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The discovery of implanted Ledger hardware wallets has renewed scrutiny on the intermediaries that handle devices before they reach buyers, including authorized sellers. This has raised questions about whether crypto users can trust the supply chain behind hardware wallets.
Strive, a Bitcoin treasury company, acquired 2,822 Bitcoin between October 12 and 13 at an average price of approximately $83,266 per coin. The purchase, valued at $235 million, increased the company's total Bitcoin holdings to 35,600 BTC.
Qivalis, backed by 37 European banks including BBVA, BNP Paribas, ING, and DZ Bank, has obtained an electronic money institution license from the Dutch central bank. The company plans to issue a euro-denominated electronic money token in the coming months after meeting EU MiCA requirements, with distribution through banks, exchanges, and payment providers, and has selected Fireblocks for digital asset infrastructure.
The Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) Courts have adopted Avalanche blockchain to provide globally verifiable digital authenticity credentials for court orders and hearing records. The system binds encrypted document hashes to unique NFT credentials on Avalanche's C-Chain, enabling instant verification without contacting the court, while keeping document contents private; additionally, the UAE Telecommunications and Digital Government Regulatory Authority is collaborating with Ava Labs to integrate Avalanche into the UAE PASS digital identity platform's Digital Vault blockchain layer.
On Gate gStocks, tokenized stocks and leveraged tech ETFs saw significant gains, with BitGo Holdings token (BTGOON/USDT) rising 15.22% to $7.473. The platform offers 1:1 native stock reserves, 24/7 trading, and fractional shares, expanding global asset allocation options.
Evernorth, a Nasdaq-listed company holding an XRP treasury, will begin deploying its 473 million XRP (worth about $648 million) in the fourth quarter through an institutional strategy with partners including Ripple, Kraken, Coinbase, and BitGo. The company aims to generate yield and increase XRP per share, with plans to expand into lending and on-chain DeFi strategies on the XRP Ledger.
Hong Kong-based L2 Capital has signed on as the first partner of Newton Labs' tokenization platform, aiming to tokenize $500 million in pre-IPO AI company equity. The platform embeds compliance rules directly into each token and verifies them before every transfer settlement, though it is still under construction.
Indian startup Scimplify has completed a $25 million strategic funding round led by Hitachi Ventures, with participation from Henkel and Teknor Apex. The company, which uses its AI platform Scinode to coordinate chemical R&D and production, serves over 1,000 customers across 40 countries and has reached an annualized revenue of approximately $200 million.
Binance Wallet has announced a Binance Alpha DGAI trading competition with a prize pool of $200,000. Participants must join via the Binance App activity page to have their trading volume counted, and only buy orders are eligible, with early traders receiving multipliers up to 2.0x.
Coins.ph stated that its license from the Philippine central bank remains valid despite reports suggesting a possible revocation. The reports were linked to alleged offshore gambling transactions.
Analysts are evaluating how U.S. inflation data could influence bitcoin's price. The day-ahead outlook for October 14, 2026, focuses on potential market reactions.
Qivalis received an e-money license from the Dutch central bank to issue a MiCA-compliant euro token. Backed by BBVA, BNP Paribas, and ING, the company aims to provide onchain euro settlement infrastructure.
Coins.ph stated that its license from the Philippine central bank remains valid, refuting reports of a potential revocation. The reports had linked the possible revocation to alleged offshore gambling transactions.
In a Fortune interview, Gate founder and CEO Dr. Han outlined a strategy to integrate fiat, digital assets, stocks, ETFs, gold, bank accounts, and payments into a single app called Gate Money. The app, launched during TOKEN2049 Singapore, aims to allow users to use crypto, fiat, tokenized gold, or stocks for daily payments and open global bank accounts in eligible regions.
Bitcoin briefly reached $84,000 before easing back, while the CoinDesk 80 fell 0.6% since midnight as traders waited for U.S. inflation data.
CryptoQuant's onchain analysis indicates a potential bottom for Bitcoin's price in early October. The data suggests that demand has withstood external headwinds, keeping the 'Uptober' thesis valid.
Alex Thorn, Research Head at Galaxy Digital, stated that more than half of the Bitcoin supply is held in unidentified addresses. Despite institutionalization and concentrated holdings, a vast amount of Bitcoin remains self-custodied by individuals.
The French National Assembly Finance Committee approved a proposal to impose a tax of up to 31.4% on Bitcoin-to-stablecoin conversions, even without fiat conversion. Residents moving abroad with over €800,000 in crypto assets could face an exit tax on unrealized gains, though the amendment was withdrawn and must be reintroduced during full parliamentary debate.
