Bitcoin holds above $81K as ETF outflows weigh on sentiment, October down nearly 4%
Spot BTC ETFs continue bleeding capital with October outflows near $535M, pressuring sentiment as the Fed's Warsh avoids rate-hike hints.
Yahoo Finance · +10 outlets
Strategy (MSTR) faces index removal under finalized MSCI rules on bitcoin treasury holdings
MSCI's finalized standards could exclude bitcoin-heavy treasury companies from major indices, threatening passive inflows into Strategy and peers.
Decrypt · +14 outlets
Turkey confirms Hex founder Richard Heart's arrest, seizes $7.15M and six cold wallets
Turkish police seized cash, crypto wallets, firearms and ammunition across 15 addresses in the HEX founder's case.
Theblock · +1 outlets
CoreWeave, Broadcom, Verizon among nine firms objecting to tokenized share trading on OKX
Companies told the WSJ they are unsure how tokenization of their equities affects stock price, liquidity and volatility.
Theblock · +13 outlets
Satoshi-era bitcoin faces bigger quantum threat after Google's Willow chip breakthrough
Google's Willow chip cuts quantum error rates roughly 40x, reducing a hardware bottleneck behind future attempts to crack exposed wallets.
Coindesk · +12 outlets
Visa and Mastercard adopt USDC payouts across 200 countries
Visa's Inyo rollout and Mastercard's BVNK platform give businesses stablecoin funding routes, subject to eligibility and rollout limits.
Cryptoslate · +14 outlets
Goldman, Wells Fargo, Morgan Stanley see tokenization as growth play, not threat
Wall Street's largest banks are eyeing new trading, faster payments and advisory roles as tokenization takes root.
Coindesk · +2 outlets
Polygon Labs completes Coinme acquisition to challenge Visa and Stripe in payments
CEO Marc Boiron said the deal lets Polygon control customer relationships and capture revenue previously going to payment intermediaries.
Coindesk · +2 outlets
Judge rejects Gemini and CFTC bid to overturn $5M settlement in bitcoin futures case
The court declined to unwind the settlement despite the CFTC's change of position, keeping the penalty in place.
Yahoo Finance · +14 outlets
Circle plans push into 40 emerging markets as stablecoins go mainstream, CEO says
Circle is targeting emerging-market expansion as USDC adoption accelerates globally.
Decrypt · +5 outlets
Circle details USDC revenue split: $819M went to partners and costs in H1 2026
Of about $1.4 billion in H1 2026 USDC revenue, Circle said $473 million was reinvested, highlighting the economics of distribution deals.
Theblock · +7 outlets
Ethereum sets October 26 for Hoodi's 200 million gas scaling test
Hoodi's Glamsterdam test targets 200 million gas while the mainnet activation date remains undecided.
Cryptoslate · +6 outlets
Coinbase to power stablecoin-backed cards for Marqeta customers
The expanded partnership builds on Marqeta's work powering Coinbase's US debit card offering since 2020.
Theblock · +14 outlets
Bitcoin treasury firms could lose index privileges as MSCI overhauls standards
Sector-wide read on how index eligibility changes could hit bitcoin-holding public companies beyond Strategy.
Yahoo Finance · +1 outlets
Binance Pool shuts November 10, with record access ending two weeks later
Mining stops at 07:00 UTC, with final payments subject to eligibility and historical pages closing two weeks later.
Cryptoslate · +11 outlets
Crypto Super PAC Fairshake pours millions more into defeating Sherrod Brown
The industry-funded PAC escalates spending against the Ohio senator, a longtime crypto critic.
Decrypt · +14 outlets
US spot bitcoin ETFs add just $5.06M on Oct. 15 as October outflows near $535M
IBIT was the only fund buying as most spot bitcoin ETFs saw net redemptions in October.
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Eclair patches browser attack that could send commands to a Lightning node
The Oct. 15 release blocks a cached-authentication route to Eclair's API and requires backend additions for browser interfaces.
Cryptoslate · +1 outlets