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The CFTC and the NBA signed a Memorandum of Understanding aimed at protecting market and sports integrity.
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission and the National Basketball Association have entered into a Memorandum of Understanding focusing on integrity.
The Central Bank of Ireland penalized Coinbase Ireland €3.25 million for breaching safeguarding and outsourcing rules.
Strive expanded its Bitcoin treasury by purchasing 1,223 BTC, bringing its total holdings to 36,818 BTC.
The SEC scheduled a public roundtable for November 9, 2026, focusing on financial reporting, machine-understandable data, and Super Intelligence.
A federal judge denied a joint motion from Gemini and the CFTC to vacate the $5 million settlement agreed to in January 2025.
Chainalysis reports transactions via Coinbase's x402 protocol rose from 1,500 in mid-2025 to over 138 million by Q3 2026.
European banking authority places Circle’s stablecoin under direct supervision under key MiCA framework guidelines.
Ledger confirmed a hardware implant in CryptoBilis reseller devices that steals recovery phrases, leading MediaMarkt to suspend sales across Europe.
MicroStrategy acquired an additional 250 Bitcoin, bringing its total treasury holdings to 848,250 BTC.
US-listed Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Solana ETFs recorded weekly outflows during the week ended Oct. 9, 2026, with Bitcoin ETFs losing $681.1 million, Ethereum products shedding $542.07 million, and Solana funds losing $24.81 million.
Beginning late October 2026, Samsung Wallet will support USDC cross-border transfers on Solana across 82 million U.S. Galaxy devices.
The Block reported that Strategy bought 334 bitcoin for $28.7 million as total holdings top 848,000 BTC.
MetaMask is responding to a security incident affecting part of its infrastructure and is proactively exiting affected validators within its non-custodial staking operations as a precaution.
Bitcoin ETFs erased a $5.8 billion net flow deficit as weekly inflows reached $2.4 billion, their largest since October.
Circle and Tether blacklisted a wallet holding approximately $318,000 in USDT and USDC tied to the recent Bitget exploit, though the majority of stolen funds remain in ether outside of issuer freeze capabilities.
Circle and Tether froze funds in a hacker wallet following a Bitget crypto heist.
U.S. spot bitcoin ETFs logged nearly $1 billion in net inflows on Monday, recording one of their largest single-day totals.
Bitcoin gained 5.88% in a single session, surpassing $80,000 as short liquidations accelerated across major exchanges.
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission issued an exemption for tokenized securities trading venues.
The Securities and Exchange Commission issued an order granting temporary, conditional exemptive relief to Tokenized Securities Venues from the definition of exchange under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
The Securities and Exchange Commission proposed to rescind Rule 14a-8 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and adopt proxy solicitation reforms.
The Securities and Exchange Commission issued an order granting exemptive relief from certain Inline XBRL requirements.
Nasdaq Ventures agreed to invest $100 million in Kraken parent Payward, expanding their tokenized equity infrastructure partnership.
Consensys announced plans to restructure into separate entities, with MetaMask forming its own firm.