Bitcoin price pulled back about 5% from its $87,400 high as altcoins rallied, while the $80,000–$82,000 zone is the line bulls must defend to keep the bull run alive.

QNT jumped about 36% in 24 hours after The Clearing House picked Quant to run the interoperability layer for its bank-led US tokenized deposit network.

Strategy wants 4 preferred stocks, including STRC, to pay dividends every day, pending an Oct. 28 shareholder vote, as STRC trades below its $100 par value.

BitMine chairman Tom Lee says Ethereum can beat its $4,953 all-time high before year-end, an 84% move, with ETH at $3,000 near term and $60,000 later.

US spot Bitcoin ETFs have taken in a net $887 million in 2026 after sitting $5.7 billion in the red in July, though daily inflows slowed for three sessions.

Quant and Ondo tokens gained more than 30% since Wednesday as a US payments network, BlackRock model portfolios and a CFTC update pushed tokenization forward.

Block joined the x402 Foundation and added Bitcoin Lightning support, joining Google, Microsoft, AWS, and Coinbase in backing the AI payment standard.

The Federal Reserve proposed capital charges and a two-day redemption window for stablecoin issuers, moving the GENIUS Act from law into rulemaking.

Bitget confirmed a $351.6 million breach hit its hot and warm wallets. Cold storage stayed secure, and a $464 million fund is set to cover the loss.

CoinMarketCap acquires Coinglass, the leading crypto derivatives data platform.

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IBM is linking Digital Asset Haven to Swift's blockchain ledger, letting banks move tokenized deposits using standard payment messages.

New York AG Letitia James has sued Polymarket, alleging it runs an unlicensed gambling operation and seeking to bar it from the state.

Stablecoin infrastructure firm HIFI raised $37M in its first priced round to expand tokenized markets tools after DTCC trades and a Visa deal.

onald Spektor has been sentenced to four to 12 years after admitting he stole nearly $16M from Coinbase users through impersonation.

Solana Foundation hires former Binance CMO Rachel Conlan and Polygon's Jamal Raees as it builds out its institutional and payments team.

Bitcoin price held above $84,000 after the 10-year Treasury yield hit a 2007 high on Wednesday, keeping the path toward Glassnode's $96,700 resistance open.

Litecoin price rose about 20% to its highest level since January as futures open interest climbed 26% and futures volume ran more than five times spot.