Crypto & mining news

Headlines aggregated from 9 publishers, newest first, with mining and hardware stories tagged so they surface without wading through price chatter. Every entry links straight to the publisher — nothing is rehosted here, and the excerpt is the publisher’s own.

• 2d ago

  Crypto audits give investors false sense of security as Q3 hacks cost $1.18 billion, Hacken says

  The security firm found that 77% of third-quarter losses involved compromised suppliers, delayed fixes or systems outside the latest security reviews.

  CoinDeskSecurity

• 2d ago

  Bitcoin’s $100,000 year-end hope divides analysts as inflation clouds outlook

  Bitwise sees a potential return above $100,000, while LO:TECH expects a narrower trading range as interest-rate uncertainty weighs on the market.

  CoinDeskBitcoinMarkets

• 2d ago

  Crypto exchanges Binance, Coinbase join West Africa scam sweep that flagged $11 million

  Private-sector partners flagged $11 million in funds that could be frozen, while officials reported cryptocurrency seizures without disclosing their value.

  CoinDeskSecurity

• 2d ago

  Chip-stock bets lost $52 million in 10 minutes with Wall Street shut

  A 10-minute flush hit round-the-clock chip-stock contracts while U.S. markets were shut, leaving traders with no real share price to lean on.

  CoinDeskMarkets

• 2d ago

  Circle defends USDC economics as stablecoin rivals court its partners with bigger cut

  Coinbase, Circle’s largest USDC partner, also backs Open USD, a rival network that passes reserve income to partners after a management fee.

  CoinDeskRegulationDeFi

• 2d ago

  Goldman, Wells Fargo, Morgan Stanley see tokenization as a growth play, not a threat

  The largest banks in the world are eyeing new trading opportunities, speeding up payments and a role for advisers as tokenization takes root in Wall Street.

  CoinDesk

• 2d ago

  Citrini sees a tokenization boom. The harder question is who profits

  The influential research firm says real-world assets could finally give blockchains a clear role in finance. For investors, the next challenge is figuring out which companies, networks and protocols capture the revenue.

  CoinDesk

• 3d ago

  Polygon sees Coinme acquisition as entry to payments sector dominated by Visa, Stripe

  CEO Marc Boiron said the Coinme acquisition will help Polygon control customer relationships and capture revenue that previously went to payment intermediaries.

  CoinDesk

• 3d ago

  Banks could slow stablecoin growth by paying savers more, BIS paper finds

  A BIS working paper found a 1 basis point rise in U.S. bank deposit rates predicted slower stablecoin growth, cutting ten-week growth from 15% to 12%.

  CoinDeskDeFi

• 3d ago

  ‘Wow, it’s a real discovery’: Claude cracks a 25-year NSA number mystery

  Numbers the spy agency handed over in the 1990s, long suspected of hiding a backdoor, turn out to have come from a basic computer program. Bitcoin was never on that list, and its quantum problem hasn’t gone anywhere.

  CoinDeskBitcoin

• 3d ago

  Satoshi-era bitcoin faces a bigger quantum threat after Google’s new Willow breakthrough

  Google says its Willow chip can prepare the special quantum states needed for advanced calculations with about 40 times fewer errors, reducing one of the hardware bottlenecks behind any future attempt to crack bitcoin wallets.

  CoinDeskBitcoin

• 3d ago

  Big Tech's AI auditors will only see what they're shown

  If the White House accord's audits are going to be worth anything, auditors should be able to choose what they test, writes Samuel Vance-Law, head of research at the Decentralization Research Center.

  CoinDesk

• 4d ago

  Traders will soon be able to bet on whether Coinbase, Robinhood and Marathon will hit their targets

  Your day-ahead look for Oct. 16, 2026

  CoinDesk

• 4d ago

  Circle targets 40 new markets as stablecoin demand grows globally

  The stablecoin issuer’s CEO Jerermy Allaire told Reuters demand for digital dollars is growing across Asia, Africa and Latin America as banks and payment firms.