Hypercall, an exchange built on Hyperliquid, has processed $640 million in trading volume since June, with the majority coming from S&P 500 options. The index options have become the most popular bet on the platform.
Saifedean Ammous, author of The Bitcoin Standard, stated on X that Bitcoin already functions as money and will eventually become less volatile than gold and surpass its market cap. He was responding to economist Lawrence H. White, who argued Bitcoin's fixed supply causes excessive price volatility, making stablecoins more suitable for transactions.
Saifedean Ammous, author of 'The Bitcoin Standard,' argues that Bitcoin already functions as money when held as a store of value. He expects Bitcoin to become larger and less volatile than gold as it matures.
According to Coinglass data, if Bitcoin falls below $79,619, the cumulative long liquidation intensity on major centralized exchanges would reach $1.369 billion. Conversely, a breakout above $87,451 would result in cumulative short liquidations of $1.216 billion.
Standard Chartered has expanded its spot cryptocurrency trading services to professional investors in the UAE. The bank plans to offer access to more market participants in the region.
Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev stated that a significant portion of retail trading is expected to be executed by AI agents, which can monitor markets around the clock and handle stocks, options, and cryptocurrencies. The platform has integrated AI agents into its app, with over 150,000 customers opening dedicated trading accounts, though funds remain restricted to these accounts and approval settings vary between built-in and external agents.
An Ethereum OG address (0x8AC...aA93) that bought ETH at $14 nine years ago deposited 6,369 ETH, worth $15.95 million, to Kraken about 40 minutes ago. The transaction was monitored by Lookonchain.
AEON, an AI economic settlement protocol, has added Chile local bank transfer payments, allowing users to pay in Chilean pesos using crypto assets while AEON handles asset conversion and settles with merchants via local banks. The integration expands AEON's local settlement network in Latin America, where it is already live in Brazil, Mexico, Argentina, Peru, Bolivia, and Colombia.
Bitget has listed a pre-market perpetual contract for Jio Platforms, offering USDT settlement, up to 20x leverage, and 24/7 trading. Jio Platforms, a subsidiary of Reliance Industries, operates India's largest telecom network and plans a dual listing on BSE and NSE.
DeFi protocol Sky (formerly MakerDAO) has completed its second SKY token burn, permanently removing 7.37 million SKY from circulation, which is about 2.6 times the first burn of 2.86 million. The burn is funded by 5% of monthly net protocol surplus, linking protocol performance to a permanent reduction in SKY supply.
Bitcoin briefly approached $84,000 before retreating within an hour, influenced by a stall in tech stocks and an ongoing chip selloff. Traders are now awaiting the release of the September Consumer Price Index (CPI) report.
Payward, parent company of Kraken, plans to acquire Saldo Bank, an EU-regulated bank in Lithuania, to expand into traditional banking services such as lending and card issuance. The deal, expected to close in 2027 pending regulatory approval, would make Payward the first digital-asset company to acquire a European bank.
FX168 Finance, a leading financial media and data service provider, has partnered with Web3 asset data platform RootData to incorporate tokenized stock data into its news, in-depth reports, and investment research. RootData's tokenized stock section tracks over 8,000 tokenized stocks and contracts across major exchanges like Binance, OKX, Gate, Bitget, and Kraken, providing real-time metrics such as trading volume, liquidity depth, open interest, and price volatility.
CryptoQuant analyst nocoffeenobrain observed that Bitcoin held for 1-3 years and over 3 years became active in late September when BTC rose from the mid-$70,000s to the mid-$80,000s. A recent Ledger hack has prompted many users to migrate assets to new signers and change seed phrases, likely pushing the 7-day moving average higher in the coming days.
Kraken has announced plans to acquire Saldo Bank, an EU-regulated financial institution. The deal is expected to be completed in 2027, according to the Financial Times.
Solana is scheduled to activate the Alpenglow upgrade on October 21. The upgrade aims to reduce transaction finality time to approximately 150 milliseconds and replace the network's existing voting system with a faster certificate-based consensus mechanism.
Scallop, a lending protocol on Sui, has launched Scallop Wallet, a self-custodial browser wallet now available on the Chrome Web Store. The wallet enables users to manage assets, swap or purchase crypto, compare lending rates within the Sui ecosystem, and track their positions in Scallop, all within a single interface.
The French parliament is reviewing the 2027 budget, which includes a proposed 31.4% capital gains tax on conversions of crypto into MiCA-regulated stablecoins starting January 1, 2027. Chainalysis France CEO Francois Volpoet warned that the measure could drive traders toward non-MiCA stablecoins and harder-to-monitor offshore channels.
