A Missouri Woman Felt Jealous When She Heard About a $228,000 Jackpot. Then She Checked Her Own Ticket
Key Takeaways A Missouri Lottery player in Arnold matched all five numbers (4, 12, 23, 24, 37) in the Aug. 10, 2026 Show Me Cash drawing to win a $228,000 jackpot on a ticket from the Circle K at 504…
Bitcoin Price Faces 10 Big Tests as 5 Catalysts Keep $100K Alive
Key Takeaways Bitcoin traded near $81,000 on Oct. 18 after losing roughly 1.3% to 2.2% over seven days. Five potential catalysts could help bitcoin reclaim $100,000, including stronger ETF inflows. Bitcoin faces 10 market tests during Oct. 19-25, with $80,000…
Qubic Loses $1.3 Million in Wallet Raid Before Network Halts
Key Takeaways Qubic reported 1,404 wallets drained of approximately 2.94 trillion QU between Oct. 17 and 18. Qubic attributed the theft to predictable wallet seeds generated by older Apple software. MEXC reportedly froze the stolen tokens it received, while Qubic’s…
Beyond the Casino
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XRP Price Battles $1.30 as $2.77B Futures Market Loses Momentum
Key Takeaways XRP’s price trades near $1.29, with technical support at $1.27 and resistance extending toward $1.35. XRP futures open interest totals $2.77 billion, down 1.32%, as leverage and aggressive buying weaken. Polymarket gives XRP a 50% chance of touching…
Bitcoin’s Old Guard Stirs as 13-Year-Old Wallets Move Millions – Bitcoin News
Key Takeaways Two wallets from 2013 moved 416.69 BTC on Oct. 17, ending more than 13 years of dormancy. October’s dormant BTC activity reached 774.17 BTC, slowing from August and September. Onchain patterns suggest coordinated transfers, but no evidence indicates…
China Built a Battery Out of Iron That Could Last 16 Years, and Iron Costs 80 Times Less Than Lithium
Key Takeaways Researchers at the Chinese Academy of Sciences’ Institute of Metal Research redesigned the electrolyte in an alkaline all-iron flow battery, which then ran more than 6,000 charge-discharge cycles with no measurable capacity loss. That works out to roughly…
OKXICE Faces 9 Formal Objections to Tokenized Share Trading
Key Takeaways Nine U.S.-listed companies, including Broadcom and Verizon, formally objected to OKXICE tokenized shares. OKXICE’s Oct. 15 notice identifies nine issuers opposing the venue’s third-party tokenization model. OKXICE’s planned 24/7 stock market faces issuer objections despite temporary SEC regulatory…
EU Joins 8 Nations to Sign Warsaw Protocol on Crypto Crime
Key Takeaways The EU and 8 nations signed a Warsaw Convention protocol to combat crypto-funded crime and terrorism. The agreement enables instant asset freezes and expands financial units’ power to halt suspicious transactions. Recovered funds over €10,000 will be split…
Pump.fun Brings Hyperliquid Perps to Its Meme Coin Empire
Key Takeaways Pump.fun introduced Hyperliquid-powered perpetual futures trading on Oct. 17, 2026. Pump.fun charges up to 0.10% per futures order and 0.25% per bridge transfer. Pump.fun excludes U.S. and Ontario users while Hyperliquid manages trading and liquidations. Pump.fun Brings Hyperliquid…
