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SAN FRANCISCO & LEUVEN, Belgium–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Unlearn®, a leader in AI solutions for clinical trials, today announced results from a collaboration with remynd, a Belgium-based biotech company developing treatments for neurodegenerative diseases. The results were shared at the 2025 Alzheimer’s & Parkinson’s Drug Development Summit in Boston. The collaboration focused on remynd’s Phase 2a clinical trial of REM127, an investigational, first-generation small molecule therapy targeting septins in patients with mild-to-moderate Alzheimer’s Disease (AD). The study enrolled a limited number of participants and measured changes in AD biomarkers over a short treatment window. Unlearn supported the study by applying its Alzheimer’s Disease-specific…

Key TakeawaysBessent said Treasury can coordinate crypto rules with the SEC and CFTC after the Senate’s 49-50 vote.Ripple paired the Oct. 27 appearance with Robinhood and BNY deals and a final OCC bank charter approval.Swell’s main stage opens Oct. 28, with more announcements expected this week. Bessent Says Treasury Has ‘a Lot of Convening Powers’ Bessent appeared on stage on Oct. 27 to open the 10th edition of Swell. CEO Brad Garlinghouse called it “an honor” to host the Treasury chief and credited the administration with “ensuring that responsible crypto can thrive in the US.” The headline moment came when…

The Solana Foundation announced another wave of speakers for Solana Breakpoint 2026 on October 27, 2026. The event takes place 15–17 November at Olympia London; additions include Revolut Chair Martin Gilbert, former Chancellor Sajid Javid, former Prime Minister Boris Johnson, and leaders from Zelle, DTCC, Mastercard, Backpack, and Bitwise. The lineup reflects this year’s theme, Token Supercycle: stablecoins, tokenized assets, payments, and AI-driven activity are moving onchain while institutions and governments determine how to respond and participate. Newly announced speakers The latest additions bring Westminster, the City, and Washington into the same room as founders and institutions building on Solana.…

Enjoyed this article? Share it with your friends! A protocol-backed stablecoin called USDCBL is scheduled to launch in February, ahead of the full launch of the Aptos APT $0.6941 -based derivatives exchange backed by Aptos Labs. The Decibel Foundation plans to use this new token as collateral on its upcoming on-chain perpetuals platform.Users will transfer USDC USDC $0.9994 into the exchange and convert it into USDCBL during onboarding. The token will be issued via Bridge’s Open Issuance platform. Did you know? Want to get smarter & wealthier with crypto? Subscribe – We publish new crypto explainer videos every week! How…

The National Basketball Association (NBA) has named Kalshi and Polymarket its preferred prediction market exchanges, giving both platforms access to official league data, intellectual property, and promotional opportunities. Announced on October 26, 2026, the agreements establish new safeguards for basketball-related prediction markets while strengthening the industry’s relationship with professional sports.The NBA has also signed a memorandum of understanding with the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) to improve cooperation and information sharing on market integrity. The move comes as prediction market operators face increasing scrutiny over whether sports-related contracts should be regulated as financial products or gambling.NBA grants Kalshi and…

Bithumb, South Korea’s second-largest crypto exchange, said earlier Wednesday an outsider broke into the internal mobile system its employees use to work and message each other and that personal information was taken.No crypto funds were reported lost as of Asian afternoon hours. Bithumb is the second-largest exchange in South Korea by trading volumes.The exchange found the intrusion on Tuesday and reported to the Korea Internet & Security Agency and the Personal Information Protection Commission, according to Korean media. It told Yonhap it was analyzing the exact scope, “including the possibility of member information being involved.”It said the breached system runs…

Bitcoinjs-lib, a library used to build Bitcoin applications, has patched two bugs that can make software understate the miner fee a valid transaction would pay if broadcast and accepted.The Oct. 26 security disclosures identify fixes in versions 5.2.2, 6.1.9 and 7.0.4 for the corresponding release lines.The affected format is a partially signed Bitcoin transaction (PSBT), and BIP 174 defines it as a way to pass transaction information and signatures between clients. Signing, combining signatures, finalizing inputs, and extracting the transaction are separate functions, even when one application performs several of them.The risk concerns applications that import these packages and trust…

Datavault AI (DVLT) shares plunged nearly 50% on Tuesday after a filing revealed that the company had been unable to withdraw bitcoin from crypto exchange Biconomy since June and would have to restate its financial results.The stock closed at $0.067, down 49.55%, with roughly 244 million shares traded.The problem traces back to a September 2025 agreement with Scilex Holding Company, which agreed to purchase $150 million of Datavault shares and warrants using bitcoin.Scilex credited 1,309.04 BTC to Datavault’s account at Biconomy through off-chain transfers, meaning the balances changed within the exchange rather than through transactions on Bitcoin’s blockchain. Datavault subsequently…

Atia’s Legacy Playtest 3 launched July 1, 2026 on iOS and Android with access codes Format is a real-time eight-player free-for-all with five-minute match timers Win condition: first player to 10 kills, or best kill/death ratio when the timer runs out Mushroom buffs scattered across the map let players outpace opponents Five weapons in this build: axe, dagger, tome, bow, and lantern Focused sessions across the playtest window were used to stress-test server latency Trial of Eight tournament ran alongside with a 2,500 bAXS prize pool This is the first playtest built entirely around PvP rather than exploration or economy…

This week’s newsletter describes a design for a single-issuer layer 2 whose users can redeem their bitcoin onchain without the issuer’s cooperation and summarizes a proposal for including hash preimages in output script descriptors. Also included are our regular sections describing recent changes to services and client software, announcing new releases and release candidates, and describing notable changes to popular Bitcoin infrastructure software. News ● Trust-minimized exits from a single-issuer layer 2: Adam Gibson posted to the Bitcoin-Dev mailing list a paper and proof-of-concept code for Lichen, a design in which a single issuer, which Gibson calls a hub, mints…