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Fed Raises Rates for First Time Since July 2023 as CLARITY Vote Stalls
The FOMC lifted its target range to 3.75%-4% in a unanimous vote, while the SEC and CFTC took narrower steps on tokenized assets and blockchain records.
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Regulation
Coinbase Visitors in Taiwan See Notice Citing Court Order
The notice referenced Taiwan’s election law and a New Taipei District Court case. The order’s scope was not established.
Technology
Microsoft Sees Composable Memory as a Future Direction for AI
The remarks do not announce a new Azure product or deployment. Microsoft has separately described memory as a constraint on AI inference performance.
Investing
Jim Cramer Urges Investors to Stay in Stocks Amid Market Uncertainty
U.S. stocks fell Wednesday after September inflation exceeded expectations slightly, while earnings from Morgan Stanley and ASML failed to lift shares.
Investing
Brazil’s Bitcoin treasury firm holds 3,950 BTC, targets institutions with yield ETF
OranjeBTC is using its 3,950 BTC treasury to expand into capital-markets products as it seeks to bridge Brazil’s retail and institutional adoption gap. Its yield-focused ETF has attracted more than 1,000 investors.
Regulation
Lummis Criticizes Banking Access Limits for Digital-Asset Firms
Sen. Cynthia Lummis said Americans should not lose access to banking services because of their industry or political beliefs.
Technology
Fee Payments Helped Trace a $103.4 Million Theft Through Zcash
Investigators linked activity across seven blockchains and 530 addresses while Zcash’s shielded transfers concealed sender, amount and recipient details.
Business
Fiera Capital’s Assets Under Management Fall 7.4% in Q3
Preliminary assets totaled C$151.4 billion at Sept. 30, down from C$163.5 billion at the end of the second quarter.
Technology
CedarDB Plans Managed Cloud Service for Its Dual-Workload Database
Its engine supports transactions and analytics, while the cloud service is planned for AWS and is currently available through a waitlist.
Markets
InvestingJim Cramer Urges Investors to Stay in Stocks Amid Market Uncertainty
U.S. stocks fell Wednesday after September inflation exceeded expectations slightly, while earnings from Morgan Stanley and ASML failed to lift shares.
InvestingBrazil’s Bitcoin treasury firm holds 3,950 BTC, targets institutions with yield ETF
InvestingNebius Group Shares Fall More Than 10% Amid Tech Sell-Off
SEC Approves Cboe Binary Options Tied to Coinbase, Robinhood and MARA
Binance Adds Four bStocks Trading Pairs, Excluding U.S. Users
Regulation
RegulationCoinbase Visitors in Taiwan See Notice Citing Court Order
The notice referenced Taiwan’s election law and a New Taipei District Court case. The order’s scope was not established.
Bitcoin
InvestingBrazil’s Bitcoin treasury firm holds 3,950 BTC, targets institutions with yield ETF
OranjeBTC is using its 3,950 BTC treasury to expand into capital-markets products as it seeks to bridge Brazil’s retail and institutional adoption gap. Its yield-focused ETF has attracted more than 1,000 investors.
Ethereum
InvestingVanEck Seeks to Withdraw Registration for Lido Staked Ether ETF
The S-1 registration statement had not taken effect, and the fund had not issued or sold securities under it.
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TechnologyMicrosoft Sees Composable Memory as a Future Direction for AI
The remarks do not announce a new Azure product or deployment. Microsoft has separately described memory as a constraint on AI inference performance.
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InvestingBrazil’s Bitcoin treasury firm holds 3,950 BTC, targets institutions with yield ETF
OranjeBTC is using its 3,950 BTC treasury to expand into capital-markets products as it seeks to bridge Brazil’s retail and institutional adoption gap. Its yield-focused ETF has attracted more than 1,000 investors.