https://leviathannews.xyz/320597/mesh-partners-with-visa-to-let-wallet-users-spend-crypto-at-175-million-merchants-without-selling-assets-first Leviathan News en 2026-10-19T16:16:58.034900+00:00 Mesh partners with Visa to let wallet users spend crypto at 175 million merchants without selling assets first https://leviathannews.xyz/320588/polygon-launches-cdk-besu-to-connect-private-bank-blockchains-to-cross-chain-liquidity-with-zero-knowledge-proof-based-bridge-security Leviathan News en 2026-10-19T16:10:34.296196+00:00 Polygon launches CDK Besu to connect private bank blockchains to cross-chain liquidity with zero-knowledge proof-based bridge security https://leviathannews.xyz/320581/mastercard-launches-stablecoin-security-tool-to-score-stablecoin-payments-for-fraud-and-sanctions-risk Leviathan News en 2026-10-19T16:03:42.830096+00:00 Mastercard launches Stablecoin Security tool to score stablecoin payments for fraud and sanctions risk https://leviathannews.xyz/320575/skyai-sells-entire-solana-treasury-to-fund-201-million-buyback-drops-sol-price-condition Leviathan News en 2026-10-19T15:52:07.544514+00:00 SkyAI sells entire Solana treasury to fund $201 million buyback, drops SOL price condition https://leviathannews.xyz/320570/anchorwatch-launches-nevada-chartered-bitcoin-custody-with-up-to-370-million-insurance-per-client Leviathan News en 2026-10-19T15:51:47.545758+00:00 AnchorWatch launches Nevada-chartered bitcoin custody with up to $370 million insurance per client https://leviathannews.xyz/320564/zerohash-launches-auth-to-simplify-crypto-transfers-across-wallet-and-platform-connections-without-copying-addresses Leviathan News en 2026-10-19T15:44:13.830267+00:00 Zerohash launches AUTH to simplify crypto transfers across wallet and platform connections without copying addresses https://leviathannews.xyz/320565/defi-education-fund-tells-the-sec-its-innovation-exemption-covers-permissioned-systems-on-public-chains-but-leaves-out-dexs-and-their-front-ends-it-urges-clear-safe-harbour-rules-f Leviathan News en 2026-10-19T15:38:27.044948+00:00 DeFi Education Fund tells the SEC its Innovation Exemption covers permissioned systems on public chains but leaves out DEXs and their front ends. It urges clear safe-harbour rules for both. https://leviathannews.xyz/320554/revolut-secures-gibraltar-dlt-licence-to-support-international-crypto-expansion Leviathan News en 2026-10-19T15:38:18.608361+00:00 Revolut secures Gibraltar DLT licence to support international crypto expansion https://leviathannews.xyz/320555/nscale-loses-microsoft-ai-deal-as-power-delay-stretches-into-the-2030s Leviathan News en 2026-10-19T15:36:55.709963+00:00 Nscale loses Microsoft AI deal as power delay stretches into the 2030s https://leviathannews.xyz/320560/cardano-founder-charles-hoskinson-is-building-a-new-cardano-programming-language-combining-transaction-intents-and-cryptographic-proofs Leviathan News en 2026-10-19T15:36:50.876705+00:00 Cardano founder Charles Hoskinson is building a new Cardano programming language combining transaction intents and cryptographic proofs https://leviathannews.xyz/320559/nace-launches-drex-max-a-multimodal-decision-model-at-006-per-1m-input-tokens Leviathan News en 2026-10-19T15:29:59.022936+00:00 Nace launches Drex Max, a multimodal decision model at $0.06 per 1M input tokens https://leviathannews.xyz/320530/coinbase-launches-index-and-crypto-perpetuals-trading-for-ai-agents-like-claude-chatgpt-and-grok Leviathan News en 2026-10-19T14:36:18.523749+00:00 Coinbase launches index and crypto perpetuals trading for AI agents like