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      <news:title>Hong Kong crypto giant HashKey merges regional exchange into oneHong Kong’s HashKey will unify its crypto exchange branches, with users from its Hong Kong, Global, Singapore and Middle East regions using the same platform.</news:title>
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      <news:title>Binance disappears from Google Play in certain EU countries</news:title>
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    <loc>https://cryptonews.chikocorp.com/article/usdc-issuer-circle-to-acquire-nearly-1-000-ibm-blockchain-patents</loc>
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      <news:title>USDC issuer Circle to acquire nearly 1,000 IBM blockchain patents</news:title>
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      <news:title>Bitcoin options traders are dropping their hedges going into the Fed meeting</news:title>
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      <news:title>Ballooning U.S. debt sends investors to bitcoin, gold to shelter from dollar devaluation</news:title>
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      <news:title>Bitcoin ETFs post third straight weekly inflows despite $465 million in late-week losses</news:title>
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      <news:title>Live updates: Bitcoin gives up early gains as stocks reverse lower</news:title>
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      <news:publication_date>2026-07-27T10:00:03.000Z</news:publication_date>
      <news:title>Brazilian police bust cocaine traffickers in crypto-linked transnational probe</news:title>
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    <loc>https://cryptonews.chikocorp.com/article/coinbase-ceo-touts-agentic-finance-as-base-tops-100m-ai-payments</loc>
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      <news:title>Coinbase CEO touts agentic finance as Base tops 100M AI paymentsCoinbase CEO Brian Armstrong says AI agents will expand crypto adoption, pointing to Base, USDC and x402 as key pieces of agentic finance.</news:title>
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      <news:publication_date>2026-07-27T06:00:01.000Z</news:publication_date>
      <news:title>Bitcoin is back above $65,000 as U.S. and Iran hold fire. Oil drops 5%</news:title>
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        <news:name>CryptoNews by ChikoCorp</news:name>
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      <news:publication_date>2026-07-27T06:00:01.000Z</news:publication_date>
      <news:title>2 weeks left for Clarity: State of Crypto</news:title>
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      <news:publication_date>2026-07-27T04:00:01.000Z</news:publication_date>
      <news:title>Garden Finance disables app as Blockaid reports $450,000 exploitGarden Finance said no user funds or smart contracts were affected after an attacker compromised an independent solver’s off-chain database and inserted fraudulent swap records.</news:title>
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      <news:title>Storj files for bankruptcy, explores equity path for tokenholders The decentralized storage provider says its network will continue operating during Chapter 11 as it explores a court-approved ownership mechanism for STORJ holders.</news:title>
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      <news:publication_date>2026-07-27T00:00:02.000Z</news:publication_date>
      <news:title>WEMIX says attacker moved about $724,000 after contract breach WEMIX suspended bridges, liquidity-pool trading and several services after an attacker compromised a WEMIX$-linked contract and moved 724,198 USDC.e.</news:title>
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      <news:publication_date>2026-07-26T18:00:01.000Z</news:publication_date>
      <news:title>CFTC issues second warning to prediction markets on cookie-cutter self-certificationsFor the second time this year, the regulator told prediction markets to stop issuing overly broad, template-style certifications of events contracts.</news:title>
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        <news:name>CryptoNews by ChikoCorp</news:name>
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      <news:title>Russia’s Sberbank to launch crypto trading infrastructure this yearRussia’s biggest bank plans to create cryptocurrency trading infrastructure by Dec. 1 as the country is set to establish rules for market participants while allowing crypto assets to be used in foreign trade operations.</news:title>
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      <news:title>South Korea’s largest bank to launch payment service on JPMorgan’s KinexysKB Kookmin Bank will use JPMorgan’s blockchain platform to support US dollar cross-border payments for import and export businesses across 10 countries.</news:title>
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      <news:publication_date>2026-07-26T08:00:01.000Z</news:publication_date>
      <news:title>BitMart to wind down exchange, end trading by Aug. 26Crypto exchange BitMart said it will wind down operations after its BMX token plunged and users reported withdrawal delays, with platform operations set to end in January.</news:title>
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      <news:publication_date>2026-07-26T06:00:01.000Z</news:publication_date>
      <news:title>Binance ‘red teams’ its own staff every month to keep hackers outBinance regularly tests its employees for security hygiene, as social engineering is becoming a major source of industry breaches.</news:title>
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      <news:title>Russia’s largest bank Sberbank plans crypto trading infrastructure by December</news:title>
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      <news:title>North Korea arrests hackers accused of laundering stolen funds from country&apos;s bank via crypto</news:title>
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        <news:name>CryptoNews by ChikoCorp</news:name>
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      <news:publication_date>2026-07-25T22:00:01.000Z</news:publication_date>
      <news:title>Robinhood in talks with Crypto.com over prediction markets: WSJWhile prediction market companies in the US continue to face legal battles between state and federal authorities, Robinhood is reportedly considering expanding its services.</news:title>
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        <news:name>CryptoNews by ChikoCorp</news:name>
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      <news:publication_date>2026-07-25T20:00:00.000Z</news:publication_date>
      <news:title>Bitcoin advocacy group to join US State Department’s ‘digital freedom’ programThe Bitcoin Policy Institute and three partner organizations will be able to send employees to work alongside State Department officials to address issues including digital freedom.</news:title>
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