Crypto news
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Morning Minute: Bitcoin Gets Spooked as ‘Uptober’ Lets Down
Crypto majors are red, alts are down bad and onchain is facing capitulation. This was not the ‘Uptober’ that was promised…
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UK High Court rules Chinese law governs claims over $5 billion in seized bitcoin
A UK judge ruled Chinese law applies to victims' claims over 61,000 seized bitcoin, leaving ownership undecided.
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Stacks' STX, a Bitcoin layer-2 token, has surged by 50% in four weeks
Your day-ahead look for Oct. 13, 2026
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ENS seeks DAO approval to activate upgraded Ethereum naming system
New .eth registrations would pause for hours during the transition, while existing domain holders could renew their names without migrating.
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Bitcoin, ether slip and rebound as South Korean stocks slide on AI-related concerns
Investors are positioning ahead of today's bank earnings reports and Wednesday’s U.S. inflation data.
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Russia’s largest bank Sberbank secures approval to trade crypto
Sberbank plans to open crypto trading to all clients Dec. 1 and is already testing BTC, ETH and USDT trades in its app.
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Now Accepting Bitcoin: Moonflower Coffee and 300+ Colorado Bitcoin Merchants
Bitcoin Magazine Now Accepting Bitcoin: Moonflower Coffee and 300+ Colorado Bitcoin Merchants Table of Contents First Up: Moonflower Coffee Setup The Friction: Fifth House Coffee Bitcoiners Can Lose Have a Story or a Local Merchant to Feature? Appendix: 300 Colorado Bitcoin Merchants Exploring the...
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UK Moves Closer to Keeping $5B Bitcoin Haul After High Court Ruling
A judge ruled that Chinese law should govern fraud victims' claims to the 61,000 BTC seized from Zhimin Qian, in a blow to the claimants.
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Live updates: Bitcoin whipsaws between $81,000 and $84,000 as altcoins slide
Bitcoin bounced back from an early dip as ZEC, HYPE and SOL led altcoin losses. JPMorgan fell after kicking off U.S. earnings season.
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Bitcoin diverges from South Korean stocks as AI concerns deepen the Kospi selloff
South Korea’s chipmakers lead another sharp selloff as concerns over AI spending and Chinese competition grow, while bitcoin holds well above its summer lows.
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‘Leave’: Crypto Backlash Over French Proposal to Report Wallets Over $112K
The proposal would require crypto owners to report holdings over €100,000, sparking concerns following a wave of "wrench attacks" in France.
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Metaplanet to issue $329M convertible bonds to pay debt, fund share buybacks
Metaplanet plans to issue zero-interest bonds with a five-year maturity to improve its debt structure and cut its reliance on Bitcoin-collateralized loans without selling holdings.
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MediaMarktSaturn pulls Ledger products amid tampering reports
European retailer MediaMarkt pulled Ledger products as the wallet maker probes tampering reports beyond CryptoBilis in Southeast Asia.
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Metaplanet Plans ¥52 Billion Bond Sale to Refinance Bitcoin Loans
The company would replace some Bitcoin-collateralized borrowing with unsecured debt and devote up to ¥28.3 billion to share repurchases.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Bitcoin hits $84K resistance as Korean tech rout deepens KOSPI losses
Bitcoin’s liquidity kept BTC price below $84,000 amid a mounting South Korean tech and semiconductor stock sell-off.
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Ledger says 'spy' chip inside CryptoBilis Ledger devices transmitted wallet keys over mobile network
The hardware-wallet maker gave its first public account of how a covert component in devices sold by CryptoBilis could steal users’ master keys without changing Ledger’s software.
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UK court ruling boosts government’s chances of keeping $5 billion in seized bitcoin
The decision concerns 61,000 BTC seized by the Metropolitan Police in its investigation into Zhimin Qian, who pleaded guilty to defrauding thousands of people in China.
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Autheo’s THEO Plunges 92% After Suspected Bridge Exploit on Base
Autheo urged users not to buy, sell or bridge THEO after a 19 million-token mint and subsequent sales on Base.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Karpelès Says Airport-Bought Ledger Flex Contained Spy Implant
Buyer Ben Yorke identified Metapod as the retailer. Ledger says verified fund losses in its investigation remain tied to CryptoBilis-sold wallets.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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NFT Marketplace Blur to Shut Down Website, Stop New Blend Loans Next Month
The shutdown comes as NFT trading volumes have collapsed from their 2021-2022 peak, with market revenue projected at $318 million this year.
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Chinese fraud victims lose key court battle over 61,000 Bitcoin
Chinese fraud victims seeking to recover 61,000 seized Bitcoin face a legal setback after a UK court ruled that Chinese law governs their claims.
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Ledger details LTE-enabled spy implants in wallets sold by CryptoBilis
Ledger detailed how LTE-enabled implants exposed wallet recovery phrases as CryptoBilis halted sales and Trezor and OneKey cut ties with the reseller.
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21Shares Lists Anthropic Synthetic ETP on Vienna MTF
CLAU holds FalconX notes tied to perpetual futures, with financing and funding costs on top of its 1% annual product fee.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Sanctioned A7 Announces USDT-to-SWIFT Payment Service
A7 International advertises a 0.3% fee and payouts in four currencies, but its public materials do not name the banks that would execute the transfers.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Ledger Says CryptoBilis-Sold Wallet Implants Transmit Recovery Phrases Over LTE
Ledger says the added hardware leaves the secure chip and operating system untouched. Its Genuine Check cannot rule out this kind of tampering.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Bitcoin whale that sat through the March 2020 crash moves $378 million
A bitcoin whale that received coins days before the Covid crash and sat through it has moved millions on-chain.
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Binance VIP head says hedge funds are actively exploring arbitrage opportunities on crypto venues
The executive cited improved depth, 24/7 trading and weekend price discovery as reasons why the opportunities have become more relevant.
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Blur is shutting down its website, so why are NFT collectors cheering?
Blur’s planned website closure revived criticism of the royalty policies and token rewards that helped it overtake OpenSea during the NFT boom, but hurt creators.
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Tokenized SanDisk bets saw more liquidations than XRP as Asia’s chip rout wipes out $800 million
About $800 million in leveraged positions were wiped out over 24 hours, 86% of them bullish. Chip-stock contracts on crypto exchanges took a chunk of the damage.
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Binance to shut down crypto mining pool services in November
Binance will discontinue its mining pool and related services on Nov. 10, urging miners to move to alternative pools before the shutdown.