Claude, ChatGPT and Grok https://leviathannews.xyz/320518/bitmine-holds-49-of-eth-supply-reaching-151-billion-in-crypto-and-cash-holdings Leviathan News en 2026-10-19T14:09:30.703961+00:00 Bitmine holds 4.9% of ETH supply, reaching $15.1 billion in crypto and cash holdings https://leviathannews.xyz/320495/zama-enables-confidential-rewards-claims-through-merkl-integration Leviathan News en 2026-10-19T13:21:24.403384+00:00 Zama opens confidential rewards claiming via Merkl for encrypted vault depositors https://leviathannews.xyz/320453/strive-buys-1223-bitcoin-for-about-100-million-lifting-holdings-to-36818-btc-ceo-matt-cole-says Leviathan News en 2026-10-19T12:29:31.790901+00:00 Strive buys 1,223 bitcoin for about $100 million, lifting holdings to 36,818 BTC https://leviathannews.xyz/320431/you-cant-be-online-247-your-workflows-can-describe-the-idea-ai-pro-plans-it-tests-it-and-waits-for-your-approval-before-anything-runs-httpsbinanceonelinkmeml1z7n Leviathan News en 2026-10-19T12:07:38.492843+00:00 Binance touts AI Pro that plans and tests workflows, awaiting user approval before running https://leviathannews.xyz/320410/aerodrome-is-the-leading-dex-for-tokenized-stocks-on-base-with-19b-in-trading-volume-over-the-past-90-days-so-what-tokenized-stocks-massively-expand-the-range-of-assets-that-c Leviathan News en 2026-10-19T11:43:24.657500+00:00 Aerodrome leads Base DEXs for tokenized stocks with $1.9B in 90-day volume https://leviathannews.xyz/320358/we-tracked-nearly-400000-wallets-that-trade-hyperliquid-perps-through-six-retail-apps-phantom-metamask-rabby-trust-wallet-invo-and-fomo-each-app-connects-its-users-to-hyperl Leviathan News en 2026-10-19T09:55:17.820190+00:00 Hyperliquid retail app users down $280M all-time, with fees taking over half of losses https://leviathannews.xyz/320349/crypto-vaults-where-curators-act-like-fund-managers-have-pulled-in-about-10b-usd-for-risky-lending-up-from-15b-two-years-ago-us-and-eu-regulators-are-now-taking-a-closer-look Leviathan News en 2026-10-19T09:10:44.256312+00:00 Crypto vaults, where "curators" act like fund managers, have pulled in about 10B USD for risky lending, up from 1.5B two years ago. US and EU regulators are now taking a closer look. https://leviathannews.xyz/320346/post-by-popdex_-on-x-recommended-by-johnjl18 Leviathan News en 2026-10-19T08:59:33.492559+00:00 PopDEX launches MegaPop open beta with weekly on-chain draws and a 150,000 USDT prize pool https://leviathannews.xyz/320335/news-jpm-coin-jpmd-jpmorgans-usd-deposit-token-is-now-live-on-ethereum-jpmd-extends-from-base-to-ethereum-l1-giving-institutional-clients-native-onchain-cash-that-sits-a Leviathan News en 2026-10-19T08:56:39.711250+00:00 JPMorgan's JPMD deposit token goes live on Ethereum, extending from Base to L1 https://leviathannews.xyz/320341/drws-don-wilson-wants-to-make-ai-chips-a-market-bigger-than-oil-he-talks-gpu-futures-a-crunch-spread-for-computing-power-possible-token-futures-and-coreweave-credit-worries Leviathan News en 2026-10-19T08:31:34.554499+00:00 DRW's Don Wilson wants to make AI chips a market bigger than oil. He talks GPU futures, a "crunch spread" for computing power, possible token futures and CoreWeave credit worries. https://leviathannews.xyz/320324/validators-have-a-bug-fix-patch-on-course-to-go-live-friday-the-lending-system-it-partly-repairs-is-still-10-votes-short-of-approval Leviathan News en 2026-10-19T08:00:21.568739+00:00 XRP Ledger prepares lending-code fixes for Oct. 23 as proposed lending system remains short of validator approval