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AnchorWatch Trust Company launches bitcoin custody service with up to $370 million in insurance per client
AnchorWatch launched Nevada-chartered bitcoin custody with a $10,000 monthly fee cap and optional insurance of up to $370 million per client.
Zerohash rolls out a new tool to move crypto without copying wallet addresses
The launch comes as Zerohash bids for a federal trust charter.
Crypto Hacks Cost $1.18 Billion In Q3 As Smart Contract Exploits Surge
Crypto’s third-quarter security bill came to $1.18 billion, but the headline total is only part of Hacken’s latest warning. The firm recorded 107 incidents between July and Sep…
Ledger Reseller Attack Raises Questions About Hardware Wallet Supply Chains
A hardware wallet’s strongest cryptography offers little protection when an attacker can interfere with the device before its owner even switches it on. That is the uncomfortable…
Fidelity Pays $500,000 In California Crypto Withdrawal Settlement
California has secured a $500,000 settlement with Fidelity Digital Asset Services over restrictions that previously prevented some crypto customers from moving purchased coins to t…
Strive scoops up another 1,223 bitcoin for $100 million as total holdings reach 36,818 BTC
Strive paid approximately $81,734 on average per bitcoin, adding to the 2,822 BTC it had acquired earlier last week.
MARA-Linked Wallets Send 1,000 Bitcoin To Exchanges, But A Sale Is Unconfirmed
Addresses associated by on-chain analysts with miner MARA Holdings have sent approximately 1,000 BTC to Binance and Gate over five days, putting the company’s treasury movements…
Bitmine adds 12,535 ETH as treasury reaches 6.04 million tokens
Bitmine bought 12,535 ETH last week, lifting its treasury to 6.04 million tokens and total investment holdings to $15.1 billion.
Made an ‘honest’ mistake with crypto taxes? New bill offers way out
A proposed US bill would let crypto investors correct past tax reporting mistakes through a dedicated disclosure program, with reduced penalties for eligible taxpayers.
Claude Traces NIST Cryptography Seeds To An Old Random-Number Generator
An unusual piece of cryptography history has gained an answer. Anthropic says Claude reconstructed how the original seed values behind several widely used NIST elliptic curves were…
Here’s what happened in crypto today
Need to know what happened in crypto today? Here is the latest news on daily trends and events impacting Bitcoin price, blockchain, DeFi, Web3 and crypto regulation.
XRPL Cleanup Fix Gains Validator Support While Lending Amendment Waits
XRP Ledger validators are advancing a maintenance amendment while the network’s proposed native lending features face a more complicated path through governance. TL;DR: The fixCl…
Public companies object to OKX-ICE’s tokenized stock plan
Nine public companies objected to having their shares offered in tokenized form by OKX and ICE, testing whether platforms can create blockchain-based markets without issuer consent…
Strategy Buys $22M in Bitcoin, Buys Back $193M of STRC
The Bitcoin treasury firm raised its preferred stock buyback cap to $3 billion and now holds 848,517 BTC, bought at an average of $75,446.
Latvia Changes Crypto Tax Treatment And Opens A 2027 Declaration Window
Latvia has passed a change to the way crypto investment-account gains are taxed, shifting attention from individual trades to what an investor ultimately withdraws from an eligible…
Dormant 2013 Bitcoin Wallet Moves $34 Million After 13 Years
An early Bitcoin holder has moved approximately 411.45 BTC from a wallet associated with 2013, attracting fresh attention as traders monitor old coins returning to activity. TL;DR:…
Strategy buys $22M in Bitcoin, repurchases $193M in STRC
Strategy added 267 Bitcoin to its holdings as it bought back 1.94 million STRC shares and boosted its preferred stock buyback program to $3 billion.
Cysic Bridge Exploit Creates 10 Million Tokens Before $727,000 Moves To Ethereum
Cysic has suspended its cross-chain bridge after an attacker created 10 million unauthorized CYS tokens on BNB Chain and converted part of the supply into assets moved toward Ether…
Morning Minute: Crypto Rebounds as 'Black Monday' Looms
The original “Black Monday” occurred 39 years ago today. Is history about to repeat itself?
