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Kyrgyzstan shuts down gold-backed USDKG stablecoin
Kyrgyzstan has ordered the shutdown of its state-issued stablecoin USDKG. A cabinet directive dated 20 August 2026 calls for halting all network operations and liquidating both the issuer EVA and the affiliated exchange
09.10.2026
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US authorities move $1B in seized Bitcoin, triggering drop below $81K
On October 8, 12,267 BTC worth roughly $1.01 billion left a wallet tied to funds seized after the Bitfinex breach. The coins went to an unknown address that analysts suspect could be another government-controlled wallet
08.10.2026
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Ripple Steps Into Prime Brokerage After $1.25 Billion Deal
After buying Hidden Road for $1.25 billion in 2025, Ripple rebranded it as Ripple Prime and began offering financing for swaps tied to ETFs. The platform now clears more than $3 trillion in trades each year for over 300
08.10.2026
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Trump Ties No-Strike Pledge on Iran to Midterms and Pushes New AI Term
Donald Trump made clear that Washington will not launch an attack on Iran before the midterm elections on November 3. He pointed to Iran’s dire economic and military situation and said the existing blockade remains fully
08.10.2026
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100 BTC mined in July 2010 finally moved
Galaxy Research flagged the transfer of 100 bitcoins that were mined on 13 July 2010. The coins had sat untouched for more than sixteen years before being split across two fresh addresses holding 90 and 10 BTC. The old a
08.10.2026
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Bitcoin Demand Rebounds Even as Price Keeps Falling
Bitcoin slipped another 1.5 % over the past day and now changes hands near 83 000 dollars. Yet total demand has flipped back into positive territory above 14 000 BTC. CryptoQuant analyst Darkfost pointed out that spot de
08.10.2026
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Ethereum Core Devs Flag AI Risk to Wallet Security Within Months
Justin Drake has urged the crypto community to brace for a possible AI-driven breach of wallet keys. He believes current encryption could fall much sooner than the long-feared quantum threat, potentially within months ra
08.10.2026
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Paxos Brings XRP to Brokerage Clients of PayPal and Schwab
On October 7 Paxos announced that its brokerage partners can now offer XRP. The token becomes available for trading, custody and transfers on the same regulated platform already used by PayPal, Venmo and Charles Schwab.
08.10.2026
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Brandt Favors Monero While Mapping Modest XRP Target
On October 5 Peter Brandt singled out Monero as his clear favorite among altcoins he reviewed. The veteran trader argued that excess supply in XMR has already been absorbed, leaving the coin with an unobstructed path hig
08.10.2026
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XRP Whales Pull Record Amounts Off Binance
Cryptoquant data released on October 7 shows the largest wave of big XRP withdrawals from Binance in seven months. Researcher Arab Chain links the moves to holders shifting coins away from exchange custody. The spike fol
08.10.2026
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Ethereum researcher warns AI could crack wallet cryptography within months
Ethereum researcher Justin Drake took to X on Wednesday urging the crypto sector to adopt a defensive stance. Recent mathematical breakthroughs by OpenAI, he argued, suggest that the ECDSA signature scheme protecting mos
08.10.2026
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Bitcoin Slides to $84K After US Government Wallets Move Holdings
Bitcoin slipped to roughly $84,000 as fresh selling hit the market. Two factors stood out: large transfers from wallets tied to the US government and a spike in oil above $100 on tensions around the Strait of Hormuz. Rou
08.10.2026
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Bitcoin wipes out October gains and braces for range-bound trading ahead of CPI
Bitcoin slid below $83,000 on Wednesday, erasing nearly all of its October advance and posting a 3 % daily loss. The intraday low of $82,734 marked the weakest level since late September. The drop followed a failed break
08.10.2026
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Meme trader Frogman wakes up to $4M missing from hot wallets
While asleep in Singapore, meme trader Frogman lost over $4 million from two non-custodial wallets on October 7, 2026, around 4:30 a.m. local time. On-chain watcher Yu Jin spotted the first transfers five hours before Fr
07.10.2026
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Balaji Srinivasan Sees Bitcoin for Institutions, ZEC for Everyday Privacy
At TOKEN2049 in Singapore, former Coinbase CTO Balaji Srinivasan laid out separate futures for Bitcoin and Zcash. He argued Bitcoin is positioned to act as a reserve asset that Western institutions can hold to signal sol
07.10.2026
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