NEWS

October 9, 2026

New York Permanently Bars Ex-Celsius CEO Mashinsky From Crypto and Securities Industries

The settlement carries up to $35 million, but New York collects only if Mashinsky misses the forfeiture or prison terms set in his federal criminal case, the attorney general’s office said.

PODCASTS

October 9, 2026

How NEAR Intents Identified a Suspect and Got Its Stolen Funds Back

A bridging bug cost NEAR Intents $3.8 million. Alex Shevchenko reveals how a coded tweet and a Signal invite encrypted with the attacker’s key got the funds back.

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Bitcoin

October 9, 2026

U.S. Government Sends $1 Billion in Seized Bitfinex Bitcoin to Unlabeled Wallets

Arkham data shows 12,267 BTC left a wallet holding coins stolen in the 2016 Bitfinex hack on Thursday, with no exchange deposit recorded.

October 7, 2026

U.S. Government Moves $103 Million in Seized Bitcoin and BNB, Sending BTC to Coinbase Prime

Wallets linked to the U.S. government transferred 833.599 BTC to Coinbase Prime and 40,285 BNB to a fresh wallet on Tuesday, according to Onchain Lens.

October 5, 2026

Strategy Estimates a $20.9 Billion Q3 Bitcoin Gain, Reversing Its Second-Quarter Loss

The preliminary figure came with a roughly $4.12 billion tax benefit, as Strategy added 334 BTC and spent $176.3 million buying back STRC last week.

October 5, 2026

Strive Buys 2,000 Bitcoin and Discloses a Buyback Facility for Its Preferred Stock

The bitcoin treasury company now holds 29,462 BTC, and its CEO said 61.5% of the capital it raised came from its SATA preferred stock.

Business

October 9, 2026

Market Maker DWF Labs’ Affiliates Sue BitGo for $141 Million Over Alleged Early Token Sales

DWF Maas and Falcon Digital say BitGo disposed of discounted Falcon Finance and ESPORTS tokens while lock-ups were still running.

October 9, 2026

Robinhood Explores Stock Token Tied to T. Rowe Price Actively Managed ETF

Robinhood Crypto said it is exploring a token linked to an actively managed fund on Robinhood Chain with T. Rowe Price, but named no fund, date or regions.

October 8, 2026

Securitize Rolls Out 1:1-Backed Tokens of Apple, Nvidia and 10 Other U.S. Stocks on Solana

Securitize Stocks give eligible investors fully backed tokens of 12 major U.S. stocks, with dividends, voting rights and a path to direct share ownership.

October 8, 2026

Wells Fargo Reportedly Talking With Kraken Parent Payward to Source Crypto Trading Liquidity

Payward would supply liquidity for crypto trading at the bank under a potential deal that may not materialize, CoinDesk reported, citing two people with knowledge of the discussions.

DeFi

October 9, 2026

How NEAR Intents Identified a Suspect and Got Its Stolen Funds Back

A bridging bug cost NEAR Intents $3.8 million. Alex Shevchenko reveals how a coded tweet and a Signal invite encrypted with the attacker’s key got the funds back.

October 9, 2026

Pyth DAO Approves ‘100% Rule’ Directing Its Share of Product Revenue to PYTH Buybacks

The change replaces monthly votes with one standing authorization after the DAO’s monthly purchases fell from about 2.75 million PYTH in March to 669,662 in August.

October 8, 2026

Lido Contributors Unveil Lido Lend, a Morpho Blue Fork Built for Lower-Risk Lending

The proposed lending market would be governed by the Lido DAO, pending a governance vote, with a launch targeted this quarter.

October 6, 2026

THORChain Says It Can’t Block North Korean Laundering. Is That True?

In this spicy post-Bitget hack debate, THORChain co-founder Chad Barraford says the protocol can’t block laundering. Taylor Monahan points to the halts it has used before.

Ethereum

October 8, 2026

Ethereum Researcher’s ‘Bunker Mode’ Call Sparks Debate Over Whether AI Math Threatens Crypto Keys

Justin Drake urged holders to move funds to unused addresses, while Vitalik Buterin counseled against a scramble and several critics pushed back.

October 6, 2026

Pudgy Penguins Owner Is Shutting Down Its Abstract Chain, Where $47 Million Still Sits

Abstract says funds still on the chain after Dec. 15 will be inaccessible, ending a consumer-crypto bet that Igloo CEO Luca Netz says cost tens of millions of dollars.

