Blockchain & Digital Assets

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 @ 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 @ 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 @ 3:36 pm By JD Alois  |  

OKX, a leading crypto exchange, infrastructure provider, and tokenization platform, has extended a funding round at a $25 billion pre-money valuation. As was previously reported, ICE, the parent company of the NYSE, has partnered with OKX to enable 24/7 trading of tokenized assets. The updated… 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 @ 10:51 am By Michael Wong  |  

Stablecoins could put significant pressure on traditional payment companies as their use expands, with financial markets suggesting that the passage of new U.S. rules for digital assets could reduce the value of incumbent payment firms by about $300 billion, an IMF study said. The study,… Read More

October 6, 2026 @ 10:44 am By JD Alois  |  

Yesterday, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) issued proposed rules aiming to support digital asset innovation while protecting investors. Crypto proponents view the digital asset sector as key to the US maintaining its global leadership in financial services. Multiple jurisdictions worldwide have begun or already… 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 @ 10:32 am By JD Alois  |  

The movement to tokenize assets, including digital securities, is gaining traction around the world. Most keenly in global financial centers. Today, OKX and ICE (parent company of the NYSE) have announced the creation of a Tokenized Securities Venue (TSV), which will aim to facilitate 24/7… Read More

October 5, 2026 @ 10:12 am By JD Alois  |  

OKX and the Intercontinental Exchange (NYSE:ICE), the parent of the New York Stock Exchange, have filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to offer 24/7 trading of tokenized securities. According to a post by OKX, the partnership would first focus on trading 60 US-listed… Read More