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.

• 7d ago

  Ledger Says All Confirmed Cases in Suspected $87M Drain Tied to Reseller CryptoBilis

  The wallet manufacturer said its own systems and direct sales are unaffected, and that the reseller has stopped selling hardware wallets.

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• 7d ago

  NEXTPredict Paid $12,000 to Hedge Its Conference on a Prediction Market

  Where event insurance deals with scrapped shows and what happens inside the venue, NEXTPredict is focusing on flight cancellations.

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• 7d ago

  XRP Ledger’s Payment Engine Had a Counterfeiting Bug Hiding Since 2015

  An integer overflow in the payment engine, dormant since 2015, could have let an attacker mint spendable XRP beyond the token’s total supply.

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• 8d ago

  Bitmine Adds $32M in Ethereum as Tom Lee Says Firm Is Nearly 'Done Stacking'

  The Ethereum treasury firm now holds 6.03 million ETH, 4.9% of supply, as Lee predicts the biggest crypto bull market yet.

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• 8d ago

  Strategy Scoops Up $21.5M in Bitcoin, Buys Back $192M in STRC

  The purchase lifts Strategy's holdings to 848,250 BTC and follows a $176 million repurchase of STRC preferred stock the week before.

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• 8d ago

  Bitcoin Ranges Near $83K as Traders Look to US Inflation Data

  October rate-hike odds have slumped, but analysts say Treasury yields at two-decade highs are still keeping a lid on risk appetite.

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• 8d ago

  UK Freezes $12M London Penthouse of Alleged Prince Group Finance Chief

  Thet Li is accused of running the finances of a scam empire tied to $14 billion in Bitcoin the U.S. has moved to seize.

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• 8d ago

  Tokenized Stocks Show Real Demand But Remain Volatile and Illiquid, IMF Finds

  An IMF analysis found that more than half of tokenized stock trading happens outside U.S. market hours, though the roughly $2.3 billion market remains more volatile and less liquid than traditional equities.

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• 8d ago

  Bitcoin, Ethereum and Solana ETFs All in the Red for October

  Bitcoin ETFs have seen $386.3 million in net outflows through the first seven trading days of October, while Ethereum funds have now posted nine straight days of losses.

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• 9d ago

  How Zcash Plans to Hide Your Keys From AI and Quantum Attacks

  Zakura, a Zcash full node developer, says it expects hash-based signatures to land in Zcash in January, and is rolling out a privacy tool for rotating transparent addresses this week.

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• 9d ago

  CFTC Draws the Line Between Prediction Markets and Gambling in New Rules

  A proposed rule would expressly fold event contracts tied to sports, politics, culture and weather into the “swap” definition, while an interim rule excludes casino-style gambling—sharpening the agency’s claim to exclusive jurisdiction.

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• 9d ago

  This Sam Altman-Backed Life Insurer Runs Entirely on Bitcoin, and Just Raised $37.5 Million

  The Bermuda-based insurer, which runs entirely on Bitcoin, drew the funding from existing backers led by Bain Capital Crypto after a record year driven by demand from wealthy families in Asia, Europe and the Middle East.

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• 9d ago

  Here’s a Way to Predict When AI Chatbots Will Turn Bad

  Physicists at George Washington University say a formula can estimate when an AI chatbot will flip from good answers to bad ones, and early tests on small models back it up.

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• 10d ago

  French Committee Backs Stablecoin Swap Tax and Crypto Exit Tax, Then Rejects the Budget

  A National Assembly committee adopted amendments taxing stablecoin swaps and crypto exits by wealthy holders, then rejected the 2027 budget's revenue section.

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• 10d ago

  OpenAI and Anthropic Are Quietly Rehearsing for the Day After an AI Catastrophe

  Executives are war-gaming the political fallout of a major AI-driven cyberattack and preparing to brief Congress fast if and when necessary.

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• 10d ago

  Senate Democrat Presses Cantor Fitzgerald on Tether Ties and Lutnick Family Profits

  Sen. Richard Blumenthal wants Cantor Fitzgerald to open its records on Tether and on how much Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick's family has earned from its business deal.

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• 10d ago

  Blockchain.com Seeks Approval for US Prediction Markets and Crypto Derivatives

  The crypto platform filed for designated contract market and futures commission merchant licenses, which would let it run its own regulated event-contract venue instead of relying on overseas partners.

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• 10d ago

  Bitcoin Rebounds After Rough Week, But Traders Are Pricing In More Downside

  Bitcoin bounced after dipping to around $80,000. Traders are placing increasingly high odds BTC slips further before October is over.

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• 10d ago

  Ethereum L2 Starknet Jumps 20% After Saying It Wants to Become an L1

  Starknet is "actively considering" becoming its own blockchain, a move it says would make it the first fully quantum-resistant network by 2027.

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• 10d ago

  DWF Labs Subsidiaries Sue BitGo for $141 Million Over Early Token Sales

  The DWF Labs-linked firms allege in London’s High Court that BitGo sold discounted Falcon Finance and ESPORTS tokens roughly two months before their lock-up expired, cratering the value of their remaining holdings.

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• 10d ago

  New York AG Secures Up to $35M and Industry Ban From Ex-Celsius CEO Alex Mashinsky

  Mashinsky owes New York $25 million if he fails to forfeit another $10 million, and $10 million more if he doesn't serve his full sentence.

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• 10d ago

  Ledger Probes Potential Theft of $87M in User Funds Tied to Crypto Wallet Reseller

  Ledger asked reseller CryptoBilis to pause sales and urged recent buyers not to set up their devices, as an onchain investigator tracked more than $86 million in suspected thefts.

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• 11d ago

  Bitcoin Bleeds in Uptober—How Low Can It Go? Experts Weigh In

  Experts highlight several support levels, from $83,000 down to $72,000, that Bitcoin may need to test in a bearish start to Uptober.

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• 11d ago

  UK Targets Cryptomus and TokenSpot in New Russia Sanctions Package

  The package hits five crypto and payment platforms, two of which handled transactions with Russia’s A7 network, the UK government said.

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• 11d ago

  Morning Minute: Uptober Turns Sour as Crypto Majors Slide

  Is this the beginning of a bigger selloff with the anniversary of 10/10 looming? Or just a leverage flush before the next leg up?

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• 11d ago

  Empire Market Co-Creator Sentenced to 40 Years Over $430M Dark Web Bazaar

  Raheim Hamilton forfeited some 1,230 BTC. His co-creator Thomas Pavey, who agreed to forfeit 1,584 BTC, is due to be sentenced this month.

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• 11d ago

  SIM-Swap Fraudster Who Spent Stolen Crypto on Gold Grills and Dubai Trips Jailed

  Ajay Shinjin helped steal nearly $265,000 in crypto after criminals hijacked BT customers' phone numbers in November 2021.

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• 11d ago

  AI Startup Manus Raises $500 Million After China Nixed Meta’s $2 Billion Acquisition

  Manus built a self-driving AI assistant before the hype, sold itself to Meta, then watched Beijing unwind the deal. Its first fresh money since: more than $500 million.

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• 11d ago

  Google Wants Gemini to Be Your Next Coworker—Complete With Its Own Email Address

  Google Cloud unveiled a single Gemini agent that takes goals instead of questions, works in the background for days, and can join a company as a staffer with its own inbox and calendar.

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• 11d ago

  Ethereum Test Network Raises Block Limit to Over 3x Its Current Capacity

  Ethereum's Sepolia test network activated Glamsterdam on October 6 with a block gas limit near 200 million, over three times mainnet's 60 million.

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