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BITCOIN

Two hardware wallet makers leaked customer details

Oct 26, 2026

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Two hardware wallet makers leaked customer details

Keystone and Foundation leaked customers' addresses, CoinDCX lost $16 million, and bitcoin went into Fed week at $80,052.

BITCOIN

Oct 23, 2026

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Bitcoin fell 3.6% with the AI stocks on Thursday

Bitcoin went down with the AI shares, HSBC put a stablecoin inside PayMe, and a16z dropped the word crypto from its fund.

BITCOIN

The OCC finished the first stablecoin rule. Banks objected.

Oct 22, 2026

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The OCC finished the first stablecoin rule. Banks objected.

The first federal stablecoin rule leaves exchange rewards alone, Tesla and SpaceX explore a merger holding 30,221 bitcoin, and Solana's Alpenglow upgrade is live.

REGULATION

Citrini built a 15-token crypto portfolio without bitcoin

Oct 21, 2026

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Citrini built a 15-token crypto portfolio without bitcoin

A 15-token crypto portfolio with no bitcoin in it, Utah sues Kalshi and its market makers, and bitcoin rises as AI stocks fall.

BITCOIN

Oct 20, 2026

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BlackRock's bitcoin fund took in $665.2 million on Monday

Also: France votes on a stablecoin swap tax, and JPMorgan pencils in bitcoin.

BITCOIN

JPMorgan brings its deposit token to a public chain

Oct 19, 2026

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JPMorgan brings its deposit token to a public chain

Banks build on crypto's rails as $320 million leaves the Ether funds, and Solana's big upgrade lands Tuesday.

BITCOIN

Oct 16, 2026

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Investors pulled $261 million from bitcoin ETFs Wednesday

US bitcoin ETFs lose $261.4 million a day after an inflow, White House crypto adviser Patrick Witt steps down, and MSCI sets rules that could drop Strategy from its indexes.

BITCOIN

Oct 15, 2026

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US inflation hits 3.7% and bitcoin slips

US inflation comes in at 3.7% and bitcoin slips, Turkish police detain HEX founder Richard Heart, and Solana sets a date for its Alpenglow upgrade.

BITCOIN

Oct 14, 2026

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UK court leaves ownership of 61,000 bitcoin unresolved

A UK court leaves 61,000 seized bitcoin unresolved, MediaMarkt pulls Ledger wallets, and Interactive Brokers adds ether staking.

BITCOIN

Oct 13, 2026

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Bitcoin slips to $81,377 as ETFs see outflows

Also: South Korea blocks 27 overseas exchanges, and a bitcoin miner reportedly signs with Anthropic.

ON-CHAIN

Houthi missiles hit Riyadh airport as diesel reaches $6.28

Oct 12, 2026

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Houthi missiles hit Riyadh airport as diesel reaches $6.28

Also: an XRP Ledger bug that could have minted trillions, and Papertrade limits trading.

BITCOIN

Oct 9, 2026

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Bitcoin funds lost $485 million in one day

Bitcoin funds lost $485 million in one day, the NFL backs New Jersey against Kalshi at the Supreme Court, and Vitalik Buterin tells holders not to rush wallet moves.

REGULATION

Recent buyers sold into bitcoin's breakout

Oct 8, 2026

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Recent buyers sold into bitcoin's breakout

Recent buyers sold into bitcoin's breakout, Fed minutes point to another hike this year, and Hyperliquid says it has no Singapore license.

BITCOIN

Conduit sued Tether over $2.76 million in frozen USDT

Oct 7, 2026

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Conduit sued Tether over $2.76 million in frozen USDT

A payments firm says Tether locked its USDT for a year, prosecutors keep pressing Roman Storm, and Citi lifts its bitcoin target.

REGULATION

FinCEN withdrew its self-custody and mixer proposals

Oct 6, 2026

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FinCEN withdrew its self-custody and mixer proposals

An ECB official ties AI spending to higher rates, and the CFTC asks about crypto leverage.

ON-CHAIN

OKX and NYSE's owner filed for 63 tokenized stocks

Oct 5, 2026

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OKX and NYSE's owner filed for 63 tokenized stocks

Standard Chartered calls Aave a bank, and S&P starts rating DeFi lending vaults.

BITCOIN

Trump says some inflation will pay off the debt

Oct 2, 2026

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Trump says some inflation will pay off the debt

The president said some inflation will pay off the debt while the Fed raises rates to bring it down. Also: the first bitcoin fund outflow since September 16, and Derive's planned move to Ethereum.

ON-CHAIN

US core inflation fell to 3.0% in August

Oct 1, 2026

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US core inflation fell to 3.0% in August

Inflation cooled and rate-hike odds fell, but the money going into the bitcoin funds shrank every day.

REGULATION

Fed's Williams says the next rate hike can wait

Sep 30, 2026

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Fed's Williams says the next rate hike can wait

Two Fed officials split on the timing of the next hike, and long-term Treasury yields kept rising.

REGULATION

The CFTC approved Coinbase's own clearing house

Sep 29, 2026

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The CFTC approved Coinbase's own clearing house

Coinbase can now clear its own derivatives, the 10-year Treasury yield hit a 19-year high, and Bitget reopened withdrawals after a $387.5 million hack.

REGULATION

Insiders rigged 53 token launches on Robinhood's chain

Sep 28, 2026

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Insiders rigged 53 token launches on Robinhood's chain

A launchpad on Robinhood Chain handed one set of wallets a head start 53 times. Plus the Sixth Circuit rules against Kalshi, and 21Shares makes its Hyperliquid case.

REGULATION

Treasury yields hit a 2007 high. Bitcoin fell.

Sep 25, 2026

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Treasury yields hit a 2007 high. Bitcoin fell.

The 10-year yield closed at 5.16%, bitcoin slipped 2%, Bitget lost $350 million to hackers and New York sued Polymarket.

BITCOIN

Sep 24, 2026

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Bitcoin fell 2% as bond yields hit 5.1%.

The funds bought $714.7 million more and the price still fell, with a US government bond now paying its most since 2007.

BITCOIN

Sep 23, 2026

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Bitcoin funds took in $999 million on Monday.

Nearly a billion dollars arrived on the day of the jump, and the price has held flat since.

BITCOIN

Sep 22, 2026

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Bitcoin hit $86,000 after the Fed's rate rise.

Spot buyers did the work and $750 million of bets against it were forced shut. Prosecutors are also looking at Binance over Iran sanctions, and the ECB switched on Pontes.