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.

• 4d ago

  Crypto market cap leaps $800B in Q3, but spot volume drops 14%

  CoinGecko’s Q3 2026 report shows spot turnover at its top 10 centralized exchanges fell 14.2%, while perpetual open interest ended September above $100 billion. 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

  82 criminal charges follow armed crypto abduction in Toronto

  Toronto police allege attackers sought cryptocurrency and business security access; searches uncovered ammunition stolen from the military. 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

  Ledger wants customers to trust its new $849 device as criminals compromise existing wallets

  Reservations are open for the data-only device, which pairs everyday apps with hardware approvals and targets 2027 delivery. 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

  Quantum fixes protect Bitcoin, but legit owners risk lockout

  Nic Carter's hypothetical attack highlights why safer signatures would leave an ownership choice for holders unable to migrate or prove prior control. 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

  Two firms control corporate Bitcoin buys, even as business adoption broadens

  River’s net holdings figures show concentration, while issuer disclosures separate fresh purchases from merger transfers, expected financing and share buybacks. 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

  84 million XRP added to exchange wallets as price slipped toward $1.30

  The October 12–15 custody build raises a supply question, but the balance data cannot establish completed sales. 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

  South Korea names two crypto firms in breach wave that also hit major banks

  Streami and Pravang are among 16 affected financial companies as the FSC outlines plans for a wider security overhaul. 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

  Machi loses $269,000 on ETH, then opens another long seven minutes later

  Hyperliquid force-liquidated 1,650 ETH early on Oct. 15, and the tracked wallet held a new 2,500 ETH long by 13:16 BST. 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

  Bitcoin’s $100,000 dream slips away as $939 million crypto wipeout pushes traders toward $78,000

  Bitcoin registered an intraday low of $79,730 before recovering to around $82,000 as surging US wholesale inflation intensified a cryptocurrency selloff that triggered nearly $940 million in liquidations. This price action extended losses as stronger-than-expected inflation data raised concerns about another interest rate hike by the Federal Reserve. According to CoinGlass, 176,506 traders were…

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• 4d ago

  Trump’s crypto bill loses its White House negotiator as Patrick Witt exits

  President Donald Trump's crypto agenda has lost a White House negotiator as Patrick Witt confirms his departure and the administration's flagship digital-asset legislation remains stalled in Congress. On Oct. 15, Patrick Witt, executive director of the White House Crypto Council, confirmed his departure after nearly two years in the administration, leaving the government for an… Read the full…

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• 4d ago

  Australia eyes A$14 million capital rule as crypto regulatory crackdown deepens

  The proposed A$200,000 custody floor comes with asset and revenue tests and requirements for the outside custodian. 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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• 5d ago

  AI agents keep coming back for crypto as x402 wallet refill rate surges to 89%

  Chainalysis’s rate covers wallets already active on multiple days, leaving overall retention and independent commercial demand unmeasured. 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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• 5d ago

  Ethereum’s faster-exit plan would leave new validators waiting to earn

  A dated three-week entry estimate shows how direct deposits and pooled holdings bear the cost of inactive staking capital. 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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• 5d ago

  Crypto scammers stole millions from victims, then returned pretending to help recover their money

  Prosecutors say recovered data showed the same scammers returning weeks later with false promises to recover stolen assets. 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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• 5d ago

  Bitcoin’s AI-driven rally faces a hidden danger if the machines get richer but workers don’t

  Bitwise CIO Matt Hougan argued in an Oct. 14 memo that nearly every macroeconomic path ends with Bitcoin higher, including an extraordinary AI productivity boom that makes scarce assets more valuable. Two days earlier, the Bank for International Settlements published a working paper that models a fourth path. In it, AI automates work and lifts… Read the full story on CryptoSlate Understand the…

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• 5d ago

  Bitcoin’s $80,000 buy wall hides a liquidation trap that could send prices toward $78,000

