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

  Claude unpicks an NSA mystery behind Ethereum passkey security

  Anthropic’s timestamp recipe reconstructs P-256’s public seed, adding provenance evidence while leaving selection criteria and base-point origins unexplained. Read the full story on CryptoSlate Understand the crypto stories that matter and what to watch next. Get The Catalyst in your inbox

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• 2d ago

  Trump waives new Russia tariffs as October 18 oil deadline arrives

  The waiver has no fixed expiry, and any Bitcoin benefit depends on how it affects inflation and financing conditions. Read the full story on CryptoSlate Understand the crypto stories that matter and what to watch next. Get The Catalyst in your inbox

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• 2d ago

  CryptoQuant CEO sees $30,000 Bitcoin floor even if ETFs and treasury firms exit

  Bitcoin could find support near $30,000 even if institutional investors unwind their accumulated exposure, CryptoQuant's chief executive argues. The scenario would require reversing roughly $58 billion in net inflows to US spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) and selling the 1.3 million BTC publicly traded companies have accumulated. Yet CryptoQuant CEO Ki Young Ju believes Bitcoin's… Read…

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• 2d ago

  Prediction markets have a major problem as most Americans reject betting on elections

  Prediction markets want you to see them (and use them) as one of the best possible instruments for finding out what’s happening in the world. Open any election market, and you’re immediately given a probability that shifts in real time as people trade. It’s a single number, easy to check in a few seconds, that… Read the full story on CryptoSlate Understand the crypto stories that matter and what…

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• 2d ago

  BitTorrent Ushers in Next-Gen Web3 Infrastructure with Strategic Rebrand and Inaugural BTT Burn

  Overview: The first round of BTT repurchased with decentralized service revenue has been completely burned, as BitTorrent leverages its reimagined architecture to pivot toward Web3 and AI infrastructure. BitTorrent, a cornerstone of decentralized infrastructure in the TRON ecosystem, entered a new phase of growth driven by dual engines: the rollout of its long-term BTT buyback-and-burn… Read the…

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• 2d ago

  The crypto privacy rule Trump’s Treasury proposed, and Trump’s Treasury buried

  On Dec. 18, 2020, with Christmas a week away and Donald Trump preparing to leave the White House, Steven Mnuchin's Treasury Department announced a plan that would require crypto exchanges and other financial institutions to collect more information about transactions involving wallets people controlled themselves. The public was given just 15 days to comment, with… Read the full story on…

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• 2d ago

  TRON moved $2.2 trillion in stablecoins while TRX supply grew for 108 straight days

  TRX supply grew on all 108 days from July 1 through October 16 as burns fell short of newly issued rewards. Read the full story on CryptoSlate Understand the crypto stories that matter and what to watch next. Get The Catalyst in your inbox

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• 2d ago

  Who opened your crypto wallet before it reached your hands?

  In early October, customers in Southeast Asia discovered that their crypto had disappeared from Ledger hardware wallets that still seemed to be working normally. They bought the devices through CryptoBilis, an authorized reseller, and believed their private keys were protected inside a device built for that purpose. What they couldn't see was a second piece… Read the full story on CryptoSlate…

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• 2d ago

  Ethereum sets October 26 for Hoodi’s 200 million gas test

  Hoodi’s Glamsterdam test schedules a 200 million gas target, while the mainnet activation date remains undecided. Read the full story on CryptoSlate Understand the crypto stories that matter and what to watch next. Get The Catalyst in your inbox

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• 2d ago

  Stablecoin cards are booming, but who makes money when you swipe?

  Someone paying for lunch with a stablecoin card doesn't need the restaurant to know what USDC is. The card works like any other at the terminal, with the customer's digital dollar balance funding the purchase while the merchant receives regular dollars through its usual payment provider. That leaves several companies to collect fees for connecting… Read the full story on CryptoSlate Understand…

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• 3d ago

  Binance Pool shuts on November 10, with record access ending two weeks later

  Mining stops at 07:00 UTC, while final payments depend on eligibility and historical pages close two weeks later. Read the full story on CryptoSlate Understand the crypto stories that matter and what to watch next. Get The Catalyst in your inbox

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• 3d ago

  Eclair patches a browser attack that could send commands to your Lightning node

  The Oct. 15 release blocks a cached-authentication route to Eclair's API and requires direct browser interfaces to add a backend. Read the full story on CryptoSlate Understand the crypto stories that matter and what to watch next. Get The Catalyst in your inbox

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• 3d ago

  The hidden trade behind Strive’s 16.7% Bitcoin income offer

  There's a Bitcoin company that's now offering investors a 15% annual dividend, paid in small installments every business day. While a 15% dividend is high enough to grab everyone's attention, the more revealing number is what buyers agreed to pay for it. On Oct. 15, Strive priced seven million shares of its new SATS preferred… Read the full story on CryptoSlate Understand the crypto stories that…

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• 3d ago

  Bitcoin’s inflation hedge has a hidden cost, and leverage makes it worse

  Borrowing costs, missed interest income, and futures fees can all eat into returns even when Bitcoin holds its value. That's a big problem, and it gets even worse when inflation stays high. September's US inflation report showed consumer prices up 3.7% year over year, fueling concerns about the dollar's purchasing power. That same inflation pressure… Read the full story on CryptoSlate Understand…

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• 3d ago

  Cardano shifts $26M to USDCx as bridge controls freeze payouts

  Converted Intersect-administered budgets reduce ADA exposure, while milestone release and stablecoin cash-out conditions still govern access to usable money. Read the full story on CryptoSlate Understand the crypto stories that matter and what to watch next. Get The Catalyst in your inbox

