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France Set to Tax Crypto-to-Stablecoin Trades from 2027
France’s National Assembly finance committee has backed a measure that would make swapping cryptocurrencies for stablecoins a taxable event. Deputy Nicolas Sansu proposed the change to close a loophole that currently let
11.10.2026
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Papertrade Pulls $118M in a Day on 1000x Leverage Bets
Papertrade.xyz, built on HyperEVM, gathered $118 million in USDC within 24 hours of going live. Deposits started at $14 million and climbed to that figure by 11 a.m. ET on Saturday, October 10, 2026. The platform offers
11.10.2026
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Bitcoin One Year On: Lessons from the Sudden Crash and Lingering Risks
On October 10, 2025, Bitcoin plunged from around $122,000 to $105,000 in minutes, triggering roughly $19 billion in liquidations across crypto markets. The drop came just days after the price had set a fresh record above
11.10.2026
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Fake Ledger site hosted on Google Sites drew over a million visits
On October 9, 2026, security researcher Cyber Scrilla flagged a counterfeit Ledger website and app that ranked high in Google search results and prompted users for their seed phrase. The page, built on Google’s free Site
11.10.2026
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Bitcoin Stumbles as Treasury Yields Spike
Money flowing into crypto funds has slowed sharply. Since mid-July the total stood at $11.1 billion, yet fresh inflows have dried up in recent weeks. The main culprit is the US bond market. Ten-year Treasury yields climb
10.10.2026
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BNB Chain Hits Two Million Tokenized Asset Holders, Outpacing Rivals
BNB Chain has become the first network to surpass two million holders of tokenized real-world assets, capturing roughly 40 % of the total on-chain distribution. The recent jump was fuelled by tokenized stocks. Over the p
10.10.2026
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London man jailed 2.5 years after SIM-swap ring drained £200k in crypto from BT users
Four BT customers lost nearly £200,000 in cryptocurrency after fraudsters hijacked their phone numbers via SIM swaps in November 2021. Ajay Shinjin, 25, helped run the scheme, pocketed over £44,000 and blew it on a Dubai
10.10.2026
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Bitcoin ETFs bleed $244 million as Ether funds extend losing streak to eight days
US bitcoin ETFs saw $244 million flow out on Thursday, with Fidelity’s FBTC accounting for roughly 81 % of the total. The two-day combined outflow now exceeds $731 million, and total assets under management have slipped
10.10.2026
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Citrini drops Bitcoin, bets on blockchain rails for AI-driven finance
Citrini Research has removed Bitcoin from its crypto allocation. The firm now focuses on the underlying blockchain networks expected to handle millions of AI agents that automatically shift client funds toward higher yie
10.10.2026
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Former FTX executive slams Netflix trailer for turning collapse into romance
Constance Wang, ex-co-CEO of FTX, said most staff only learned about Sam Bankman-Fried’s relationship with Caroline Ellison after the exchange collapsed. Her X post reacted to the trailer for Netflix’s upcoming series “T
10.10.2026
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UK Sanctions Crypto Firms Tied to Russian Sanctions-Busting Network
On 8 October Britain added several crypto and payment firms to its sanctions list for allegedly helping Russia evade restrictions through the A7 network. The targets include Xeltox Enterprises Ltd (and its brands Cryptom
09.10.2026
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Ohio Recovers $15,300 Taken Through Crypto ATM Scam
On October 8 a 63-year-old woman from Allen County got her $15,300 back. State investigators traced and froze the funds after she fell for a crypto ATM fraud. The scam started with a fake pop-up claiming her computer was
09.10.2026
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Empire Market Co-Founder Handed 40-Year Sentence and Must Forfeit 1,230 Bitcoin
Raheem Hamilton, the 30-year-old co-founder of the dark web marketplace Empire Market, was sentenced to 40 years in federal prison in Chicago on October 5. The court also ordered him to pay a $5 million fine and surrende
09.10.2026
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Stanford PhD Turns Satoshi’s Unused 2008 Poker Buttons Into Working Bitcoin Game
Hidden inside Bitcoin’s earliest code from April 2008 were interface elements for dealing hands and placing bets. Satoshi never activated them, leaving the feature as an unfinished sketch for nearly two decades. Robin Li
09.10.2026
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Aptos Vesting Ends, Cutting Monthly Token Issuance by 60%
Aptos has wrapped up its four-year vesting schedule for early backers and core contributors on October 12. Monthly $APT issuance fell from 11.31 million to 4.54 million tokens, a nearly 60% drop. At genesis, developers r
09.10.2026
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