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Solana Price Dips Under $100 as SOL Whale Is Quietly Dumping $49M – Bitcoin News
Key TakeawaysThree wallets, likely one whale, moved 482,228 SOL since Oct. 23, with 171,430 SOL sent to exchanges.SOL trades near...
Blackrock Joins Ripple Ally SBI in a Yen Stablecoin Bet on Japan
Key TakeawaysBlackrock, SBI and Startale signed an MOU on Oct. 26 to link tokenized money funds with the JPYSC stablecoin.JPYSC...
A Fishing Boat Vanished on New Year’s Day 2019. Divers Say They Found It Just 50 Feet From a Wind Turbine
Key TakeawaysThe F/V Mistress sank near the Block Island Wind Farm on January 1, 2019, killing Captain Oscar Diaz and deckhand John...
This Week in Crypto Law (October 25, 2026)
The opinion editorial below was written by Michael Handelsman for Kelman.Law. This Week in Crypto Law This week, regulators and...
US Treasury Bitcoin Buy Odds Hit 21% on Kalshi but Few Are Betting
Key TakeawaysKalshi priced a U.S. Treasury bitcoin purchase before Jan. 1, 2028 at 21%, versus 2% for 2026.Only about 1,600...
Thai Platform Unveils Crypto-to-QR Payment App for Foreign Travelers
Key TakeawaysThailand launched a digital wallet to let foreign visitors spend USDT and USDC via Thai QR Promptpay.Waanx and Wipay...
Ripple Wins Final US Bank Charter: CEO Calls It ‘Big News’ Ahead of Swell
Key TakeawaysThe bank will administer reserves for the benefit of RLUSD holders.Standard Custody remains the stablecoin’s New...
Spacex Secures $40B as Musk Predicts Most Neoclouds Will Fail – Bitcoin News
Key TakeawaysThe equipment lease is expected to close before year-end, subject to conditions.An Apollo-managed entity would...
Bitcoin Bottom May Be Near as 30,000 Wallets Disappear: Santiment
Key TakeawaysNonempty bitcoin wallets fell roughly 30K to about 59.95 million.Continued wallet declines alongside price strength...
Binance Founder CZ Backs BNB Chain’s New High-Speed Layer 1 Network
Key TakeawaysBNB Chain is building a second EVM L1 with 200ms blocks, using BNB for gas, staking, and governance.The new chain...
France Goes Against the ECB on Stablecoin Rewards in MiCA Review
Key TakeawaysFour French financial authorities want the EU to allow third-party stablecoin rewards under certain conditions.The...
Polymarket Whales Lose Millions in a Day of Premier League Upsets
Key TakeawaysPolymarket user joseph00677 lost $1.62 million on Chelsea, which fell 2-0 at home to Tottenham Hotspur on Oct....
Kraken Parent Payward Eyes First CFTC-Regulated Hyperliquid Futures Market
Key TakeawaysPayward plans the first CFTC-regulated HIP-3* deployment on Hyperliquid for eligible U.S. clients.Hyperliquid’s HIP-3*...
Indian Exchange CoinDCX Admits $16M Hit After CEO Dismissed Suspicious Transfers
Key TakeawaysCoinDCX confirmed a 15.99 million USDT loss on Oct. 25, days after its CEO dismissed suspicious activity.ZachXBT and...
Solana Trading Bot Hacked for Nearly $1M, 49 Wallets Drained
Key TakeawaysBloom Trading confirmed that an Oct. 26 exploit drained 9,408 SOL worth approximately $947,000.Bloom identified a...
‘Betting Won’t Come Back’: Lula’s Upset Win Keeps Brazil’s Ban On
Key TakeawaysBrazil’s 85 betting licenses lapsed Oct. 25 under the ban, with no refund of the R$2.55 billion they cost.Lula won...
Bitcoin Falls 7.3%, Gold 7.5% as Both Rank Last Among Major Assets in 2026
Key TakeawaysBitcoin and gold are 2026’s worst major assets, down 7.3% and 7.5%, respectively.Charlie Bilello says both finishing a...
