Blockchain & Digital Assets

October 10, 2026 @ 12:28 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Blockchain.com, a long-established digital asset platform, has moved to secure regulatory clearance that would allow it to expand into US prediction markets and cryptocurrency derivatives trading. The company informed CNBC that it has submitted applications for two licenses from the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC),… Read More

October 10, 2026 @ 11:28 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Bitcoin’s (BTC) overall volatility has declined sharply in 2026, yet significant extreme price movements have occurred more often than during the full 2018 bear market. At the same time, Bitunix analysts have highlighted $82,800 as a critical technical level while US spot Bitcoin ETF demand… Read More

October 10, 2026 @ 11:24 am By Omar Faridi  |  

New York Attorney General (NYAG) Letitia James has reached a settlement that permanently bars Alex Mashinsky, co-founder and former chief executive of the cryptocurrency lending platform Celsius Network, from the securities, commodities, and cryptocurrency industries while securing up to $35 million in conditional payments from… Read More

October 10, 2026 @ 1:26 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Investors seeking exposure to Evernorth’s planned XRP treasury through public markets will wait slightly longer than first indicated after the company adjusted its merger and listing timetable. In an October 6 statement, Evernorth said an administrative delay had shifted its expected schedule, while emphasizing that… Read More

October 9, 2026 @ 5:22 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH) slid with the rest of the digital asset market this week as risk appetite cooled across major tokens. The decline was not confined to ether. Solana (SOL), Binance Coin (BNB), and Cardano (ADA) all gave back ground in a broad… Read More

October 9, 2026 @ 5:20 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Stripe is weaving operational logistics data, digital dollar payments, and rules for software agents into a broader push to simplify how smaller firms buy, sell, and borrow. FedEx Dataworks and Stripe disclosed a multiyear collaboration on October 6, 2026, aimed at lowering barriers in cross-border… Read More

October 9, 2026 @ 11:39 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The United Kingdom on 8 October 2026 added 38 new entries to its Russia sanctions list, with a portion of the package aimed at cryptocurrency exchanges and payment services suspected of helping Moscow route funds around existing restrictions. The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office said… Read More

October 9, 2026 @ 11:37 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Bitmine Immersion Technologies (NYSE: BMNR) is nearing the end of a buying program that turned the listed firm into the largest corporate holder of Ethereum. Speaking at the Token2049 conference in Singapore on October 7, 2026, chairman Tom Lee said the company will stop accumulating ether… Read More

October 9, 2026 @ 11:31 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Cardano’s (ADA) recent stretch has mixed technical progress with public friction. Founder Charles Hoskinson has argued that the privacy-focused Midnight network could eventually surpass Zcash, pressed Gemini (NASDAQ: GEMI) to list ADA again, and pushed back against critics who say years of building haven’t translated into stronger token performance. At… Read More

October 9, 2026 @ 11:09 am By JD Alois  |  

Ledger is investigating reports of loss of funds. This is based on the company’s own statements, as well as external comments and reporting. In a post on X, Ledger stated that they are reviewing pilfered funds in Southeast Asia from users who purchased their products… Read More

October 9, 2026 @ 8:44 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Riot Platforms (NASDAQ: RIOT) shares have come under renewed pressure in early October 2026, sliding roughly 8 percent between the September 30 and October 7 closes and finishing the latter session at $18.54. The stock remains about 46 percent above its year-end 2025 level of… Read More

October 9, 2026 @ 8:42 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Arthur Hayes, the founder and former chief executive of BitMEX and now chief investment officer at the crypto fund Maelstrom, argues that the current rush to build artificial intelligence infrastructure is repeating a familiar pattern from earlier technology waves. Speaking at the Gamma Prime Investing… Read More

October 9, 2026 @ 6:45 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Samsung is preparing to place dollar-linked stablecoin transfers inside the digital wallet already installed on eligible Galaxy phones in the United States. The company said the capability will open in the final week of October and will begin with USDC, letting qualifying users move funds… Read More

October 9, 2026 @ 5:35 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Ripple’s institutional custody platform has added support for the Canton Network just as the Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) moves closer to a broader tokenization service that includes Canton among eligible rails. The change, delivered in Ripple Custody version 1.43 and released on October… Read More

October 8, 2026 @ 10:51 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Startale Japan has opened subscriptions for a digital corporate bond that settles both coupon payments and principal repayment in JPYSC, a yen-denominated stablecoin issued by SBI Shinsei Trust Bank. Announced on October 6, 2026, the offering is presented as the first Japanese digital corporate bond… Read More

October 8, 2026 @ 7:33 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Bitwise’s chief investment officer argues that NEAR Protocol’s investment case no longer depends solely on its longer-term ambition to serve autonomous AI agents. In an October 7, 2026 memo and related comments, Matt Hougan described the network as an operating blockchain business whose present activity… Read More

October 8, 2026 @ 7:11 pm By JD Alois  |  

Securitize (NYSE: SECZ) has announced that tokenized stocks will trade on its broker-dealer platform, which uses Solana. Transactions will be settled using Circle’s dollar-based stablecoin USDC. According to a company statement, the digital securities will be available globally. Securitize said it will offer popular US… Read More

October 8, 2026 @ 6:47 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Europol has warned that advances in quantum computing could eventually place crypto-assets at risk, and it is urging the industry, policymakers and technical operators to start preparing well before any such capability exists.On 7 October 2026 the EU law-enforcement agency released two studies examining how… Read More

October 8, 2026 @ 6:46 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

OpenAI’s recent release of hundreds of machine-generated mathematical results has prompted a senior blockchain researcher to urge the industry toward a cautious defensive posture. On October 7, 2026, Justin Drake, a researcher associated with the Ethereum Foundation whose work also addresses Bitcoin security assumptions, publicly… Read More

October 8, 2026 @ 6:44 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Solana’s long-running decentralized exchange Orca and the credit platform Loopscale have combined into a single company called Formation, headquartered in New York. The October 7, 2026 announcement places Loopscale co-founder Luke Truitt in the chief executive role, with fellow Loopscale co-founder Mary Gooneratne as chief… Read More