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ETF

Grayscale XRP ETF Adds In-Kind Transactions and New Custodian

Grayscale’s XRP exchange-traded fund (ETF) has expanded how institutions exchange tokens for shares while adding another provider to safeguard its holdings. The changes could improve trading efficiency and broaden custody arrangements for the fund’s XRP holdings. GXRP Opens Direct XRP Exchanges Alongside Cash The Grayscale XRP Trust ETF (GXRP) expanded its institutional exchange options, an […]

Bitcoin

Engineer Who Sabotaged Employer for Bitcoin Ransom Gets Prison Time

A former infrastructure engineer at a New Jersey-based industrial company has been sentenced to 32 months in federal prison after admitting that he sabotaged his employer’s computer systems—and demanded roughly $750,000 in bitcoin to stop the attack. Daniel Rhyne, 59, of Kansas City, Missouri, was sentenced Sept. 28 in federal court in Trenton after previously […]

Exchanges

Kalshi’s 15-Minute Gold Bets Top Ether as Fast Markets Drive Fees

Kalshi’s public data shows its 15-minute gold markets traded more contracts than their ether counterparts in September, their second month of operation. The short-duration markets now bring in most of the exchange’s non-sports fees. Gold Passes Ether in Its Second Month Kalshi’s 15-minute gold markets traded more contracts than its ether markets of the […]

Projects

Europol Warns Quantum Threat Could Put Crypto Fortunes at Risk

Europol is pushing back on crypto’s quantum doomsday scenario. In a report published Wednesday, the agency says quantum computers pose a far greater threat to exposed wallet keys than to blockchains themselves, warning that vulnerable keys cannot be retroactively secured and will eventually need to be migrated. Europol Says Quantum Computers Threaten Crypto Keys, Not […]

Regulation

French Hill says SEC and CFTC crypto rules fall short of legislation

House Financial Services Committee Chair French Hill has renewed his push for a permanent US crypto law, saying regulatory action falls short of legislation as the Senate faces just 22 session days after November’s elections. Fox Business carried Hill’s comments…

Bitcoin

10 AI Models Including Claude and ChatGPT Pick Crypto’s Year-End Winners

The crypto leaderboard has been anything but sleepy in 2026, with venice token (VVV) up a staggering 1,541% year to date and several others already sitting on triple-digit gains. With less than three months left, Bitcoin.com News asked several leading AI models a tougher question: Which cryptocurrency still has the most firepower left before Dec. […]

Projects

Moody’s Gives Sky Protocol Its First Stablecoin Credit Rating

Moody’s has given Sky Protocol a B3 rating with a stable outlook, marking the agency’s first rating of a stablecoin protocol. But the report carries a sting: Sky held only about $90 million in tangible common equity against roughly $10 billion in tangible managed assets as of September, leaving the former MakerDAO with what Moody’s […]

Ethereum

Pudgy Penguins Team to Shutter Ethereum Layer 2 Network Abstract

Another Ethereum Layer 2 chain bites the dust: Just days after the creators of the once-hyped Blast said they’re shutting down the scaler, Abstract is about to follow suit. On Tuesday, Igloo Inc.—the company behind the crypto-native Pudgy Penguins IP—said that it will shut down Abstract, its Ethereum Layer 2 network that launched in mainnet […]

Regulation

Coinbase opens regulated route to Deribit markets for US institutions

Coinbase has completed its Deribit integration following an Oct. 1 account migration, establishing a regulated route for eligible US institutions into derivatives markets that the company says account for roughly 80% of global crypto trading volume. Coinbase announced on Oct.…

Exchanges

Quantum-Safe Quantus Launches QTC Token Trading via Near Intents

Quantum-focused blockchain Quantus has launched trading for its QTC token through near.com and Near Intents, giving users access to more than 180 assets across over 30 chains without first sending funds to a centralized exchange. Quantus Opens QTC Trading Across 30+ Chains Quantus is taking an unusual route to market. The proof-of-work blockchain has […]

Projects

Sui tunnels hit 40.6M TPS in live AI agent test

The layer-1 blockchain said its programmable offchain tunnels reached the milestone during a live stress test designed to simulate high-frequency activity between AI agents.

