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Introducing Layer One: Poker Logic Meets Crypto Reality
Haseeb Qureshi and Sean Lippel join Kelvin Sparks and Steven Gates on first episode of The Block's latest podcast produced with Avalanche – Layer One....

21Shares launches leveraged Dogecoin ETF as FalconX acquisition finalizes
Although own and controlled by FalconX, 21shares will remain independently managed and run by CEO Russell Barlow....

Crypto coalition calls on Trump to direct federal agencies to expedite stalled tax and regulatory guidance
Crypto groups are calling on President Donald Trump to direct the Treasury Department and the IRS to issue long-overdue tax guidance....

Cipher Mining lands full-site Fluidstack lease, moves to raise $333 million for Texas expansion
AI lease commitments are stacking up, with Cipher’s total contracted HPC revenue climbing just weeks after sealing $5-billion deal with AWS....

Ethereum treasury FG Nexus, once eager to raise up to $5 billion, sells over 10,000 ETH to fund share buybacks
In August, FG Nexus filed paperwork with the SEC so it could potentially raise as much as $5 billion to buy Ethereum....

Coinbase adds ETH-backed loans via Morpho, letting users borrow up to $1 million
Coinbase now allows users to borrow up to $1 million in USDC against ETH, expanding its onchain loan product offered via Morpho....

Bitcoin attempts ‘fragile lift’ as Fed signals patience on rate cuts
Bitcoin briefly revisted $93,000 after ETF inflows but analysts warn that onchain metrics signal uncertainty around price action....

Metaplanet plans another $95 million bitcoin purchase after MERCURY preferred shares raise
Metaplanet plans to raise ¥21.25 billion (about $135 million) through the new Class B preferred share issuance....

Bitcoin Core’s first public third-party audit finds no major vulnerabilities
Cybersecurity firm Quarkslab has completed the first public, third-party security audit of the Bitcoin Core codebase....

RippleX engineer explores potential for native XRP staking as David Schwartz weighs in on future XRPL design
RippleX developer J. Ayo Akinyele and outgoing Ripple CTO David Schwartz outlined how native staking could work on XRPL....