Coinbase’s Texas move gets a shareholder suit dismissed over Delaware-era claims
The October 2 court order required a written board demand in this action, without deciding whether directors committed misconduct.
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Bitcoin’s weekend rebound faces an $80,400 test after nearly $730 million in ETF outflows
Bitcoin traded near $82,900 in PerpFinder’s Oct. 10, 09:36 UTC snapshot, with traders watching whether the weekend rebound brings fresh leverage or further position unwinding. The same snapshot put Binance BTC futures open interest at $7.70 billion and showed longs…
Stealing $1.5B in crypto is easy, cashing out is the trap
North Korean hackers stole around $1.5 billion from Bybit in February 2025. While the hack itself has been widely covered and analyzed, few have focused on what happened afterward and what became of the stolen funds. To move all that…
Inflation target of 2% may not stop the next Fed rate freeze
The Fed can stop raising rates before inflation reaches 2% if officials believe the economy's already heading there without another increase. September's meeting left most unconvinced, with strong spending and persistent price increases outweighing the strain expensive borrowing was putting…
Celsius founder faces lifetime ban, but can trade his own crypto
A qualifying DOJ payment can satisfy the $25 million obligation, while a separate $10 million judgment has a sentence-completion condition with exceptions.
Solana doubles block production speed to 200ms as network prepares for Alpenglow upgrade
The final SIMD-0525 step halves Solana’s original slot-time target, shortening leader windows and epochs while per-slot budgets keep work capacity roughly steady.
Tether freezes $1.4M in TRON vaults and THORChain stalls
A researcher reported resumed TRON swaps after four vaults were blacklisted, exposing issuer control over USDT inside decentralized infrastructure.
ETH fee burns cover just 2% of new coins printed in 2026
An October 9 ledger puts fee burn at 2.07% of gross issuance, while a conditional capacity model tests the demand needed to shrink supply.
Ledger hack scare nears $90 million as Tether moves to freeze stolen USDT
Suspected Ledger wallet thefts are approaching $90 million as Tether freezes USDT stablecoin linked to the incident, according to blockchain investigators. In an Oct. 9 statement, the crypto hardware wallet maker said it was investigating reports that customers lost funds…
XRP Ledger lets institutions share account duties without sharing their keys
The XRP Ledger (XRPL) now lets institutions delegate account tasks while retaining control of their primary signing keys. The PermissionDelegationV1_1 amendment went live on Oct. 8 at ledger 107,524,865. It lets account owners assign specific transaction permissions to other accounts.…
Hoskinson says Vitalik’s AI warning could delay the internet’s quantum defenses
Cardano founder Charles Hoskinson accused Vitalik Buterin of undermining quantum-resistant cryptography with speculative warnings about AI-driven mathematical breakthroughs. In an Oct. 9 post, Hoskinson challenged the Ethereum co-founder's skepticism toward lattice-based cryptography, arguing that decades of security research had already…
Ethereum’s proposed safety checks could still let a bad trade through
Draft EIP-7906 could widen outcome checks, but a meaningful financial limit must come from policy the transaction builder cannot weaken.