Ether Giant Bitmine Bets Big on Itself With $400M in Share Repurchases – Bitcoin News
Key TakeawaysDigital asset treasury (DAT) company Bitmine controls 6.05 million ETH, representing 4.95% of ether’s circulating...
Strategy Skips Bitcoin Buy, Spends $205M Repurchasing STRC Instead
Key TakeawaysStrategy paused bitcoin purchases last week, keeping its holdings unchanged at 848,517 BTC.The company repurchased...
Wall Street’s $150K Bitcoin Calls for 2026 Are Subtly Falling Apart
Key TakeawaysCiti cut its 12-month bitcoin target twice in 2026, from $143,000 to $112,000 and then $82,000.Bitcoin needs an 87%...
Blackrock Drives $305M Bitcoin ETF Comeback With $676M Inflow
Key TakeawaysBitcoin ETFs drew $304.73M last week, reversing the prior week’s $229M outflow.Ether lost $220.60M for a fourth...
Hardware Wallet Maker Foundation Faces Customer Data Breach
Key TakeawaysFoundation says compromised Cloudflare API keys enabled phishing emails impersonating the company.Foundation says it...
Sony-Backed Soneium Teams With K-Pop and Anime Creators to Tokenize IP
Key TakeawaysOn Oct. 26, Soneium unveiled plans for native token SONEIUM to shift from infrastructure to an IP economy.The model...
Playboi Carti’s X Account Pushed a Meme Coin That Rugged Within Hours
Key TakeawaysPlayboi Carti’s X bio began tagging Pump.fun on Oct. 25, a profile with 3.6 million followers.The main CARTI token on...
Cardano slides near $0.20 as bearish derivatives weigh on ADA
Key takeaways Cardano trades near $0.201 on Monday, extending its decline after three consecutive losing weeks. Funding has turned...
A 10.8-Billion-Year-Old Radio Burst Is Pointing to a Surprising Home
Key TakeawaysSouth Africa’s MeerKAT array detected FRB 20240304B in March 2024. Its signal traveled 10.8 billion years, making it...
Stablecoin Market Sheds $12.7B as Crypto’s Dry Powder Runs Thin
Key TakeawaysDefillama data shows stablecoin capitalization fell $12.73 billion since May 22.USDC shed $4.69 billion in 30 days,...
US Launches $5M Pacific Program to Hunt Illicit Crypto Funds
Key TakeawaysThe U.S. committed $44M to help Pacific nations combat organized crime and secure the maritime domain.A $5M PACIFIC...
From Stripe to Bitcoin: Card Fraud Case Ends in Prison Sentence
Key TakeawaysWadsworth received 51 months in prison and owes $810,965.19 in restitution.Unauthorized Stripe payments initially...
Ripple’s Swell Kicks Off This Week With 100+ Speakers, XRP Community – Bitcoin News
Key TakeawaysSwell runs Oct. 27-29 at The Shed in Manhattan.More than 1,500 attendees are expected across three stages.Over 100...
Tax Preparer Accused of Claiming Losses on Crypto Never Owned
Key TakeawaysYuridia Trujillo faces 19 counts involving false income tax returns.Alleged crypto losses involved assets taxpayers...
California Opposes SEC Crypto Plan Over Investor Protection Risks
Key TakeawaysDFPI opposed the SEC proposal in a comment letter to the agency.Proposed exemptions would permit qualifying raises up...
Bank of Israel Rejects Netanyahu’s Crypto Sanction-Evasion Plan
Key TakeawaysPM Netanyahu proposed using cryptocurrency to bypass potential international economic sanctions.The Bank of Israel...
JPMorgan and Wall Street Giants Block AI Agents Over Security Fears
Key TakeawaysReports say JPMorgan, Citi and other major banks are restricting unauthorized AI agents from accessing customer...
Bitcoin’s 7-Day Hashrate Returns to 1 ZH/s After Nearly 8 Months
Key TakeawaysBitcoin’s seven-day average hashrate reclaimed 1 ZH/s for the first time since March 3.More efficient mining hardware...
Evernorth Seeks to Register 5.2M Shares as It Plans More XRP Purchases
Key TakeawaysThe registration request covers up to 5,218,935 shares for Cantor’s resale.Potential funding depends on share prices...
