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Lead story · Rails

Irish Central Bank Fines Coinbase Ireland $3.6M Over Safeguarding Failures

The Central Bank of Ireland penalized Coinbase Ireland €3.25 million for breaching safeguarding and outsourcing rules.

  • Regulators cited failures in customer fund safeguarding and outsourcing controls.

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What happened

The Central Bank of Ireland penalized Coinbase Ireland €3.25 million for breaching safeguarding and outsourcing rules.

Why it matters

Regulators cited failures in customer fund safeguarding and outsourcing controls.

What to watch

24h breadthMixed · 49/100
Latest available market pulse.A compact snapshot of whether BTC, ETH, SOL moved higher or lower over the prior 24 hours.
Lower50 = flatHigher

Tracked assets were close to neutral overall.

Breadth starts at 50, adds three points for each 1% of average 24-hour movement across the tracked assets, and is capped between 0 and 100.
BTC$80,872.00+0.07%
BTC was 0.07% higher than the provider quote 24 hours earlier. Snapshot: 04:58 UTC.
ETH$2,366.47−0.59%
ETH was 0.59% lower than the provider quote 24 hours earlier. Snapshot: 04:58 UTC.
SOL$102.59−0.02%
SOL was 0.02% lower than the provider quote 24 hours earlier. Snapshot: 04:58 UTC.

CoinGecko snapshot at 04:58 UTC. Prices and 24-hour moves refresh automatically without rerunning the newsroom.

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@laurashinLaura Shin

People deposited, and some tried to lose money fast, to earn a token they expected to sell. 💸 Then @papertrade_xyz shelved transferability. @3xliquidated told me why he sees that as a bait and switch, even if it keeps the protocol alive. https://t.co/tDZQBkPgvr

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@tolytoly 🇺🇸

SIMD to make sol money. A validator stake weighted oracle can mint sol backed by any tokenized collateral to facilitate a transaction and collect a tax on any profit from these transactions.

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@nikhileshde@nikhileshde.bsky.social

Hey folks, as we get closer to the election, what questions do you have about crypto's role with the election, vice versa, potential outcomes and effects, etc? Feel free to email -- nik@coindesk.com

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What moved, and by how much.

This panel compares each provider quote with the quote 24 hours earlier. Editorial stories remain in the Editor-in-Chief’s priority order instead of being repeated or pulled into this fixed data region.

Mixed · breadth 49/100. A score of 50 means the tracked assets were flat on average.

24-hour price changeLatest · 04:58 UTC
Each row compares the current provider quote with its quote 24 hours earlier. Bar length is scaled to the largest move shown.
BTC$80,872.00
+0.07%BTC was 0.07% higher than the provider quote 24 hours earlier. Snapshot: 04:58 UTC.
ETH$2,366.47
−0.59%ETH was 0.59% lower than the provider quote 24 hours earlier. Snapshot: 04:58 UTC.
SOL$102.59
−0.02%SOL was 0.02% lower than the provider quote 24 hours earlier. Snapshot: 04:58 UTC.

Exact percentages are printed beside every row; color is supplemental.

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