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Institutional participation in crypto staking is growing as access becomes easier and investors gain familiarity with the process. But falling rewards and delays in withdrawing staked tokens are putting pressure on the strategy’s appeal and economics.
Bitcoin’s potential quantum-security problem is becoming an economic concern as institutions assess its long-term viability. Meanwhile, Ripple won a US banking charter, USDC expanded its European trading lead and VanEck launched an ETF with a small Bitcoin allocation.
Zcash Community Grants has proposed redirecting about $124 million in treasury and future funding to mining rewards. Critics, including crypto industry executives, say the plan does not adequately address accountability and governance concerns surrounding the committee.
Binance says it has found additional breach points in an approximately $6 billion hack, while TRM Labs and blockchain investigators link the stolen funds to North Korea-linked TraderTraitor and earlier Bitget and Phemex exploits.
Bitcoin briefly fell to about $76,300 after Binance confirmed a security breach with an estimated $6.3 billion impact. Binance said roughly $3 billion had been frozen on-chain, suspended deposits and withdrawals, and pledged to cover user losses through SAFU and company funds.
Forty-eight wallets linked to automated trading service Bloom lost 9,408 SOL in a rapid Oct. 26 sweep. Bloom denied private-key compromise and said all nine affected users were refunded, but the signing route behind the transfers remains unresolved.
Binance says a compromised DevOps engineer’s laptop may have enabled a $6.3 billion crypto breach. The exchange has frozen about $3 billion in assets, says user funds are safe, and is investigating suspected signing-system abuse without evidence of a leaked private key.
Polymarket temporarily halted trading after saying a compromised third-party provider caused a major Predictions Trading API outage. Users reported that positions were sold without authorization, while the company said affected users would be compensated and referred the matter to law enforcement.
Utexo plans to launch a Bitcoin-based version of USDT on Nov. 28 using RGB, with Lightning support targeted for early 2027. The company is betting that private transfers and Bitcoin settlement can attract users despite Ethereum and Tron’s established stablecoin markets.
Crypto traders are again linking McDonald’s McRib return to a potential Bitcoin rally, but analysts say the pattern is coincidental. Historical comparisons show only three of 10 returns preceded clearly positive Bitcoin performance, while traders are focused instead on the Fed decision, options expiry and U.S. midterms.
Robinhood faces growing resistance to tokenized stocks as 22 companies object to listings on the OKX-ICE venue. The dispute matters because tokenized equities generated $13.7 billion of Robinhood Chain’s first-quarter trading volume ahead of the company’s earnings call.
A vulnerability linked to the Bloom Telegram trading bot drained $953,000 from 48 Solana wallets belonging to nine traders in 94 seconds. Bloom blamed a third-party module, pledged full reimbursement and said private keys were not accessed or compromised.
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Central-bank decisions from the Fed, ECB, Bank of Canada and BOJ, alongside earnings from Coinbase, Robinhood, Galaxy Digital and Strategy, make for a closely watched crypto and markets week beginning Oct. 26.
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The post FOMC Meeting Puts Fed Interest Rate Decision in Focus as Inflation Rises appeared first on Coinpedia Fintech News The US Federal Reserve faces a difficult decision ahead of its October 28 meeting as rising infl...
The post Ripple [XRP] News: David Schwartz Says XRP Wins Even If Bitcoin Rules Global Settlement appeared first on Coinpedia Fintech News Ripple CTO Emeritus David Schwartz has given one of his clearest explanations yet...
Latvia could introduce rules for tokenized real-world assets in the first half of 2027, with commercial property a possible starting point and government bonds on the priority list. The legal assessment needed for the framework remains unfinished as the country forms a new government.
