Crypto news today

Bitpanda co-CEO: After MiCA, EU users show greater trust in regulated platforms. Transition period ended by July 1; ESMA calls for stricter oversight.

Anchorage Digital reduced its workforce by 17%, or about 68 positions, from a staff of around 400. The company is expanding into stablecoins and raised $100M fr

A database with 18 million Minecraft player records, including logins, emails, and password hashes, is for sale on the darknet. No Mojang or Microsoft breach.

Since September 20, around 50,000 BTC (approximately $2.3 billion) have been withdrawn from crypto exchanges, according to Coinglass data.

71% of UK financial leaders believe tokenization will transform financial services, according to a Lloyds survey highlighting key benefits of the technology.

Kalshi is negotiating to raise about $1 billion at a $40 billion valuation, nearly double its $22 billion valuation in May. Sequoia and Wellington are in talks

Blast announced it is shutting down its network, citing costs exceeding revenue. Users can withdraw assets until October 26. The project previously raised $20 m

Bitcoin briefly hit $87,229 after US NFP data showed 29,000 jobs vs. 84,000 expected. Treasury yields fell to 5.2% and 5.573% for 10- and 30-year bonds.

The NEAR Intents hacker contacted the project team, transferred 1 BNB to their wallet, and expressed willingness to cooperate. The team had given a 48-hour dead

AllUnity has launched the USDAU dollar stablecoin under MiCA. USDSM processed over $380 million on-chain across 3.8 million transfers and is held on more than 2

Donald Trump stated that Europe has agreed to release a large volume of diesel fuel from reserves, with the process set to begin immediately.

Nvidia shares set a new record as the company expands its buyback by $150 billion. Morgan Stanley maintains a $300 target and names Nvidia its top chip pick.

Trader 0xd9A2 has opened a 20x leveraged long position on ETH worth nearly $8 million. Unrealized profit on the position has already exceeded $1 million (+251%)

After the $387.7M Bitget hack on September 24, THORChain refused to block addresses linked to the attack. NEAR Intents stopped $503K, while $166K went through.

In September, US unemployment was 4.2% (forecast/prev. 4.1%). Nonfarm payrolls rose by 29K (forecast 89K, prev. 133K). Average hourly earnings up 3.0% y/y.

Circle called on the EU to replace MiCA's 30%/60% deposit rules with flexible liquidity norms and remove 35% and 1.5% concentration limits. Multi-issuance to re

CoinGlass liquidation map shows long liquidations could exceed $6.7B for BTC at $75,800 and $4.17B for ETH at $2,420 if prices drop sharply.

BNB Chain is the first blockchain to surpass $1 billion in tokenized stocks and ETFs, holding $1.1 billion and about 30% of the $3.7 billion market.

Saifedean Ammous believes bitcoin treasuries will fall behind Strategy, which holds 847,666 BTC worth $63.95B and $5.02B in cash; STRC dividends raised to 12%.

At CONNECT Seoul, Arthur Hayes said US money printing for AI and debt could lift crypto prices. AI firms need trillions of dollars for data centers.

Anthropic has started blocking Claude accounts using VPNs in Russia and Hong Kong, affecting dozens of users, including IT executives and developers.

Bitcoin neared $87,000, reaching $86,857 on Bitstamp. Short liquidations totaled $122M in 24 hours, with $210M across the crypto market.

An attacker withdrew about $305,000 from two Safe multisigs using a third-party adapter. Aave v3 was not impacted. SlowMist identified a FlashLoopAdapter vulner

USDT will go live on the Bitcoin network in October through Utexo on RGB, enabling private transfers and BTC/USDT swaps without exchanges. Lightning Network int