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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 April. Price action matched the mood: Bitcoin slid under $82,000, with about $771 million […]
Coindesk - Oct 27 2026, 07:40 EST: Live updates: Bitcoin holds below $80,000 as AI buildout draws investor attention and capitalInterest rates and oil are slipping and equities are rising, but crypto remains under pressure.
Bitcoinist - Oct 26 2026, 12:14 EST: BTC Defends $80K While Inflation And AI Stock Sell-Off Rattle Crypto MarketsBitcoin 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. TL;DR Bitcoin dipped to about $80,100 before recovering toward $81,000 as hot inflation data and […]
Coindesk - Oct 27 2026, 07:37 EST: Japan's top yen stablecoin falls short of its target in a disappointing first yearCEO Noritaka Okabe blamed a 1 million yen per-transaction cap for Type II funds transfer providers, which has slowed corporate adoption.
Bitcoinist - Oct 26 2026, 12:13 EST: Buterin Backs Kimi’s AI Hacking Limits, Warns Failures Could Force KYCEthereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin supports Moonshot AI’s choice to leave advanced offensive hacking material out of its Kimi K3.1 Pro model. TL;DR He says restricting what a model can do is far better than restricting who may use it, and fears AI security failures could trigger identity checks and surveillance. Moonshot’s own tests show the […]
Coindesk - Oct 27 2026, 07:32 EST: Bitcoin drops below $80,000 as crypto ignores Asian tech rally, Fed meeting beginsBitcoin fell 0.4% to around $79,700 since midnight UTC while Asian tech stocks rallied. The DeFi index dropped 1.8%, and the Fed is set to begin a two-day meeting.
Bitcoinist - Oct 26 2026, 08:36 EST: Electrum Wallet Flaw Allowed Servers To Trick Users Into Paying HackersElectrum, one of Bitcoin’s oldest software wallets, published a security advisory on Saturday describing a weakness that attackers were already abusing. TL;DR A bug in the Electrum bitcoin wallet let malicious servers slip fake pending payments into users’ transaction history. Users who tried to speed up a stuck payment with Replace-by-Fee could end up signing […]
Coindesk - Oct 27 2026, 07:13 EST: Crypto wallet maker Keystone to destroy almost 19,000 devices after security breachThe breach exposed 25,964 buyer records, some kept past Keystone’s 180-day deletion policy after an automated tool failed without the firm noticing.
Bitcoinist - Oct 26 2026, 08:04 EST: Early Bitcoin Tech Investor Turns Bearish, Warns BTC Could Be Hacked To ZeroTech investor Chamath Palihapitiya, once a loud Bitcoin bull, now says the asset is capped and will eventually be hacked and fall to zero. TL;DR He cites a limited pool of buyers, security risks from leaked ownership data, and AI-driven attacks on cryptography. He says he no longer holds crypto directly, having swapped his bitcoin […]
Coindesk - Oct 27 2026, 06:57 EST: Investor who called for AI pivot in 2023 says bitcoin is going to $57,000Jason Calacanis wants investors to sell bitcoin and back artificial intelligence. He is also holding TAO, the cryptocurrency behind AI network Bittensor.
Bitcoinist - Oct 26 2026, 08:03 EST: Strategy’s MSTR Gains 77.4% as Preferred Stocks Return Up to 38.6%Strategy’s common shares returned 77.4% between June 26 and October 23, 2026, outperforming four of the company’s preferred securities, according to a performance chart shared by executive chairman Michael Saylor. The comparison comes as Strategy continues repurchasing preferred shares and prepares for a shareholder vote on a proposal to change the frequency of dividend payments. […]
Coindesk - Oct 27 2026, 05:42 EST: Now is the time to accumulate bitcoin, Galaxy saysGalaxy argues improving price trends, resilient ETF demand and rising U.S. debt support bitcoin’s recovery towards its previous high.
Bitcoinist - Oct 26 2026, 06:31 EST: Elon Musk Says SpaceX Secured $40 Billion for AI Chips as Neocloud Risks GrowElon Musk says SpaceX has secured $40 billion in debt financing for artificial intelligence infrastructure, highlighting the enormous capital requirements of the AI computing race. The announcement came alongside a warning that specialized cloud providers could face widespread consolidation as lenders become more selective about financing companies whose revenue depends heavily on AI data centers. […]
Coindesk - Oct 27 2026, 04:24 EST: An AI label alone no longer wins lenders, JPMorgan saysAs default insurance on several AI-linked firms hits record costs, companies must show they can finance investment, service the debt and eventually mint cash, JPMorgan says.
Bitcoinist - Oct 22 2026, 15:48 EST: Earn 1.5% Daily on USDT – Fully Audited, Zero Admin Keys – Binance Smart ChainHow a Verified Smart Contract is Changing DeFi Yield Generation A revolutionary smart contract called NOX FUND has just launched on BNB Smart Chain, and it’s already paying users guaranteed 1.5% daily returns on USDT deposits with complete transparency and zero possibility of admin interference. Here’s why thousands are already depositing: the contract is completely […]
Coindesk - Oct 27 2026, 03:44 EST: Solana bug reports now cost 1 SOL as AI floods security teams with spamResearchers must now permanently burn 1 SOL for every submission after a monthlong contest drew 809 reports, with AI believed to have helped generate or write nearly all of them.
Coindesk - Oct 27 2026, 03:09 EST: Ethereum fixes Glamsterdam bug that could have sent staking deposits to buildersDevelopers initially rejected the change before reversing course, as testing delays gave them more time to examine a flaw in Ethereum's upcoming Glamsterdam upgrade.
Coindesk - Oct 27 2026, 02:14 EST: Zcash co-founder proposes ending grants funding, citing $125 million treasurySean Bowe’s proposal would send the committee’s 8% share of newly created ZEC to a reserve for future miners. The committee would keep the money it has already received.
Coindesk - Oct 27 2026, 00:28 EST: Ripple gets a final go-ahead to launch its own U.S. national trust bankThe Office of the Comptroller of the Currency has approved Ripple National Trust Bank (RNTB), Ripple's CEO Brad Garlinghouse announced on X.
Coindesk - Oct 26 2026, 12:05 EST: Tom Lee's Bitmine favors share buybacks to ether purchases as crypto declinesThe Ethereum treasury firm spent $46 million buying back shares as Chairman Tom Lee said crypto has held up better than AI stocks during the recent market pullback.
Coindesk - Oct 26 2026, 11:59 EST: NBA joins pro sports leagues on CFTC prediction markets bandwagon while NFL balksThe U.S. derivatives regulator, which has championed the arrival of prediction market firms such as Kalshi, has been gathering allied sports leagues.
Coindesk - Oct 26 2026, 11:45 EST: OCC calls on community banks to enter the stablecoin payments marketThe U.S. banking regulator is encouraging smaller lenders to develop stablecoin services as new federal licensing requirements approach.
Coindesk - Oct 26 2026, 10:51 EST: South Korea weighs fourth delay on its crypto gains tax, pushing it to 2029Officials are concerned users of domestic exchanges would bear the tax burden because the U.S. won’t share crypto trading data until 2029.