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Worldcoin was one of the top-performing altcoins in the past 24 hours among the top 50 crypto assets.

The two measures attempt to set the stage for a potential US Supreme Court battle over federal and state jurisdiction.

Can Japan expansion keep investors interested while traders confront resistance?

Metaplanet sold 10,000 BTC and bought back 11,000 at a higher average price to show it was willing to sell its Bitcoin. The Japanese treasury company was pursuing a credit rating and better access to financing, and its Oct. 5 disclosure explained why turning coins into cash was part of that effort. Prospective creditors needed […] The post Bitcoin companies are learning that holding forever takes cash appeared first on CryptoSlate.

The Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has called for the creation of a national blockchain network to foster a deeper integration of the country’s real and digital economies. The proposal follows earlier programs to develop blockchain applications for various purposes. China Pushes for Creation of National Blockchain Network as Part of New […]

Will Tron lead legacy blockchains in the quantum-resistance race?

“The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it’s the illusion of knowledge,” Stephen Hawking warned, echoing a line often attributed to historian Daniel Boorstin. Psychologists Leonid Rozenblit and Frank Keil showed in a 2002 Yale study that people routinely overrate how well they understand everyday mechanisms, and Keil later found in 2015 that internet […]

Solana cut slot time to 200 ms, triggering market excitement.

SpaceX could eventually be worth far more than today’s global economy, Elon Musk argues, extending his vision of industries beyond Earth. Michael Saylor responded with a Bitcoin symbol, connecting his bullish reaction to the cryptocurrency. Musk Puts SpaceX’s Potential Beyond the Global Economy SpaceX could reach a valuation far beyond today’s global economy, CEO and […]

Bitcoin’s latest correction has brought a $74,500 historical reference into focus, a new analysis suggests. The comparison examines setbacks during broader advances as the contributor outlines two buying levels if selling continues. How the $74,500 Calculation Works The latest pullback has brought a $74,500 downside reference into focus, according to an analysis published by Cryptoquant […]

Will Bitcoin price pullback stop at $82K or $75K?

A mega crypto bull run could emerge despite artificial intelligence (AI) encryption fears, Arthur Hayes argues. He expects renewed money printing to lift digital assets, comparing today’s anxiety with obstacles that surrounded earlier market cycles. Hayes Sees Bull-Run Potential Beyond AI Fears AI encryption fears are the latest “wall of worry” crypto must climb at […]

Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse’s XRP conviction combines a personal investment with a business strategy centered on financial applications. His continued XRP support emphasizes utility, institutional participation, and long-term prospects as treasury products and independent ecosystem activity expand. Recent Statements Reinforce Garlinghouse’s XRP Conviction XRP’s role in payments and corporate treasuries has developed alongside repeated expressions […]

IMX's price action is in an interesting position right now.

Despite the decline in stress and the overall bullish swing structure, a short-term cautious outlook is warranted.

Bitcoin could grow into a $30 trillion asset by following gold’s expansion, Bitwise’s investment chief suggests. He points to expanding institutional access while warning that investor behavior could determine who benefits from long-term gains. Gold’s Rise Offers a $30 Trillion Bitcoin Comparison Bitcoin could follow gold into a much larger market as institutional ownership expands, […]

Is Bitcoin ETF losing steam to other altcoin ETFs stealing the spotlight?

This week’s stories spanned corporate adoption, government crypto flows, security risks and macro concerns. Robinhood added $25 million in bitcoin to its balance sheet, while U.S. government-linked wallets moved nearly $1.9 billion in crypto. Justin Drake warned AI breakthroughs could threaten widely used cryptography, a survey found wealthy investors increasingly favor crypto for long-term returns, […]

XRP ETF divergence deepens as evernorth and xrpl add to the bull case.

One year after more than $19 billion in leveraged crypto bets were wiped out in a single night, bitcoin sits about 34% below the record it set four days before the crash. The Night That Broke the Market On Oct. 10, 2025, President Trump announced a 100% tariff on Chinese imports and what followed was […]

Ledger confirmed Saturday, Oct. 10, 2026, that a hardware wallet belonging to one affected customer contained an unauthorized implant, lending credibility to suspicions of a supply chain attack involving Southeast Asian reseller CryptoBilis. The discovery follows reports of cryptocurrency losses approaching $93.4 million across hundreds of addresses. Ledger Confirms Physical Tampering as Crypto Wallet Investigation […]

Midnight announced that NIGHT will start trading on OKCoin Japan from the 13th of October, 2026.

