Judge Refuses to Erase Gemini’s $5M Settlement Despite CFTC Reversal
In a rare courtroom reversal, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) joined cryptocurrency exchange Gemini in asking a federal judge...
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Solana Apps Generate $193M in 30 Days Amid Real-World Assets Surge
Solana generated $193.1 million in application revenue over the past 30 days, nearly twice Hyperliquid’s total, according to Castle Labs...
Wall Street Veterans Unveil DeFi Platform for 77 TradFi Markets
Decentralized perpetual futures exchange Deepsigma has launched a live paper-trading platform across 77 traditional financial markets, including U.S. equities, indexes,...
Solana Abruptly Postpones Shanghai Event as Registrations Quadruple
The Solana Foundation stated that the Accelerate event was canceled due to a surge in registrations, with people overwhelming the...
Visa Moves Massive Stablecoin Payments Pilot Into Production Phase
The company has moved its initiative from pilot to commercial deployment in partnership with Inyo Global, a payments infrastructure firm,...
Bitcoin Mining Difficulty Jumps 5.92% in Third-Largest Hike of 2026
On Friday, at block height 971712, bitcoin mining grew considerably more demanding as the network’s latest difficulty adjustment climbed 5.92%...
Bitcoin Price Hovers Near $81K as Analysts See Potential Market Bottom
Bitcoin slipped below $81,000 on Oct. 16 amid heightened market volatility, but analysts remained cautiously optimistic, suggesting a potential local...
Bitcoin Giant Strategy Plans STRC Daily Dividends Starting in November
Michael Saylor’s bitcoin treasury company Strategy has announced plans to begin paying daily cash dividends on its STRC preferred shares...
Deutsche Bank Nears Launch of Institutional Bitcoin, Ether Custody
The banking giant stressed that this move is part of a strategy to achieve an 8% compound annual growth rate...
Ledger Thieves Might Have a New Big Problem—Stealing From Criminals
The Ledger wallet crisis just took another twist that could, in theory, lead to movie-like battles between criminal groups, as...
Vaneck Pulls the Plug on Its Lido Staked Ether ETF Before Launch
Vaneck has asked the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to let it withdraw its Lido Staked Ethereum Exchange-Traded Fund...
Hut 8 Funnels $161 Million in Bitcoin to Exchanges
A wallet tied to Hut 8 has pushed nearly 2,000 BTC toward exchanges and trading desks in seven days, emptying...
XRP Is Outtrading Bitcoin and Ether on South Korea’s Biggest Exchange
XRP topped Upbit’s spot volume in snapshots taken more than seven hours apart, beating bitcoin and ether in won trading...
Bitcoin’s $80K Safety Net Held Once but Glassnode Says It Is Eroding
Big buyers caught bitcoin at $80,000 on Thursday, but Glassnode’s order book data shows the bids under that level are...
Steve Jobs Didn’t Become a Billionaire Thanks to Apple. He Got Rich From a Company He Bought From George Lucas
On February 3, 1986, Steve Jobs bought Lucasfilm’s computer graphics unit from George Lucas for $10 million and renamed it...