https://leviathannews.xyz/320317/south-korean-officials-are-reportedly-set-to-meet-crypto-exchanges-as-industry-calls-and-a-new-bill-seek-to-delay-the-countrys-planned-crypto-tax-until-2029 Leviathan News en 2026-10-19T07:46:02.433622+00:00 South Korea finance officials to meet crypto exchanges as new bill seeks to delay tax until 2029 https://leviathannews.xyz/320320/no-headline-20261019-2 Leviathan News en 2026-10-19T07:45:54.716122+00:00 EU and eight countries sign treaty to expand powers to freeze and confiscate criminal crypto assets https://leviathannews.xyz/320314/blackrock-says-tokenised-funds-are-going-from-experiment-to-core-infrastructure-used-as-collateral-and-for-247-trading-its-buidl-fund-is-now-worth-about-23b-usd-but-bank-adoption-a Leviathan News en 2026-10-19T07:16:48.335617+00:00 BlackRock says tokenised funds are going from experiment to core infrastructure, used as collateral and for 24/7 trading. Its BUIDL fund is now worth about 2.3B USD, but bank adoption and regulation are lagging. https://leviathannews.xyz/320315/new-south-koreas-mirae-asset-securities-plans-to-launch-tokenized-products-in-q1-2027-local-news-outlet-digital-asset-reported-its-first-line-of-products-will-reportedly-includ Leviathan News en 2026-10-19T07:15:54.905816+00:00 South Korea's Mirae Asset Securities plans tokenized products for Q1 2027, starting with MMFs and private bonds https://leviathannews.xyz/320313/identity-alone-doesnt-guarantee-a-bot-will-behave-responsibly-we-are-introducing-a-system-to-continuously-evaluate-whether-verified-bots-honor-site-preferences-like-robotstxt-a Leviathan News en 2026-10-19T07:12:23.375168+00:00 Cloudflare introduces system to continuously evaluate whether Verified bots honor site preferences https://leviathannews.xyz/320267/zakuras-p2pv2-combines-high-throughput-networking-resource-controls-and-a-property-tested-consensus-engine-with-permissionless-services-for-zcashs-future-needs Leviathan News en 2026-10-19T06:49:19.371949+00:00 Zakura unveils P2Pv2 networking layer for Zcash, replacing Bitcoin-era protocol with QUIC-based services https://leviathannews.xyz/320255/post-by-anthropicai-on-x-recommended-by-johnjl18 Leviathan News en 2026-10-19T06:39:22.980960+00:00 Anthropic commits 5% of shares to new public benefit fund, with roughly 20% total pledged to public good https://leviathannews.xyz/320268/strategy-executive-chairman-michael-saylor-bitcoin-is-returning-to-a-bull-market-bitcoin-backed-stablecoins-yielding-68-annually-could-emerge-strategy-executive-chairman-mich Leviathan News en 2026-10-19T02:52:15.137204+00:00 Saylor says bitcoin is returning to a bull market, sees potential for bitcoin-backed stablecoins yielding 6%–8% https://leviathannews.xyz/320265/much-of-zcashs-shielded-privacy-holds-against-a-future-quantum-computer-but-a-published-address-could-let-one-link-every-payment-a-wallet-has-received-near-intents-swaps-publish Leviathan News en 2026-10-19T02:52:09.754302+00:00 Zakura proposes one-time viewing keys for Zcash swaps to limit quantum privacy risks without splitting wallet funds across accounts https://leviathannews.xyz/320262/no-headline-20261019-1 Leviathan News en 2026-10-19T02:52:04.957814+00:00 World launches World ID suite for banks and makes Zoom deepfake check generally available https://leviathannews.xyz/320261/no-headline-20261019 Leviathan News en 2026-10-19T02:52:00.149502+00:00 Crypto.com and Novig sue Missouri over sports event contracts as Kalshi, Polymarket and Robinhood hold off https://leviathannews.xyz/320257/abu-dhabi-launches-tamm-global-to-bring-its-ai-native-government-platform-to-the-world Leviathan News en 