BITCOIN

French Assembly Narrowly Adopts Stablecoin Swap Tax Proposal

Key Takeaways French lawmakers narrowly passed a proposal to tax crypto-to-stablecoin swaps with capital gains tax. The measure targets a

XRP Ledger Nears Oct. 23 Upgrade as Lending Votes Fall Short

Key Takeaways XRP Ledger’s fixCleanup3_4_0 targets Oct. 23 activation after securing more than 80% validator support. XRPL’s upgrade closes a

Richard Heart Arrested, XRP DAT Rings Nasdaq Bell, And More

Key Takeaways Strive’s consecutive $280M and $235M bitcoin purchases signal renewed corporate demand for BTC. Binance US’s reported $1B valuation

Ethereum Derivatives Flash Mixed Signals as Bulls Hold the Edge

Key Takeaways Ethereum’s futures market is still carrying a hefty $30.59 billion in open interest, with Binance leading the pack

Arthur Hayes Says OpenAI and Anthropic Are Worthless and Bitcoin Wins

Key Takeaways Arthur Hayes told Convergence host Luke Martin on Oct. 16 that AI model companies are “worthless.” The Nasdaq

Binance Offers Nearly 8% in XRP for RLUSD But the Base Rate Keeps Falling

Key Takeaways Binance’s headline 7.77% APR only applies to the 1.3x boosted tier of its $800,000 XRP campaign. The base

CRYPTO

$7.15M Cash, Guns, Cold Wallets, and Luxury Goods Seized

Turkish intelligence and police tracked Richard Heart to Istanbul, where officers arrested him and his wife and seized cash,

Vitalik Buterin contrasts Bitcoin’s power costs with AI’s 76% capital share

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin has compared Bitcoin mining with AI inference, sharing cost estimates that put electricity at 45.9% of

But Most Stocks Are Already in a Bear Market

Although the S&P 500 is inches away from a record high, the picture looks dramatically weaker beneath the surface.

ALTCOINS

Under-the-Radar Altcoins Cap, Grass and Starknet Witness Surge in Network Growth, Topping All Crypto Projects: Santiment

Three under-the-radar altcoin projects outpaced the rest of the digital asset sector in terms of recent network growth, according to

Crypto Wallet Ledger Now Lets Users Borrow Stablecoins Against Their Bitcoin Without Giving Up Self-Custody

Crypto hardware wallet maker Ledger is rolling out a new feature that lets users borrow stablecoins against their Bitcoin (BTC)

America’s Sixth-Largest Bank Launches Dollar-Backed Stablecoin for Cross-Border Transfers

A major billion-dollar bank is executing a live pilot of its proprietary dollar-backed stablecoin on a public blockchain to move

CoinEx Crypto Exchange Is Shutting Down Three Years After Exiting US Market – Here’s the Deadline for Withdrawals

A cryptocurrency exchange is closing its doors after nearly a decade in business. CoinEx, which has its operating headquarters in

Visa Says Bank-Level Fraud Protection and Deposit Insurance Could Unlock US Stablecoin Adoption

Visa is releasing a new report showing how bank-level protections could significantly boost American interest in using stablecoins to send

Stablecoin Cross-Border Flows Surge 78% to $220,300,000,000 Amid Crypto Bear Market

Cross-border stablecoin transfers are surging nearly 78 percent over the past year even as the broader crypto market experiences a

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