Hackers Breach GMO Trading Cloud, Putting 26,739 Servers at Risk
Key TakeawaysGMO Internet identified a cloud security breach potentially affecting 26,739 trading servers.Hackers threatened GMO...
Bitcoin ETFs Lose $138M as Zcash Extends 3-Day Inflow Streak
Key TakeawaysBitcoin ETFs lost $137.94M on Friday after $1B+ of early-week inflows reversed sharply.Ether returned to modest...
Website Dares Hackers to Steal Bitcoin as the Clock Keeps Ticking
Key TakeawaysSteal My Bitcoin’s roughly $2,000 bounty reportedly remained unclaimed after more than 17 hours.One individual...
Peter Schiff Warns Bitcoin Could Hit $75K After BTC Fell Below $80K
Key TakeawaysPeter Schiff warns of further trouble if bitcoin fails to hold $75K.ETF investors face weekend limits on selling their...
Strategy’s MSTR Gains 77% While Four Preferred Stocks Return 23%-39%
Key TakeawaysStretch led the four preferred stocks with a 38.6% return.Performance figures include dividends without assuming...
PHP Flaw Shakes Internet, Bitcoin Flashes Bull Signal, and More
Key TakeawaysBitmine’s additional 159,728 ETH stake brought its treasury staking share to 86.5%.Pancakeswap V3 liquidity can now...
Bitcoin Withstands Headwinds — Week in Review
Bitcoin round-tripped from last Friday to now, pushing up through the week before giving back all its gains on Thursday, when an...
Milei Blasts Argentine Press After Beating Libra Crypto Charges
Key TakeawaysArgentine President Milei demanded compensation for slander after his acquittal in the Libra token fraud case.Milei...
Miner Weekly: Bitcoin Hashrate Shrugs off the AI Unplug, Regaining 1 ZH/s Level
This article first appeared in Miner Weekly, a weekly newsletter by Blocksbridge Consulting curating the latest news in energy,...
Paying Employees and Advisors in Tokens
The opinion editorial below was written by Michael Handelsman for Kelman.Law. A developer is promised 100,000 tokens, vesting over...
Brazil Pushes Mandatory Tokenization to Overhaul Market Tracking
Key TakeawaysBrazil’s CVM is pushing mandatory asset tokenization and AI to overhaul its overwhelmed $2.32T fund market.The...
Heatbit’s New Water Heater Miner Turns Hot Showers Into Bitcoin
Key TakeawaysHeatbit’s $899 Bitwater retrofit converts compatible electric water heaters into bitcoin miners.Bitwater uses 20 ASIC...
US Extradites Chinese National in $36.9M+ Crypto Scam With 174 Victims
Key TakeawaysEight co-conspirators have pleaded guilty in the investment fraud case.More than $36.9 million allegedly passed...
Russia Hits 270,000 Digital Ruble Accounts in Rapid CBDC Launch
Key TakeawaysRussia’s digital ruble hit 270,000 accounts since its September launch, far exceeding expectations.Driven by strong...
Ripple Study Finds Banks Could Unlock $100M Beyond Crypto Custody
Key TakeawaysInstitutional custody holds over 30% of digital assets outside centralized exchanges.Banks increasingly seek signing...
Ripple Legal Chief Raises Alarm Over Losses in New Crypto Offerings – Bitcoin News
Key TakeawaysAlderoty urges clearer project promises before investors buy into new offerings.A survey found half of recent offering...
Electrum Wallet Attack Hid Bitcoin Theft Behind a Fee Increase
Key TakeawaysElectrum 4.8.3 fixes a high-severity flaw that allowed malicious servers to substitute Bitcoin transactions.Electrum...
Ripple Targets High-Value Real Estate Deals With New Crypto Partnership – Bitcoin News
Key TakeawaysThe partnership targets high-value purchases funded with cryptocurrency.Cryptescrow converts buyers’ digital holdings...
Tell Me Lies: Grok, GPT and Claude Voice Modes Guess Bitcoin’s Price
Key TakeawaysChatGPT and Grok voice both finished at $82,000, but their explanations contained important weaknesses.Claude Opus 5.5...
