October 7, 2026 @ 12:34 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Japan has placed the Russian cryptocurrency exchange Garantex under an asset freeze as part of a broader package of restrictions tied to the war in Ukraine, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced on October 2, 2026. The measures were adopted under the Foreign Exchange and… Read More

October 6, 2026 @ 11:45 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Brazilian Fintech focused stocks jumped sharply in US trading on Monday after the first round of the country’s presidential election left Senator Flávio Bolsonaro narrowly ahead of incumbent Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, raising the odds of a rightward policy turn before a runoff set… Read More

October 6, 2026 @ 10:58 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Revolut is focused on its push into Israel by recruiting locally for roles that sit at the heart of a regulated bank, a signal that the British fintech is preparing for more than a light payments presence. Job listings tied to its Israeli operations cover… Read More

October 6, 2026 @ 10:56 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Greek authorities have reportedly taken down a suspected cryptocurrency pyramid that investigators say pulled in roughly eight to nine million dollars by telling participants their deposits would double in about fifty days. Officers from the Katerini Crime Prosecution and Investigation Sub-Directorate led a months-long inquiry… Read More

October 6, 2026 @ 5:59 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Federal securities regulators have filed a civil action against a New York fintech startup and its founder, accusing them of raising millions of dollars with financial records that did not reflect the company’s real results. The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) sued Gökçe Güven and… Read More

October 6, 2026 @ 4:06 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Nasdaq (NASDAQ: NDAQ) is positioning its financial technology arm as a central engine of longer-term expansion, as banks, brokers, and other institutions step up spending on cloud-based market infrastructure, compliance tools, and systems that detect financial crime. The unit mixes recurring and subscription-style income, which… Read More

October 6, 2026 @ 3:52 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Michael Saylor, executive chairman of Strategy (NASDAQ: MSTR), has outlined a three-tier framework in which Bitcoin and instruments built around it can address distinct investor preferences. In a recent post, he argued that the cryptocurrency itself suits those who want straightforward ownership of the asset,… Read More

October 6, 2026 @ 11:11 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Digital assets tied to artificial intelligence posted the strongest relative returns of any major crypto category last month, according to research published by Grayscale. In a note dated October 2, 2026, the firm’s head of research, Zach Pandl, reported that Grayscale’s Artificial Intelligence Crypto Sector… Read More

October 6, 2026 @ 11:07 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Webull (NASDAQ: BULL) has entered X’s Cashtag Partner Program, linking conversations about stocks and digital assets on the social platform with a route into the broker’s trading services. The Nasdaq-listed firm disclosed the arrangement on October 2, 2026, framing it as a way to pair… Read More

October 6, 2026 @ 8:57 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Blockchain investigator ZachXBT disclosed on October 5, 2026, that he spent weeks inside a Chinese organized crime network he says has moved more than $1 billion in stolen cryptocurrency for North Korea’s Lazarus Group across several exploits. In a 12-part thread on X, he described… Read More

October 6, 2026 @ 8:28 am By Omar Faridi  |  

OKX has introduced a standalone consumer application, OKX Money, aimed at users in selected emerging markets who want simpler access to dollar-denominated savings and everyday payments. The company presented the product as a way to save, send, and spend digital dollars without requiring customers to… Read More

October 6, 2026 @ 8:27 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The US Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) has withdrawn a 2023 proposal that would have treated international crypto mixing as a primary money laundering concern, citing warnings that the measure could discourage lawful privacy use and load banks and other covered firms with heavy… Read More

October 6, 2026 @ 8:26 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Corporate crypto focused treasuries kept adding BTC and ETH this week, with Strategy’s (NASDAQ: MSTR) bitcoin stack crossing a new threshold, Strive (NASDAQ:ASST) narrowing the gap with MARA Holdings, and Bitmine Immersion Technologies (NYSE: BMNR) pushing its ether position to 6.02 million tokens.Strategy, the Michael… Read More

October 6, 2026 @ 7:38 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Community bankers have taken the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) to federal court, arguing that the agency has stretched its chartering power to let cryptocurrency firms enter the banking system under a lighter set of rules than traditional lenders face. On October… Read More

October 5, 2026 @ 8:39 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Senator Flávio Bolsonaro finished ahead of President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva in the opening round of Brazil’s 2026 presidential election, an ordering that several late national polls had not projected and that the prediction market Polymarket had priced for weeks. The split between survey… Read More

October 5, 2026 @ 4:32 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

A privacy-focused cryptocurrency project has moved from informal education in the capital to a formal lobbying presence. Pretty Good Policy for Zcash, or PGPZ, registered under the Lobbying Disclosure Act with an effective date of October 1, 2026, naming executive director Divij Pandya as its… Read More

October 5, 2026 @ 4:28 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Bitcoin (BTC) price is pressing back toward the $87,000 area as October opens, giving seasonal bulls a fresh case for a move toward roughly $94,000 if the month’s historical pattern holds. Spot-market data over the weekend showed the asset lifting from an intraday low near… Read More

October 5, 2026 @ 12:54 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Executives at several crypto-focused companies in France have urged the government to treat conversions between volatile digital assets and stablecoins as taxable events. The proposal comes from Jean Meyer of the payments firm Deblock, Damien Patureaux of Lyzi, and Pierre Morizot of the tax-reporting software… Read More

October 5, 2026 @ 8:23 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Partners Banka has reportedly become the first bank in the Czech Republic to let customers buy and sell bitcoin in its own mobile banking app, after partnering with the domestic crypto firm Anycoin to handle trades and custody. The service was announced in Prague on 5 August 2026… Read More

October 5, 2026 @ 5:30 am By Omar Faridi  |  

ARK Invest chief executive Cathie Wood has adjusted a rule of thumb she has used for years. Investors, she long argued, should watch where developers concentrate their time if they want an early read on technology. Speaking on a panel at Robinhood’s HOOD Summit in… Read More