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      <description><![CDATA[The former SEC chairman who may be tapped to oversee the Trump administration's AI work has a potentially divisive history as a watchdog of tech innovation. ]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[Bitcoin dominance is closing in on 60% while USDT's has slipped to 6.3%, pointing to a market growing more comfortable with risk. ]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[Rising open interest and funding rates signal renewed demand for bullish bitcoin exposure. ]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[Bitcoin is up roughly 3% in October as traders await September’s jobs data, while rising bond yields, a stronger dollar weigh on broader markets.]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[The regulator issued a proposed rule for custody, marking a swan song for its inaugural Crypto Task Force chief, Commissioner Hester Peirce, who exits this week. ]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[The popular cross-chain trading system said Friday the exploiter returned all stolen assets a day later a bug affected deposits and withdrawals across several networks.]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[The euro is losing ground versus the greenback as spiking French bond yields revive memories of the European sovereign debt crisis.]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[Both sides agreed the 0.2% tax should be put off until July 1, if the court approves the deal, which will let the state and industry focus on the legal dispute.]]></description>
      <dc:creator>Jesse Hamilton</dc:creator>
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      <title><![CDATA[Crypto lost $1.26 billion in hacks while bitcoin bulls enjoyed a monster quarter]]></title>
      <link>https://www.coindesk.com/daybook-us/2026/10/01/crypto-lost-usd1-26-billion-in-hacks-while-bitcoin-bulls-enjoyed-a-monster-quarter</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[Your day-ahead look for Oct. 1, 2026]]></description>
      <dc:creator>Omkar Godbole</dc:creator>
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      <title><![CDATA[Synthetic tokenized stocks are bad for American investors]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[U.S. markets are the envy of the world because investors trust that whoever owns a share owns it fully, writes Aaron Kaplan, founder of Promethum. The synthetic models cheapens that trust, shortchanges U.S. investors, and undercuts the issuer-led capital markets model. ]]></description>
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