Existing installations must explicitly select Tor at their next setup or update, even though existing Tor data is preserved. The post BTCPay Docker users must opt into Tor at their next update to keep onion access appeared first on CryptoSlate.

Three bets totaling about $173 were placed before news outlets reported Zacharia's pick and are expected to pay out roughly $9,600 combined.

A fixed historical replay found weaker fraud coverage across three model upgrades, while GPT’s precision improved. The post Newer AI models missed more payment fraud in Coinbase’s benchmark appeared first on CryptoSlate.

Optimism’s Open Interest, positive Funding Rate, and whale activity point to a potential continuation of its bullish rebound.

A proposed rule would expressly fold event contracts tied to sports, politics, culture and weather into the “swap” definition, while an interim rule excludes casino-style gambling—sharpening the agency’s claim to exclusive jurisdiction.

Can Ethereum' stablecoin growth help Ethereum reverse the recent losses that it incurred?

Bitcoin's next recovery could vindicate your investment thesis but leave your leveraged fund deep in the red, because the fund's daily reset can make waiting a pretty expensive habit. Getting Bitcoin right and actually making money on Bitcoin are becoming two different skills, especially now that Wall Street is preparing products for people who don't […] The post Being right about Bitcoin won’t save your 3x leveraged ETF position appeared first on CryptoSlate.

The Bermuda-based insurer, which runs entirely on Bitcoin, drew the funding from existing backers led by Bain Capital Crypto after a record year driven by demand from wealthy families in Asia, Europe and the Middle East.

2023's USDT dominance pattern suggested another altcoin rally could be possible.

An event-contract proposal and separate casino-wager rule sharpen the federal classification boundary while leaving state-law access disputes unresolved. The post CFTC proposes a divide between prediction contracts and sportsbook wagers appeared first on CryptoSlate.

Spot bitcoin, solana, and ether ETFs all logged weekly outflows following last week's trading, a notable shift for some of the funds.

Physicists at George Washington University say a formula can estimate when an AI chatbot will flip from good answers to bad ones, and early tests on small models back it up.

Luxor’s paired forwards can fix gross BTC receipts, while mining delivery, counterparty performance and financing terms still determine repayment. The post Luxor’s reported 6–13% annualized Bitcoin yield depends on mining delivery appeared first on CryptoSlate.

Polkadot surges significantly after a 54% reduction in annual token issuance and a native stablecoin launch as increasing open interests and longs dominances points to a continuation rally.

The October 2 court order required a written board demand in this action, without deciding whether directors committed misconduct. The post Coinbase’s Texas move gets a shareholder suit dismissed over Delaware-era claims appeared first on CryptoSlate.

Ethereum longs are rising sharply, but is a hidden catalyst driving bullish positioning?

A National Assembly committee adopted amendments taxing stablecoin swaps and crypto exits by wealthy holders, then rejected the 2027 budget's revenue section.

Traders have been keeping busy lately thanks to UNI's price action.

Bitcoin traded near $82,900 in PerpFinder’s Oct. 10, 09:36 UTC snapshot, with traders watching whether the weekend rebound brings fresh leverage or further position unwinding. The same snapshot put Binance BTC futures open interest at $7.70 billion and showed longs receiving funding, indicating negative funding. Saturday’s Deribit expiry has already settled at 08:00 UTC; Sunday’s […] The post Bitcoin’s weekend rebound faces an $80,400 test after nearly $730 million in ETF outflows appeared first on CryptoSlate.

Need to know what happened in crypto today? Here is the latest news on daily trends and events impacting Bitcoin price, blockchain, DeFi, Web3 and crypto regulation.

North Korean hackers stole around $1.5 billion from Bybit in February 2025. While the hack itself has been widely covered and analyzed, few have focused on what happened afterward and what became of the stolen funds. To move all that money, hackers needed to rely on an entire network of people willing to handle stolen […] The post Stealing $1.5B in crypto is easy, cashing out is the trap appeared first on CryptoSlate.