  CoinDeskMarketsDeFi

• 4d ago

  Quantum Alliance forms amid warnings 6.4 million bitcoin face future quantum threat

  Nine crypto companies launched the Quantum Alliance to jointly prepare for quantum attacks, but they disagree on when the threat will arrive and whether vulnerable BTC should be frozen.

  CoinDeskBitcoinSecurity

• 4d ago

  Tokenized Tesla surges as Elon Musk unveils SpaceX-powered flying Roadster prototype

  Volume in Hyperliquid’s Tesla contract hit $47 million in one hour after Elon Musk’s flying Roadster demo, up from $2.8 million, with U.S. stocks closed.

  CoinDesk

• 4d ago

  Altcoins outpace bitcoin as celestia jumps 16%, Warsh silent on interest-rate plans

  Celestia jumped 16%, injective rose 7.7% and layerzero added 7.3% while bitcoin held little changed near $82,100 and Fed Chair Warsh gave no sign on interest rates.

  CoinDeskBitcoin

• 4d ago

  Scammer gets scammed in Ledger spy-chip exploit, loses almost $5 million in bitcoin

  Chainalysis says a fraudster who tricked people through fake online jobs became one of the biggest victims of the compromised hardware wallets.

  CoinDeskBitcoinSecurity

• 4d ago

  Live updates: Bitcoin dips to $81,000 as stocks slide, VIX soars ahead of Black Monday anniversary

  A Friday surge in oil prices hit already-shaky equity markets, sending the Nasdaq down more than 2%.

  CoinDeskBitcoinMarkets

• 4d ago

  U.S. judge rejects Gemini’s appeal to void $5 million settlement despite CFTC backing

  The crypto exchange already paid up, but a court order and restrictions from its 2025 settlement will not be lifted even though the CFTC said the case should have never been presented.

  CoinDeskRegulation

• 4d ago

  MSCI approves rules that could eject Strategy, Metaplanet from equity indexes

  The rules proposed in August would see companies that exist mainly to hold investments as no longer eligible for index inclusion.

  CoinDesk

• 4d ago

  XRP has failed to make holders rich like bitcoin and ether. Here’s why

  XRP remains below its 2017-cycle high while bitcoin, ether and other major tokens have surged, enriching their holders.

  CoinDeskBitcoinEthereum

• 4d ago

  An OpenAI agent ran out of Ethereum funds, and took from a wallet it did not own

  The research model derived funded Sepolia addresses from public seed phrases, questioned whether using the money was ethical, then called the funds “effectively abandoned” and used them anyway.

  CoinDeskEthereum

• 4d ago

  Bitcoin buyers snap up a brief drop below $80,000 as Asian stocks rebound

  Bitcoin tore back to $82,500 within two hours of dipping under $80,000, and chipmakers in Seoul recovered from their worst close since April.

  CoinDeskBitcoin

• 4d ago

  At the White House, crypto policy vacancy looms large

  The departure of President Donald Trump's crypto adviser, Patrick Witt, leaves the digital assets office vacant and its policy aims uncertain.

  CoinDesk

• 4d ago

  Crypto for Advisors: Wall Street is done waiting on Congress for crypto rules

  CoinDeskRegulation

• 5d ago

  How Brooklyn prosecutors and the FBI took down a massive crypto fraud network targeting Russian speakers

  The scheme allegedly stole tens of millions through Russian-language Facebook ads and fake advisers, then went after victims again with fake recovery offers.

  CoinDesk

• 5d ago

  Under pressure, Ledger unveils plan to turn its crypto hardware wallet into a smartphone

  Ledger’s Atom will run apps like WhatsApp and Instragram and let users switch between smartphone functions and a protected mode for managing digital assets.

  CoinDesk

• 5d ago

  Bitcoin, copper, stocks, yields all fall; gold rises

  Your day-ahead look for Oct. 15, 2026

  CoinDeskBitcoin

• 5d ago

  Altcoins lead crypto declines as Asian stocks drop; bitcoin little changed since midnight

  Bitcoin fell to just above $80,000 as South Korea’s Kospi plunged 8%, while the CoinDesk 80 fell 2.2% and all but six CoinDesk 100 members declined.

  CoinDeskBitcoin