  Bitcoin registered an intraday low of $81,514.28 on Oct. 14 as September CPI came in hotter than forecast, with headline inflation at 3.7% year over year against 3.6% expected and core at 2.6% against 2.5%. Glassnode's latest on-chain data suggests a calmer holder base than the price action. The harder test sits near $80,000, where… Read the full story on CryptoSlate Understand the crypto…

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• 5d ago

  9 mega banks block crypto accounts, but new OCC rules bite back

  New OCC findings put crypto restrictions in a nine-bank record, while AML, sanctions and operational assessments still shape access. 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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• 5d ago

  USDC splits global reserves as EBA enforces Nov 12 handover

  The EBA's designation brings dual supervision of Circle's EU issuer, while its Oct. 1 response seeks more flexible reserve requirements. 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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• 5d ago

  Qivalis wins Dutch EMI license, but MiCA rules block launch

  The company says issuance is planned in the coming months, subject to MiCA requirements and white-paper publication. 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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• 5d ago

  Firelight forces XRP-linked tokens lockup as withdrawal delay queue grows

  The October 6 activation moved existing FXRP stakes automatically into pooled cover backing, pairing fee income with claim exposure and longer withdrawals. 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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• 5d ago

  Solana sets October 21 for massive Alpenglow upgrade that could make transactions 99% faster to finalize

  The mainnet plan calls for a live consensus replacement, with roughly 150ms finality dependent on network conditions and a coordinated validator handoff. 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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• 5d ago

  Coins.ph users face app lockout as central bank intervenes

  Its October 14 response emphasizes controls to exclude offshore gambling operators and says it continues as a BSP-licensed institution. 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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• 5d ago

  Surging dollar forces Bitcoin sell-off as rate hike odds double

  September US inflation reached 3.7%, lifting yields as markets increased bets on another rate rise before the October 27–28 Fed meeting. 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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• 5d ago

  Kraken moves to acquire $181 million European bank in major push beyond crypto trading

  Kraken's parent company, Payward, has agreed to acquire a European bank as it expands beyond cryptocurrency trading into traditional financial services. On Oct. 14, the company announced a definitive agreement to purchase Saldo Finance Oy, a Finnish holding company that owns Lithuania-based Saldo Bank. The acquisition would give Payward control of a licensed European banking… Read the full story…

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• 5d ago

  Ripple targets trillion-dollar securities markets with new US brokerage and South Korean deals

  Ripple calls Meritz its fourth Korean institutional partner this year, with custody and tokenization cooperation to widen as regulation develops. 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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• 5d ago

  Ethereum’s quantum race takes a new turn as zkSync courts banks and Starknet weighs exit

  ZkSync announced Airbender Prime, a prover that Matter Labs says handled 99% of 7,200 consecutive Ethereum mainnet blocks in under 10 seconds each on a single NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell GPU. The announcement came five days after Starknet said it is actively considering becoming an independent layer-1 (L1) blockchain, targeting full quantum resistance in… Read the full story on CryptoSlate…

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• 5d ago

  Strive’s new $500 million Bitcoin financing plan comes with a $257 million annual dividend problem

  A hypothetical $500 million SATS financing assigns $387.5 million to Bitcoin, while actual pricing and capital deployment remain open. 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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• 5d ago

  HEX founder Richard Heart arrested with ‘electronic devices’ in Istanbul via Interpol warrant

  İhlas News Agency says the HEX and PulseChain founder was detained in a Beşiktaş police operation linked to an Interpol Red Notice requested by Finland. 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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• 5d ago

  Bitcoin Fog operator’s conviction upheld without Chainalysis disclosing source code

  The September 25 ruling relied on corroborated Reactor testimony and a case-specific failure to justify source-code access. 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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• 5d ago

  Bitcoin plunges to $81,300 support as Fed hike odds hit 55% amid $100 million crypto wipeout

  Bitcoin fell below $83,000 on Wednesday as hotter-than-expected US core inflation data revived expectations of further Federal Reserve interest rate hikes, triggering a fresh wave of liquidations across the cryptocurrency market. CoinGlass data showed that over $100 million in leveraged positions were liquidated in the hour after the inflation report was released. This also pushed… Read the full…

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