“We’re ready to bring quantum resistance to mainnet at any time,” Sun said in a post on X.

There are global concerns following incidents at OpenAI ‌and Anthropic, and fears have arisen that rogue AI agents may venture beyond human control.

The round follows increased international demand for Meanwhile’s Bitcoin life insurance policies amid broader macro instability.

The Fed can stop raising rates before inflation reaches 2% if officials believe the economy's already heading there without another increase. September's meeting left most unconvinced, with strong spending and persistent price increases outweighing the strain expensive borrowing was putting on parts of the economy. The minutes released Oct. 7 explain the thinking behind that […] The post Inflation target of 2% may not stop the next Fed rate freeze appeared first on CryptoSlate.

The Treasury Department has announced several digital asset seizures related to sanctions on Iran as part of US sanctions.

The agreement resolves a 2023 civil fraud lawsuit against the Celsius founder and permanently bars him from the cryptocurrency, securities and commodities industries.

Executives are war-gaming the political fallout of a major AI-driven cyberattack and preparing to brief Congress fast if and when necessary.

Chad Barraford, technical co-founder of the network, said that the funds were frozen and then unfrozen without explanation.

Former FTX COO Constance Wang says Netflix's "The Altruists" misrepresents FTX's collapse and turns it into a love story.

Sen. Richard Blumenthal wants Cantor Fitzgerald to open its records on Tether and on how much Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick's family has earned from its business deal.

The crypto platform filed for designated contract market and futures commission merchant licenses, which would let it run its own regulated event-contract venue instead of relying on overseas partners.

Bitcoin bounced after dipping to around $80,000. Traders are placing increasingly high odds BTC slips further before October is over.

The technical trial showed how AI agents could discover services and make micropayments using HSBC’s tokenized deposits, with real-time settlement and risk checks.

Hardware wallet maker Ledger probes losses tied to reseller CryptoBilis, as researchers separately estimate more than $72 million to $86 million in suspected crypto thefts.

Starknet is "actively considering" becoming its own blockchain, a move it says would make it the first fully quantum-resistant network by 2027.

The crypto company has reportedly applied for two licenses with the US commodities regulatory as the courts weigh prediction markets cases.

The DWF Labs-linked firms allege in London’s High Court that BitGo sold discounted Falcon Finance and ESPORTS tokens roughly two months before their lock-up expired, cratering the value of their remaining holdings.

Mashinsky owes New York $25 million if he fails to forfeit another $10 million, and $10 million more if he doesn't serve his full sentence.

Blockchain.com has applied for DCM and FCM licenses to offer ahead of a planned $500 million IPO.

Wealthy investors are embracing crypto faster than their advisers, while OKX attracts new funding and Strategy shifts more capital toward preferred stock buybacks.

Ledger asked reseller CryptoBilis to pause sales and urged recent buyers not to set up their devices, as an onchain investigator tracked more than $86 million in suspected thefts.

Bitcoin and crypto markets eyed a recovery from Thursday’s drop despite concerns of another hardware wallet exploit.

Ledger said it is investigating reports of fund losses from users in Southeast Asia who bought its products from reseller CryptoBilis.

Bessent’s latest crypto seizure plan follows months of sanctions and freezes targeting Iranian assets.

NY AG Letitia James secured up to $35M from ex-Celsius CEO Alex Mashinsky and a permanent ban from the securities and crypto industries.

Dragonfly’s Qureshi argued that asset migration is not a real solution in case of AI models breaking cryptographic signatures, and urged blockchains to adopt proactive measures.

French authorities recorded 90 crypto-related cases involving kidnapping, extortion, threats and violent theft in seven months. What makes France such a hotspot?

Experts highlight several support levels, from $83,000 down to $72,000, that Bitcoin may need to test in a bearish start to Uptober.

Coinbase launched tokenized stocks on Base six weeks ago, with about $70 million to $100 million in daily volume, according to Pollak.

The package hits five crypto and payment platforms, two of which handled transactions with Russia’s A7 network, the UK government said.

Is this the beginning of a bigger selloff with the anniversary of 10/10 looming? Or just a leverage flush before the next leg up?