2026-10-19T02:51:55.950294+00:00 Abu Dhabi launches TAMM Global to bring its AI-native government platform to the world. https://leviathannews.xyz/320256/openworld-signs-definitive-merger-agreement-to-acquire-blocksight-as-the-agentic-foundation-for-its-up-to-1-billion-tokenized-solar-and-ai-computing-program-with-meridian-and-up-to Leviathan News en 2026-10-19T02:51:43.272869+00:00 OpenWorld signs merger deal to acquire Blocksight as AI agent foundation for tokenized financing programs https://leviathannews.xyz/320205/weekend-selling-has-hit-altcoins-hard-as-fear-from-equities-spills-into-crypto-the-typical-altcoin-is-down-over-5-if-the-weekend-closes-like-this-it-would-be-the-largest-weeken Leviathan News en 2026-10-18T18:57:49.557685+00:00 Altcoins fall over 5% as equity-driven fear spills into crypto over the weekend https://leviathannews.xyz/320203/like-many-on-the-timeline-ive-become-enraptured-by-pearl-over-the-last-few-weeks-as-i-argued-in-this-is-not-bitcoins-cycle-bitcoin-is-facing-some-uncomfortable-questions-and Leviathan News en 2026-10-18T18:48:28.623430+00:00 Pearl, a Bitcoin fork, lets AI matrix multiplication double as mining work to offset costs https://leviathannews.xyz/320201/anthropic-proposes-1b-loss-or-50-casualty-threshold-for-government-ai-intervention-according-to-politico-anthropic-has-been-pitching-us-lawmakers-on-an-unpublished-draft-bil Leviathan News en 2026-10-18T18:09:06.511354+00:00 Anthropic pitches draft AI safety bill that limits government power to block model releases and preempts some state laws https://leviathannews.xyz/320200/parliament-passed-a-law-taxing-crypto-withdrawals-above-deposits-rather-than-individual-trades-featuring-a-one-time-declaration-mechanism Leviathan News en 2026-10-18T18:09:04.124506+00:00 Latvia's parliament passes law taxing crypto withdrawals above deposits, with one-time 10% declaration option https://leviathannews.xyz/320160/private-sector-partners-flagged-11-million-in-funds-that-could-be-frozen-while-officials-reported-cryptocurrency-seizures-without-disclosing-their-value Leviathan News en 2026-10-18T13:22:47.587181+00:00 Binance and Coinbase join West Africa scam crackdown as private-sector partners flag $11 million for potential freezing https://leviathannews.xyz/320159/security-incident-update-between-2342-utc-on-17-october-and-0126-utc-on-18-october-an-attacker-drained-1404-qubic-wallets-totalling-around-294-trillion-qu-here-is-what-ha Leviathan News en 2026-10-18T13:22:42.851409+00:00 Qubic halts network after attacker drains 1,404 wallets of 2.94 trillion QU via weak seeds https://leviathannews.xyz/320146/the-most-popular-account-pages-on-x-by-traffic-share-september-2026-1-thsottiaux-2-fabrizioromano-3-elonmusk-4-25yearsagolive-5-ngnchiikawa-6-discussingfilm Leviathan News en 2026-10-18T12:13:04.809711+00:00 X traffic rises 6% in Q3 as Tibo (OpenAI) tops most-viewed account pages for September 2026 https://leviathannews.xyz/320142/starknet-community-overwhelmingly-backs-exploring-independent-post-quantum-layer-1-blockchain Leviathan News en 2026-10-18T11:39:33.366331+00:00 Starknet opens first non-binding governance vote on becoming an independent post-quantum L1 https://leviathannews.xyz/320137/cysic-bridge-hit-by-unauthorized-minting-of-10m-cys-on-bnb-smart-chain Leviathan News en 2026-10-18T10:52:46.787391+00:00 Cysic bridge exploited for unauthorized minting of 10M CYS on BNB Smart Chain; bridge suspended https://leviathannews.xyz/320122/openai-3-new-model-references-have-been-spotted-on-the-apis-recently-aurora-red-alpha-aurora-green-alpha-aurora-blue-alpha-these-model-references-were-removed-shortl