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2026/10/21
Hugging Face CEO Criticizes Netflix's AI Documentary for Misrepresenting the OpenAI Hack
CoinDesk reports:Hugging Face CEO Clem Delangue is questioning Netflix’s portrayal of the OpenAI hacking incident as misleading. He argues that the documentary "AI Gone Rogue" turns a security incident into a distorted depiction of artificial intelligence. On October 20, the co-founder criticized th
ZEC Price Rises Over 10% Ahead of November 5 Zcash NU7 Network Upgrade
Key InsightsZcash NU7 upgrade targets November 5, reducing block times from 75 to 25 seconds.ZEC price climbed over 10%, leading the top crypto gainers ahead of the upcoming network upgrade.ZEC faces resistance at $1,275, with a breakout potentially opening the way toward $1,325.Zcash price extended
Grayscale Expands In-Kind Investing for Bitcoin, XRP, Dogecoin, Solana ETFs
Grayscale has expanded in-kind creation and redemption activity across several of its crypto ETF products, covering Bitcoin, XRP, Dogecoin, and Solana. The move shifts how eligible institutional participants can interact with these funds, allowing them to deliver or receive the underlying digital as
Australian House Prices Drop in All Capital Cities for First Time in 15 Years
Domain's September Quarter 2026 House Price Report shows house prices declining in every Australian capital city. The report identifies this as the first such decline in 15 years and only the second recorded occurrence.Domain recorded a 4.7% fall in Sydney house prices during the September quarter t
Dogecoin Labs Launches to Integrate Wallet, App Platform, and Payment Tools
CoinMarketCap reports:Dogecoin Labs launched on October 21, 2026, bringing together wallets, an application platform, and merchant payment tools into a single organization focused on expanding DOGE usage. The organization, supported by the Dogecoin Foundation, integrates MyDoge, DogeOS, and Such App
Venice Token ETP Hits $1.45M AUM on Launch, VVV Price Tests $25
Venice Token [VVV] gained about 6% over the past 24 hours, extending its weekly gains beyond 11%.Still, that uptick was modest compared with its performance since July, when the altcoin began a rally that more than doubled its price.The gains came despite new supply outpacing token burns. Growing ac
Vantage Bank and Rio Bank Complete First Tokenized Deposit Loan Payment via Participate
Odaily Planet Daily report: Vantage Bank and Rio Bank used tokenized deposits on the Hazel Network to complete principal and interest payments for loan participations via the Participate lending platform. Participate stated that after Vantage initiated the payment, the platform automatically allocat
AI startup Flapping Airplanes raises $1 billion at a $60 billion valuation in 9 months
CoinDesk reports:Flapping Airplanes, a startup founded just one year ago, has garnered attention in Silicon Valley thanks to its impressive founding team and its mission to find ways to train large models with less data. On Wednesday, the company announced it has completed a $1 billion Series A roun
Anthropic Reports $80.7B Loss, US Housing Slumps, UK Debt Rises
This roundup covers technology earnings, Anthropic's finances, US housing and UK markets. Quarterly results from SpaceX and Super Micro Computer strengthened AI optimism and lifted Wall Street on Wednesday. Relatively stable energy, currency and US government bond markets allowed technology earnings
Tesla Cites Battery Constraints as Limiting Deliveries, Yet Prices Continue to Fall
CoinDesk reports:Tesla also claimed that, as of the end of the third quarter, its "passenger vehicle backlog reached its highest level in four years." However, the data in the same letter does not support a company where "buyers outnumber cars."Tesla's new explanation for flat salesThe term "battery
Citadel Founder Ken Griffin Warns AI Market May Be in a Bubble
Citadel founder Ken Griffin said Tuesday that investors are almost certainly in an AI bubble. Griffin spoke at Citadel's Future of Global Markets Conference in New York on Oct. 20. Griffin did not recommend selling AI stocks or predict a collapse.Griffin argued that major economic transformations ge
Citadel's Ken Griffin Warns AI Market May Be in a Bubble Amid GPU Oversupply
Citadel founder Ken Griffin said Tuesday that investors are almost certainly in an AI bubble. Griffin spoke at Citadel's Future of Global Markets Conference in New York on Oct. 20. Griffin did not recommend selling AI stocks or predict a collapse.Griffin argued that major economic transformations ge
Tether Invests in Bolivian Fintech Peso to Expand USDT Payments
Tether is backing Bolivian fintech Peso with a pre-seed investment aimed at scaling USDT-based payments across Latin America, according to a Wednesday announcement on Tether’s website.The funding is intended to expand Peso’s stablecoin payment infrastructure in Bolivia and beyond, including services
Matter Labs Launches Prividium Commander to Facilitate Blockchain Adoption in Banking
ChainCatcher report: At Money20/20 USA, Alex Gluchowski, CEO of Matter Labs, unveiled Prividium Commander, noting that while most banks have tested blockchain technology, only a few have deployed it in production services—due not to technical limitations, but operational challenges such as issuance
Dolomite Integrates $100M BTCcx as Collateral, Enabling Borrowing
Odaily Planet Daily reports that the decentralized trading and lending platform Dolomite has integrated $100 million in Bitcoin-backed collateral into its on-chain lending market via Concrete’s BTCcx infrastructure, and has now enabled borrowing against this collateral. BTCcx is an on-chain token is
