Phantom Launches Kalshi Prediction Markets for US Users Amid State Legal Fights
Phantom begins US rollout of Kalshi prediction markets, with event contracts in a wallet used by roughly 20 million people...
OCC finalizes GENIUS Act stablecoin rule, effective January 2027
The OCC finalized the GENIUS Act rule for payment stablecoins, setting reserve requirements and issuance parameters, effective January 2027.
CoinDCX Admits Operational Losses After $16M Transfers Draw Scrutiny
CoinDCX admitted operational losses after a failed deposit-sweeping process, hours after denying any connection to $16M in flagged transfers.
Ethereum Postpones Glamsterdam Hoodi Testnet Activation Over EIP-8037 Concerns
Ethereum core developers postponed the Glamsterdam upgrade on the Hoodi testnet on October 22, four days before activation, citing EIP-8037...
Liquid Network Back Online: Recovery From 4,000 BTC Hack Enters Final Phase
Liquid Network says recovery from the 4,000 BTC hack is in its final stages, with swaps running again and peg-outs...
How France Wants to Close MiCA’s DeFi Loophole
France's four financial regulators proposed that exchanges vet DeFi protocols and bear liability for certain incidents, in a joint MiCA...
CME Group Lists Bitcoin Cash and Uniswap Futures; UNI First DeFi Token on CME
CME Group marked the first trade in its new Bitcoin Cash and Uniswap futures on October 20, making UNI the...
Kazakhstan Court Bars Coinbase, BingX Over Unlicensed Crypto Services
Kazakhstan's AIFC court barred Coinbase, BingX and four other exchanges from unlicensed crypto services, with app stores ordered to enforce...
Tether says freezes cut Iran-linked stablecoin volumes 94% in rebuttal to Senate probe
Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino says its wallet freezes cut Iran-linked stablecoin volumes 94%, rebutting Senator Blumenthal's Senate report on USDT...
Strive Adds 4,045 BTC With $369 Million Warrant Windfall
Strive bought 4,045 BTC for about $335 million funded by warrant proceeds, lifting its holdings to 36,818 BTC ahead of...
Q3’s $1.18 Billion in Crypto Hacks Wasn’t Smart Contracts, It Was Plumbing
Hacken's Q3 report counts $1.18 billion in crypto hack losses across 107 incidents, up 55%, with $906.8 million from suppliers,...
Crypto.com’s exchange and Novig sue Missouri to block sports wagering enforcement
NADEX, the exchange behind Crypto.com prediction markets, and Novig filed federal suits against Missouri on October 16 to block sports...
The $2.8 billion question: how much passive money actually has to leave MSTR
JPMorgan pegs possible MSTR index-exit selling at about $2.8 billion, but Strategy says index funds hold only 3.1% of its...
EBA Classifies Circle’s USDC as EU’s First ‘Significant’ E-Money Token
The EBA classified Circle's USDC as the EU's first significant e-money token under MiCA. Joint EBA-ACPR supervision begins November 12,...
Bank of Russia sets July 1, 2027 cutoff for direct P2P crypto trades
The Bank of Russia confirmed direct P2P crypto transfers become illegal on July 1, 2027. All trades must then run...
Hex founder Richard Heart detained in Istanbul on Finnish Interpol Red Notice
Hex founder Richard Heart was reportedly detained in Istanbul with his wife under a Finnish-requested Interpol Red Notice for alleged...
Solana sets Oct. 21 for Alpenglow upgrade targeting 150ms finality
Solana's Alpenglow upgrade targets 150ms finality on Oct. 21, replacing TowerBFT with off-chain validator votes.
Kraken Parent Payward to Buy Lithuania’s Saldo Bank in First EU Bank Purchase by a Crypto Firm
Kraken parent Payward agreed to acquire Lithuania's Saldo Bank, which would make it the first crypto company to buy a...
Over $1 Billion in Crypto Liquidated in Two Days as Hot CPI Hits Leveraged Longs
More than $1 billion in leveraged crypto positions were closed in two days after hot September CPI lifted Fed hike...
Thin Liquidity Turned a 19M THEO Mint Into a 92% Wipeout
A 19 million-token unauthorized mint on Base hit thin THEO liquidity, erasing 92% of the token's value within a day...
