Ledger probes suspected theft of $87M in user funds tied to wallet reseller CryptoBilis
Ledger asked the reseller to pause sales and warned recent buyers not to set up their devices while an onchain investigator tracked the funds.
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New York AG secures up to $35M and industry ban from ex-Celsius CEO Alex Mashinsky
Mashinsky owes New York $25 million if he fails to forfeit another $10 million, plus $10 million more if he does not serve his full sentence.
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Bitcoin ETFs post worst daily outflow since June as Uptober turns red
Investors pulled $484.9 million from spot Bitcoin ETFs in a single day amid rising oil prices, high bond yields and a hawkish Fed.
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Ethereum L2 Starknet jumps 20% after saying it is considering becoming its own L1
Starknet said the move would make it the first fully quantum-resistant network by 2027, and a STRK token unlock is scheduled for October 15.
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US government moves $1B in Bitcoin seized from the Bitfinex hacker to a new address
A government wallet sent 12,267 BTC to an unlabeled address, according to Arkham data.
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Bitcoin rebounds after dipping to $80K, but traders price in more downside
Traders are placing increasingly high odds BTC slips further before October ends, with support levels cited from $83,000 down to $72,000.
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Securitize brings Nvidia, Apple and Amazon onchain with tokenized stocks on Solana
The Securitize Stocks product launches with 12 names backed one-to-one by real shares, preserving dividends and voting rights, with NYSE and OKX-ICE venues plan
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UK sanctions package targets crypto platforms Cryptomus and TokenSpot over Russia links
The package hits five crypto and payment platforms, two of which handled transactions with Russia's A7 network, the UK government said.
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Senate Democrat presses Cantor Fitzgerald on Tether ties and Lutnick family profits
Sen. Richard Blumenthal wants the firm to open records on Tether and on earnings by Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick's family from the deal.
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Ethereum Sepolia testnet activates Glamsterdam, raising block gas limit over 3x mainnet
The test network set a block gas limit near 200 million, more than three times mainnet's 60 million.
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Samsung Wallet adds Solana-based USDC payments for 82M US Galaxy devices
The integration brings stablecoin payments to a large installed base of US phones.
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Pump.fun earned $18.6M in a market where 81% of memecoins crashed 90%
The launchpad's revenue held up even as the memecoin market slumped and PUMP traded volatile.
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DWF Labs subsidiaries sue BitGo for $141M over early Falcon Finance and ESPORTS token sales
The firms allege in London's High Court that BitGo sold discounted tokens about two months before lock-ups expired, cratering remaining holdings.
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Vitalik Buterin says crypto must make encryption quantum and AI-resistant in 'bunker mode' shift
The Ethereum co-founder argued the industry needs hardening as AI capabilities advance.
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Orca and Loopscale merge under new Formation brand targeting AI, energy and defense assets
The New York company will combine a Solana DEX and lending platform, aiming for regulated US markets.
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Blockchain.com files for CFTC licenses to run US prediction markets and crypto derivatives
The platform applied for designated contract market and futures commission merchant licenses to run its own regulated event-contract venue.
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NEAR Protocol gets its first US spot ETP
The listing is the first US spot exchange-traded product tied to NEAR.
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NFL backs states against Kalshi in Supreme Court prediction market fight
The NFL urged the court to resolve a circuit split over whether states can regulate sports contracts on prediction markets, arguing they are gambling, not swaps
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