Digital asset news

Tech giant LG CNS taps Chainlink to scale Korea's tokenized finance and stablecoin markets

The partnership could accelerate Korea's digital finance evolution, enhancing global competitiveness and fostering secure, interoperable systems.

Starknet Moves Toward Post-Quantum Layer 1 as Voters Back Ethereum Split

Starknet is taking its first formal steps toward potentially becoming an independent, quantum-resistant Layer 1 blockchain, following a community vote that…

Reflect Money launches Create for custom yield-bearing stablecoins on Solana

Reflect Money's Create tool could revolutionize stablecoin utility on Solana, potentially transforming idle assets into active revenue streams.

Bitcoin slips below $81K as Cowen warns of deeper support retest

Bitcoin has fallen below $81,000 before recovering some ground, bringing $80,000 back into focus as Benjamin Cowen warns that a daily close below its 50-day moving…

Colombian Crypto Broker “Rey” Sentenced to Prison for Laundering $14.5M in Drug Proceeds via USDT

A Colombian cryptocurrency broker known by the alias “Rey” received a 160-month federal prison sentence this week for his central role in laundering roughly $14.5…

Bitcoin Price Won't Break $100K By End of 2026, Analysts Say—Here's Why

Analysts from top crypto firms believe that other investment options, further interest rate tightening, and the still-developing situation in Iran are making it…

Ripple Prime Gives Institutions Continuous Access to Traditional Markets via RWA Swaps

Ripple announced on October 15, 2026, that its institutional prime brokerage platform, Ripple Prime, has begun supporting real-world asset perpetual swaps.

Zcash releases Zebra 7.0.0 as NU7 node upgrade deadline approaches

Zcash Foundation has released Zebra 7.0.0 with NU7 mainnet support, telling node operators to upgrade before block 3,543,405, expected around Nov. 5.

Crypto for Advisors: Stablecoins are ready for prime time

Chinese Authorities Move to Confiscate Billions in Bitcoin (BTC) Seized by the United Kingdom

Chinese prosecutors have applied to seize roughly 61,896 Bitcoin and associated digital assets currently held by British authorities, linking them to a large-scale…

Ethereum Draft Targets Faster Finality and Future Quantum Defense

Ethereum researchers want to slash transaction finality from roughly 16 minutes to 4 minutes, potentially cutting the capital tied up in cross-chain transfers by 75%.

Solana pitches Quantumglow to protect Alpenglow from quantum attacks

Solana has promoted Quantumglow, a proposed post-quantum adaptation of Alpenglow designed to protect consensus while preserving the network's fast finality.

Fireblocks disputes report of $2.5B Visa acquisition talks

Fireblocks told Cointelegraph that reports of a potential $2.5 billion acquisition by Visa are “not true at present time,” while Visa declined to comment on the reported…

Crypto custody specialist Fireblocks denies it's in talks to be acquired by Visa

The company is in talks with Visa over a potential $2.5 billion acquisition, Axios reported.

SharpLink taps Anchorage to put $400 million in ETH to work onchain

SharpLink's onchain ETH deployment via Anchorage highlights evolving corporate treasury strategies, balancing innovation with regulatory compliance.

Ethereum options traders are paying up for volatility the market hasn't delivered

The high variance risk premium suggests potential mispricing, impacting traders' strategies and market stability if volatility expectations shift.

Bitcoin Drops to $81,000 as ETH, XRP, DOGE Slide Over 4%

Bitcoin fell nearly 4% on Thursday to $81,000 despite strengthening institutional interest. Cryptocurrency Ticker Price Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) $81,191.86 Ethereum…

North Korean sites go dark while PHP flaw sparks global panic

North Korea's internet is suffering disruption, while countries across the globe are taking down websites to carry out vital PHP fixes.

NEAR adds cross margin to confidential perps powered by Hyperliquid

NEAR Protocol has rolled out cross-margin on its Hyperliquid-powered perpetuals platform, allowing trading positions to share a single perps balance while retaining what…

Coinbase Ireland fined $3.6 million over customer fund segregation, oversight failures

Bitcoin Core 32 can stall multisig signing on older nodes as fix slips to next patch

A reported PSBT v2 import failure affects mixed-version Core wallets, while an explicit RPC option still creates v0 files.