Chainalysis CEO in France Francois Volpoet warned that a proposed 31.4% tax on regulated stablecoins could push traders toward unmonitored offshore channels. The tax proposal has raised concerns about potential evasion and reduced oversight in the crypto market.
Travala's AVA Smart Program will double the Standard AVA lock requirements in November. Users can upgrade now to secure the current lower requirement.
Over the past 24 hours, total cryptocurrency liquidations reached $140 million, with long positions accounting for $81.14 million and short positions $58.86 million. Bitcoin long liquidations were $8.38 million and short liquidations $11.73 million, while Ethereum long liquidations were $10.45 million and short liquidations $10.14 million.
Catcher Predict monitoring shows that on Polymarket, the 'Over' option for 'Total kills greater than 24.5 in Game 4' in the LoL match between BNK FEARX and KT Rolster has seen its odds plummet from 69.5% to 53.5% within an hour, a 16% swing. Traders are advised to watch for breaking news that may affect the market.
PancakeSwap's Kitchen proposed increasing the LP share of swap fees to 88% on v3 and Infinity across all 11 chains, with the Treasury receiving 12%, while v2 remains unchanged. The plan also includes cutting daily CAKE emissions from 22,500 to 7,000, a 69% reduction, with implementation planned for late 2026 pending a Snapshot vote.
Standard Chartered has introduced direct bitcoin and ether trading for its affluent clients in the United Arab Emirates. The bank manages custody and settlement in-house through a closed-loop model, eliminating the need for separate crypto wallets.
According to Gate market data, the BTC/USDT trading pair is currently priced at $84,004.2. The 24-hour price change is 0.01%.
Binance perpetual ETH has a sell order of about 6,848.69 ETH at $2,525.00, worth approximately $17.29 million, about 0.19% above the mid price of $2,520.17. Near-term sell orders on the same exchange total about $83.62 million, while buy orders are about $61.83 million, resulting in a net sell surplus of $21.79 million, or 14.98% of total depth.
On October 14 at 16:00, 40 million USDT was detected moving from an unknown wallet to Binance, according to Coinglass data. The transaction details remain undisclosed.
PancakeSwap core team has introduced a tokenomics proposal called 'The Flip'. The proposal suggests increasing LP fee share to 88% on all 11 supported chains for v3 and Infinity, with 12% going to the treasury, while v2 remains unchanged, and reducing CAKE daily issuance by 69%.
DeFi yield protocol infiniFi has released the tokenomics for its native INFI token and announced an upcoming token generation event. The allocation includes 45% for the ecosystem, 20% each for the team and investors, and 15% for the foundation, with the protocol utilizing an on-chain fractional reserve model for stablecoin deposits and yield management.
According to on-chain analyst AI Yi, the TRUMP team distribution address transferred $11.78 million worth of tokens to a new address after 12 days, potentially for deposit into an exchange. Previously, 12 days ago, it moved $8.87 million in Solana tokens to address 52RDq…rkaD1, which were later deposited into OKX via two addresses.
Nansen CEO Alex Svanevik transferred approximately $1.41 million in three tokens to Coinbase one hour ago, according to on-chain monitoring by Ember. The assets included 382 ETH worth about $957,000, 1 million LDO worth about $423,000, and 14 YFI worth about $33,000.
International oil prices remain elevated due to geopolitical and supply risk premiums. On Gate, WTI crude (CLUSDT) is priced at $93.67 with a 24-hour gain of 2.09%, and its 24-hour open interest of $131 million ranks among the top three in the industry, while 24-hour trading volume reached $79.01 million.
OKX will launch the Katana (KAT) Flash Earn Lite event on October 19 at 15:00, allowing users to subscribe with BTC or KAT to share 30,000,000 KAT rewards. The event runs until October 24 at 15:00.
UPBIT will stop supporting BLAST trading pairs, including BLAST/KRW, BLAST/BTC, and BLAST/USDT, on October 26, 2026, at 12:00. Due to the emergency termination of Blast network services, UPBIT will facilitate the conversion from Blast to Ethereum and suspend BLAST withdrawals on the Blast network starting October 19, 2026, at 12:00, with withdrawals via Ethereum supported after the conversion.
Huobi HTX will hold a debate titled 'Should Stablecoins Pay Interest?' at 20:00 (UTC+8) today. The debate will feature Cong Ge and George as the affirmative side, and Mo Cheng and Wang Fugui as the negative side, discussing stablecoin functionality, yield distribution, risks, and industry development.
