Blockchain & Digital Assets

October 12, 2026 @ 5:59 pm By Michael Wong  |  

Brazilian police have seized about $1.71 million in cryptocurrency and frozen bank accounts holding up to 93 million reais ($18.1 million) in an investigation into a cybercrime group accused of using phishing and social engineering to compromise government systems and access sensitive corporate data, the… Read More

October 12, 2026 @ 5:49 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Cryptocurrency markets are navigating a mix of tightening Bitcoin supply signals, selective altcoin strength tied to policy news, and broad volatility driven by escalating Middle East tensions. Over the past 365 days, roughly 700,000 Bitcoin have been withdrawn from centralized exchanges, according to data highlighted… Read More

October 12, 2026 @ 1:48 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent stated that American authorities are likely to confiscate roughly one billion dollars in digital assets connected to Iran in the coming days.  The remarks came during a discussion with Greta Van Susteren at Newsmax’s NPolicy Summit in Washington, D.C., on… Read More

October 12, 2026 @ 12:40 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

CRX Trade launches Swiss prime brokerage  Switzerland-based CRX Trade lets institutions trade on Hyperliquid, ByBit, GateIO, Nasdaq, and CME from a single account. Trading algorithms and one collateral pool can be deployed on both crypto and traditional exchanges. Ndax debuts reward program The Canadian-owned and… Read More

October 12, 2026 @ 12:04 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Bitcoin hardware wallet maker Coldcard, produced by Coinkite, has confirmed that a deceptive message containing a phishing link appeared on its verified X account early on October 11, 2026. The company removed the content shortly afterward and launched an inquiry into how the unauthorized material… Read More

October 12, 2026 @ 10:51 am By Michael Wong  |  

Singapore’s central bank will step up work on wholesale central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) and stablecoin regulation as tokenised financial markets develop, with the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS)’s managing director saying central bank money will ultimately be needed to anchor monetary stability. Chia Der… Read More

October 12, 2026 @ 9:30 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

Brazil’s Agibank raises $410M in fund issuance The digital bank also has roughly 900 locations, mostly in underserved communities. This raise is the company’s third receivables-backed issuance. Capitolis confirms $220M in financing, including $120M Series E The fintech raised a $120 million Series E and… Read More

October 12, 2026 @ 8:43 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Concerns over compromised Ledger hardware wallets have widened after a new claim that a device purchased from a major European retail chain contained unauthorized internal wiring consistent with earlier spy implants. The development, highlighted by the crypto media account Crypto Banter on October 11, 2026,… Read More

October 12, 2026 @ 8:42 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Bank of America (NYSE: BAC) adjusted its outlooks on three major retail trading and crypto platforms in early October 2026, lifting targets on Robinhood Markets (NASDAQ: HOOD) and Coinbase (NASDAQ: COIN) while reducing its view on eToro Group (NASDAQ: ETOR) as the firms prepare to… Read More

October 12, 2026 @ 8:39 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Strategy (NASDAQ: MSTR) Executive Chairman Michael Saylor has offered a fresh indication that the company remains prepared to expand its Bitcoin holdings, posting the brief message “There’s always room for more orange” on X. The remark, widely interpreted by market observers as a reference to… Read More

October 12, 2026 @ 3:53 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The XRP Ledger has closed a critical integer-overflow vulnerability in its payment engine that had existed for roughly a decade and could have allowed an attacker to generate and spend new XRP in violation of the network’s fixed-supply rules. According to the official vulnerability disclosure… Read More

October 12, 2026 @ 1:42 am By Omar Faridi  |  

On October 9, 2026, the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party and the State Council issued the “Opinions on Developing New Quality Productive Forces,” a policy document outlining 19 measures across areas including technological innovation, industrial upgrading, and institutional reform. Among the directives is… Read More

October 12, 2026 @ 12:43 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Argentina’s monetary authority has closed the door on any near-term integration of cryptocurrencies into the formal banking and payments system, citing persistent economic fragility as the decisive constraint. Juan Curutchet, Superintendent of Financial and Foreign Exchange Institutions at the Banco Central de la República Argentina… Read More

October 12, 2026 @ 12:35 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Payward, the Wyoming-based parent of cryptocurrency exchange Kraken, is in discussions with Wells Fargo (NYSE: WFC) about serving as a liquidity provider for the bank’s digital asset trading activities, according to individuals familiar with the private conversations. Under the potential arrangement, Payward would supply market… Read More

October 11, 2026 @ 9:51 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

South Korea and tokenization “Proposed rules would allow stocks, bonds, and investment funds to operate under the country’s tokenized securities framework when it comes into effect in 2027. “The framework includes requirements covering capital, compliance personnel, technology systems and the management of distributed ledger records…. Read More

October 11, 2026 @ 9:42 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Bitcoin has spent recent sessions trading in a relatively tight band between roughly $82,000 and $83,000, a range that has left many crypto industyr participants underwhelmed. October has historically delivered some of the strongest average returns for the asset, earning the informal label “Uptober,” yet… Read More

October 11, 2026 @ 6:12 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Adam Back, the longtime Bitcoin cryptographer whose early work was referenced by Satoshi Nakamoto and who has repeatedly denied speculation that he is Bitcoin’s creator, recently sharpened his critique of Ethereum’s foundational design. In response to warnings from Ethereum researchers that artificial intelligence could potentially… Read More

October 11, 2026 @ 4:34 pm By Michael Wong  |  

Hong Kong’s exchange-traded product (ETP) market has expanded sharply, with daily turnover rising 3.6 times since 2023 to account for nearly one-fifth of trading on the stock exchange’s Main Board, Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) Chief Executive Julia Leung said. The growth reflects efforts to… Read More

October 11, 2026 @ 4:02 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Strategy (NASDAQ: MSTR) common shareholders may still absorb a dilution drag even after TD Cowen improved its bitcoin price assumptions, according to a client research note the firm issued on October 8, 2026. Analysts Lance Vitanza and Jonnathan Navarrete raised the bank’s bitcoin path while… Read More

October 11, 2026 @ 11:33 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Ledger, the maker of hardware wallets, is investigating a serious incident involving one of its official partners in Southeast Asia. The company has urged customers who bought devices from the Malaysian reseller CryptoBilis in the past three months not to set them up, and those… Read More