Bitcoin news
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Interpol Recovers $105M in African Cybercrime Sweep That Shut Illegal Crypto Mines
Operation Serengeti III led to 1,462 arrests across 21 countries, while Angolan police seized more than 2,000 crypto mining devices.
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Bloomberg’s Mike McGlone: AI Risk Could Force Bitcoin Drawdown to $10,000
▶ Bitcoin Magazine Bloomberg's Mike McGlone: AI Risk Could Force Bitcoin Drawdown to $10,000 Mike McGlone was one of the few Wall Street analysts to call $100K Bitcoin. Now the Bloomberg Intelligence senior commodity strategist says Bitcoin “can easily drop a zero” to $10,000. In this interview...
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Bitcoin consolidates after 3% loss as AI fears stoke fresh stock-market weakness
Bitcoin price volatility cooled as stock markets battled another day of resurgent AI fears during Friday’s Asia trading session.
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Bitcoin Core changes security rules as AI makes finding code bugs dangerously easy
Developers merged a policy change that ends the months-long embargo for flaws a chatbot could rediscover, after a summer in which AI found hundreds of bitcoin bugs before the humans did.
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Bitcoin ETFs swing back to net outflows as $636 million in withdrawals erase previous day’s inflows
BlackRock's IBIT led Thursday's net outflows with $254.1 million, while four other funds also witnessed withdrawals.
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Bitcoin's volatility is well above euro-dollar gyrations, though it has calmed to rival Nvidia's
Your day-ahead look for Oct. 23, 2026
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Live updates: Bitcoin holds above $81,000 as the AI rout fades and oil climbs
Bitcoin went quiet after a week of big swings, with tech futures steadying and Brent hitting its highest level since early May. The Fed meets next week.
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Bitcoin steadies near $81,700 as altcoins rebound, pepe climbs 13%
Bitcoin rose 0.5% to around $81,700 since midnight UTC while the CoinDesk 80 gained 1.4% and memecoins climbed 2.9%.
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Heatbit's $899 Water Heater Element Mines Bitcoin While It Heats Your Tank
The Bitwater element swaps a tank's resistance wire for 20 mining chips, and Heatbit says it uses the same electricity to heat the water.
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Bitcoin appears to have decoupled from midterm cycle bottom history
Previous bitcoin bear-market lows followed U.S. midterms, but this year’s recovery raises the possibility that the bottom arrived months earlier.
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Bitcoin in 'Wait and See Mode'—And That Might Be a Good Thing
The crypto market has been quiet as of late. Market analysts think that might actually be a good sign and that a bull market might be near.
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Bitcoin ETFs bleed $635M as October slides back into the red
Thursday’s withdrawals ended a three-day inflow streak and left US spot Bitcoin ETFs with $175 million in net outflows for October.
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Bitcoin Core changes security policy as AI makes bugs easier to find
Bitcoin Core says keeping certain vulnerabilities secret no longer offers much protection in the wake of AI-assisted bug hunting.
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Bitcoin, gold trim early losses as yen gives up gains. Oil stays near $100
Bitcoin and gold pared early losses as the yen gave up gains and Asian stocks rebounded, though oil near $100 keeps inflation risks in focus.
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Bitcoin slides below $81,500 as tech stock sell-off spreads to Asian equities
The Wall Street sell-off extended to Asian equities on Friday morning, with South Korea's Kospi down 2.3% and Japan's Nikkei 225 down 1.6%.
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Switzerland approves first spot Bitcoin ETF for retail investors
BIT Asset Management’s Bitcoin Fund ETF is expected to begin trading on SIX Swiss Exchange in November, with its public offering restricted to Switzerland.
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Bank of Russia clears 17 crypto exchangers as Sberbank and VTB ready retail trading
Russia's central bank is rapidly widening the list of firms allowed to trade crypto, as the country's two biggest lenders prepare to sell Bitcoin and other coins to ordinary customers before the end of the year. The Bank of Russia added a 17th company, Prosto LLC, to its register of crypto exchange...
