China court moves to confiscate 61,800 BTC tied to $5.7B UK fraud case
A Tianjin court has opened confiscation proceedings over bitcoin seized by UK authorities in the Qian case, setting up a parallel ownership fight in London.
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Bitcoin falls below $81,000 as broad risk-off sell-off hits markets
Bitcoin slid under $81,000 amid an everything-sell-off driven by AI stock weakness, oil above $111 a barrel and rising bond-market stress.
Coindesk · +14 outlets
Bitcoin ETFs see $636M in outflows as October turns red again
Spot bitcoin ETF investors pulled roughly $635 million as market volatility worsened, reversing a brief stretch of inflows earlier in the month.
Decrypt · +5 outlets
a16z drops 'crypto' from its name, widens bets to AI and frontier tech
Andreessen Horowitz rebranded its crypto fund to reflect a broader mandate spanning AI and frontier technology, a signal of shifting venture priorities.
Decrypt · +11 outlets
Chinese prosecutors seek to confiscate $5.1B in bitcoin seized by UK
Chinese prosecutors filed to confiscate bitcoin worth about $5.1 billion held by UK authorities in the Qian case, with a Tianjin court set to hear the applicati
finance.yahoo · +6 outlets
Ethereum delays Glamsterdam testnet fork over gas security flaws
Core developers pushed back the Glamsterdam testnet fork after finding gas-related security issues in the upgrade.
Decrypt · +6 outlets
Bitcoin Core rewrites security policy for an AI bug-finding era
Bitcoin Core updated its vulnerability disclosure policy to account for AI tools that can surface exploitable bugs from a single prompt.
Decrypt · +12 outlets
Senate Democrat probes Tether payments to ex-White House crypto adviser's firm
A Senate Democrat is examining Tether payments made to a firm tied to a former White House crypto adviser.
Decrypt · +4 outlets
Initia exploit: hackers mint tokens and move millions to Ethereum
Reports describe attackers minting tokens on the Initia network and bridging millions in value to Ethereum.
KuCoin · +13 outlets
SEC flags AI 'superintelligence' and tokenization as systemic market risks
The SEC identified AI-driven trading and asset tokenization as emerging systemic risks to market stability.
Decrypt · +2 outlets
Bitcoin ETFs erase October losses with $1B of inflows in three days
Spot bitcoin ETFs took in about $1 billion over three sessions, briefly pulling the funds back to flat for the month.
Decrypt · +13 outlets
Netanyahu weighs crypto plan to evade banking sanctions on Israel
The Israeli prime minister is reportedly considering a crypto mechanism to work around banking restrictions, according to Decrypt.
Decrypt · +8 outlets
Coinbase fined $3.6M in Ireland over fund safeguarding failures
Irish regulators fined Coinbase 3.6 million euros after cash safeguards at its Irish entity fell short, a shortfall the company later fixed.
Decrypt · +4 outlets
New York seeks $1.3B from crypto scammers who used prayer groups
New York authorities are pursuing a $1.3 billion penalty against scammers who lured victims through religious prayer groups.
Decrypt · +3 outlets
JPMorgan says crypto regulatory moves partly offset Clarity Act failure, risks remain
The bank said agency-level crypto rulemaking has partially compensated for stalled market structure legislation, though uncertainty persists.
The Block · +8 outlets
Italy busts mafia 'secret bank' laundering through crypto, seizes $24M
Italian authorities dismantled an organized-crime money laundering operation that moved funds through cryptocurrency.
Decrypt · +3 outlets
UK-sanctioned HTX is rotating wallets to dodge restrictions, TRM Labs says
Blockchain analytics firm TRM Labs says the sanctioned exchange HTX is rotating wallet addresses to evade UK restrictions.
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BlackRock moves $262M in bitcoin to Coinbase, sparking selling speculation
A large bitcoin transfer from BlackRock to Coinbase drew attention as a possible precursor to further ETF-related selling.
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