ESMA is seeking industry feedback on the legal, liquidity and operational risks of tokenized collateral before deciding whether additional EU regulatory measures are necessary.

Thailand's SEC has limited initial crypto ETFs to bitcoin and ether, with new custody, exposure, and trading rules taking effect Oct. 16.

The UK sanctioned crypto exchanges and payment processors, some of which were tied to thousands of Russian entities and the sanctioned HTX exchange.

Meanwhile raised $37.5M from existing investors, bringing the Sam Altman-backed bitcoin life insurer's total funding above $180 million.

France’s Finance Committee backed taxes on stablecoin swaps, as well as unrealized crypto gains when households with more than 800,000 euros move abroad.

Raheim Hamilton forfeited some 1,230 BTC. His co-creator Thomas Pavey, who agreed to forfeit 1,584 BTC, is due to be sentenced this month.

Bitcoin dipped below $81,000, sparking mass crypto liquidations as traders sent BTC to exchanges at a loss.

Ajay Shinjin helped steal nearly $265,000 in crypto after criminals hijacked BT customers' phone numbers in November 2021.

Bitcoin ETFs lost $244 million on Thursday, while Ether funds extended their outflow streak to eight sessions, shedding $641 million.

Anthropic’s new opt-in service promises vulnerability reports from its strongest AI models, including Claude Mythos.

The White House outlined a $215 million quantum computing competition and $2.4 billion in AI industry commitments as concerns grow over quantum threats to cryptocurrency security.

The rules are set to take effect next week, allowing crypto ETFs to trade exclusively on the Stock Exchange of Thailand.

Sui and Alibaba Cloud are working on an integration that would let AI agents pay for cloud services per request using stablecoins within budgets set by their owners. The collaboration was unveiled at Sui Basecamp and remains under development, with no public launch date yet.

The letter follows a report by the Democratic investigators last month alleging Tether’s USDT has become a key tool for Iran’s shadow banking network.

Moscow Exchange plans to begin offering cryptocurrency trading from December 1 and says testing with professional market participants is already underway. Under Russia's new framework, unqualified investors are expected to face limits on which assets they can buy and how much they can invest.

NextBlock has invested $3 million in Soda Labs, funding the company's entire seed round. Soda is building privacy infrastructure based on garbled circuits and multiparty computation so financial applications can process confidential data while remaining connected to public blockchains.

Despite ongoing bans, China has seen a big surge in peer-to-peer stablecoin use. New figures show South Korea’s $450B crypto economy is the largest in East Asia.

The XRP Ledger's BatchV1_1 amendment remains in its activation window and is expected to enable around October 9 if validator support stays above the required threshold. The upgrade allows multiple transactions to be bundled into an atomic group, replacing an earlier Batch version that was halted after a critical bug was found.

Manus built a self-driving AI assistant before the hype, sold itself to Meta, then watched Beijing unwind the deal. Its first fresh money since: more than $500 million.

Google Cloud unveiled a single Gemini agent that takes goals instead of questions, works in the background for days, and can join a company as a staffer with its own inbox and calendar.

Binance has launched a P2P merchant referral campaign across around 20 African markets. Referrers and qualifying new merchants can each earn 50 USDT if the new merchant completes the required number of trades and reaches at least 10,000 USDT of volume within 30 days.

Ethereum's Sepolia test network activated Glamsterdam on October 6 with a block gas limit near 200 million, over three times mainnet's 60 million.

Hyperscale Data says Ault Markets is now providing invite-only access to a decentralized exchange running in beta on the Ault Blockchain. The publicly listed company plans to expand the platform with additional assets, including tokenized precious metals.

Securitize’s new offering gives eligible investors access to tokenized shares of 12 US companies, with dividend and voting rights and plans for round-the-clock trading.

The NFL urged the Supreme Court to resolve a circuit split over whether states can regulate sports contracts on prediction markets, arguing they're gambling, not federally regulated swaps.

According to the league, Kalshi and other prediction markets “threaten game integrity” because many event contracts are “highly susceptible to manipulation.”

October 8 marks the cutoff for production-style staging traffic on The Graph's centralized Subgraph Studio endpoints for Polygon and BNB Chain. Developers are being pushed onto The Graph Network, where independent indexers serve queries and earn the associated fees.