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Bitcoin and Ethereum Take Different Paths to Post-Quantum Wallets
Ethereum contracts can verify alternative signatures today, but protecting existing accounts requires more than adding a new signer. Bitcoin’s P2MR proposal does not itself add post-quantum signatures.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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The Sleeper Has Awakened: Pepenardo’s Sleeping Knights Return
Bitcoin Magazine The Sleeper Has Awakened: Pepenardo’s Sleeping Knights Return Pepenardo has transformed six copies of Bitcoin Magazine's 2036 Issue into original artworks, drawing directly onto the covers with a Sharpie. The hand-altered editions feature familiar characters from his visual...
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New DeepSeek ban in US, Swiss-Asia crypto ties deepen: Asia Express
DeepSeek banned from US federal civilian agencies over spying fears. Singapore firm behind Europe’s first spot Bitcoin ETF, as Switzerland partners with Vietnam on crypto tech.
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Circle Shareholder Sues Trump, Alleging Unconstitutional Profits From $2B UAE Crypto Deals
Bitcoin Magazine Circle Shareholder Sues Trump, Alleging Unconstitutional Profits From $2B UAE Crypto Deals A shareholder from one of the world’s biggest digital asset companies has sued U.S. President Donald Trump for alleged crypto corruption. The lawsuit, filed on Thursday by shareholder and...
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Interpol Cybercrime Sweep Recovers Over $105 Million, Nets 1,462 Arrests
Angolan authorities seized more than 2,000 crypto-mining devices; a Nigerian probe traced more than $2.4 million in suspected fraud proceeds.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Blockchain Association Presses Congress on Crypto Taxes as Clarity Act Stalls
Bitcoin Magazine Blockchain Association Presses Congress on Crypto Taxes as Clarity Act Stalls The Blockchain Association sent a letter to Senate and House leadership on Thursday asking Congress to pass bipartisan digital asset tax legislation, the group's first broad push on taxes since the...
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China Moves to Confiscate $5 Billion in Bitcoin From Fraudster Who Fled to UK: Report
Bitcoin Magazine China Moves to Confiscate $5 Billion in Bitcoin From Fraudster Who Fled to UK: Report Chinese authorities are working to seize nearly 62,000 bitcoins — worth around $5 billion at today's prices — linked to one of the country's largest-ever fraud cases. Prosecutors allege that Qian...
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Tether-Backed Utexo Sets November 28 Launch for Bridged USDT on Bitcoin
Professional operators can now test the RGB-based token on Bitcoin Signet. Its backing will sit in USDT0 locked on Arbitrum.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Lightning Labs Urges Immediate Updates Over Certificate Vulnerability
New binaries block trust in compromised eMudhra certificate keys. Updating Go on a host alone does not patch software already installed.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Bitcoin hashrate hits seven-month high as AI shift fails to ease mining competition
According to BlocksBridge, Bitcoin’s mining difficulty is rising despite the industry’s AI transition, with smaller operators potentially absorbing equipment abandoned by larger competitors.
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Bitcoin Falls 3.7% to Test $81,500 ETF Cost Basis
Glassnode’s estimated ETF holding cost, last dated Oct. 19, has acted as support in October after capping bitcoin’s May rally.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Bitcoin ETFs Erase October Losses With $1 Billion in Three Days
Spot Bitcoin ETFs have drawn about $1.07 billion over three sessions, pushing October flows to a gain of roughly $460 million, even as Bitcoin and Ethereum prices slipped.
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Utexo Opens Utexo Mint Early Access for USDT on Bitcoin Ahead of November 28 Launch
Bitcoin Magazine Utexo Opens Utexo Mint Early Access for USDT on Bitcoin Ahead of November 28 Launch Professional operators can now test USDT on Bitcoin and get their integrations ready for November’s public launch. Utexo has opened Utexo Mint, its dedicated platform for professional operators...