October 9, 2026
Thailand has finalized rules for Bitcoin and Ether ETFs starting October 16, allowing trading on its main stock exchange with new investor safeguards. …
Cantor Fitzgerald faces questions over its Tether partnership, a reported $10 billion stake and Howard Lutnick’s earnings, with answers due Oct. 23. …
French lawmakers have approved amendments to tax cryptocurrency conversions into stablecoins and allow investors to carry forward trading losses for 10 years as part of the country’s proposed 2027 budget. According to French National Assembly records, the Finance Committee adopted… …
Paxos has added XRP to its Crypto Brokerage platform, enabling partners to offer buying, selling, holding, depositing, and withdrawing for a token the company says is held across more than 8.1 million wallets. Paxos said its brokerage now supports XRP,… …
Coinbase has completed its Deribit integration following an Oct. 1 account migration, establishing a regulated route for eligible US institutions into derivatives markets that the company says account for roughly 80% of global crypto trading volume. Coinbase announced on Oct.… …
Hypercall founder Jake Sylvestre has called for simpler options trading, tighter spreads, and shared hedging accounts after the venue reported $536 million in September notional volume, out of $592 million since its June 1 launch. Hypercall founder Jake Sylvestre told… …
Protocols and services used to move funds stolen from Bitget have collected $761,725 in fees during the laundering process, while an independent researcher has traced $259,718 in THORChain affiliate fees to recipients with additional financial links to wallets involved in… …
Ethereum’s EEZ has completed an atomic L1-to-L2 mainnet test carrying 0.001 ETH, allowing linked actions to succeed or fail together. …
Rialo has stepped up its push to become blockchain infrastructure for financial institutions as the network discusses proof of concept projects with Korean firms and builds applications with other institutional partners. According to Bobby Zagotta, chief business officer at Rialo,… …
India’s RBI remains cautious on crypto over monetary and capital-flow risks while backing tokenization, CBDC pilots and digital bonds. …
XRP trades near $1.50 as buyers defend $1.45, Binance leverage recovers and two XRPL upgrades approach on Oct. 8 and Oct. 9. …
Michael Saylor has hinted at another Strategy Bitcoin purchase after the company raised its holdings to 847,666 BTC with a $143M buy. …
NEAR co-founder Illia Polosukhin has outlined 13 application ideas spanning AI pets, private trading, and cross-chain payments, alongside five suggestions for helping developers reach users. Illia Polosukhin, in an Oct. 3 X post, said new and returning developers had been… …
Hackers have used Microsoft’s official X account to promote an unauthorized Clippy-themed token, with the promotional activity removed roughly 30 minutes later, according to The Verge. The Verge reported that Microsoft confirmed the breach after its account promoted an unofficial… …
Bitcoin traded near $84,600 on Oct. 3 as Quant and Midnight led the week’s top crypto gainers, rising 158.3% and 96.5%, respectively. Lighter fell 28.7%, while MemeCore, Ethena and Zcash posted double-digit losses. CoinGecko’s seven-day top-100 rankings for Oct. 3… …
Circle has urged EU policymakers to revise MiCA’s stablecoin issuance and reserve rules after its EU policy director said only three of the world’s 30 largest stablecoins comply with the framework. Circle, in its Oct. 1 policy submission, called for… …
Federal Reserve Vice Chair Philip Jefferson has signaled that officials may need more time before changing rates again, as Polymarket odds cited in the latest report have fallen to 23% for an October hike from about 70% last week. The… …
African businesses have increasingly turned to stablecoins over the past five years to address cross-border payment delays, dollar access, and settlement costs, according to Kora CEO Dickson Nsofor. Dickson Nsofor, CEO of pan-African payment infrastructure platform Kora, told crypto.news that… …