Leviathan News en 2026-10-18T08:13:03.738833+00:00 OpenAI briefly lists three 'aurora' model references on its API before removing them https://leviathannews.xyz/320119/a-10-minute-flush-hit-round-the-clock-chip-stock-contracts-while-us-markets-were-shut-leaving-traders-with-no-real-share-price-to-lean-on Leviathan News en 2026-10-18T07:28:34.048489+00:00 Chip-stock bets lost $52 million in 10 minutes on Binance and Hyperliquid while U.S. markets were shut https://leviathannews.xyz/320116/tether-hiven-back-aisa-as-strategic-investors-complete-seed-extension-round Leviathan News en 2026-10-18T07:06:34.441326+00:00 Tether and HIVEN join AIsa as strategic investors in seed extension, bringing total funding past $9 million https://leviathannews.xyz/320109/chinese-ai-startup-stepfun-launches-a-phone-built-around-an-ai-agent-not-apps Leviathan News en 2026-10-18T05:47:21.314923+00:00 Chinese AI startup StepFun launches its first AI agent smartphone, the STEPX Neo, priced at 3,999 yuan https://leviathannews.xyz/320105/arcus-apologizes-for-surprise-liquidation-fee-hike-and-offers-refunds Leviathan News en 2026-10-18T03:16:00.988773+00:00 Arcus to reimburse traders after unannounced liquidation fee hike to 1% https://leviathannews.xyz/320103/portal-ventures-backed-vest-raises-13-million-to-build-a-proprietary-trading-firm-that-shares-traders-profits Leviathan News en 2026-10-18T03:15:29.676575+00:00 Portal Ventures-backed Vest raises $13 million to build a proprietary trading firm that shares traders' profits https://leviathannews.xyz/320088/on-chain-data-shows-increasing-number-of-hackers-moving-stolen-funds-to-zcash-for-laundering-on-chain-analyst-specter-noted-that-following-zachxbts-disclosure-regarding-the-bitge Leviathan News en 2026-10-18T01:37:51.306669+00:00 On-chain analyst reports multiple crypto exploiters moving stolen funds into Zcash following scrutiny of the Bitget hack https://leviathannews.xyz/320090/the-occ-reviewed-100000-complaints-and-found-americas-biggest-banks-systematically-debanked-lawful-businesses-from-2020-to-2025-digital-assets-made-the-top-six-most-affected-in Leviathan News en 2026-10-18T01:37:34.676727+00:00 OCC review of 100,000 complaints finds big banks debanked lawful businesses, digital assets among top six affected https://leviathannews.xyz/320092/we-had-a-security-breach-last-night-related-to-a-large-scale-distillation-attack-that-impacted-14-of-opencode-console-users-we-have-notified-them-all-this-morning-via-email-if Leviathan News en 2026-10-18T01:37:29.860361+00:00 OpenCode Console says 1.4% of users were affected by a security breach as it works with Anthropic, OpenAI and Google on remediation https://leviathannews.xyz/320089/in-conversation-with-chris-dixon-the-machine-economy-fly-brains-and-the-breakthroughs-that-happen-when-entrepreneurs-can-just-go-do-stuff Leviathan News en 2026-10-18T01:37:20.995054+00:00 a16z crypto’s Chris Dixon and Circle CEO explore how AI agents and blockchains could transform global finance https://leviathannews.xyz/320087/no-headline-20261018 Leviathan News en 2026-10-18T01:37:11.504495+00:00 Nine US-listed companies object to tokenized stock trading on OKXICE, including Broadcom, CoreWeave and Verizon, amid concerns over market transparency https://leviathannews.xyz/320086/banks-could-slow-stablecoin-growth-by-paying-savers-more-bis-paper-finds-20261018 Leviathan News en 2026-10-18T01:37:02.911433+00:00 BIS researchers find higher bank deposit rates could cut stablecoin market cap growth over ten weeks from 15% to 12%