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24 stories that broke on 25 October 2026 (UTC), the best-sourced first.
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Dogecoin Foundation and House of Doge said to end exclusive brand deal
The Defiant reports the Dogecoin Foundation and House of Doge have ended their exclusive brand deal, with limited rights retained and a separate stock deal described.
Binance's new listings account states that Binance Futures will launch a USDⓈ-margined PREDICTUSDT perpetual contract with pre-market trading, dated 2026-10-25. The post gives no further details on timing, leverage or contract specifications.
The US Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that employment rose in the nation but fell in the District of Columbia between December 2024 and December 2025. The post gives no figures beyond the direction of change and no further detail.
The Defiant reports that the Dogecoin Foundation and House of Doge have ended their exclusive brand deal. According to the post, House of Doge retains limited investment-product rights, and a separate deal would exchange Such App assets for $4 million in Dogecoin Labs stock.
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CoinDesk reports that UK banks face 10,000 complaints in three months over crypto restrictions. The post notes the UK claims to aspire to become a global cryptocurrency hub, an ambition it says appears at odds with major banks' attitude to crypto purchases.
The Defiant published a comparison of tokenized deposits and stablecoins, contrasting what JPM Coin and USDC holders own and can do. It states that USDC holders can transfer tokens without a Circle Mint account, but direct dollar redemption requires one, and that JPM Coin limits participation to approved institutional clients.
The Defiant published an article explaining that tokenized stocks can trade away from the underlying share price. It cites a closed-market buy-and-exit example showing how spreads and trade size affect execution, and notes that minting and redemption follow a separate clock.
Latvia's Economics Minister Viktors Valainis said tokenization rules could arrive in the first half of next year, according to CoinDesk. The report states an overdue assessment remains unfinished and that no sovereign-bond issuance was identified.
European Central Bank official Piero Cipollone said the bloc is on track to test real digital euro transactions in 2027 and roll out the currency as early as 2029, pending legislation this year. He framed the digital euro as key to protecting EU sovereignty.
The Defiant published a guide on how to check a software wallet and what such checks cannot prove. The post states that fake Firefox extensions targeted recovery phrases and that Electrum patched a genuine-client flaw that could trick users into signing a substituted payment.
The Defiant published an article describing how a DAO vote becomes a treasury transfer, using Uniswap's executed funding proposal as its example. The post says the case illustrates the difference between a sentiment poll, a binding vote and the contract authorized to release tokens. No figures, dates or outcomes of the vote are stated.
CoinDCX confirmed a $16 million loss tied to retired wallets, according to The Block. The report notes that CEO Sumit Gupta had told X users days earlier that early breach reports sounded like "a false alarm."
Cointelegraph reports that Ethereum researchers have set up an AI Agent message board to help rescue the Glamsterdam fork, comparing it to the Hugging Face hack. The same digest also mentions a new site called 'Steal My Bitcoin' that invites users to try to take the bitcoin.
SlowMist reported that Yapeswap lost approximately $21.9k after WorkersUnion's zero quorum allowed a proposal backed by ~0.000055% of voting power to transfer YapeFactory's feeToSetter role to an attacker. According to the post, the attacker installed a Registry returning fake vaults from latestVault() while vaults() still listed real ones, and YapePair counted diverted deposits as farming assets without receiving redeemable shares. The post names YapeFactory, YapePair and YapeWrapper as vulnerable contracts and lists attacker and victim addresses.
A Reddit post on r/Bitcoin claims bitcoin bounced back to 80.8k before the Fed said anything, framing it as a sign of strength. The post urges readers to hold rather than be shaken out of the market.
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A Reddit user on r/Bitcoin posted that they have bet all their wealth on Bitcoin, holding 0.022 BTC, and will not withdraw it until the 2028 halving. The post states no other figures, confirmation or dispute.
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A Reddit r/stocks post claims South Korea recorded a Q2 current account surplus of $116.63 billion, the first time its surplus exceeded Germany and Japan combined since joint tracking began in 1996, ranking second globally behind China. The post attributes the surge to semiconductor exports and cites forecasts that the annual surplus could approach $500 billion, with a surplus-to-GDP ratio of 18.8 percent, while noting expert warnings against over-reliance on a single sector.
A Reddit r/investing post claims the S&P 500 has been stagnant for about a quarter while inflation rose due to Trump's war with Iran and crude oil hit $117 a barrel. The post also says bond yields have made borrowing harder and investors are growing cautious on AI-related CapEx, citing incomplete data centers and chips sitting in warehouses. It states consumer spending remains high but says it is hard to tell when the market will turn around.
A r/stocks post reports that the KOSPI's 18.8% plunge this month erased about 1,101 trillion won (approximately $830.7 billion) from the market capitalization of South Korea's top 10 business groups, falling from 4,472.5308 trillion won to 3,371.441 trillion won as of Oct. 23. The post states SK Group fell 30.1% and Samsung Group 24.3%, with the two accounting for 90% of the total decline, while HD Hyundai and Hanwha each dropped around 20%, LG Group fell only 5.3% and POSCO Group limited its decline to 6.4%.
A post reports that top economists criticized a crypto sanctions plan attributed to Netanyahu, describing such a solution as one used by criminal gangs. The post names no economists, gives no details of the plan, and states no timing beyond the post date.
A Reddit r/stocks community post states that Reddit will report earnings Thursday after close and asks what others think. The poster says revenue is expected to grow 40+% per guidance for Q2 and lists open questions about Google AI-driven members, growth in American members, and whether target revenue growth is met. The poster describes themselves as cautiously bullish but not yet holding any shares.
A Reddit r/stocks post lays out a busy earnings week, noting the Federal Reserve announces its interest rate decision on Wednesday before Microsoft and Alphabet report after the close, with Amazon, Intel and Eli Lilly on Thursday. The post also lists Coca-Cola, Boeing and Visa on Tuesday and ExxonMobil and Chevron on Friday, and says the author is most interested in whether large AI spending is delivering returns.
A post on r/solana claims that Solana has more than 14 million stablecoin holders. The post provides no source, methodology or timing beyond its own timestamp.
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A post on r/Bitcoin claims Bitcoin can keep running without its creator, noting that Satoshi disappeared while the network continued operating. It says Bitcoin has no CEO, no central authority and no one to ask for permission, and contrasts this with most projects that struggle without their founders.
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A Reddit post on r/CryptoCurrency argues that U.S. crypto tax bills H.R. 10357 and the ADAPT Act would tax everyday Bitcoin spending while foreign currency transactions get more favorable treatment under Section 988(e). The post claims the $10 de minimis exemption in H.R. 10357 covers only the network transaction fee, not the purchase itself, and says the bills include provisions favoring Wall Street institutions and dollar stablecoins. No confirmation or dispute from other sources is included.
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