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ESMA’s latest MiCA register update added nine crypto-asset service providers, including BingX’s Austrian entity, YouHodler’s Italian subsidiary and Banco Santander’s Openbank Deutschland, bringing the total to 375 unique providers.
Kraken’s Protected Strategies USDC vault has joined Firelight’s DeFi coverage system on Flare, directing protection premiums toward an XRP-linked collateral pool. Stakers may earn recurring returns, but face slashing, delayed withdrawals and losses from qualifying incidents across the portfolio.
Strategy is approaching a golden cross, with its 50-day moving average set to rise above its 200-day average after bitcoin produced the same signal weeks earlier. Past MSTR crosses preceded major rallies, but historical results show the indicator is only an imperfect guide.
Bitcoin held near $82,000 as U.S. technology stocks rebounded from last week’s selloff. The recovery was led by artificial-intelligence shares, while rising Treasury yields, weak homebuilder sentiment and continued corporate crypto purchases kept markets in focus.
Three men have been jailed for five to six years after assaulting a Bristol resident and demanding cryptocurrency during a failed home invasion. The case highlights the rise of violent crypto “wrench attacks” targeting digital-asset holders in person.
Bitcoin climbed back above $82,000 as stronger Chinese GDP data, rising Asian stocks and a Nasdaq futures rebound lifted broader risk sentiment. Altcoins outperformed, led by DeFi tokens, while derivatives activity increased without a comparable rise in open interest.
France’s National Assembly narrowly approved a proposal that could tax certain crypto-to-stablecoin swaps from 2027. Separate measures on exit taxes for large crypto portfolios and reporting self-custodial wallets above €100,000 remain under consideration.
Bitcoin traded near $82,000 as Asian stocks led a tentative recovery from last week’s technology sell-off. Markets largely priced one more Federal Reserve rate hike in 2026, while Bitcoin’s break below key support and weak Coinbase demand kept the $80,000 level in focus.
Zakura has proposed separate one-time viewing keys for Zcash addresses used in NEAR Intents swaps. The change is intended to prevent a future quantum computer from linking payments across a shielded account without requiring a Zcash network upgrade.
Crypto lending vault deposits have climbed from $4 billion to more than $10 billion as investors seek digital-asset yields. The growth is attracting regulators’ attention because vaults can expose depositors to illiquid collateral, automatic liquidations, hacks and smart-contract failures.
Microsoft has abandoned a planned Nscale AI data center in the U.K. after the local grid operator warned that adequate power may not be available until the early-to-mid 2030s, highlighting the infrastructure challenges facing bitcoin miners moving into AI.
CME plans to launch standard and micro Bitcoin Cash and Uniswap futures on Oct. 19, pending regulatory review, while investors track global inflation, jobs and PMI data. CoinShares’ bitcoin and ether ETF is also scheduled to halt trading as it liquidates.
JPMorgan is reportedly expanding its JPM Coin deposit token to Ethereum, giving approved institutional clients another network for blockchain payments, tokenized-asset settlement and collateral activity. The move follows launches on Base and planned support for the Canton Network.
US spot Bitcoin and Ether ETFs recorded $549 million in combined net outflows last week. Ether funds accounted for $320 million, taking their October withdrawals to about $955 million, while both asset classes remained positive for 2026 overall.
A Bitcoin wallet inactive since 2013 transferred 411.45 BTC, worth about $34 million, to a new SegWit address. The coins have not moved to an exchange, suggesting the transaction may be a security or custody upgrade rather than an immediate sale.
World has launched biometric “proof of human” badges for Zoom enterprise users globally. The World ID system compares an iris-scan image, live selfie and video feed to help participants identify real people during sensitive calls.
Zcash developers are proposing a separate viewing key for every ZEC swap through NEAR Intents. The Zakura design aims to prevent a future quantum computer from linking one exposed refund address to a user’s broader private payment history.
