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In brief Circle’s USDC account shared a photo of DJ Khaled, welcoming him to “team USDC” in a cheeky post on X. Crypto Twitter wasn’t having it, and quickly replied with reminders of Khaled’s history of crypto promotions gone wrong. But Circle is Chelsea FC’s front-of-shirt partner, and Khaled is featured in the club’s separate Roc Nation deal announced in May. So it’s probably not what it seems. Circle, the issuer behind the USDC stablecoin, welcomed rapper DJ Khaled to “team USDC” in a post on X on Monday—and Crypto Twitter lost its collective mind. But it’s probably not what…

Trusted Editorial content, reviewed by leading industry experts and seasoned editors. Ad Disclosure TL;DR Crypto.com Exchange has integrated with Insilico Terminal, giving users access to advanced execution tools for spot and derivatives. Supported tools include TWAP, scale orders, depth-of-market views, automated sizing and programmable hotkeys. The integration does not change the underlying market risk of leveraged or derivatives trading. Crypto.com is adding a more professional trading interface without forcing users to move their accounts to another venue. The exchange announced an integration with Insilico Terminal on October 6, allowing users to connect their Crypto.com Exchange account directly to Insilico’s trading…

In brief Google released Nano Banana 2.1 on Oct. 6, rolling it out in the Gemini app, Search’s AI Mode, Google Ads and its developer tools. Google’s own tests put it ahead of Nano Banana 2 and Nano Banana Pro, including an infographic factuality score of 0.521 versus 0.179, but independent testing was not available at launch. Developer pricing is about half of Nano Banana 2’s, starting at $0.0336 for a standard 1K image. Google on Tuesday released Nano Banana 2.1, the newest version of the AI model that turns a typed sentence into a picture, or edits a photo…

In brief Abstract, the Ethereum layer-2 from Pudgy Penguins parent company Igloo Inc., will shut down Dec. 15. Funds not bridged off by then will be inaccessible. The team blamed a limited DeFi ecosystem, thin liquidity, little institutional crossover and a smaller budget than rivals. It’s the second Ethereum layer-2 to announce a shutdown in days, following Paradigm-backed Blast. Abstract, the Ethereum layer-2 network built by Pudgy Penguins parent company Igloo Inc., is shutting down after struggling to scale beyond its consumer crypto niche.The team announced on X that the chain will go dark on Dec. 15. Users must move…

Trusted Editorial content, reviewed by leading industry experts and seasoned editors. Ad Disclosure TL;DR KuCoin Futures has launched stock-index perpetual contracts tracking Nike, Accenture and the Breakwave Tanker Shipping ETF. The contracts are settled in USDT, trade continuously and support leverage of up to 20x. They are synthetic derivatives and do not give traders ownership of the underlying shares or ETF units. KuCoin is extending its crypto-style perpetual futures market further into traditional equities. The exchange has launched USDT-margined contracts tracking Nike, Accenture and the Breakwave Tanker Shipping ETF, with leverage available from 1x to 20x. The products use the…

In brief Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss filed an S-1 with the SEC for a spot Zcash ETF that would hold ZEC directly, trade on Nasdaq under ticker “WINK.” Winklevoss Capital Fund signaled non-binding interest in buying up to $100 million of shares, and Winklevoss-backed Cypherpunk Technologies would advise as “Zcash Ecosystem Partner.” The filing rides a Zcash resurgence, including Grayscale’s ETF and 21Shares’ European Zcash ETP. Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss are making a bet on privacy coins, filing with regulators to launch a spot Zcash exchange-traded fund as the once-shunned asset enjoys a dramatic revival.The Winklevoss Zcash ETF, outlined in…

In brief Mistral launched Large 4 on Oct. 6, a 1-trillion-parameter model that activates 49 billion parameters per query and costs $1.36 per million input tokens and $4.18 per million output tokens. The nickname “Le Chonk” follows the “Le Chaton Fat” meme from June, and Mistral says it will release the model’s weights by the end of October. On Finance Agent v2, the launch chart shows Large 4 at 54.7, ahead of GPT-6 Astra at 53.5 but behind Claude Opus 5.5 at 58.6. Paris-based Mistral AI launched Mistral Large 4 on Tuesday, an AI model with 1 trillion parameters. That…

Trusted Editorial content, reviewed by leading industry experts and seasoned editors. Ad Disclosure TL;DR Binance will support cash dividends for Oracle and Marvell bStocks holders. After taxes, fees and other deductions, the net dividend will be reinvested into additional fractions of ORCLB or MRVLB rather than paid as cash. Onchain holders will receive the economic adjustment through a multiplier change, highlighting how corporate actions have to be translated into tokenized-stock mechanics. Tokenized stocks have to deal with the boring parts of being stocks too. Binance has outlined how holders of its Oracle and Marvell bStocks will receive upcoming cash dividends,…