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@WellsFargo, @Cisco and @Intuit are among six more companies objecting to tokenized share trading on @OKX’s planned venue with Intercontinental Exchange, bringing the total to 22. #Update #TokenizedStocks
U.S. spot $BTC ETFs gained about $301 million for the week, ending a two-week losing streak despite $137.9 million in Friday outflows. #Update #ETFs $BTC
@Google’s updated privacy policy allows Gmail, Drive and Photos data to inform ad targeting when users opt into connected AI features. Users can disconnect the apps to opt out. #Update #Privacy
Sweden’s Government Offices will block @OpenAI’s ChatGPT and @Anthropic’s Claude on staff computers October 26 over information security concerns. @Microsoft’s Copilot remains the only approved AI tool. #Update #AI
Former @InfinityWard strategist Robert Bowling says game publishers pushed to end physical discs to curb resales and boost profits, raising concerns about game ownership. #Update #Gaming
@HSBC launched its Hong Kong dollar stablecoin, RedCoin, in PayMe. More than 3.3 million users can activate wallets to pay friends and over 100,000 merchants. #Update #Stablecoins
Sen. Richard Blumenthal asked @Tether for records of payments to a firm co-owned by former White House crypto adviser Bo Hines, raising ethics concerns. #Update #Legal
@SpaceX says a merger with @Tesla would need Elon Musk’s approval as its controlling shareholder, despite his recusal from merger talks. He controls roughly 85% of SpaceX voting power. #Update #Governance
The Securities and Exchange Commission’s Division of Examinations added AI “super intelligence” and tokenization to its exam priorities, putting firms’ compliance programs under closer scrutiny. #Update #Regulation
@Anthropic’s Claude prompted a user to enable Developer Mode on an @LGUS smart TV, wiping its rooted setup. It restored the apps, but not root; the new launcher cannot autolaunch. #Update #AI
@bitcoincoreorg updated its security policy: it will quickly patch and disclose bugs that AI can easily find, rather than keep them under a long embargo. #Update #Security $BTC
New York’s attorney general seeks $1.37 billion from @NovaTech’s founders over an alleged crypto fraud; four promoters agreed to pay nearly $6 million to victims. #Breaking #Legal
U.S. spot $BTC ETFs lost $635.6 million Thursday, wiping out nearly 60% of three days’ inflows and pushing October flows back into the red. #Update #Crypto $BTC
The International Criminal Police Organization says a 21-country cybercrime sweep arrested 1,462 suspects, recovered over $105 million and shut two illegal crypto mines in Angola. #Update #Cybercrime @INTERPOL_HQ