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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.

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Tech futures bounced after last week’s 5.5% rout, and bitcoin followed them up before sellers knocked it back. Earnings this week put the AI trade to the test again. Tech futures bounced after last week’s 5.5% rout, and bitcoin followed them up before sellers knocked it back. Earnings this week put the AI trade to the test again. Bitcoin climbed from an overnight low near $80,700 to just above $83,000.

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Bitcoin rose 0.8% to around $82,700 as China’s GDP beat estimates and Nasdaq futures rebounded, while the CoinDesk 80 gained 1.3% and DeFi led gains. Bitcoin BTC$82,836.58 is trading around $82,500, up around 0.5% since midnight UTC, extending a bounce from Sunday’s dip to roughly $80,700 and comfortably above Thursday’s brief break below $80,000. Altcoins outpaced the largest cryptocurrency, with ether ETH$2,417.08 adding 0.75% to near $2,430 and the CoinDesk.