Crypto news
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Bitcoin rebounds above $81,000 as Asian chip rally spills into crypto, pepe jumps 9%
Bitcoin rose above $81,400 as Asian chip stocks rallied, with frog-themed memecoin pepe adding 9%.
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Settlement concerns prompt Euronext to halt CoinShares’ Zcash ETP ahead of debut
A Euronext spokesperson told Cointelegraph the suspension was due to “operational settlement requirements” and remains in effect until settlement operations are supported by the CSD.
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Live updates: Bitcoin climbs above $81,000 as majors rally ahead of Fed decision
HYPE and ZEC led a broad bounce, with every top token in the green hours before the Federal Reserve’s rate call.
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Soneium Opens Royalty Vault With $600,000 Launch Cap
Holding ipUSD alone provides no royalty exposure. Investors receive separate vault shares after settlement, and standard exits can take months.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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OKXICE Objections Rise to 33 as Stock-Token Lineup Shrinks
Issuer objections cover 31 of the 63 originally proposed symbols, leaving 32 without a disclosed objection ahead of the venue’s launch.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Mirae Asset Securities issues tokenized notes on Solana
The company’s Hong Kong unit issued six-month notes under its $3 billion program, extending blockchain-based distribution to institutional investors.
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Google to preview crypto custody security system as AI threats grow
Google Multi-Party Compute is in private preview, with several major financial institutions testing the technology and parent company Alphabet using it to secure its own digital assets on Ethereum and Solana.
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Stellar Unveils Fee-Free Network Processing 7 Million Payments per Second
Early benchmarks reached 7.02 million payments per second across eight machines inside a single validator, and the foundation says it has not decided how the network will relate to Stellar... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Bithumb Says Hackers Accessed Internal System, Leaking Personal Data
South Korea's second-largest crypto exchange is checking whether customer data was exposed, as two other financial firms report breaches.
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Nearly 90% of large businesses are embracing tokenized cash to speed up payments: DBS
Stablecoins lead instruments in use or planned at 63%, ahead of tokenized deposits at 53% and tokenized money market funds at 52%.
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Coinbase Customer Data Hit in Analytics Vendor Breach, Funds ‘Not Impacted’
The incident at analytics firm Amplitude hit a "small subset" of Coinbase customers, the exchange said, without saying how many.
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Brazil’s largest lender becomes first bank to formalize crypto brokerage under new rules
Itaú Unibanco notified Brazil’s central bank of its crypto trading and custody operations on Tuesday, ahead of an Oct. 30 deadline.
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Kospi surges 7% as SK Hynix earnings fuel AI stock rebound
South Korean chipmakers led a broader AI recovery after SK Hynix reported a sevenfold profit surge and announced another $45 billion in shareholder returns.
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Bitcoin price eyes $82K as Morgan Stanley strategist says most of correction is over
Bitcoin sought to rebuild support at $80,000 while Asian and US tech stocks extended a rebound into key corporate earnings releases.
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Bitcoin has soared 50% on average after midterms. The S&P 500 has gained 15%.
Both bitcoin and the S&P 500 have historically produced positive returns in a year after midterms. BTC's pattern, however, could also be explained by the four-year halving cycles.
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Moody’s assigns investment-grade ratings to Ripple’s RLUSD stablecoin
Moody's Ratings assigned the RLUSD A2 long-term and P-1 short-term ratings, citing credit quality and market value of its reserve assets.
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Securitize adds Stellar blockchain as institutional tokenization gathers steam
The firms announced the agreement at Meridian 2026, the Stellar Development Foundation’s annual conference in Portugal.
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Bitcoin ETF inflows climb to $176M as sentiment edges higher
US spot Bitcoin ETFs drew $286 million over two days, narrowing October’s net outflows to $26 million as the Crypto Fear & Greed Index remained neutral.
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Coinbase denies systems breach, says vendor exposed customer data
Coinbase said that an incident at analytics vendor Amplitude exposed some customers’ contact data, but it found no evidence of unauthorized access to its own systems.
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Zilliqa CEO Steps Down as Board Takes Oversight Amid Security Probe
X-Bridge is closed in both directions, and PlunderSwap has reported losses in four token pools.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Bitcoin treasury Datavault AI plunges 50% after firm says it can’t access its BTC
The company said the accounting correction will cut reported assets by $92.2 million at the end of 2025 after bitcoin held on Biconomy could not be withdrawn.
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Moody’s Assigns Ripple’s RLUSD A2 and P-1 Deposit Ratings
The ratings cover native RLUSD on XRP Ledger and Ethereum, with reserve safeguards weighed against holders’ exposure to an issuer bankruptcy.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Bithumb hacked through employee system as South Korean financial firms face cyberattacks
The breach hit an internal employee system that Bithumb says is separate from its trading platform, while the exchange is still determining whether customer information was exposed.
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Bitcoin nears $81,000 ahead of Fed decision as ZEC jumps 8%
Majors outpaced bitcoin across the board as tech stocks extended a climb.
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Robinhood’s Tenev warns US tokenization uncertainty deters ‘serious assets’
Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev says tokenized equities need more than a temporary SEC exemption to flourish in the US.
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Coinbase Denies Systems Breach, Cites Amplitude Contact-Data Incident
The exchange says customer funds were unaffected and it is notifying impacted users and regulators.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Coinbase says user funds are safe after third-party vendor exposes customer contact info
The crypto exchange says an incident at analytics firm Amplitude exposed some customer contact information, but insists its own systems were not breached.
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Datavault AI stock plummets 50% after firm says it cannot withdraw bitcoin tied to $150 million deal
The issue centers on a deal with Scilex, under which Scilex agreed to buy shares of Datavault AI for $150 million, payable in bitcoin.
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Bithumb discloses data leak after internal system breach: Report
The breach impacted its in-house mobile system, used by employees for work and information sharing.
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Tranche Vault on Avalanche Drained of 1.01 Million USDC
Blockaid says a flash loan let the attacker mint inflated tranche shares and redeem the vault's USDC. A balance check showed none left in the identified contract.... Read the full story at The Defiant