Pump.fun taps trader Kimchi for creative role as a young wallet mints his coin and routes all fees to one address
Pump.fun's celebrity push comes as on-chain analysts flag that a wallet three hours old minted the Kimchi coin and sent creator fees to a single address, drawin
The Crypto Times · +4 outlets
UK seizes $24M crypto laundering network: Italy busts 'Ndrangheta 'secret bank' run out of a car rental firm
Italian police say the Milan-area front moved mafia money abroad and into crypto, one of the larger European enforcement actions tied to organized crime this ye
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Bitcoin reclaims $83K-$84.5K as Zcash and XRP lead a broad crypto rebound
Bitcoin hit a weekly high and ETF flows turned positive again, reviving talk of an 'Uptober' after October's earlier slide.
Decrypt · +3 outlets
Yuga Labs launches Mudwater trading-card NFTs on Solana
The Bored Ape creator is expanding beyond Ethereum for the first time with a collectible card product on Solana.
The Defiant · +14 outlets
Doodles' DOOD token surges 212% to a $38M market cap
The sharp move in a low-float NFT project token highlights how thin liquidity still drives outsized swings in celebrity-branded crypto assets.
The Defiant · +2 outlets
Dogecoin gets a dedicated company backed by the Dogecoin Foundation to build out its ecosystem
Led by MyDoge's Jordan Jefferson, the new entity consolidates the MyDoge wallet, DogeOS and Such App into a single ecosystem push for DOGE.
Decrypt · +11 outlets
OpenSea opens its mobile app to all users and pays referrers 25% of fees
OpenSea is betting a social feed and referral payouts can defend its position as NFT trading volume remains far below 2021-22 peaks.
The Defiant · +4 outlets
NFT marketplace Blur announces frontend shutdown and Blend lending changes, sets Nov. 12 deadline
The wind-down of Blur's frontend marks a symbolic end to the last cycle's dominant pro-trader NFT venue and forces users to migrate positions.
TechBullion · +10 outlets
Wallet tied to Drift exploit moves $61M in Ethereum through Tornado Cash
The North Korea-linked attacker behind April's $295M heist still controls roughly $198M, underscoring how slow laundering traces complicate recoveries.
Decrypt · +6 outlets
PEPE jumps 9-12% as meme coins bounce and traders watch $0.00000419 resistance
PEPE outperformed SHIB on trading volume during the broader risk-on move, with technical analysts flagging a Bollinger band extreme.
TechBullion · +5 outlets
Justin Sun-linked wallet receives $28M in PEPE
The transfer, flagged by on-chain trackers, drew attention as a large holder accumulating the largest meme coin by market cap.
openPR.com · +2 outlets
Solana activates Alpenglow consensus upgrade, retiring TowerBFT
The handoff on the live network replaces the consensus protocol Solana has run since 2020, in what backers call its biggest change since Ethereum's Merge.
Decrypt · +10 outlets
Zcash leads privacy coin rally, up 2,000% over the period while Bitcoin and Ethereum lag
ZEC's outsized move has revived attention on privacy-focused assets, with XMR also trading above $600 according to market reports.
DailyCoin · +5 outlets
Collector Crypt reports a record $24.3M single day
The company's volume record points to sustained demand for tokenized collectible trading despite a weak NFT market overall.
Cryptonews.net · +2 outlets
Bitcoin Ordinals and Runes activity: fees, trading volume and market growth statistics for 2026
A data roundup on Bitcoin's inscription ecosystem indicates where on-chain fee revenue now comes from outside simple transfers.
Blockonomi · +14 outlets
SpaceX and Tesla boards study a merger that would combine 30,221 BTC on one balance sheet
Musk said both boards formed committees to weigh the tie-up, which would pool Tesla's 11,509 BTC with SpaceX's 18,712 BTC, worth roughly $2.5 billion.
Decrypt · +4 outlets
GTA 6 trailer appears to feature a 'Dacity' meme coin, and traders are speculating on its role
The rumored in-game meme coin has already spawned copycat tokens, showing how game marketing now feeds speculative crypto launches.
Decrypt · +1 outlets
Chinese prosecutors seek to confiscate $5.1B in Bitcoin seized by UK in the Qian case
A Tianjin court will hear the application after a six-month notice period while a parallel fight over the same coins continues in London.
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