Binance says bStocks, its 1:1-backed tokens tracking US stocks and ETFs, passed $1B in assets four months after launch, with over $40B traded since June 11.

Ledger says criminals spent millions planting implants in wallets sold via Southeast Asian resellers, and asked sellers there and in Hong Kong to pause sales.

Mastercard and BVNK launched Global Money Platform on Thursday, letting banks, fintechs, and enterprises combine fiat and stablecoin accounts through one API.

Patrick Witt is leaving his post as executive director of the White House Crypto Council for the private sector, a month after the CLARITY Act's Senate loss.

Crypto liquidations topped $939 million in 24 hours as Bitcoin fell below $80,000 before rebounding, with longs making up 84% of the losses, CoinGlass said.

Bank of Russia guidance says P2P crypto trades between individuals are allowed only until July 1, 2027, and the law rules out self-custody wallet transfers.

Stripe is expanding its stablecoin card infrastructure to support USD, EUR, BRL, MXN and COP, with Plasma as a design partner for multi-currency cards.

Ripple Prime launched real-world asset perpetual swaps on Thursday, with institutional clients including Virtu trading across 100-plus reference markets 24/7.

Visa says Visa Direct stablecoin prefunding is now in commercial use, with Inyo Global letting businesses fund cross-border payouts in USDC around the clock.

Bitwise Chief Investment Officer Matt Hougan argued in a Wednesday memo that BTC will rise whether AI delivers a boom, a bubble burst, or something in between.

Schwab CEO Rick Wurster said all clients can now access Schwab Crypto for BTC and ETH trading, with crypto transfers rolling out and new coins by year-end.

Ledger's Atom device will preinstall Solana Mobile's SKR-powered Seeker app and dApp store, the companies announced Thursday at Ledger Op3n 2026 in Paris.

Bitcoin mining difficulty is set to rise about 6.7% on Friday, the most since June, with BTC about 3% below the $85,000 JPMorgan estimates it costs to mine.

Bitcoin fell below $81,500, the average cost of US spot Bitcoin ETF holders, after US producer prices rose 1.3% in September, the most since March 2022.

Starknet launched a seven-day governance vote asking STRK holders whether to explore becoming an independent layer-1, targeting quantum resistance by 2027.

BTC fell 3.6% to $80,764 as South Korea’s Kospi sank 8% and Japan’s Nikkei dropped 5.2% in a risk-off selloff following hot US inflation data.

: Hacken data shows crypto security losses reached $1.18 billion in Q3 2026, up 55% from the prior quarter, led by the Bitget and Liquid Network exploits.

Bitcoin slipped toward $80,000 after a hot CPI print, but the real pull on its direction is investors’ six-month to two-year cost-basis levels