Nasdaq-Listed XRP Firm Evernorth Puts 13-Year-Old Wallet in Spotlight
Key TakeawaysEvernorth and the Fuzzies plan co-branded merchandise for Fuzzycon.The company puts Fuzzy community participation...
Gold Bugs Meet Their Worst Nightmare: A Machine That Prints Gold
Key TakeawaysMarathon Fusion claims it converted mercury into stable gold, beating CERN’s production rate by ten times.Gold closed...
Grayscale Tracks 580% Crypto Winner Targeting AI Computing Revenue
Key TakeawaysGrayscale reports PEARL gained 580% over three months through Oct. 22.DATA aims to turn human-contributed training...
Keystone Wallet Data Breach Exposes Buyers’ Addresses to Scammers
Key TakeawaysKeystone disclosed an Oct. 24 breach exposing customer shipping information and purchase details.Keystone says private...
X 100 Global Loses Millions as Three-Seat Senate Is Hijacked
Key TakeawaysAttackers reportedly seized two of X 100 Global’s three Senate seats through a flash-loan exploit.Blockaid traced...
Bitcoin Price Sinks to $79,146 as Liquidations Rock Weekend Trading
Key TakeawaysBitcoin’s price fell to approximately $79,146 Saturday as leveraged liquidations accelerated the selloff.Peter Schiff...
XRP Wallets Hit Record 8.24 Million as Network Growth Accelerates
Key TakeawaysWallets holding XRP reached a record 8.24 million.Daily growth hit 4,772 new wallets, the fifth-largest spike since...
Chamath Palihapitiya Warns Bitcoin Will Hit Zero After Years of Bullish Calls
Key TakeawaysChamath Palihapitiya predicts an AI attack will eventually send bitcoin’s value to zero.Chamath called earlier bitcoin...
McRib Is Back, and Bitcoin’s Weirdest Bullish Indicator Lives On
Key TakeawaysMcDonald’s McRib returns Oct. 27, reviving bitcoin speculation across major crypto exchanges.Bitcoin posted gains...
BNB Chain Tops Solana, Robinhood as Equity Volume Jumps 11x to $25.6B – Bitcoin News
Key TakeawaysBNB Chain led tokenized equities in Q3 with $25.6B in trading volume and $1.13B in supply.It captured over half of...
Arthur Hayes Dumps $22.28M in ETH, ENA, UNI as Scammers Move In Fast
Key TakeawaysTrackers have identifed $22.28M in Hayes token sales, led by 6,400 ETH worth about $15.2 million.Wintermute sent Hayes...
Bitcoin Price Faces $78K Threat as Sellers Hammer Key Support
Key TakeawaysBitcoin’s price trades near $80,500 as ten moving averages flash bearish signals.Bitcoin’s $80,350 chart support and...
Bitcoin Slides Under $81K as Trump Breaks a Line Bulls Held Since August
Key TakeawaysBitcoin slipped to about $80,698 on Oct. 24, below its 50-day average near $81,784.Coinglass-tracked liquidations hit...
Bitcoin Bettors Push Kalshi and Polymarket to a Record $2.7B Week
Key TakeawaysKalshi and Polymarket crypto contracts hit a record $2.7B in weekly notional volume.About 86% of Kalshi’s $8.17B in...
Whale That Bought 100,000 ETH for $0.31 Each Just Sent $2.4M to Kraken
Key TakeawaysAn Ethereum ICO wallet sent 1,000 ETH to Kraken on Oct. 23, coins that cost $310 in 2014.Blockscout data shows the...
Interpol Africa Sweep Nets 1,462 Arrests, Exposes Crypto Laundering
Key TakeawaysInvestigators disrupted 10,909 malicious networks during the operation.Authorities recovered more than $105 million in...
UAE-Led Coalition Exposes $39 Billion in Crypto Fraud, 960 Arrested – Bitcoin News
Key TakeawaysA UAE-led coalition of 30 nations thwarted over 123 million digital fraud attempts in a 3-month sting.The crackdown...
3 Asian Central Banks Unite to Connect Stablecoins Across Borders
Key TakeawaysMalaysia and Thailand join Singapore as BLOOM’s three policymaker members.Shared frameworks aim to reduce separate...