Projects

Paxos enables partners to offer XRP trading, custody and transfers

Paxos has added XRP to its Crypto Brokerage platform, enabling partners to offer buying, selling, holding, depositing, and withdrawing for a token the company says is held across more than 8.1 million wallets. Paxos said its brokerage now supports XRP,…

Bitcoin

Bitcoin Price Erases October Gains: Why $81,300 Is Now the Critical Level

Bitcoin price dropped to an intraday low of $82,734, erasing early-month gains. Despite forced long liquidations, open interest remained steady, signaling aggressive new short positioning by traders. Surrendering Key Support Bitcoin continued to slide Wednesday, dipping below $83,000 amid a marketwide pullback that dragged several high-cap altcoins down by 4% or more. The top cryptocurrency’s […]

Exchanges

Zcash price prediction for October

Zcash’s October outlook hinges on holding $1,250 support and reclaiming $1,500 after a 22% retreat from its September peak. TradingView’s Binance ZEC/USDT daily chart showed Zcash at $1,320.83, down 3.35% for the session. The day’s range stretched from $1,289.54 to…

Projects

Kazakhstan Taps Tether to Explore a New Tenge Stablecoin Model

Kazakhstan already has a tenge stablecoin in a central-bank sandbox. Now it has brought Tether into the room to study another one. Tether, the National Bank of Kazakhstan, and the Alatau City Authority signed an exploratory memorandum on Wednesday covering a possible tenge-pegged stablecoin, asset tokenization, and decentralized finance (DeFi). No coin has been approved, […]

Security

Jury Convicts Uranium Finance Hacker Who Spent Crypto Loot on Pokemon Cards

A Manhattan federal jury convicted cybersecurity consultant Jonathan Spalletta on Wednesday of computer fraud and money laundering over the 2021 Uranium Finance attacks. Inner City Press, reporting from the courthouse, said jurors returned guilty verdicts on both counts after beginning deliberations Tuesday afternoon. Prosecutors accused Spalletta of draining roughly $53.3 million, laundering millions through Tornado […]

Bitcoin

Bitcoin to $100K in weeks? Analysts weigh the Uptober case

Bitcoin has slipped below $84,000 after reaching $87,197 last Friday, while analysts have offered competing views on whether October can deliver a recovery toward $100,000. Andreas Brekken, founder of SideShift.ai, told crypto.news that he expects a strong October for Bitcoin,…

Projects

Solana Hits 14M Stablecoin Holders as Card Volume Tops $1B

Solana’s stablecoin footprint has expanded to more than 14 million holder addresses, alongside over $15 billion in supply and $1 billion in cumulative stablecoin card volume. Solana Stablecoin Use Sees Massive Growth in Two Years Solana’s stablecoin economy is reaching a new scale just as the blockchain makes a bigger push into institutional settlement. More […]

Bitcoin

Why are BTC, ETH, XRP and SOL in the red today?

Bitcoin, Ethereum, XRP, and Solana have fallen between 4.3% and 6.3% over the past 24 hours on Oct. 7, as the broader crypto market cap dropped 3.8% to $2.925 trillion. CoinGecko data showed Bitcoin trading at $82,855.50, down 4.3%, while…

Bitcoin

Bitcoin Beats Equities, Real Estate Among Wealthy Investors: Survey

Another survey of investors with deep pockets signals strong interest in digital assets, especially bitcoin, as these assets were the most common pick for the best long-term performer among wealthy respondents in the U.S., U.K., France and Germany—ahead of equities and real estate. However, bitcoin still needs to compete for space in digital asset portfolios. […]

Projects

Crypto Long & Short: Zcash and the case for privacy in the age of AI

AI has made it cheap to link wallet addresses to the people behind them, and the permanence of the blockchain means records don’t age out. Michael Zhao of Grayscale Research explains how Zcash’s shielded transactions address this problem, and why close to 29% of all ZEC ever mined now sits in the shielded pool.