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.

• 13d ago

  Crypto Long & Short: Zcash and the case for privacy in the age of AI

  AI has made it cheap to link wallet addresses to the people behind them, and the permanence of the blockchain means records don’t age out. Michael Zhao of Grayscale Research explains how Zcash’s shielded transactions address this problem, and why close to 29% of all ZEC ever mined now sits in the shielded pool.

  CoinDesk

• 13d ago

  Tether tapped by Kazakhstan’s central bank to explore stablecoin and tokenization

  The National Bank of Kazakhstan said it will study a local currency-linked stablecoin and tokenized real-world assets with Tether.

  CoinDeskDeFi

• 13d ago

  Quantum computers threaten exposed private keys rather than blockchains, Europol warns

  EU law enforcement agencies urged developers, exchanges, and users to initiate phased post-quantum migrations immediately to prevent future unauthorized fund transfers.

  CoinDesk

• 13d ago

  Ether is about to lose a steady buyer as Tom Lee says Bitmine will stop token purchases

  Tom Lee said Bitmine will be “done stacking” once it owns 5% of ETH, setting an end date to an accumulation streak that began in mid-2025 and made the company the world's largest Ethereum treasury.

  CoinDeskEthereumRegulation

• 13d ago

  Crypto trading giant GSR's new vault business is a $100M bet on onchain credit

  The firm is putting its own capital into stablecoin and tokenized gold vaults as institutional finance moves further onchain.

  CoinDeskDeFi

• 13d ago

  Swift blockchain ledger requires key internal layers, Taurus co-founder says

  Banks need their own permissioned ledger, wallet tools and smart-contract capabilities before they can use Swift’s tokenized-deposit network, Taurus’s Lamine Brahimi said.

  CoinDesk

• 13d ago

  Here’s what bitcoin needs to break above $87,000

  Your day-ahead look for Oct. 7, 2026

  CoinDeskBitcoin

• 13d ago

  Live updates: Bitcoin edges up from worst levels as yields pull back

  Ether underperformed, losing 6% after Tom Lee said Bitmine would soon stop purchasing additional ETH.

  CoinDeskBitcoinEthereum

• 13d ago

  Bitcoin’s recovery stalls just short of rescuing its last underwater cohort

  Yearly buyer cohorts and U.S. spot ETF investors offer a map of potential support and resistance as bitcoin retreats below $84,000.

  CoinDeskBitcoinMarkets

• 13d ago

  Liquidations jump to $547 million as oil rally hits crypto market

  Bitcoin fell below $84,000 as oil climbed on Iranian tanker attacks, while smaller tokens fell harder and liquidations rose to $547 million.

  CoinDeskBitcoinMarkets

• 13d ago

  Rain is seeking a national trust bank charter to bypass third-party banks

  The stablecoin payments company’s proposed New York trust bank would custody digital assets and dollars, manage stablecoin reserves and issue and redeem dollar-backed tokens.

  CoinDeskDeFi

• 13d ago

  Robinhood adds $25 million of bitcoin to its balance sheet

  Robinhood has added bitcoin worth $25 million to its balance sheet, senior vice president and general manager of crypto and international, told the Starting Block Wednesday.

  CoinDeskBitcoin

• 13d ago

  Down but not out. Bitcoin's stair-step bullish trajectory is still intact

  Bitcoin dipped to around $84,200 on Wednesday but stayed inside its recent range, keeping the broader bullish stair-step trajectory intact.

  CoinDeskBitcoin

• 13d ago

  U.S. government moves over $100 million in BTC and BNB. A sale hasn't been confirmed

  Wallets linked to the U.S. government moved millions in crypto on Tuesday, according to data tracked by Arkham.

  CoinDeskBitcoin

• 13d ago

  Pudgy Penguins’ Abstract becomes second Ethereum layer 2 to shut in a week

  The consumer-focused blockchain will close Dec. 15 after Igloo spent tens of millions supporting it, days after Blast said its own network was no longer worth operating.

