Bitcoin holds near $80,000 as oil retreats and the Fed decision looms

Bitcoin was little changed near $80,400 since midnight UTC while the DeFi index was the only CoinDesk index to gain, with the Fed due to decide on Wednesday. Source

Live news: Bitcoin sits near $80,000 as tech rallies following Anthropic IPO filing

Alongside Anthropic raising as much as $100 billion, Meta on Monday announced a $95 billion share sale to fund its own AI ambitions. Source

Calpers pulls back from big tech as AI jitters deepen neocloud sell-off

California’s pension fund shifts toward private equity as investors question tech valuations and the payoff from soaring AI spending. Source

Latvia targets tokenization rules in 2027 with commercial property in focus

Economics Minister Viktors Valainis says rules could arrive in the first half of next year, but an overdue assessment remains unfinished and no sovereign-bond issuance was identified. Source

UK banks face 10,000 complaints in 3 months over crypto restrictions

The U.K. claims to aspire to become a global cryptocurrency hub, an ambition that would appear to be at odds with the attitude to crypto purchases of its major banks. Source

Strategy, Strive face balancing act between bitcoin buying and preferred stock dividends

The securities have financed purchases of nearly 136,000 bitcoin, opening a funding channel that analysts expect to complement the larger ETF market. Source

Block’s new voice AI sounds eerily human, sparking awe and scam fears

Reactions split between amazement at how human it sounds and fears it could fuel scams and deception, with CZ eyeing uses in children’s education. Source

Crypto under weekend pressure, bitcoin slides below $80,000 on U.S. Middle East evacuations

Bitcoin has sunk to its weakest level in more than one month. Source

Why McDonalds, Microsoft and Google saying no to tokenized stocks isn’t a dealbreaker

Some of the world’s biggest companies objected to being listed on the first tokenized securities trading venue under the SEC’s innovation exemption. But the early pushback may say more about issuer caution than about rejection of tokenization itself. Source

Argentina drops criminal probe into President Milei over crashed memecoin LIBRA

The judge found that Milei’s promotion of LIBRA did not constitute fraud, despite the attention his support drew to the token. Source