Markets

Bitcoin rebounds to $82,000 as Trump rules out Iran strikes, oil drops

Bitcoin rebounded to $82,000 as Trump ruled out an Iran strike before the midterms, while crypto security experts pushed back on “bunker mode” fears. Read Full Story at Coindesk.com →
Oct 9, 2026 • Editorial Desk
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DeFi

XRPL’s $1.34 billion stablecoin base doesn’t tell us how much XRP users need

Fees and reserves require XRP, while larger demand depends on routing choices and the balances held in liquidity or credit…
Oct 9, 2026
Infrastructure

Cantor Fitzgerald faces Senate Democrat’s questions over Tether ties

The letter follows a report by the Democratic investigators last month alleging Tether’s USDT has become a key tool for…
Oct 9, 2026
Infrastructure

Solana’s geographic speed plan trusts validator locations the network cannot verify

Wattenhofer and Kniep’s proposal preserves leader allocations while faster modeled handovers come with longer consecutive-control and regional risks. The post…
Oct 9, 2026
AI

Coinbase Cryptographer Calls Drake's 'Bunker Mode' Warning 'The Very Definition of FUD'

Vitalik Buterin said the risk from AI-accelerated math is real but pointed it at lattices rather than elliptic curves. A…
Oct 8, 2026
Markets

Bitcoin Core’s privacy fix reaches v32 code while the v31 patch remains open

The opt-in private-broadcast repair is merged into 32.x, while the older-branch backport remains open and 31.1 is still the stable…
Oct 8, 2026
Payments

China’s P2P stablecoin wallets surge 43x, Korea’s $450B crypto economy: Asia Express

Despite ongoing bans, China has seen a big surge in peer-to-peer stablecoin use. New figures show South Korea’s $450B crypto…
Oct 8, 2026
AI

AI Startup Manus Raises $500 Million After China Nixed Meta’s $2 Billion Acquisition

Manus built a self-driving AI assistant before the hype, sold itself to Meta, then watched Beijing unwind the deal. Its…
Oct 8, 2026
Markets

Netflix’s FTX Love Story Trailer Draws Mockery on Crypto X

Netflix’s synopsis for “The Altruists” calls it “a toxic love story inspired by a real fraud.” The trailer drew 4.2…
Oct 8, 2026
Payments

Top Democrat among Senate investigators probes ties between Cantor Fitzgerald, Tether

As Democrats steadily rise in their potential to take back a Senate majority, Senator Richard Blumenthal is digging into Tether’s…
Oct 8, 2026