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Privacy blockchain Monero has rolled out a new client update to provide users with greater security against “spy nodes” on the network. The “Fluorine Fermi” software update was announced via X on Thursday, with the team stating it is “a highly recommended release.”Fluorine Fermi is the name given to v0.18.4.3 of the Monero software: Monero The term “spy nodes” is part of the vernacular used in the Monero community. It refers to malicious nodes, groups of nodes, or botnets that have the potential to calculate and match IP addresses to transactions conducted on the network. The changes focus on using an…

Hong Kong is scaling up its digital yuan infrastructure, adding more merchants accepting e-CNY payments. Authorities are also exploring raising transaction caps and expanding wallet functionality, which are part of broader efforts to deepen cross-border payment integration with mainland China.Sponsored SponsoredCurrent Limits Under ReviewHong Kong’s government is working to expand China’s digital currency reach within the territory. Since the pilot program’s expansion in May 2024, the number of local retail merchants accepting e-CNY payments has gradually increased.Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury Christopher Hui emphasized the initiative’s strategic importance, stating that the digital renminbi “provides residents of both regions with an…

Luisa Crawford Oct 10, 2025 02:52 NVIDIA’s Blackwell architecture demonstrates significant performance and efficiency gains in SemiAnalysis’s InferenceMAX™ v1 benchmarks, setting new standards for AI hardware. SemiAnalysis has introduced InferenceMAX™ v1, an open source initiative aimed at evaluating inference hardware performance comprehensively. The results, published recently, reveal that NVIDIA’s latest GPUs, particularly the Blackwell series, lead in inference performance across various workloads, according to NVIDIA. Performance Breakthroughs with NVIDIA Blackwell NVIDIA Blackwell showcases a remarkable 15-fold performance improvement over its predecessor, the Hopper generation, translating into a significant revenue opportunity. This advancement is…

Luxembourg’s sovereign wealth fund has become the first in the Eurozone to invest in Bitcoin, allocating 1% of its $730 million portfolio to Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs). Finance Minister Gilles Roth announced the decision on Thursday, marking a turning point in how state capital interacts with digital assets.The move highlights the cryptocurrency’s growing legitimacy among institutional allocators. Once treated as a speculative outlier, Bitcoin is now being evaluated alongside traditional stores of value and inflation-hedging instruments.Luxembourg’s Bold Step: Investing in Bitcoin ETFsThe Intergenerational Sovereign Wealth Fund (FSIL) made the investment under a revised mandate that allows up to 15% of…

Trusted Editorial content, reviewed by leading industry experts and seasoned editors. Ad Disclosure MIT research scientist and Zcash co-founder Madars Virza has set off a fresh round of privacy-coin debate after arguing that Zcash’s shielded pool delivers materially stronger anonymity than Monero’s ring-signature model—and that Zcash’s design choices also give it an edge over Bitcoin in a post-quantum world. Virza framed the discussion with a pointed update to the “conservative advice” that circulated in Bitcoin’s early years. “Conservative advice back then: ‘allocate 1% of your NW to Bitcoin,’” he wrote on October 7. “Conservative advice today: ‘encrypt at least 1%…

Early Bitcoin BTC$121,396.37 investor and BCH$588.20 advocate Roger Ver is close to settling tax fraud charges with the U.S. Department of Justice, the New York Times reported Thursday.Often known as “Bitcoin Jesus” due to his early evangelization for the crypto, Ver was indicted last April and arrested in Spain on allegations he failed to file tax returns on capital gains he made after selling “tens of thousands” of bitcoins and giving up U.S. citizenship, the DOJ charged at the time. Ver fought his extradition to the U.S., filing a lawsuit earlier this summer.According to the Times, the proposed settlement is…

Crypto exchange Coinbase and payments giant Mastercard have each held advanced acquisition talks to buy BVNK, a London-based fintech that builds stablecoin payment infrastructure, according to six people familiar with the matter who spoke with Fortune.The discussions have not been finalized, but several of the sources told Fortune that the potential sale price is between $1.5 billion and $2.5 billion. The talks may still fall apart, yet Coinbase appears to be ahead of Mastercard at this stage, three of the sources told Fortune.If completed, the acquisition would be the largest stablecoin-related deal yet, signaling how mainstream financial and crypto firms…

Trusted Editorial content, reviewed by leading industry experts and seasoned editors. Ad Disclosure A surprising development has drawn attention within the XRP community as a new exchange-traded fund proposal centered around the cryptocurrency quietly surfaced. The filing, which was submitted to the US SEC by GraniteShares, outlines a plan for a 3× leveraged XRP ETF that’s designed to amplify the altcoin’s daily performance.  Although the fund is not the Spot XRP ETF that many investors have been waiting for, its sudden appearance is a big step toward institutional recognition of the token in the US. GraniteShares Proposes 3× Leveraged XRP…

Good Morning, Asia. Here’s what’s making news in the markets:Welcome to Asia Morning Briefing, a daily summary of top stories during U.S. hours and an overview of market moves and analysis. For a detailed overview of U.S. markets, see CoinDesk’s Crypto Daybook Americas.ANALYSISPolymarket’s potential launch of the POLY token may mark the end of UMA’s reign over prediction markets and the beginning of an era where truth itself is governed in-house.So far, the token has only been teased. Nothing is known about the tokenomics or utility of the token, but given complaints from the community, it’s possible to speculate on…

DALLAS, TX / ACCESS Newswire / October 9, 2025 / Messier 42 LLC (“M42”), a private leading global artificial intelligence technology and digital transformation company, announces that it has entered into an agreement to acquire a minority interest in Epirus, a high-growth technology company dedicated to overcoming the asymmetric challenges inherent to the future of national security.This investment highlights M42’s achievements and broad applicability with Psychometric AI and Epirus’ continued innovation in defense technology through the Leonidas family of solid-state, software-defined, high-power microwave (HPM) systems built to counter evolving electronic threats, starting with the Counter-UAS mission.The agreement is subject to…