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From Nairobi to Lagos: How Africans are using stablecoins to survive inflation 2025-10-05 at 10:33 By Cointelegraph by Bradley Peak In Nairobi and Lagos, stablecoins like USDT and USDC help people fight inflation, cut costly remittances and move money through mobile wallets such as M-Pesa. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original

Bitcoin powers to $125K peak as balance on exchanges falls to six-year low 2025-10-05 at 08:10 By Cointelegraph by Martin Young Bitcoin exchange balances plunged to six-year lows as over $14 billion left CEX platforms in a fortnight, as the asset powered to a new peak price. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News

Bitwise exec predicts Solana will become Wall Street’s preferred stablecoin network 2025-10-05 at 05:02 By Cointelegraph by Martin Young Bitwise’s Matt Hougan said Solana’s speed and finality make it Wall Street’s top choice for stablecoins and tokenization despite Ethereum’s dominance. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

Stablecoins will force ‘everyone’ to share yield — Stripe CEO 2025-10-05 at 01:03 By Cointelegraph by Vince Quill Yield-bearing stablecoins will force traditional banks and legacy financial institutions to offer customers real yield on their deposits. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

Blockchain network revenues declined 16% in September: Report 2025-10-05 at 00:02 By Cointelegraph by Vince Quill Asset manager VanEck attributed the broad decline in blockchain network revenue in September to lower volatility in the crypto markets. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

Tokenizing stocks of DATs compounds investor risk: Crypto execs 2025-10-04 at 21:02 By Cointelegraph by Vince Quill Crypto treasury companies are already capitalizing on highly volatile digital assets, and tokenizing company shares introduces new risks. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

XRP slides below $3: How low can the price go next? 2025-10-04 at 18:24 By Cointelegraph by Yashu Gola Over $500 million in short liquidation pools sit between $2.89 and $2.73, putting XRP at risk of a sharp sell-off if the $3 support is not reclaimed. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View

CometJacking: One Click Can Turn Perplexity’s Comet AI Browser Into a Data Thief 2025-10-04 at 18:24 By Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a new attack called CometJacking targeting Perplexity’s agentic AI browser Comet by embedding malicious prompts within a seemingly innocuous link to siphon sensitive data, including from connected services, like email and calendar.

JPMorgan, Citi see Bitcoin Q4 boom: Here are their price targets 2025-10-04 at 15:12 By Cointelegraph by Yashu Gola Many major banks anticipate that Bitcoin will rise to as high as $200,000 by year-end, driven by record ETF inflows and capital rotation from gold markets. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original

Bankman-Fried says his biggest mistake was handing FTX to new CEO before bankruptcy 2025-10-04 at 15:12 By Cointelegraph by Zoltan Vardai Sam Bankman-Fried claimed that handing over FTX to its current CEO was the “single biggest mistake” that prevented him from saving the exchange. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

Hacked Ford screens put anti-RTO slogan above CEO’s face 2025-10-04 at 14:38 By Iain Thomson Carmaker confirms screen hijack, says probe underway Conference-room screens at Ford’s Dearborn HQ were briefly hijacked on Thursday to display a protest image in an apparent swipe at the carmaker’s return-to-office policy.… This article is an excerpt from The Register

Bitcoin ETFs kickstart ‘Uptober’ with $3.2B in second-best week on record 2025-10-04 at 14:02 By Cointelegraph by Zoltan Vardai Bitcoin ETFs are the market’s “clearest sentiment barometer,” indicating an incoming breakout for “Uptober,” analysts told Cointelegraph. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

Scanning Activity on Palo Alto Networks Portals Jump 500% in One Day 2025-10-04 at 14:01 By Threat intelligence firm GreyNoise disclosed on Friday that it has observed a spike in scanning activity targeting Palo Alto Networks login portals. The company said it observed a nearly 500% increase in IP addresses scanning Palo Alto Networks login

Crypto VCs are ‘a lot more careful’ and not chasing narratives: Exec 2025-10-04 at 11:42 By Cointelegraph by Ciaran Lyons Crypto venture capitalists are a “lot more careful” and not just jumping on every hot narrative, says a Bullish Capital Management executive. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

India’s tech talent pipeline is sputtering 2025-10-04 at 11:42 By Mastufa Ahmed AI and new wave of offshoring mean graduates can’t get gigs Feature  Shubh Kumar graduated from IIT Patna, one of India’s famed Institutes of Technology – universities that attract millions of applicants but admit only 18,000 undergraduates.… This article is an excerpt from

‘Very likely’ Bitcoin cycle will continue in some form: Gemini exec 2025-10-04 at 09:08 By Cointelegraph by Ciaran Lyons A crypto executive said the Bitcoin four-year cycle is driven more by “human emotion” and will likely continue to play out in “some form.” This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

Coinbase goes after National Trust Charter — But don’t call it a bank 2025-10-04 at 06:46 By Cointelegraph by Ciaran Lyons Coinbase said seeking the license is part of its broader effort to bridge the gap between crypto and traditional finance. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source