Crypto news
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Ethereum Delays Glamsterdam Testnet Fork Over Gas Security Flaws
The Hoodi testnet fork is off after ChainSecurity found gas changes that could let contracts lock in failures, citing 13 real-world cases.
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Was crypto self-custody ever designed for beginners?
Recent hardware wallet security incidents have renewed debate over whether self-custody is suitable for beginners, as multisig and seedless designs carry their own risks.
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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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Bank stocks crashed by $22 billion after AI access scare
Banking giants JPMorgan, Morgan Stanley, Wells Fargo, Citi, and Bank of America lost a combined $22.8 billion in market value, just hours after Axios broke the news about bank customers handing over account access to AI bots — a violation of most banks’ terms of service. JPMorgan alone lost over $7...
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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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Socket Finds 16 Fake Rabby and OKX Wallet Extensions on Firefox
Mozilla had unpublished the add-ons by Oct. 5, the security firm says. Removing them does not secure wallets whose recovery phrases were exposed.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Threat Intelligence | Beware: Web3 Interview Questions Conceal a Data-Stealing Backdoor
Background SlowMist’s security team recently received user reports about a GitHub repository named sol-live. Presented as a Solidity interview practice project, its README lists eight questions and claims that each should take 5 to 10 minutes to complete, lowering users' guard. Upon analysis, we...
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HSBC rolls out its first stablecoin to over 3 million everyday app users
HSBC and Standard Chartered-led Anchorpoint received Hong Kong’s first stablecoin issuer licenses in April. Anchorpoint began rolling out HKDAP in August.
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Cysic dangles a 10% bounty, hacker pours loot into Tornado Cash
The attacker moved $744,000 in ETH and BNB to Tornado Cash after exploiting Cysic’s bridge to mint 10 million tokens on BNB Smart Chain.
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New York seeks over $1.3 billion from NovaTech founders after couple fled the US
New York wants $1.3 billion from NovaTech's founders, whose platform took in $1.16 billion and traded a fraction of it.
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Base Active Addresses Jump Another 50% as Transactions and Fees Fall
Transactions fell 8.7% and dollar-denominated user fees dropped 20% on Oct. 22 as a GMGN trading competition continued.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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South Korea to amend forex law to regulate stablecoins as payment instruments: report
South Korea is currently developing the Digital Asset Basic Act, which seeks to establish a comprehensive framework for crypto.
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Bybit secures first full Dubai license for spot trading services
Bybit’s new VARA licence authorizes spot trading services in Dubai, but the exchange must complete additional regulatory requirements before launching.
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Sweden’s central bank revives e-krona debate as stablecoins and digital euro loom
The Riksbank sees an e-krona as critical to securing national payments and monetary control.
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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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HSBC launches Hong Kong dollar stablecoin for retail payments
HSBC is rolling out RedCoin wallets to PayMe users, with plans to support tokenized investment subscriptions and expand into institutional uses.
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India's largest exchange denies hack after sleuths pointed to $16 million in suspicious outflows
CoinDCX denies its active wallets were hacked after sleuths flagged $16 million in outflows from addresses linked to the India-based exchange.
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Malaysia, Thailand join Singapore’s cross-border stablecoin push
BLOOM seeks to cut costs by helping financial institutions coordinate cross-border use of stablecoins and tokenized deposits.
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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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CoinDCX Acknowledges Wallet-Sweeping Losses After Denying New Breach
The exchange says affected deposits were credited, but has not disclosed the size of its losses.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Swell Pauses swETH and rswETH Deposits and Withdrawals
The protocol says it must correct NAV before reopening, while onchain controls now block withdrawal requests and ETH claims.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Ethereum delays Glamsterdam Hoodi testnet launch over security risks
ChainSecurity said it identified 13 real-world examples of smart contracts potentially affected by Glamsterdam’s gas changes and is coordinating responsible disclosure with affected projects.
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Polymarket has reportedly fired its marketing chief, also a close friend of the CEO
Matthew Modabber was reportedly ousted after an internal probe of several instances of misconduct, according to the New York Post.
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Ethereum delays Glamsterdam test after security devs flag risk to existing contracts
Developers canceled Monday's Hoodi activation after researchers showed how new gas rules could let smart contracts permanently record failed operations.
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Cardano holders are being asked to bet $5 million on copper hitting a new record
Toto Finance wants 22 million ADA from Cardano’s treasury to buy tokenized copper, and the metal would have to trade well above its all-time high for holders to get their money back.
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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.