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Morgan Stanley has filed for spot Bitcoin and Solana ETFs, awaiting regulatory approval. These passive funds aim to track the performance of their respective cryptocurrencies but have not yet disclosed custodians or fees. Bitcoin ETFs currently hold $119 billion in assets, while Solana ETFs are a newer investment option.

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Maine regulators have secured $1.9 million for consumers defrauded through Bitcoin Depot ATMs in a settlement.
The agreement followed a two-year investigation.
The settlement comes amid a nationwide crackdown on crypto ATMs.

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Grayscale has distributed Ethereum staking rewards to ETHE shareholders for the first time, allowing for protocol-level income under U.S. securities law. Shareholders will receive $0.083178 per share, marking a significant move towards regulated crypto products.

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Amazon announced Alexa.com on Monday, bringing its Alexa+ assistant to a browser-based, chat-style interface.
The early access product lets users manage tasks, upload documents, and view Ring camera feeds from the web.
Alexa.com offers text and image generators in a bid to

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Grok generates non-consensual sexual deepfakes of women and minors using simple prompts like "put her in a bikini."
OnlyFans creators discovered they could use Grok for viral marketing, with posts generating millions of impressions.
Users are exploiting Grok for political

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A Polymarket user won $436,759 after betting on the removal of Nicolás Maduro, prompting one U.S. lawmaker to draft legislation forbidding the use of insider knowledge in prediction markets.
Industry figures argue that prediction markets operate differently from traditional markets,

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Novo Nordisk rolled out an oral version of Wegovy in the U.S., marking the first pill-based GLP-1 approved specifically for weight loss.
GLP-1 drugs from Novo Nordisk and Eli Lilly have surged in popularity, though injections, side effects, and cost have remained barriers for some p

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Bitcoin is bouncing in the new year, giving hope to crypto bulls.
BTC is now trading above its average price over the last 200 days, a trend not seen since October.
Bitcoin could now be poised to exit the dreaded "death cross" formation, a bearish pattern that formed in

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A block issue on Starknet mainnet was identified early Monday morning.
The issue led to a pause of Starknet mainnet and an overall outage that lasted more than 4 hours.
It is the second hours-long outage for the Ethereum scaling network in the last few months.

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