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Elice’s debut slump added to concerns over AI infrastructure valuations, while rising oil prices compounded market uncertainty. South Korean data centre company Elice’s (0158S0) stock market debut added to nervousness surrounding artificial intelligence investments on Tuesday, as investors further questioned whether spending on infrastructure will deliver sufficient returns. The Seoul-based neocloud provider closed at 60,500 won ($45.57), down over 30% from its 90,500 won offer price. The IPO raised $151.

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The stablecoin issuer's CEO, Paolo Ardoino, has been defending against accusations that the firm's stablecoins have fueled financial activity in Iran. Tether is answering back against a report issued last month by Democrats on the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations that had accused the stablecoin firm of providing "a significant financial lifeline within Iran's shadow banking network," with Tether CEO Paulo Ardoino saying Monday that the probe missed the positive.

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The future of perps in the U.S. may be at stake as the CFTC argues that CME hasn't shown the new policy is hurting it after the agency OK'd its first bitcoin perp. The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission threw open the doors for perpetual futures in the U.S. in May, approving the first bitcoin perp from Kalshi and suggesting that it was open for business on ensuring a domestic.

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The launch comes as Zerohash bids for a federal trust charter. Zerohash launched AUTH, a service that lets users move crypto between linked accounts without copying wallet addresses or choosing a blockchain network, simplifying digital asset transactions. The crypto services firm announced the tool, which lets users link exchange accounts or self-custody wallets at the Money20/20 conference in Las Vegas. “Onchain rails scale when users stop thinking about the underlying.

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Hoskinson said on X the language will bundle transaction requests with cryptographic proofs. He hasn’t shared a name, specs or a release date. Cardano founder Charles Hoskinson is writing a new programming language for his blockchain. He says it will be the first to combine what a user wants a transaction to do with cryptographic proof that the rules were followed. “I’m actually personally developing a programming language for Cardano,”.

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Your day-ahead look for Oct. 19, 2026 This is an excerpt from CoinDesk newsletter 'Daybook.' Sign up here, if you haven't already. Weeks after bitcoin’s (BTC) price chart flashed a major bullish signal, Strategy (MSTR), the largest publicly listed accumulator of the cryptocurrency, is about to do the same. The signal, a golden cross, occurs when a security’s 50-day average price rises above its 200-day average. Some traders read the.