Grayscale Warns Crypto Token Inflation Can Wipe Out Holder Rewards
Key TakeawaysTrading and lending earnings provide a foundation for crypto app valuations.New token supply can offset buybacks and...
China Targets 2030 to Complete National Blockchain Network
Key TakeawaysChina’s 15th Five-Year Plan aims to build a national blockchain network by 2030 to upgrade infrastructure.The strategy...
Hacker Prints $2.7M in Crypto as Initia Blockchain Grinds to a Halt
Key TakeawaysInitia halted its L1 blockchain and connected rollups Friday after an exploit enabled a projected $2.7 million in...
Senator Probes Tether’s Reported $6M Deal With Firm Tied to Ex-Trump Crypto Advisor
Key TakeawaysSen. Richard Blumenthal is probing Tether’s reported $6.3 million payments to a consulting firm co-owned by former...
‘CLARITY Is About as Good as You Can Get’—Byron Donalds Talks Bitcoin, Prediction Markets and Florida
Key TakeawaysDonalds outlined a Florida bitcoin reserve in his Oct. 17 interview, alongside fractional asset ownership.At odds near...
Ethereum Delays Glamsterdam Testing After 13 Contracts Trigger Concerns
Key TakeawaysEthereum developers canceled Glamsterdam’s Oct. 26 Hoodi activation following security concerns.Swiss blockchain...
Argentine Court Clears President Milei of All Charges in Libra Crypto Case
Key TakeawaysA court acquitted Argentine President Javier Milei of all fraud charges over the Libra meme coin collapse.Judges found...
JPMorgan Brings Tokenized Money Funds to Solana for US Investors – Bitcoin News
Key TakeawaysJ.P. Morgan expanded MONY and JLTXX to Solana for qualified U.S. investors via Morgan Money.Solana now has 19,789...
SEC Targets Tokenization, AI and Quantum Computing in 2027 Examination Priorities
Key TakeawaysThe SEC named tokenized securities as an examination priority, focusing on clearing agencies and market infrastructure...
Netanyahu Orders Blockchain Plan to Help Israel Evade Potential Sanctions
Key TakeawaysIsrael’s prime minister has directed officials to explore cryptocurrencies and blockchain technology to circumvent...
HSBC Launches First Stablecoin, Bringing Hong Kong Dollar Payments to 3.3M Users
Key TakeawaysHSBC launched RedCoin (RCHKD), a regulated Hong Kong dollar-backed stablecoin, through its PayMe platform, reaching...
Bitcoin Price Stuck Near $81K as Oil Surge Rattles Global Markets
Key TakeawaysBitcoin held flat near $81,500 Friday, leaving its 30-day market capitalization down 3% at $1.64 trillion.Long...
New York Seeks $1.37B From Novatech Founders in Crypto Fraud Case
Key TakeawaysNew York seeks $1.37B from NovaTech founders after a default judgment in the crypto fraud case.Investors sent $1.16B,...
Pentagon Bans Military Insider Trading on Polymarket, Kalshi After $400K Betting Scandal
Key TakeawaysPentagon personnel are prohibited from using classified or unclassified nonpublic information to trade on Polymarket,...
Bitcoin Core Changes Security Policy as AI Makes Vulnerabilities Easier to Find
Key TakeawaysBitcoin Core is updating its security policy as AI tools make software vulnerabilities easier and faster to...
Trader Kimchi Goes From Pump.fun Star to Rug Pull Suspect in 48 Hours
Key TakeawaysA Project Kimchi token hit a market cap top close to $15 million on Pump.fun yesterday before crashing over...
An Ethereum OG Who Bought at $18 Just Cashed out $7.23 Million
Key TakeawaysA wallet holding 3,000 ETH bought at $18.83 sent it all to Kraken on Oct. 22, for a 128x gain.Analysts link it to a...
























































