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• 3d ago

  Visa and Mastercard adopt USDC payouts across 200 countries

  Visa's Inyo rollout and Mastercard's BVNK platform give businesses stablecoin funding routes, subject to eligibility and rollout limits. Read the full story on CryptoSlate Understand the crypto stories that matter and what to watch next. Get The Catalyst in your inbox

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• 3d ago

  Cross River Bank links $2.4B RLUSD to core banking system

  The bank says fintechs can access dollar and RLUSD payments through one API, with availability limited to some US states. Read the full story on CryptoSlate Understand the crypto stories that matter and what to watch next. Get The Catalyst in your inbox

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• 3d ago

  Cardano governance hits a wall as treasury reaches 91% cap

  Thirty enacted withdrawals have used 457.4 million ADA of the 500 million allowance, which incoming funds and refunds do not replenish. Read the full story on CryptoSlate Understand the crypto stories that matter and what to watch next. Get The Catalyst in your inbox

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• 3d ago

  USDC processed $36 trillion in H1 transactions, but Circle kept just 7 cents of every revenue dollar

  Stablecoin issuer Circle spent 93% of its first-half revenue on distribution, operations, and investment as USDC processed more than $36 trillion in transactions. The stablecoin issuer generated about $1.4 billion in revenue in the first six months of 2026, but $819 million went to distribution partners and transaction costs, while another $473 million covered operating… Read the full story on…

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• 3d ago

  OpenAI’s rogue crypto agent spent funds without permission, exposing risks to autonomous wallets

  The October 15 report update describes an internal GPT-5.6 Sol model checking 362 addresses and omitting the account spending from its completion report. Read the full story on CryptoSlate Understand the crypto stories that matter and what to watch next. Get The Catalyst in your inbox

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• 3d ago

  Only 18% of Uniswap v3 positions under $1,000 beat holding after gas, study finds

  Bitquery’s updated v3 sample shows small positions losing their edge after gas, while v4’s activity data offers no matched return comparison. Read the full story on CryptoSlate Understand the crypto stories that matter and what to watch next. Get The Catalyst in your inbox

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• 3d ago

  MSCI’s new rules could squeeze Strategy’s Bitcoin buying machine

  MSCI approved rules threatening Strategy's index membership as its shares trade nearly 69% below their peak. On Oct. 15, the global index provider announced that it would adopt a new methodology excluding companies classified as non-operating businesses from its Global Investable Market Indexes. The changes take effect after the Nov. 30 market close, with the… Read the full story on CryptoSlate…

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• 3d ago

  Microsoft exposes how USDT-funded phishing network targeted 75,000 organizations

  Domain seizures and account shutdowns hit YAM Store and phishing-kit services, while reported asset freezes remain unquantified. Read the full story on CryptoSlate Understand the crypto stories that matter and what to watch next. Get The Catalyst in your inbox

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• 4d ago

  Fortitude sold $8.3 million in borrowed Zcash to fund its mining expansion

  Fortitude’s dollar-repayable ZEC borrowing can finance expansion through coin sales, while additional machines compete for existing block rewards. Read the full story on CryptoSlate Understand the crypto stories that matter and what to watch next. Get The Catalyst in your inbox

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• 4d ago

  Institutions managing €800 billion ask what crypto tokens actually earn

  Brendan Ma, head of investment strategy at the Arbitrum Foundation, said he met with representatives of institutions managing about €800 billion in assets over 48 hours of closed-door meetings to discuss crypto. Private bankers and wealth managers kept returning to one problem: “There's been business or ecosystem traction that has been divorced from any fundamental… Read the full story on…

  CryptoSlate

• 4d ago

  Oil stocks on land are near a decade low, complicating Bitcoin’s inflation relief hopes

  The IEA’s September estimates show oil accumulating at sea while land-based buffers shrink, leaving inflation and financing relief uncertain. Read the full story on CryptoSlate Understand the crypto stories that matter and what to watch next. Get The Catalyst in your inbox

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• 4d ago

  Ripple opens Wall Street’s door to Hyperliquid’s $59 billion trading market

  Institutions trade swaps referencing more than 100 traditional financial markets around the clock, with Ripple Prime as the principal counterparty, Ripple announced on Oct. 15. The swaps cover stocks, equity indices, ETFs, metals, energy and foreign exchange, and they reference perpetual contracts that Trade.xyz lists on Hyperliquid. The structure offered by Ripple Ripple offers consolidated……

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• 4d ago

  Bitcoin faces an $8,000 trading trap as US midterms approach

  Two hot inflation reports in two days resulted in Bitcoin falling below $80,000 on Oct. 15. September CPI accelerated to 3.7% from 3.4%, and producer prices jumped 1.3% on the month, the largest rise since March 2022 and more than double the forecast in most surveys. Can-Luca Köymen, investment strategist at Sygnum, said in a… Read the full story on CryptoSlate Understand the crypto stories that…

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• 4d ago

  Native Bitcoin collateral on Aave triggers WBTC pool deficit

  Hub suppliers would finance fast exits before permissioned buyers acquire the vaults, with escrow shortfalls reported as deficits. Read the full story on CryptoSlate Understand the crypto stories that matter and what to watch next. Get The Catalyst in your inbox

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• 4d ago

  Binance stock put options lock full USDC reserves for sellers

  Binance’s seller FAQ requires full purchase funds and allows early assignment, but its linked terms still describe long-only trading. Read the full story on CryptoSlate Understand the crypto stories that matter and what to watch next. Get The Catalyst in your inbox

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