Exchanges news
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Qubic Halts Network After $1.3 Million Wallet Drain
Qubic says 87.1% of the drained QU remains immobilized on its network, while MEXC froze the account receiving the rest.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Crypto exchanges Binance, Coinbase join West Africa scam sweep that flagged $11 million
Private-sector partners flagged $11 million in funds that could be frozen, while officials reported cryptocurrency seizures without disclosing their value.
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Circle defends USDC economics as stablecoin rivals court its partners with bigger cut
Coinbase, Circle’s largest USDC partner, also backs Open USD, a rival network that passes reserve income to partners after a management fee.
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Injective Activates Fixed Gas Costs for Exchange Transactions
Traders and app developers can use published gas budgets for orders, cancellations, deposits and withdrawals instead of simulating each transaction.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Bitget to discontinue services for some users in one-off exercise
Bitget says user funds are safe and exchange will continue to operate during the change.
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Bitget to End Services for Some Users, With Account-Specific Deadlines
The exchange's terms list Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan as prohibited jurisdictions, while an affected user reports an Oct. 21 deadline.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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KOSPI erases an entire year’s worth of South Korean GDP
South Korea’s stock exchange halted trading for 20 minutes yesterday as the country’s KOSPI index fell more than 8% in a single day. Since its June peak, its drawdown now exceeds 40%, worth more than $2 trillion in market capitalization. Followed domestically the same way US investors follow the...
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Coinbase to power stablecoin-backed cards for Marqeta customers
The expanded partnership builds on Marqeta’s work powering Coinbase’s U.S. debit card offering in 2020.
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CFTC Wants to Drop Gemini’s $5M Settlement. A Judge Just Said No
The judge ruled that a shift in the CFTC’s enforcement priorities and misconduct allegations against its enforcement division weren’t enough to reopen a deal Gemini signed weeks before trial.
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Three Canadian Armed Forces Members Charged in Kidnapping of Crypto Exchange Owner
Police seized guns, silencers and more than 2,000 rounds of ammunition, nearly all of it allegedly stolen from the Canadian military.
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Binance.US Seeks Up to $100 Million at $1 Billion Valuation, Bloomberg Reports
Trump-affiliated World Liberty Financial was made aware of the fundraising but is not participating, according to Bloomberg.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Coinbase and Marqeta Expand Partnership for Enterprise Stablecoin Cards
The planned offering would let businesses fund card programs around the clock, with Coinbase holding balances and Base providing onchain settlement infrastructure.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Traders will soon be able to bet on whether Coinbase, Robinhood and Marathon will hit their targets
Your day-ahead look for Oct. 16, 2026
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U.S. judge rejects Gemini’s appeal to void $5 million settlement despite CFTC backing
The crypto exchange already paid up, but a court order and restrictions from its 2025 settlement will not be lifted even though the CFTC said the case should have never been presented.
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Judge rejects CFTC, Gemini bid to undo $5M settlement
Judge ruled changes in CFTC enforcement priorities and allegations of misconduct by its enforcement division were insufficient to overturn Gemini’s January 2025 settlement.
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US federal judge denies joint Gemini-CFTC bid to undo $5 million settlement
The court noted that Gemini voluntarily settled three weeks before trial and that policy changes do not warrant reopening the judgment.
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Judge Rejects Gemini-CFTC Bid to Lift Settlement Restrictions
Gemini has already paid the $5 million penalty. A permanent injunction and restrictions on publicly denying the case's findings remain in place.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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CoreWeave, Broadcom Join Objections to OKX-ICE Stock Tokenization
The venture now discloses nine issuer objections, each of which bars the affected stock token from trading under the SEC’s conditional exemption.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Russia Will Soon Ban Peer-to-Peer Bitcoin Trading, Central Bank Confirms
Russians have until July 1, 2027 to buy and sell crypto directly with each other. After that, every trade runs through a broker or exchange approved by the Bank of Russia.
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Binance.US seeks $1B valuation in potential $100M funding round: Report
The crypto exchange was reportedly looking to use the additional funding to regain market share following Binance’s 2023 settlement with US authorities.
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IPX Exchange, the Agentic OS and Tokenized Exchange for IP, Closes $4M Seed Round at a $125M Valuation
IPX, an agentic operating system and tokenized exchange for intellectual property built on Base, closed a $4 million seed round at a $125 million valuation. Bitsurge Holdings led the round alongside YICIPX Holdings Family Office.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Crypto.com Launches Predict Pro With Order Books and Sports Combos
The platform connects US traders to OG.com Markets and supports sports combinations of two to 20 predictions, with any losing leg making the entire combo a loss.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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OKX Opens Onchain Spot and Perps Beta With Simulated TradFi Trading
The points competition shares a 250,000 USDT reward pool with Outcomes. Funded trading is scheduled to follow after the contest ends.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Firelight Adds $30.5 Million of Cover to Kraken USDC Vault
Depositors face a $100,000 cap per address per coverage period, with payouts handled by Sentora rather than guaranteed by Kraken.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Bitget, Liquid exploits push Q3 crypto hacks toward $1.2B
Compromised suppliers, developer tools and infrastructure components outside security audits drove about 77% of the quarter’s total losses, according to Hacken.
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Bitcoin mining pool once handling 2.3% of network shuts after hashrate falls 65%
Computing power directed at Binance Pool has fallen from 26 EH/s in December to about 9 EH/s. Its remaining miners must choose another provider before a Nov. 10 cutoff.
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VanEck seeks to withdraw application for Lido staked Ether ETF
VanEck initially filed an S-1 registration statement for the exchange-traded fund in October last year.
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Russia’s Central Bank Authorizes Sberbank to Exchange Cryptocurrencies
Bitcoin Magazine Russia’s Central Bank Authorizes Sberbank to Exchange Cryptocurrencies Russia’s central bank has added Sberbank to its register of organizations authorized to exchange digital currencies, according to reports. Sberbank was added to the list of digital depositories, which will keep...
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Kraken Parent Payward Agrees to Buy Lithuania’s Saldo Bank
Saldo reported €196.9 million in assets at the end of June. The acquisition is expected to close in 2027, subject to regulatory approval.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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AI Agents Made 138 Million Crypto Payments in a Year. Most Were Tiny
A new Chainalysis report found payments through Coinbase’s x402 protocol surged from about 1,500 in mid-2025 to more than 138 million by Q3 2026, with U.S. wallets dominating spending on AI models.