Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 weeks ago
The US government isn’t waiting for Congress to settle the debate over cryptocurrency regulation. Speaking at Ripple’s Swell conference in New York on October 27, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent outlined how federal regulators could move...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 weeks ago
Bitcoin briefly fell below $80,000, triggering approximately $404.15 million in cryptocurrency long liquidations over four hours. The move coincided with heavy withdrawals from US spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs), adding to signs of caution...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 weeks ago
Circle’s Arc blockchain has passed $1 billion in USDC holdings, just six weeks after its mainnet launch. It’s definitely an impressive start for a network built around stablecoin payments, but a closer look at where the money sits raises...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 weeks ago
The United States has announced $5 million for a regional program intended to strengthen cryptocurrency investigations and combat illicit financial activity across the Pacific Islands. The Pacific Alliance for Combating Illicit Finance and Cybercrime...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 weeks ago
Robinhood’s cryptocurrency business is showing signs of transformation, with its latest quarterly results revealing that blockchain infrastructure is becoming an increasingly important source of revenue. The financial services company reported...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 weeks ago
A major Bitcoin-related accounting controversy has shaken investor confidence in Datavault AI, sending its shares down nearly 50% after the company revealed difficulties accessing cryptocurrency associated with a $150 million investment agreement. We...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 weeks ago
The OCC’s new GENIUS Act rules let exchanges like Coinbase and Robinhood keep paying interest-like stablecoin rewards, despite warnings from banks about deposit flight. TLDR Federal regulators have confirmed that crypto exchanges can keep paying int...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 weeks ago
The OCC is encouraging community banks to apply as permitted stablecoin issuers under the GENIUS Act as federal licensing requirements take effect on Jan. 18, 2027. TLDR The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) is urging community banks t...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 weeks ago
Zcash co-founder Sean Bowe has proposed halting the automatic 8% ZEC allocation to Zcash Community Grants, citing a treasury of about $125 million. TLDR Zcash co-founder Sean Bowe has proposed ending the automatic 8% share of newly created ZEC that...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 weeks ago
Solana’s Firedancer team now requires researchers to burn 1 SOL per bug report to combat AI-generated submissions flooding its security program. TLDR Firedancer, the Solana validator client built by Jump Crypto, now requires researchers to burn 1 SO...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 weeks ago
Aviva Investors has launched a tokenized share class of its Sterling Liquidity Fund on the XRP Ledger, its second tokenized fund and a major step for real-world asset tokenization. TLDR Aviva Investors has launched a tokenized share class of its Ste...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 weeks ago
Michael Saylor’s Strategy has temporarily paused its Bitcoin accumulation strategy, choosing to spend approximately $205 million repurchasing its preferred stock instead. The decision marks a shift in the company’s recent capital allocati...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 weeks ago
Ethereum developers have resolved a potentially serious vulnerability in the upcoming Glamsterdam upgrade that could have allowed block builders to withdraw ETH intended for staking validators. The flaw raised concerns about the security of staking d...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 weeks ago
Bitcoin and Ethereum could face another wave of selling pressure as prominent cryptocurrency trader Ansem turns bearish on both assets and major technology stocks. The trader believes weakening technical trends, excessive enthusiasm surrounding artif...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 weeks ago
Ripple has secured final approval from US regulators to establish its national trust bank, marking a significant milestone in the company’s push to expand its institutional financial services. However, the regulatory breakthrough has yet to translate...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 weeks ago
More than 11.1 million Bitcoin (BTC), representing approximately 55% of all mined coins, cannot be linked to a known owner, according to an October ownership snapshot from Galaxy Research. The findings highlight how Bitcoin ownership remains difficul...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 weeks ago
Institutional appetite faded fast. Spot Bitcoin ETFs in the US saw roughly $228 million of net withdrawals between October 12 and 16, following $681 million the week before, for a two-week total of $909 million. That is the biggest pullback since Apr...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 weeks ago
Bitcoin had a bumpy stretch. After reaching roughly $83,800 on October 13, the flagship asset slid to a weekly trough near $80,100 two days later, as traders reacted to a hotter-than-forecast inflation reading and a sharp pullback in AI-linked stocks...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 weeks ago
Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin supports Moonshot AI’s choice to leave advanced offensive hacking material out of its Kimi K3.1 Pro model. TL;DR He says restricting what a model can do is far better than restricting who may use it, and fears AI...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 weeks ago
Electrum, one of Bitcoin’s oldest software wallets, published a security advisory on Saturday describing a weakness that attackers were already abusing. TL;DR A bug in the Electrum bitcoin wallet let malicious servers slip fake pending payments into...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 weeks ago
Tech investor Chamath Palihapitiya, once a loud Bitcoin bull, now says the asset is capped and will eventually be hacked and fall to zero. TL;DR He cites a limited pool of buyers, security risks from leaked ownership data, and AI-driven attacks on c...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 weeks ago
Strategy’s common shares returned 77.4% between June 26 and October 23, 2026, outperforming four of the company’s preferred securities, according to a performance chart shared by executive chairman Michael Saylor. The comparison comes as...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 weeks ago
Elon Musk says SpaceX has secured $40 billion in debt financing for artificial intelligence infrastructure, highlighting the enormous capital requirements of the AI computing race. The announcement came alongside a warning that specialized cloud prov...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 weeks ago
TL;DR: Archax has adopted Chainlink Data Streams to supply pricing information for GOVY, its tokenised US Treasury product, as it develops collateral use cases. Putting Treasury bills on a blockchain is only the beginning. If an institution wants to...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 weeks ago
TL;DR: In a newly published explanation of its European consultation response, the Cardano Foundation argues for regulating activities and intermediaries rather than creating blanket rules for decentralised technology. The Cardano Foundation has spel...
