Crypto news
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Ledger Investigates Fund Losses Tied to Southeast Asian Reseller After Implant Found in Device
Bitcoin Magazine Ledger Investigates Fund Losses Tied to Southeast Asian Reseller After Implant Found in Device Ledger has said it is working with authorities after users last week reported losing funds and one received a tampered device. But the company reassured customers that the number of...
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StoneX raises Securitize price target 50% as tokenized stock platform opens new revenue stream
StoneX lifts SECZ price target to $18 from $12, citing new revenue from the Securitize Stocks tokenized trading platform on Solana.
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Bitcoin miners face widening AI financing costs as lenders scrutinize deals
The Bitcoin mining industry needs roughly $50 billion to complete planned AI infrastructure projects, with IREN, Riot Platforms and HIVE Digital facing major funding gaps.
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Ontology Restarts Mainnet After Nearly 43-Hour Security Halt
Ontology says no funds were lost from the network itself, but its restart statement leaves losses at the unnamed ecosystem project unresolved.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Bitcoin Spooked? Crypto Fear and Greed Index Drops to Pre-Rally August Lows
The Crypto Fear and Greed Index has dropped to 56 from an August peak of 82, as oil, bond yields, and ETF outflows hit Bitcoin in October.
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Ledger Says All Confirmed Cases in Suspected $87M Drain Tied to Reseller CryptoBilis
The wallet manufacturer said its own systems and direct sales are unaffected, and that the reseller has stopped selling hardware wallets.
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Bitcoin drops 2.2% as Ukraine, Iran strikes send oil toward one-month high
Bitcoin price action stayed rangebound after failing to sustain above $84,000 into the Wall Street open on rising oil prices.
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Derive Proposes Treasury Funding for US-Regulated Derivatives Push
The Foundation would gain authority to pursue approvals and establish or acquire entities, but the proposal sets no spending amount or launch date.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Palantir's Europe head warns the region is 'missing the boat' on AI just as it did with the internet
The Palantir UK chief said the U.S. is racing ahead on enterprise AI while Europe hesitates, and explained why he thinks the company faces intense political attacks.
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NEXTPredict Paid $12,000 to Hedge Its Conference on a Prediction Market
Where event insurance deals with scrapped shows and what happens inside the venue, NEXTPredict is focusing on flight cancellations.
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Strategy Smash Buys $21.5M in Bitcoin as It Continues BTC Accumulation
Bitcoin Magazine Strategy Smash Buys $21.5M in Bitcoin as It Continues BTC Accumulation Bitcoin juggernaut Strategy has bought more BTC as it pivots back to accumulating on a weekly basis. The Nasdaq-listed bitcoin treasury spent $21.5 million on 250 bitcoins from October 5 and October 11,...
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XRP Ledger’s Payment Engine Had a Counterfeiting Bug Hiding Since 2015
An integer overflow in the payment engine, dormant since 2015, could have let an attacker mint spendable XRP beyond the token’s total supply.
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Sui Backs DATA With $30 Million as Network Plans to Retire Its Chain
DATA balances are slated to carry over one-for-one onto Sui, but support for validator staking and smart contracts on the chain formerly known as Story will wind down.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Standard Chartered Launches RLUSD Custody Through Dubai Branch
A planned link with LMAX would let institutions use the stablecoin as collateral without transferring it to the trading venue.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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THORChain Fees Rebound but Remain 84% Below September Surge
The latest seven-day total is back above the pre-surge week, after fees plunged 91% in Oct. 2–8.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Tom Lee sees $2 trillion wealth transfer fueling crypto demand as Bitmine buys more ether
The Bitmine chairman said he expects younger investors to drive demand for digital assets as his ether treasury company inches closer to owning 5% of the total supply.
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Congressman Warren Davidson: The Future of Money Will Decide Western Civilization
Bitcoin Magazine Congressman Warren Davidson: The Future of Money Will Decide Western Civilization America is carrying $40 trillion in debt, and the dollar has lost about 30% of its purchasing power since 2020. Rep. Warren Davidson, founder of the Sound Money Caucus, explains why rising default...
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Pando Sets Oct. 13 Hong Kong Listing for Spot Solana ETF
The fund will charge a 0.60% annual management fee, adding another option alongside ChinaAMC’s Solana ETF, which held $8.58 million at the end of August.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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SkyAI Sells Half Its SOL Treasury, Plans $201 Million Cash Buyback
The proposed $3-per-security offer targets 95% of eligible shares and warrants, with an expected condition that SOL’s closing price remains above $100 during the offer period.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Buyer Reports Second Tampered Ledger From MediaMarkt, Calls for Recall
Ledger Support still says confirmed cases involve CryptoBilis. The buyer named distributor Aqipa and said the second device is being sent to Ledger for analysis.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Ark Invest’s Lorenzo Valente: Bitcoin’s 5-Year Forecast – Stablecoin & Gold Impacts
Bitcoin Magazine Ark Invest’s Lorenzo Valente: Bitcoin’s 5-Year Forecast – Stablecoin & Gold Impacts Bitcoin has been flat to down this year, but ARK Invest isn’t changing its view. Lorenzo Valente, Director of Research for Digital Assets at ARK Invest, explains why the firm looks at Bitcoin on a...
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Willem Middelkoop: Bitcoin is the Fastest Horse – Why the Debasement Trade Takes it to $1M
Bitcoin Magazine Willem Middelkoop: Bitcoin is the Fastest Horse – Why the Debasement Trade Takes it to $1M Central banks are buying gold at a record pace, so why won’t they touch Bitcoin? Willem Middelkoop, founder of the Commodity Discovery Fund and author of The Big Reset, explains that central...
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Tokenized catastrophe bonds target the disaster-insurance gap
A planned Bermuda issuance would put legal ownership onchain and seek capital for disaster risks that remain costly to insure.
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DeFi Development grows SOL holdings 12% as CHAD hits record highs
DFDV added 22,070 SOL last week, lifting holdings to 2.59 million SOL, as its CHAD preferred stock hit record highs despite a selloff.
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XRP treasury Evernorth’s shares rise 5% at Nasdaq opening print
Evernorth’s share price rose by 5% as investors welcomed the Nasdaq debut of the first pure-play XRP digital asset treasury.
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USDGO Adds Solana Trading Liquidity Through Jupiter Lend and Fluid
Anchorage Digital Bank issues the OSL-branded stablecoin, which has about $1.29 billion in circulation. USDGO lending markets are planned next.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Ledger implant tests Bitcoin ETFs as safer custodial solutions than hardware wallets
The discovery of an unauthorized Ledger hardware implant reignited debate on whether Bitcoin ETFs are safer than self-custodying Bitcoin via hardware wallet devices.
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OneKey Cuts Off CryptoBilis, Offers Free Wallet Replacements
All OneKey models bought from the reseller between March 1 and Oct. 12 qualify, including used devices. Buyers must apply by Dec. 31.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Bitmine adds 12,532 ETH as Tom Lee flags potential ‘largest-ever’ crypto bull market
Bitmine (BMNR) added 12,532 ETH last week, lifting its Ethereum treasury to 6.03 million tokens, or 4.9% of supply, with 84% staked.
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Bitmine Adds $32M in Ethereum as Tom Lee Says Firm Is Nearly 'Done Stacking'
The Ethereum treasury firm now holds 6.03 million ETH, 4.9% of supply, as Lee predicts the biggest crypto bull market yet.