Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 3 days ago
TLDR South Korean exchange Bithumb is investigating a data leak after its in-house mobile work system was hacked. The exchange discovered the breach on Tuesday and notified the Korea Internet & Security Agency and the Personal Information Protec...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 3 days ago
TLDR Bitcoin climbed to $81,687 on Wednesday, with bid liquidity thickening around $79,000 and $80,000. South Korea’s KOSPI jumped 6.63% as tech stocks rebounded from earlier October losses. Morgan Stanley’s Mike Wilson says most of the market corre...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 3 days ago
TLDR Coinbase says an incident at analytics vendor Amplitude exposed contact information for a small subset of its customers. The exchange says it found no evidence that its own systems were breached and that customer funds were not affected. The di...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 3 days ago
TLDR US spot Bitcoin ETFs recorded about $176 million in net inflows on Tuesday, their second straight day of gains. The two-day total reached $286 million, following $110 million on Monday. October’s net outflows have narrowed to roughly $26 millio...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 3 days ago
TLDR Euronext suspended the CoinShares Zcash ETP (ZCSH) on Euronext Paris on the day it was meant to start trading. The exchange operator cited operational settlement requirements. The suspension stays in place until the Central Securities Depositor...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 3 days ago
Bitcoin’s reputation for strong October rallies is facing another test. After five consecutive years of gains during the month, the cryptocurrency is now on track for its second negative October in a row. Data from CryptoQuant shows Bitcoin fal...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 3 days ago
Indian cryptocurrency exchange CoinDCX has confirmed a $15.99 million loss linked to retired wallet infrastructure, days after CEO Sumit Gupta dismissed reports of suspicious outflows as a possible false alarm. The exchange says a failed automated tr...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 4 days 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 - 4 days 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 - 4 days 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 - 4 days 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 - 4 days 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 - 4 days 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 - 4 days 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 - 4 days 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 - 4 days 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 - 4 days 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 - 4 days 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 - 4 days 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 - 4 days 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 - 4 days 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 - 4 days 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 - 5 days 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 - 5 days 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 - 5 days 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...