JPMorgan analysts estimate around $50 billion has flowed into digital assets this year, equal to an annualized pace of $66 billion.

A batch of 100.02 BTC mined in July 2010 moved Wednesday after 16 years. It's worth about $8.3 million, but nothing in the transaction shows who owns it.

Sam Bankman-Fried remains in federal prison following his 2023 conviction, while Caroline Ellison was released in January.

Solana DEX Orca and lending platform Loopscale will operate as Formation, a New York company aiming to finance AI, energy, robotics and defense assets and eventually reach regulated U.S. markets.

Binance has launched a Meteora spot trading competition running through October 15, with 400 BNB in token vouchers allocated to the main prize pool. Eligible users must register and trade at least $500 worth of MET pairs to qualify.

Investors yanked $484.9 million out of spot Bitcoin ETFs in a single day. Oil is near $100, bond yields are at their highest since 2002, and the Fed isn't done hiking.

The NFL filed an amicus brief urging the Supreme Court to hear New Jersey's case, arguing Kalshi's sports contracts are gambling, not CFTC-regulated swaps.

TD Cowen kept its $260 price target on Strategy (MSTR) as dilution limits the benefit of higher bitcoin forecasts.

Section 1: The Block’s Global Crypto Competitiveness Index Crypto markets have historically been measured on their trading volume, ownership, or adoption. While these metrics remain important, they speak to demand-side factors rather than the environment in which crypto companies and capital can operate. A country can have large trading volume while having a restrictive domestic […]

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin thinks the crypto industry needs to make sure encryption is both quantum and AI-resistant.

A government wallet holding Bitcoin seized from the Bitfinex hacker sent 12,267 BTC to a new, unlabeled address, according to Arkham data.

Alongside its recent spot NEAR ETF launch, Bitwise is prioritizing AI and intends to do more in that area.

The global financial institution found tokenized equity markets less liquid and more volatile than traditional markets, despite growing demand for 24/7 trading.

Day traders are selling, leveraged longs are getting flushed and ETF money is heading for the door. The daily chart still holds the line, but its cushion is shrinking.

Bitcoin dipped below $81,000 and oil prices gained after reports that military confrontation between the US and Iran could return.

One self-custodial platform to power Earn, Swaps, Predictions and Perps on Decrypt, as it builds out its financial and intelligence market.

The new Securitize Stocks product launches with 12 names backed one-to-one by real shares—preserving dividends and voting rights—trading first on Solana, with NYSE and OKX-ICE venues planned.

Bitcoin traded near $82,000 on Thursday, with analysts at QCP expecting a fourth-quarter range of $80,000 to $90,000.

Securitize launches tokenized US stocks on Solana, backed 1:1 by real shares with dividends and USDC settlement.

Minecraft in Elden Ring, Skate in Call of Duty, and Spider-Man in Gotham. AI vibe coders are creating crazy video game mashup mods.

Justin Drake is calling for crypto holders to start calmly planning for “Bunker Mode." But reactions so far haven’t been too calm.

Jonathan Spalletta also spent stolen crypto on a Roman coin marking Julius Caesar's assassination and moon-flown Wright brothers fabric.

Sony plans to cease physical disc production in 2028. A former PlayStation exec claims it has caused reputational damage.

A draft bill would exempt the first €500 of annual gains, as crypto tax rates across Europe run from Cyprus's 8% to Italy's 33%.

Crypto players disagree over Justin Drake’s AI cryptography warning, with some dismissing it while others urge proactive preparation.

Users can send USDC across borders from late October, three months after Samsung teased stablecoin support without naming a blockchain.

The bank said the service would extend its existing crypto custody footprint in the UAE, Luxembourg, and Hong Kong.

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin warned that the crypto industry should take risks to cryptography from AI-accelerated math seriously.

OpenAI posted 722 AI-written math manuscripts from an unreleased model, saying most came from a single prompt. Some mathematicians call the claims unverified.

Ethereum Foundation researcher Justin Drake urged holders to calmly move funds to unused addresses, warning that AI-driven math could break crypto signatures before quantum computers do.

Claude Haiku 5.5 costs about 75% less to run than its predecessor and targets high-volume jobs like summaries and live customer support. It arrives 15 days after Opus 5.5.