Bitcoin falls below $80,000 as Middle East tensions revive risk-off selling
BTC's slide below $80,000 comes amid renewed Middle East worries and warnings that bond market signals are no longer supporting the price.
CoinDesk · +14 outlets
Bitcoin ETFs bleed $636 million in October as outflow streak resumes
US spot bitcoin ETF outflows have topped $636 million while Ethereum ETFs lost over $1 billion in October, the worst stretch since the products launched.
Decrypt · +9 outlets
Circle shareholder sues Trump over UAE crypto deals, citing up to $82 million in revenue
The suit alleges the deals steer revenue away from Circle and toward entities tied to the president's family.
CryptoSlate · +11 outlets
Strategy and Strive must balance bitcoin purchases against preferred stock dividends
Bitcoin treasury companies face rising cash obligations from preferred stock payouts even as they keep accumulating BTC.
finance.yahoo · +14 outlets
Hong Kong's biggest bank puts a stablecoin in 3 million wallets
HSBC is rolling out a Hong Kong dollar stablecoin product at a scale unmatched by any prior bank-issued token.
Decrypt · +14 outlets
Franklin Templeton moves $150 million in fund shares onto XRP Ledger in a single wallet
The transfer marks one of the largest tokenized fund deployments on XRPL, which separately recovered from a network slowdown.
CoinDesk · +14 outlets
OCC stablecoin rule resets redemption rules, forcing big shifts for banks
The new federal guidance changes how stablecoin issuers must handle redemptions, with implications for bank-issued tokens.
CryptoSlate · +3 outlets
Circle's new USDC auctions let institutions collect redemption fees
Circle is introducing an auction mechanism that lets institutions earn the fees others pay to exit USDC positions.
CryptoSlate · +1 outlets
Senate Democrat probes Tether payments to ex-White House crypto adviser's firm
The inquiry adds congressional scrutiny to Tether's business relationships and its role in US crypto policy circles.
Decrypt · +10 outlets
Bitcoin Core rewrites security policy for an AI era where bugs surface in one prompt
The disclosure policy changes aim to prevent AI-assisted attackers from exploiting known flaws before patches ship.
Decrypt · +4 outlets
Initia exploit: hackers mint tokens and move millions to Ethereum
Reported token minting and cross-chain transfers mark the latest DeFi protocol breach of the month.
Yahoo Finance · +13 outlets
Ethereum delays Glamsterdam testnet fork over gas security flaws
Developers pushed back the testnet fork after finding vulnerabilities in proposed gas mechanics.
Decrypt · +5 outlets
Ethereum sees biggest exchange withdrawal in four months as ETF losses top $1 billion
Large ETH withdrawals from exchanges contrast with sustained ETF outflows and staking yields below cash rates.
CryptoSlate · +2 outlets
Xapo CEO says wealthy bitcoin holders are shifting from trading to private banking
Long-term BTC holders increasingly borrow against their coins and seek yield rather than trade, according to the bank's CEO.
Coindesk · +2 outlets
BlackRock moves $262 million in bitcoin to Coinbase, stoking selling questions
Large transfers from the largest spot bitcoin ETF to a custodian exchange are often read as a precursor to sales.
Yahoo Finance
SEC flags AI 'super intelligence' and tokenization as systemic market risks
The regulator's risk list adds tokenization and advanced AI to its formal watch items for market stability.
Decrypt · +2 outlets
New York seeks $1.3 billion from crypto scammers who used prayer groups to lure victims
State prosecutors are pursuing one of the largest crypto fraud penalties tied to a religious-community scheme.
Decrypt
Aave changes USDT borrowing rules, sending loan costs sharply higher
The parameter change raises the cost of borrowing USDT on the largest DeFi lending protocol.
CryptoSlate · +1 outlets