OPPO announced a partnership with AI Agent product Manus to integrate Manus's agent capabilities directly into its smartphone system assistant AI Mind Pilot. The feature will debut in ColorOS 17 on the Find X10 series, allowing users to handle multi-step tasks through the system assistant without opening Manus separately.
Hong Kong actor and singer Alex Fong disclosed that he suffered significant financial losses from investing in NFTs. He admitted that the losses exceeded those from his previous stock trading and that he did not dare to tell his family.
According to RootData's latest ranking of stock derivative exchanges, HTX, OrangeX, and BingX have the largest spreads among listed exchanges, at 0.836%, 0.233%, and 0.197%, respectively. The spread is weighted by 24-hour trading volume, with higher values indicating higher trading costs.
Aster revised its token unlock plan, splitting the airdrop category into 'Founding Airdrop' and 'Governance Airdrop', and restructuring the Ecosystem & Community category into two parts with staking-based rewards. RootData updated its data after verification with Aster's official documentation, while some third-party platforms have not yet synced the changes.
According to Gate market data, PRL has broken through 1.9 USDT, setting a new all-time high. The token has risen over 60% in the past seven days.
Elon Musk shared a tweet about open-source AI IP Claudia on X, causing the Solana-based Claudia token to surge nearly 40% and reach a market cap of $5.86 million. Claudia, created by aion co-founder anabology, aims to be an open-source 'Hatsune Miku' for the AI era, with token trading fees funding film production.
At a BTC price of $83,443, Binance perpetual futures show sell orders of $42.08 million versus buy orders of $32.50 million, a difference of $9.58 million. Coinbase spot also has thicker sell orders, but on a smaller scale, and exchanges with thinner order books may see more pronounced price swings during large trades.
Binance will delist spot trading pairs for Epic Chain (EPIC) and QuickSwap (QUICK) on October 28, 2026, at 11:00. Users must cancel open orders and update trading bots before the deadline, with withdrawals for these tokens ceasing on December 28, 2026, at 11:00.
According to Gate market data, spot silver declined by more than 1% during the day. The price is now quoted at $58.57 per ounce.
Binance announced that it will delist the EPIC and QUICK tokens on October 28, 2026. The exchange did not provide a reason for the delisting.
Bank of America has ceased its role as a potential underwriter for Moonshot AI's initial public offering in Hong Kong. The talks for the bank to serve as overall coordinator did not result in a formal mandate, amid strict US scrutiny of the company.
New York Fed President John Williams stated that AI equipment supply may take over two years to catch up with demand, potentially increasing inflation pressure. He also reiterated that the Fed may need one more rate hike this year to curb inflation, and noted that AI investment will remain strong even with higher rates, while the shortage could affect Bitcoin miners entering the AI sector.
Coinbase, which holds 5% of all bitcoin, advocates for immediate quantum computing preparation. The plan includes flexible addresses, a backup quantum-proof key, and a separate debate over lost coins.
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Starknet has introduced Shadow Accounts, a feature that allows users to obscure connections between their main wallets and DeFi activities. Transactions remain visible onchain, but the link to the main wallet is hidden.
Standard Chartered has received approval from the UAE's Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority (VARA) to provide cryptocurrency trading solutions to professional investors in the UAE. Eligible affluent clients can buy and sell Bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH) directly through their existing bank accounts without needing a separate wallet or third-party platform.
Ripple has added Stripe-owned wallets to the XRP Ledger, enabling software to pay for online services using XRP and RLUSD. The integration comes as AI payments surpass 14 million, though questions remain about the real economic activity behind these transactions.
Ripple has integrated Stripe's Privy wallet technology into the XRP Ledger, enabling financial applications and AI agents to create accounts, hold crypto assets, and make payments without managing wallet software. The network has processed over 14 million agent payments via the x402 standard, though cumulative transfer amounts remain small.
Prominent trader Killa stated that Bitcoin has shown clear buying interest around the $81,000 level, triggering two stabilization events. He suggested that after sufficient adjustment, Bitcoin could rally again to $87,000 this month.
The cryptocurrency Fear and Greed Index is currently at 63, up 7 points from yesterday, according to Coinglass data. The index has averaged 61 over the past 7 days and 67 over the past 30 days.
On October 13, U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs recorded $176 million in net inflows, with Fidelity's FBTC leading at $103 million. Spot Ethereum ETFs attracted $24.84 million, led by Grayscale's Ethereum Mini Trust with $16.73 million.
Solana has set October 21 for its Alpenglow upgrade, which aims to achieve 150-millisecond finality. The upgrade will replace the existing validator voting system and remove vote transactions from blocks, potentially altering headline transaction counts even if user activity remains unchanged.