Bitcoin news
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South Korea just got its first traditional bank loans backed by bitcoin
Loans use third-party custodians for bitcoin holdings and rely on court-ordered sales if borrowers default.
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SWI raises $894 million to repurpose former FTX bitcoin miner Genesis Digital to AI
SWI Group said it would use the proceeds from an 800 million-euro ($894 million) fundraise to transform Genesis Digital Assets, acquired from the FTX bankruptcy, from a bitcoin miner to an AI-focused data center.
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Altcoins rally on thin trading as bitcoin holds below $83,500
The CoinDesk 80 has risen around 3% in 24 hours, more than double the CoinDesk 5, while spot bitcoin ETFs lost $681 million last week.
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UK Freezes $12M London Penthouse of Alleged Prince Group Finance Chief
Thet Li is accused of running the finances of a scam empire tied to $14 billion in Bitcoin the U.S. has moved to seize.
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South Korean bank launches Bitcoin-backed business loans: Report
Jeonbuk Bank reportedly began offering Bitcoin-backed loans to corporate customers, with a third-party custodian holding the cryptocurrency used as collateral.
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Bitcoin shrugs off ETF outflows to trade above $84,000 as oil falls
Bitcoin is holding on to its weekend gains as oil trades lower. ETFs lost over $600 million in outflows last week.
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STRK Gains 322% in Four Weeks, Outpacing Bitcoin and Ether
Starknet’s DeFi TVL rose about 5% over a slightly shorter period, while its proposed Layer 1 shift remains under discussion.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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AVAX Gains Nearly 50% in Four Weeks, Outpacing Bitcoin and Ether
The token retained its lead despite a 1.7% weekly decline, while Avalanche shortened the minimum commitment for validators during the period.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Saylor teases Strategy Bitcoin buying after ending September with STRC buybacks
Investors will have to wait an extra day to find out if and how much Strategy added to its Bitcoin treasury in the first week of October.
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Bitcoin, Ethereum and Solana ETFs All in the Red for October
Bitcoin ETFs have seen $386.3 million in net outflows through the first seven trading days of October, while Ethereum funds have now posted nine straight days of losses.
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Liquid Bitcoin Redemptions Remain Frozen With 85.8% Reserve Coverage
The reserve gap is about 603 BTC. Liquid says peg-outs require full backing and completed security reviews before they can restart.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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US Bitcoin ETFs Shed $679 Million in Weekly Reversal
Withdrawals on Oct. 7–8 drove a $920 million swing from the preceding week, leaving the two-week flow total negative.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Filecoin Nears End of Six-Year Vesting, Removing 68 Million FIL in Annual Releases
At the latest mining pace, annualized additions from vesting and block rewards would fall from about 89 million FIL to 21 million. Storage-provider rewards continue.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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SUI Gains 54% in Four Weeks, Outpacing Bitcoin and Ether
Sui’s DeFi liquidity also expanded, but more slowly than its token price, while a recent pullback interrupted the rally.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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This Sam Altman-Backed Life Insurer Runs Entirely on Bitcoin, and Just Raised $37.5 Million
The Bermuda-based insurer, which runs entirely on Bitcoin, drew the funding from existing backers led by Bain Capital Crypto after a record year driven by demand from wealthy families in Asia, Europe and the Middle East.
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Ether ETFs extend outflow streak to nine days as Solana funds snap record 14-week inflow run
Spot bitcoin, solana, and ether ETFs all logged weekly outflows following last week's trading, a notable shift for some of the funds.
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One year after 10/10, bitcoin and ether liquidity have rebuilt, but other altcoins still face risks
Bitcoin and ether order books are deeper than before the crash, while altcoin liquidity keeps eroding and spot trading remains well below its October 2025 peak.
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Bitcoin's $19 billion wake-up call: One-year later, has crypto learned anything?
One year after a flash crash wiped out billions in leveraged crypto bets, traders have better tools to spot risks. But the forces behind the selloff remain.
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AERO Rallies 48% in Four Weeks, Outpacing Bitcoin and Ether
Aerodrome holds about $393 million on Base as its planned merger with Velodrome approaches.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Sam Altman-backed Bitcoin life insurer, Meanwhile, raises more funds
The round follows increased international demand for Meanwhile’s Bitcoin life insurance policies amid broader macro instability.
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Bitcoin's volatility has plunged, but extreme price swings are more frequent than in 2018
CoinDesk analysis finds 10 unusually large trading days in 2026, raising questions about how investors measure risk in an increasingly institutional crypto market.
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Bitcoin Life Insurer Meanwhile Raises $37.5M as Wealthy Families Look to Pass On Their BTC
Bitcoin Magazine Bitcoin Life Insurer Meanwhile Raises $37.5M as Wealthy Families Look to Pass On Their BTC Meanwhile , the first life insurer licensed to operate entirely in Bitcoin, has raised $37.5 million in new funding from its existing investors, the company announced . Bain Capital Crypto...
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STRK Jumps 30% as Starknet Weighs Layer 1 Shift
The token’s rally outpaced bitcoin and ether, while daily trading on Starknet’s decentralized exchanges rose to about $33.7 million.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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‘We Know Where It Is’: Treasury Secretary Threatens To Freeze $1B of Iran’s Crypto
Bitcoin Magazine ‘We Know Where It Is’: Treasury Secretary Threatens To Freeze $1B of Iran’s Crypto U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has said the American authorities will soon seize $1 billion in crypto from Iran. Speaking on Newsmax’s NPolicy Summit in Washington, D.C. on Thursday, Bessent...
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Here’s How Not To Screw up Your Bitcoin Privacy
Bitcoin Magazine Here’s How Not To Screw up Your Bitcoin Privacy Just one transaction can compromise years of discreet Bitcoin activity, Cake Wallet’s chief operating officer has warned. Speaking on the Bitcoin Rails podcast this week, activist Seth for Privacy talked about different ways of...
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NEAR Gains 83% in Four Weeks, Outpacing Bitcoin and Ether
A draft plan would lower maximum annual issuance from 2.5% to 1.6%, reducing both dilution and staking rewards.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Bitcoin Rebounds After Rough Week, But Traders Are Pricing In More Downside
Bitcoin bounced after dipping to around $80,000. Traders are placing increasingly high odds BTC slips further before October is over.
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Bitcoin ETFs Shed $729M in Two Days as Investors Reverse Course
Bitcoin Magazine Bitcoin ETFs Shed $729M in Two Days as Investors Reverse Course U.S. investors this week reversed course, cashing out $729 million from spot bitcoin exchange-traded funds — putting downward pressure on the leading cryptocurrency’s price. Funds managed by BlackRock, Fidelity, Morgan...
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Ledger Warns Buyers Not to Set Up Wallets From Reseller After Users Report Losses
Bitcoin Magazine Ledger Warns Buyers Not to Set Up Wallets From Reseller After Users Report Losses Hardware wallet manufacturer Ledger has said that it is investigating loss of user funds after customers in South East Asia reported issues with devices bought from a reseller. The Paris-based company...
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Bitcoin consolidates near $82.5K as crypto weathers Ledger theft reports
Bitcoin and crypto markets eyed a recovery from Thursday’s drop despite concerns of another hardware wallet exploit.