October 6, 2026

Ethereum Client Prysm Ships 200M Gas Limit Fix Hours Before Glamsterdam Test

Prysm’s v7.2.1 release sets its validators to Sepolia’s new 200 million gas limit by default, a number its previous version left at 60 million unless operators changed it by hand.

October 5, 2026

Tom Lee’s Bitmine Slows Ether Buying for a Second Straight Week, Adding 15,112 ETH

The Ethereum treasury company now holds 6,016,414 ETH, about 89,000 short of owning 5% of ether’s supply, as Lee pointed to a 21 million share buyback this year.

NFTs

September 1, 2026

StonkBrokers Are Popular on Robinhood Chain. But Is the NFT a Security or Collectible?

Owners must stake, post and attest to a permitted country to earn Robinhood Stock Tokens. Anyone can buy the NFT, and the portfolio inside it, with no KYC.

August 4, 2026

POAP Winds Down After Five Years and Nearly 7.6 Million Onchain Badges

Co-founder Isabel Gonzalez said POAP could not build a sustainable business without undermining what made the project matter, ending a protocol used by Coinbase, Amex, and Warner Music Group.

July 2, 2026

Melania Trump Raked in Over $6 Million From NFTs and Collectibles in 2025

The first lady's annual financial disclosure shows nearly $17 million in total earnings, driven by her Amazon documentary, memoir, and a booming NFT business.

March 17, 2026

OpenSea Shelves Token Launch as Its Quiet Pivot Away From NFTs Stalls

OpenSea postponed its SEA token generation event indefinitely as NFT market capitalization fell 50% since January, even as the platform’s OS2 rebuild shifts most volume to crypto trading.

Regulation

October 9, 2026

New York Permanently Bars Ex-Celsius CEO Mashinsky From Crypto and Securities Industries

The settlement carries up to $35 million, but New York collects only if Mashinsky misses the forfeiture or prison terms set in his federal criminal case, the attorney general’s office said.

October 9, 2026

Blumenthal Asks Cantor Fitzgerald for Records on Its Tether Stake and Custody Role

The Senate subcommittee’s ranking member sent Cantor Chairman Brandon Lutnick 13 requests about the firm’s Tether ties, with responses due October 23.

October 9, 2026

EU Securities Regulator Wants Crypto Platforms to Wind Down Non-MiCA Stablecoin Services

ESMA’s opinion to national regulators covers every crypto service tied to unauthorized stablecoins and sets a three-month limit for clearing existing exposure.

October 9, 2026

NFL Tells Supreme Court Prediction Market Sports Contracts Are Gambling, Not Swaps

In a brief backing New Jersey, the league says Kalshi’s sports contracts fall outside Dodd-Frank’s definition of a swap and asks the justices to settle a split among three appeals courts.

Tech

October 9, 2026

How NEAR Intents Identified a Suspect and Got Its Stolen Funds Back

A bridging bug cost NEAR Intents $3.8 million. Alex Shevchenko reveals how a coded tweet and a Signal invite encrypted with the attacker’s key got the funds back.

October 9, 2026

Ledger Users Reportedly Drained of Over $86 Million Across Several Blockchains

Specter traced theft addresses across Ethereum, TRON and Bitcoin, while Ledger said it is investigating losses among users who bought from one Southeast Asia reseller.

October 9, 2026

XRP Ledger Enables Account Delegation as a Token-Minting Fix Lacks Two Validator Votes

The PermissionDelegationV1_1 amendment went live Oct. 8, and official guidance says not to delegate one permission until a separate fix activates.

October 8, 2026

Europol Urges Crypto Wallet Providers to Start Testing Post-Quantum Upgrades Now

Europol published two quantum computing reports on Wednesday, saying cryptocurrencies will not collapse but need a phased move to post-quantum cryptography.

In Case You Missed it

October 2, 2026

The Chopping Block: Bitget’s 388 Million Dollar Hack, Kalshi’s Cooked Perps Volume, and Agentic Bank Runs

North Korea takes $388M from Bitget, a quant shows Kalshi’s perps volume was cooked, and Apollo warns AI agents are coming for your checking account.

September 17, 2026

The Chopping Block: Clarity Dies on the Senate Floor, Hunter Biden’s LAPTOP Rug, and the AI Pause Pact

Clarity fails cloture 49-50. Haseeb, Tom, Tarun, and Robert break down what’s next, Hunter Biden’s LAPTOP collapse, the Robinhood case, and the AI pause.

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