Cardano founder Charles Hoskinson is building a new programming language for the network
Hoskinson said on X the language will bundle transaction requests with cryptographic proofs. He hasn’t shared a name, specs or a release date.
Qubic Halts Blockchain After Weak Wallet Seeds Leave 1,400 Accounts Exposed
Qubic halted its network after attackers exploited weakly generated wallet credentials to remove roughly $1.4 million in cryptocurrency from more than 1,400 accounts, according to…
‘We found room for more orange’: Michael Saylor’s Strategy buys another 267 bitcoin for $22 million
Strategy's BTC holdings account for around 4% of the total bitcoin supply, with $5.9 billion in paper gains.
‘Terrifying Precedent’: Dutch Hand US Data From Seized Anti-Fascist Server
Police seized the Autistici/Inventati server under a 1981 treaty after the U.S. designated the Italian activist group “global terrorists.”
JPMorgan Takes JPM Coin To Ethereum As Banks Test Public-Chain Settlement
JPMorgan is taking its bank-issued deposit token onto public Ethereum, an expansion that puts an established Wall Street payments product on infrastructure traditionally associated…
World Liberty’s USD1 stablecoin sheds $400M in market cap in two weeks
World Liberty Financial’s USD1 stablecoin saw its market cap decrease more than $400 million over two weeks of large redemptions on Ethereum and BNB Chain.
Sam Altman's World Takes Proof-of-Human IDs to Banks, Citing $40B AI Fraud Risk
Bain Capital, VanEck and Pantera Capital are among design partners for the offering, which also lets users delegate proofs to AI agents.
BingX, YouHodler added to ESMA MiCA register in latest update
ESMA’s latest MiCA register update includes BingX, YouHodler and Banco Santander’s Openbank, bringing the total to 375 unique CASPs.
Strategy's price chart is about to flash a major bullish signal weeks after bitcoin did
Your day-ahead look for Oct. 19, 2026
Live updates: Bitcoin holds near $82,000 as Nasdaq rebounds more than 1%
Bitcoin treasury company Strive continued to add large numbers of BTC to its balance sheet, while far larger peer Strategy acquired only a small amount.
Revolut secures Gibraltar crypto licence to support international expansion plans
Revolut secured a Gibraltar DLT licence for a new entity to support its international crypto expansion strategy.
UK Trio Jailed Over Home Invasion in Failed Crypto Theft Attempt
The victim was hit over the head before his teenage sister alerted police, who arrested all three men at the scene in May.
Bitcoin extends bounce above $82,000 as stocks rebound, DeFi tokens lead altcoin gains
Bitcoin rose 0.8% to around $82,700 as China’s GDP beat estimates and Nasdaq futures rebounded, while the CoinDesk 80 gained 1.3% and DeFi led gains.
France advances stablecoin tax, eyes self-custodial wallets and exit tax proposals
France’s National Assembly adopted a crypto tax amendment targeting certain stablecoin swaps, while separate proposals on exit taxes and self-custodial wallet reporting remain un…
Stocks rebound into key tech earnings: Three things to know in Bitcoin this week
Analysts expect Bitcoin to retest $80,000 support again as stock markets attempt to recover last week’s losses.
Zcash Developer Zakura Proposes Fix to Stop Quantum Computers Linking Shielded Swaps
Zakura says a single published Zcash address could let a future quantum attacker link every payment a wallet has ever received.
JPMorgan brings JPM Coin, representing dollar deposits, to Ethereum
JPMorgan's dollar deposit token is heading to Ethereum as the lender looks to offer it to wider selection of institutional clients.
Crypto vault deposits top $10 billion as lending risks draw regulatory scrutiny
Curator-managed lending strategies are attracting institutional capital, while exposing depositors to collateral, liquidity and smart-contract risks.
Bitcoin mining offshoot Nscale loses Microsoft AI deal as power delay stretches into 2030s
The Nvidia-backed company planned to deliver 23,000 AI chips in the U.K. next year, but its grid connection may not be ready until the 2030s.
CME’s bitcoin cash, uniswap futures, global PMIs: Crypto Week Ahead
Your look at what's coming in the week starting Oct. 19.
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