NEWS

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.

PODCASTS

October 8, 2026

How OpenAI’s Math Dump Has Crypto Rethinking Its Cryptography: Uneasy Money

Justin Drake told holders not to panic. Ben DiFrancesco says if AI weakens elliptic curves, the clock is how fast Chinese models catch up.

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Bitcoin

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.

October 5, 2026

Metaplanet Sells and Rebuys Its Bitcoin in a Bid for a Credit Rating

The Tokyo-listed bitcoin treasury company says the round trip was meant to show credit rating agencies and bond investors that it is willing to sell when needed.

Business

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.

October 7, 2026

Coinbase Completes Deribit Integration and Says Coinbase Pro Returns by Year-End

Coinbase says the combined Coinbase Global Exchange will add options, spot margin and unified portfolios in the coming weeks.

October 7, 2026

Securitize Teams With Korea’s LG CNS to Explore Tokenized Funds and Stablecoins

The companies plan joint work with Korean financial institutions, with any products subject to regulatory approval.

DeFi

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.

October 6, 2026

THORChain Co-Founder Will Ask Its Treasury About Refunding Fees From Stolen Crypto

Chad Barraford said on Unchained he will raise with THORChain’s Treasury the idea of sending some of THORChain’s developer fund income from the Bitget hack back to the exchange.

October 5, 2026

NEAR Intents Says Exploited $3.8 Million Is Back, Closes Its Hack Investigation

The attacker sent the money back less than a day after NEAR Intents’ general manager posted “We have identified you, sir” along with addresses to return it to.

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 8, 2026

Greece Drafts 10% Crypto Capital Gains Tax, a Lower Rate Than Officials Floated in June

The Finance Ministry’s draft bill, open for public consultation until October 22, exempts the first €500 of annual gains and taxes staking and lending income at the same 10% rate.

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.

October 6, 2026

Rep. Don Davis Bill Would Fine Candidates at Least $10,000 for Trading on Their Own Races

The bill would also cover candidates’ spouses, children and campaign committees, and comes five weeks after Kalshi fined and suspended Davis’ Republican opponent for betting on her own race.

October 6, 2026

CFTC Seeks Comment on First Crypto Rules for Leveraged Trading, Leaving Spot Markets Out

Regulation CTX and Regulation CAM would cover margined and leveraged retail crypto trades and offer exchanges a new, optional federal registration, while plain spot markets remain largely under state rules.

Tech

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.

October 8, 2026

Starknet Weighs Becoming a Layer 1 to Chase Quantum Resistance by 2027

The network says it is actively considering becoming an L1, with 2027 as the target for becoming the first fully quantum-resistant chain.

October 6, 2026

Polymarket Rebuilds Its Core Smart Contracts With Protocol V2, Targets Nov. 2 Switchover

Polymarket’s head of protocol said V2 replaces a stack of add-on contracts built over 2019 Gnosis code with one modular system, and a handful of live markets run on it through October.

October 5, 2026

Zcash Activates NU7 on Public Testnet, Opening a Trial Run for 25-Second Blocks

NU7 took effect at block 4,465,026 on Oct. 4, two days earlier than projected, leaving developers about two weeks of data before they set a mainnet activation height on Oct. 20.

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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