French Assembly Narrowly Adopts Stablecoin Swap Tax Proposal
Key TakeawaysFrench lawmakers narrowly passed a proposal to tax crypto-to-stablecoin swaps with capital gains tax.The measure targets a tax loophole,...
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Lopp’s Wrench Attack Map Hits 702 After AI-Assisted Search Work
Key TakeawaysJameson Lopp’s Bitcoin wrench attack archive now documents more than 700 physical attacks.Pizza Bitcoiner’s AI-assisted research uncovered 375 cases...
XRP Ledger Nears Oct. 23 Upgrade as Lending Votes Fall Short
Key TakeawaysXRP Ledger’s fixCleanup3_4_0 targets Oct. 23 activation after securing more than 80% validator support.XRPL’s upgrade closes a loophole that...
Turkey’s Justice Minister Confirms Richard Heart’s Istanbul Bust
Key TakeawaysTurkey’s justice minister confirmed Richard Heart’s Oct. 14 detention alongside four others in Istanbul.Turkish authorities reported seizing $7.15 million...
Richard Heart Arrested, XRP DAT Rings Nasdaq Bell, And More
Key TakeawaysStrive’s consecutive $280M and $235M bitcoin purchases signal renewed corporate demand for BTC.Binance US’s reported $1B valuation is roughly...
Bitcoin and Ether ETFs Lose $152M as Blackrock Drives Friday Selloff – Bitcoin News
Key TakeawaysBitcoin and ether exchange-traded funds (ETFs) lost $152.07M on Friday, capping weeks of roughly $228.6M and $320M in outflows.Solana...
Wall Street Stays Bullish on Strategy Despite MSCI Threat, CryptoQuant CEO Says
Saylor also spoke about the potential removal. The world’s largest corporate holder of bitcoin faces the prospect of being...
Crypto Scammer Loses $4.8 Million In Stolen Bitcoin To Another Group Of Thieves
Trusted Editorial content, reviewed by leading industry experts and seasoned editors. Ad Disclosure TL;DR: A cryptocurrency scammer reportedly lost roughly...
Ethereum Derivatives Flash Mixed Signals as Bulls Hold the Edge
Key TakeawaysEthereum’s futures market is still carrying a hefty $30.59 billion in open interest, with Binance leading the pack at...
Judge Rejects CFTC, Gemini Bid to Undo $5M Settlement
A US federal judge has rejected a joint request by crypto exchange Gemini and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC)...
Arthur Hayes Says OpenAI and Anthropic Are Worthless and Bitcoin Wins
Key TakeawaysArthur Hayes told Convergence host Luke Martin on Oct. 16 that AI model companies are “worthless.”The Nasdaq 100 fell...
Coinbase Warns Bitcoin Must Prepare For Quantum Computing Before It’s Too Late
Trusted Editorial content, reviewed by leading industry experts and seasoned editors. Ad Disclosure TL;DR: Coinbase is encouraging the Bitcoin ecosystem...
Crypto ETF Outflows Hit $166.78M as Bitcoin Faces Potential $75K Drop
TLDR: US spot Bitcoin ETFs lost $82.39M on October 16, with BlackRock’s IBIT accounting for $71.78M. Ethereum ETFs recorded $69.68M...
Bloomberg Sees Bitcoin Price at $10K and Cryptoquant’s CEO Doesn’t Agree
Key TakeawaysBloomberg’s Mike McGlone said recently that bitcoin could revert to $10,000 if U.S. stocks drop 20%.Cryptoquant’s Ki Young Ju...
Spot Bitcoin Outflows Push BTC Below $81K
Bitcoin price today has fallen below $81,000, touching a low near $80,250. Meanwhile, U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs recorded $409.2 million...
Binance Offers Nearly 8% in XRP for RLUSD But the Base Rate Keeps Falling
Key TakeawaysBinance’s headline 7.77% APR only applies to the 1.3x boosted tier of its $800,000 XRP campaign.The base APR slid...
Strategy Sinks Nearly 10% on MSCI News But Saylor Is Still $5B Up
Key TakeawaysStrategy (MSTR) closed at $136.83 on Oct. 16, down 9.56% after MSCI’s non-operating company ruling.Strategy’s 848,250 BTC, bought at...
NASA Sent Thousands of Jellyfish to Space in 1991. The Babies Born Up There Couldn’t Handle Earth
Key TakeawaysSpace-born jellyfish couldn’t find “down.” Polyps that developed in orbit looked normal but showed pulsing and orientation problems about...
A North Carolina Woman Won $100,000 on a Scratch-Off. Then She Won It Again on the Exact Same Game
Key TakeawaysLightning struck the same ticket twice. LuAnn Chico won $100,000 on the $20 Ruby Red 7’s scratch-off in August...
Nine Blockchain Groups Unite as Quantum Threat Hangs Over Bitcoin
Key TakeawaysThe Quantum Alliance launched Oct. 15 with nine organizations working on shared security standards.Roughly 6.4 million BTC, including Satoshi-era...
Judge Refuses to Erase Gemini’s $5M Settlement Despite CFTC Reversal
Key TakeawaysThe CFTC now says its original Gemini lawsuit should never have been filed, reversing its earlier position.Gemini’s $5 million...
Solana Apps Generate $193M in 30 Days Amid Real-World Assets Surge
Key TakeawaysSolana apps generated $193.1M in 30 days, nearly 2x Hyperliquid’s $86.5M.RWAs grew 600% from $700M to $4.37B in the...
