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Elon Musk warns AI debt markets are drying up for companies without substantial outside revenue, a security flaw in Bitcoin wallet Electrum puts users' funds at risk, and UK banks face growing complaints over restrictions on crypto transactions. @uyendoe has what you need to know. Thank you to @Grayscale 👋 for being a sponsor of the CoinDesk Media Network.

INSIGHT: $BTC bear market ended in June and accumulation is underway, with the 50-week moving average reclaimed for five straight weeks and macro sellers having cut exposure by more than half, per @GalaxyHQ Research.

JUST IN: Hardware wallet maker @KeystoneWallet discloses a security breach exposing personal data of 25,964 customers and a device authentication key, destroying 18,835 units in inventory and suspending shipments as a precaution, with no wallet credentials or recovery phrases compromised.

LATEST: The OCC calls on U.S. community banks to enter the stablecoin market, encouraging them to apply to become permitted issuers under the GENIUS Act ahead of the January 18, 2027 regulatory deadline.

MARKETS: @fundstrat's @BitMNR resumes share buybacks after a 10-week pause, spending $45.9M on 2.04M shares, while adding 10,452 $ETH, bringing total holdings to 6.05M $ETH worth $14B.

NEW: The @NBA partners with @Kalshi and @Polymarket as preferred prediction market exchanges, while simultaneously signing a data-sharing agreement with the @CFTC to safeguard against insider trading.

TODAY: Former @Binance CEO @cz_binance rings the @NasdaqExchange Opening Bell alongside @BNBStandard’s leadership.

LATEST: Canada opens a 60-day consultation on draft stablecoin regulations, banning yield payments and requiring non-bank issuers to hold reserves with Canadian financial institutions, with the framework expected to take effect in late 2027.

NEW: @Ripple launches 24/7 AI-powered treasury management, letting enterprise clients earn returns on idle $RLUSD balances.

By 2030, you’ll be able to speak a sentence and have an entire film made in about a minute, according to @ErikVoorhees. @jennsanasie sat down with the @AskVenice founder ahead of the Lumara Film Festival to talk about the rise of AI filmmaking: 00:00 - Venice․ai’s Erik Voorhees Joins CoinDesk Spotlight 01:45 - Venice․ai: A Private, Uncensored ChatGPT 02:18 - How Video Grew to 30% of Venice’s Usage 03:33 - Why Privacy Should Be the Default 05:11 - What Creators Really Want 08:14 - Inside the Lumara Film Festival 12:18 - What AI Filmmaking Looks Like in 2030

NEW: AI giant Anthropic files for blockbuster IPO coindesk.com/business/2026/1…

MARKETS: @FranklnTempletn is preparing to launch $FBEQ, an ETF that automatically converts stock dividends from 500 of the largest U.S. companies into $BTC exposure with a 0.09% fee and an initial 5% Bitcoin allocation that grows as dividends reinvest.

JUST IN: @Strive bought 6,182 $BTC for $511M last week, its fourth consecutive week of accelerating purchases bringing total holdings to 43,000 $BTC as it launches a $1B preferred stock ATM program to fund further accumulation.

NEW: Aviva Investors partners with @Ripple to launch a tokenized share class of its £22B Sterling Liquidity Fund on the XRP Ledger, investing £50M into the new class and bringing its total tokenized fund exposure to £86M across two XRPL-based money market funds.