Comer urges trading ban for US officials
House Oversight Committee Chair James Comer has called for new restrictions on government officials’ prediction market trading, including a possible outright ban, after an investigation reviewed 1,700 pages of documents. Summary Comer wants Congress to consider trading restrictions covering officials…
TSMC Confirms Employee Data Leak as Hackers Try to Sell 46,000 Records for Bitcoin
Hackers are reportedly demanding 3 Bitcoin for thousands of TSMC employee records, threatening to publish the data if nobody buys. Taiwanese chipmaking giant TSMC has confirmed a leak of personal information belonging to some current and former employees. Reports…
Solana launches private AI tools with on-chain hardware checks
The Solana Foundation has introduced Solana Confidential Compute, an open-source toolkit built with Nito that lets developers create private AI applications and verify their computing hardware on Solana. Summary The toolkit is in beta on Solana devnet, with a mainnet…
Why Is Crypto Crashing? 5 Reasons Bitcoin and Altcoins Are Suddenly Falling
Why is crypto crashing? Bitcoin has fallen below $69,000, dragging Ethereum and major altcoins into a market selloff. Investors are facing a combination of worsening macroeconomic conditions, shrinking liquidity, and billions of dollars in forced liquidations. The decline is not…
North Korea Is Creating Fake Meme Coins to Launder Millions From the $6.4B Binance Hack
Six meme coins created on NEAR helped North Korean hackers move stolen funds, with almost no genuine trading activity involved. North Korean hackers are creating their own meme coins to move stolen stash from the Binance hack, according to…
Solana’s RWA Market Explodes 600% in a Year as Ethereum Struggles to Keep Up
Solana is rapidly closing the RWA gap with Ethereum as its tokenised market share grows from 4.5% to 26% in one year. Solana’s on-chain economy is growing beyond meme coins. In fact, a new report suggests that real-world assets…
Crypto Funds See 4th Week of Outflows, but XRP and SOL Shine: CoinShares Report
Four consecutive weeks of crypto fund outflows hit $3.74 billion, but altcoins outperform as US investors retreat from the market. Investment products linked to digital assets experienced their fourth consecutive week of outflows, recording $173 million and pushing cumulative…
Hayden Davis Resurfaces After LIBRA Crash, But His Latest Trades Are Deep in the Red
Bubblemaps found that Hayden Davis, who was involved with LIBRA and YZY tokens, has resumed on-chain trading, but recent Solana meme coin bets resulted in nearly $3 million losses. A year after Bubblemaps first detailed the on-chain mechanics behind…
Vault Summit Asia to Convene Financial Institutions in Singapore on Oct. 9
Weekly Crypto Roundup Get the weekly briefing for Philippine crypto insiders, from the country’s longest-standing crypto and blockchain news publication. Check out the BitPinas Token 2049 Coverage Here Vault Summit will host its inaugural Asia edition at Andaz Singapore on…
Korean Bank Ties Do Not Prove XRP Ripple Demand
XRP Ripple is trading at $1.52 on October 5, as four Korean financial institutions appeared alongside Ripple at XRP Seoul. The event put institutional adoption in the spotlight, but a stage appearance and a Ripple relationship do not prove a…
Cardano Faces Bearish Signals as Futures Demand Cools and Whales Sell
Cardano’s (ADA) recent price surge is running into fresh headwinds from fading trader interest and large-holder exits. Futures open interest for ADA has dropped 9% over the past week, sliding from $1.99 billion to $1.81 billion as traders cut back…
Tether Freezes $550 Million in Iran-Linked USDT as U.S. Lawmakers Seek Investigation
Tether says it helped authorities freeze nearly $550 million in Iran-linked USDT during 2026, highlighting the growing role of stablecoins in sanctions enforcement while drawing renewed scrutiny from U.S. lawmakers. The company disclosed on September 28 its actions against wallets…
Bitcoin (BTC) May Offer a Buying Opportunity Before the Next Big Pump: Analysts
Is BTC headed toward a plunge to $62,000 in the near future? The leading cryptocurrency has been quite unstable over the past several days, slipping from its local top above $87,000 witnessed earlier in September. Some popular analysts believe…
Targeting Trump, California Governor Gavin Newsom Signs Bill Banning Public Officials From Issuing Memecoins
California Governor Gavin Newsom signed a bill on Sunday that bans state public officials from launching memecoins. In addition to the ban on state officials, California Assembly Bill 2409 also prohibits crypto service providers from offering California residents the sale…
2 Altcoins Just Got Wall Street’s Stamp of Approval: What Happens Next?
Bitcoin Cash and Uniswap are about to get something few altcoins can claim: a place in the regulated U.S. derivatives market. CME Group, the world’s largest derivatives marketplace, said on September 22 that it plans to launch futures contracts for…
CoinEx Crypto Exchange Is Shutting Down Three Years After Exiting US Market – Here’s the Deadline for Withdrawals
A cryptocurrency exchange is closing its doors after nearly a decade in business. CoinEx, which has its operating headquarters in the Seychelles, says it is entering an orderly wind-down with all user assets fully backed. Withdrawals opened September 15, 2026,…
Crypto Rallies Through Fed’s First Rate Increase Since 2023
Bitcoin and major cryptocurrencies rose after Fed delivered its first interest-rate hike since 2023, with traders focusing on the central bank’s future path rather than the quarter-point increase itself. Zcash led gains as speculative appetite returned across the market. Bitcoin…
FCA Clears Crypto Rulebook, but UK Banks Can Still Block Transfers
Key Takeaways FCA guidance sets out which U.K. crypto firms need authorization under rules starting Oct. 25, 2027. U.K. banks can still restrict crypto transfers, limiting the impact of clearer FCA regulation. Applications open Sept. 30 as Parliament weighs broader…