senate’s failed CLARITY Act vote. …
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US Moves to Forfeit $61M in Crypto Linked to Iran’s Oil Sales
U.S. prosecutors are seeking forfeiture of roughly $61 million in cryptocurrency allegedly generated through sanctioned Iranian oil sales. The assets are tied to a wider network accused of moving more than $1.5 billion in illicit oil proceeds. US Targets $61M in Tether From Alleged Iranian Oil Network More than $61 million in cryptocurrency could be …
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Grayscale Makes XRP a Core Holding in New Crypto Model Portfolios
Grayscale has made its XRP ETF one of the largest allocations across its new crypto model portfolios for financial advisors. The XRP fund ranks second only to Grayscale’s ether ETF in the bitcoin-excluding Next Gen strategy and third behind its bitcoin and ether funds in the broader Leaders model. XRP Takes Top-Three Position in Grayscale’s …
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SEC Chair Pushes Crypto Self-Custody in New Regulatory Framework
SEC Chair Paul Atkins has asked staff to develop a proposal allowing investment advisers to self-custody crypto assets under certain conditions. The plan would also permit state trust companies to serve as custodians for advisers and regulated funds. Atkins Wants Advisers to Self-Custody Crypto Assets Investment advisers could gain a clearer path to holding crypto …
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XRP Branding Comes to Louisville Basketball in New Ripple Deal
Ripple has signed a multi-year partnership with the University of Louisville athletics program that will place XRP branding on the school’s basketball court. The XRP logo will appear permanently on Denny Crum Court at the KFC Yum! Center, where Louisville’s men’s and women’s basketball teams play home games. XRP Logo Gets Permanent Place on Denny …
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Did crypto’s $20 Billion DeFi surge just get stolen by price inflation?
The central question behind DeFi’s latest rebound is whether protocols gained fresh deployable liquidity or simply more valuable collateral. A Sept. 15 capture of DeFiLlama’s chain data showed Ethereum’s dollar-denominated DeFi total value locked up 21.38% over 30 days and Solana’s up 22.94%. Stablecoin growth trailed far behind. Ethereum’s stablecoin market cap increased 0.68%, Solana’s …
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Why Japan’s 3.8% bond shock is quietly setting a trap for Bitcoin
Japan’s latest 20-year government bond auction signaled a higher price for long-term borrowing, not a collapse in demand. The average accepted yield rose to 3.856% on Tuesday, 15.8 basis points above the 3.698% average on Aug. 20. Competitive bid coverage improved slightly to about 4.01 times from 3.98 times, while the gap between the highest …
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Grayscale Sees US Crypto Policy Maturing Despite CLARITY Setback
Grayscale says the crypto industry is still making progress despite the Senate’s failure to advance the CLARITY Act to formal debate. The asset manager pointed to ongoing work at the SEC and CFTC while reaffirming its support for comprehensive digital asset rules. Grayscale Points to Regulatory Progress After Senate Vote Grayscale is looking beyond Congress …
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Ethiopia’s Bitcoin Mining Boom Just Ran Into a Water Problem
Ethiopia has cut electricity deliveries to bitcoin miners by 75%, leaving them with just 23% of contracted power after El Niño reduced reservoir inflows by roughly 20%. The twist is that miners had become one of Ethiopian Electric Power’s biggest customers, consuming roughly a third of its electricity and supplying about 35% of revenue. Now …
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Remember Limewire? A Meme Coin Just Bought the Legacy P2P Brand
In the interesting world of meme coins, surprising things happen all the time, and this week, the meme coin project Baby Doge announced that it acquired the peer-to-peer file-sharing brand Limewire. While the merger pairs a meme coin project and a legacy tech brand, the team did not disclose the purchase price. Baby Doge Buys …
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CLARITY Act Isn’t Dead, but Washington Is Running Out of Calendar
The CLARITY Act finally reached its first real Senate floor test Tuesday and promptly hit a wall. Senators voted 49-50 against cloture on the motion to proceed to H.R. 3633, leaving the crypto market-structure bill 11 votes short of the 60 needed to advance. The bill isn’t technically dead, but with Congress racing toward its …
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Tokenized RWAs Hit $46.7B as Ethereum Holds Nearly Half the Market
The tokenized real-world asset market has expanded to $46.7 billion, up 17.4 times in three years, with growth spreading across credit funds, gold, stocks, and multiple blockchains. RWA Market Grows 17-Fold as Onchain Liquidity Deepens Tokenized real-world assets have crossed a new milestone, with the onchain market reaching $46.7 billion, as of Sept. 15, as …
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CLARITY Act Made 126 Concessions and Still Couldn’t Get 60 Votes
The Senate’s first full-floor test of comprehensive crypto market-structure legislation ended before the bill itself was even debated. On Sept. 15, senators failed to invoke cloture on the motion to proceed to H.R. 3633, the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act, after the opposition reached the point where 60 votes became mathematically impossible. Among those voting …
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