XRP Falls 3% as Whale Deposits Hit a 7-Month High: What's Going On?

XRP (CRYPTO: XRP) fell roughly 3% Thursday, as whale deposits to Binance surged to their highest level in seven months.

Uniswap’s aggregator hooks go live on Ethereum, Base and Robinhood Chain

Uniswap Labs has launched aggregator hooks, allowing Uniswap v4 to route trades through liquidity held on external platforms.

RedStone brings FIL/USD price feed to Filecoin mainnet

The integration of RedStone's FIL/USD price feed on Filecoin enhances network versatility, potentially spurring innovation in decentralized finance.

Bitcoin Price Plunges Below $81K Despite $1 Billion in ETF Inflows

Bitcoin dropped below $82,000 to an intraday low of $80,836 during a late Wednesday sell-off, capping a nearly 4% daily loss and halting a recent two-week high rally.

CryptoQuant CEO calls rising Bitcoin hashrate ‘indirect bullish signal’ from institutions

Public miners backed by major TradFi players are coming back online, boosting Bitcoin’s hashrate, a positive sign for BTC’s fundamentals, according to CryptoQuant’s Ki…

Forget AI Stocks: 2 Cryptocurrencies to Consider Buying Instead

Hyperliquid, up 220% for the year, has become the leading decentralized exchange for perpetual futures.

Solana Mobile's dApp Store passes 1,500 apps

Fireblocks denies report of $2.5 billion acquisition talks with Visa

Fireblocks denied an Axios report that Visa is in talks to acquire the crypto custody firm for around $2.5 billion.

Albuquerque Bitcoin, Crypto ATM Ban Takes Effect With $500 Daily Fines

Albuquerque's ban on crypto ATMs and cashier-facilitated cryptocurrency transactions has taken effect, exposing noncompliant businesses to financial penalties and…

Heatbit unveils Bitwater, a water heater that mines Bitcoin

Bitwater's dual-functionality could decentralize Bitcoin mining, potentially increasing network security while offering homeowners energy cost offsets.

Cardano opens Dijkstra testnet as node 11.2 prepares protocol upgrade

Cardano's public Dijkstra testnet has opened to stake pool operators ahead of node 11.2, which will support a planned test-network upgrade to protocol version 12 without…

Solana bot turns just $12,000 into $1.4 billion in trading volume as fake liquidity floods Raydium

An Oct. 22 DEXScreener snapshot listed about $579 million in liquidity alongside 22.6 USDC, illustrating the limits of a pool's displayed valuation.

Bitcoin Faces the 'Curse of the 21st': Is Another November Low Ahead?

Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) is holding above a key $83,000 support level that analyst Benjamin Cowen flagged as the line bulls need to defend.

Ethereum’s four-minute settlement plan could lower the cost of moving crypto

A new draft targets a fourfold cut in the time it takes Ethereum transactions to become final, which could free up money transfer services tie up while customers’…

Is Justin Sun positioning for PEPE? A 7.2 trillion memecoin transfer sparks intrigue

PEPE's whale activity and renewed spot outflows supported recovery prospects, with $0.0000050 emerging as resistance.

Strategy spent record cash on STRC buybacks at its worst price yet

Michael Saylor’s Strategy forecasted that it would taper STRC buybacks as the price rose, but then spent $193M on buybacks.

The UK needs a workable route to regulated DeFi access

The UK’s 2027 crypto rules risk a de facto ban on regulated firms providing access to DeFi, argues Coinbase’s European policy head Katie Harries.

Dune launches onchain trading data feeds as tokenized markets expand

The new real-time market feeds will cover trade data from over 200 onchain venues across 12 blockchain networks.

SoFi launches interest-bearing, FDIC-insured tokenized deposit for crypto users

SoFi has launched SOFIE, a tokenized deposit offering 4.4% APY and FDIC insurance, with the option to convert to SoFiUSD.