  CoinDeskEthereum

• 13d ago

  Cardano gives token issuers power to freeze, seize and restrict assets

  The new standard is aimed at regulated stablecoins, funds and bonds whose issuers need identity checks, sanctions controls and other transfer rules built into the asset itself.

  CoinDeskRegulationDeFi

• 13d ago

  Bitcoin dips below $84,000 as oil jumps on Iranian tanker attacks

  Bitcoin briefly broke under the level analysts flagged as the point where sellers take over. Oil and the dollar both climbed.

  CoinDeskBitcoin

• 13d ago

  Peter Thiel-backed Founders Fund leads a $5 million token buy in crypto collateral protocol Anvil

  Pantera Capital and Bullish also participated in the ANVL purchase as Anvil rolls out software designed to make its collateral protocol easier for businesses to integrate.

  CoinDesk

• 13d ago

  Crypto is expanding the boundaries of what can be priced

  The future of crypto may therefore depend less on creating the next novel asset and more on building the infrastructure required to price a growing universe of existing ones, argues Altius co-founder and CEO Annabelle Huang.

  CoinDeskMarkets

• 13d ago

  OKX draws investment from StanChart, Circle, Ripple as it pushes beyond crypto exchange roots

  The exchange is increasingly aiming to position itself as a global financial tech platform spanning crypto, payments and tokenized assets, following an investment and joint venture with NYSE parent ICE.

  CoinDesk

• 14d ago

  Arbitrum joins Paxos-led stablecoin group Global Dollar to capture digital dollar growth

  The Ethereum layer-2 is backing Paxos-issued USDG to earn a share of reserve income as new stablecoin alliances compete for distribution, users and reserve economics.

  CoinDeskEthereumDeFi

• 14d ago

  Self-styled 'Godfather' gets 6 years in prison for $37 million Meta fraud scheme

  Adam Iza’s sentence runs concurrently with a 15-year term imposed last month for his role in an attempted bitcoin robbery.

  CoinDeskBitcoin

• 14d ago

  The VIX of bonds is rising but bitcoin and stocks aren't hearing it yet

  Your day-ahead look for Oct. 6, 2026

  CoinDeskBitcoin

• 14d ago

  Live updates: Bitcoin remains locked in range as stocks notch another new record high

  FxPro says a slide below $84,000 would hand control to sellers and put $80,000 in play. Minutes from the Fed's last meeting come out Wednesday.

  CoinDeskBitcoin

• 14d ago

  Smaller altcoins shine as bitcoin stills trades around $85,000

  Leading the gains is BTW, the native token of Bitway, a bitcoin-compatible layer-1, which jumped 25% in the past 24 hours and is up 170% over the past 30 days.

  CoinDeskBitcoin

• 14d ago

  U.S.- China AI race heats up as Chinese rivals secure billions ahead of IPOs

  DeepSeek and Moonshot attract fresh capital ahead of planned listings, while OpenAI courts major investors.

  CoinDesk

• 14d ago

  OKX looks to abstract blockchain mechanics to bring stablecoin balances to everyday consumers

  OKX appears to be designing products to keep the blockchain element abstracted or out of sight for users who simply want to hold digital dollars and use a card.

  CoinDeskDeFi

• 14d ago

  Why bitcoin is down 'just' 32% a year after its record high of $126,000

  This shallower decline isn’t limited to the one-year anniversary. The bear market itself has been milder with past downturns seeing prices plummet 77% to 85%.

  CoinDeskBitcoinMarkets

• 14d ago

  U.S. scraps proposed $10,000 reporting rule for for crypto sent to private wallets

  FinCEN withdrew two proposals that had hung over self-custody and crypto mixers for years without ever taking effect.

  CoinDesk

• 14d ago

  Ethereum’s Glamsterdam test gets last-minute fix before major capacity jump

  One of Ethereum’s main validator clients updated its software hours before a Sepolia test that will raise the amount of work each block can hold to 200 million gas.

  CoinDeskEthereum