Raw News Items
27 itemsOctober 10, 2026
- DecryptScore: 85
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.
- CryptoSlateScore: 85
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 money, hackers needed to rely on an entire network of people willi...
- CoinDeskScore: 85
XRP Ledger patched decade-old bug that could create billions of dollars in XRP from nothing
Researchers demonstrated how a payment could create spendable XRP without the sender funding it, prompting an emergency software release.
- DecryptScore: 85
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.
- CryptoSlateScore: 75
Celsius founder faces lifetime ban, but can trade his own crypto
Bankrupt crypto lender Celsius founder Alex Mashinsky has agreed to a permanent ban from the securities, commodities, and crypto business under a New York settlement announced on Oct. 9. The agreement also sets conditional state payment obligations of up to $35 million, without creating a new payout...
- DecryptScore: 75
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.
- CryptoSlateScore: 75
CFTC proposes a divide between prediction contracts and sportsbook wagers
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission announced two actions on Oct. 9 seeking to clarify the federal regulatory boundary between prediction-market contracts and traditional gambling. It proposed expressly including sports and other event contracts in the definition of a swap, a category of financ...
- CryptoSlateScore: 75
Solana doubles block production speed to 200ms as network prepares for Alpenglow upgrade
Solana has doubled its targeted block-production frequency after activating 200-millisecond slots on mainnet, completing a months-long effort to accelerate the blockchain. The Oct. 9 upgrade reduces Solana's original 400-millisecond slot target by half, allowing the network to create five block-prod...
- The BlockScore: 70
Ether ETFs extend outflow streak to nine days as Solana funds snap record 14-week inflow run
Spot bitcoin, solana, and ether ETFs all logged weekly outflows following last week's trading, a notable shift for some of the funds.
- CryptoSlateScore: 70
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 receiving funding, indicating nega...
- CoinDeskScore: 60
One year after 10/10, bitcoin and ether liquidity have rebuilt, but other altcoins still face risks
Bitcoin and ether order books are deeper than before the crash, while altcoin liquidity keeps eroding and spot trading remains well below its October 2025 peak.
- CointelegraphScore: 60
Sam Altman-backed Bitcoin life insurer, Meanwhile, raises more funds
The round follows increased international demand for Meanwhile’s Bitcoin life insurance policies amid broader macro instability.
- CoinDeskScore: 60
Robinhood Chain slowdown spreads from fees to trading as transactions fall more than 40%
Daily activity has dropped from 10.8 million transactions to 6.2 million since mid-September even as Robinhood keeps paying network fees on customer swaps.
- CryptoSlateScore: 60
Luxor’s reported 6–13% annualized Bitcoin yield depends on mining delivery
Luxor, a Bitcoin mining derivatives provider, reported a 6–13% annualized Bitcoin financing spread in its September lookback, published Oct. 9. It says lenders and Bitcoin treasury companies bought prepaid mining power and paired it with a price hedge, while miners used the reverse trade to obtain f...
- CointelegraphScore: 60
Justin Sun says Tron’s post-quantum cryptography has gone live on testnet
“We’re ready to bring quantum resistance to mainnet at any time,” Sun said in a post on X.
- CryptoSlateScore: 60
BTCPay Docker users must opt into Tor at their next update to keep onion access
Operators running the Bitcoin payment software BTCPay Server through its standard Docker deployment must explicitly select Tor at their next setup or update if they want to retain onion access. The change removes Tor from the automatically included components, making a previously bundled service an ...
- CoinDeskScore: 55
Bitcoin's volatility has plunged, but extreme price swings are more frequent than in 2018
CoinDesk analysis finds 10 unusually large trading days in 2026, raising questions about how investors measure risk in an increasingly institutional crypto market.
- CoinDeskScore: 45
Tokenized commodities look beyond gold as lending and oil open new markets
Paxos Labs, Theo and Energy Substantiation execs see growth coming from putting physical assets to work, with precious metals leading and energy presenting a tougher test.
- CoinDeskScore: 40
Bitcoin's $19 billion wake-up call: One-year later, has crypto learned anything?
One year after a flash crash wiped out billions in leveraged crypto bets, traders have better tools to spot risks. But the forces behind the selloff remain.
- CoinDeskScore: 40
Visa survey says nearly half of APAC consumers open to using stablecoins by 2031
Visa’s survey of 14,250 people found interest in stablecoin payments is growing, though only 6% of respondents correctly understood how they work.
- CryptoSlateScore: 40
Newer AI models missed more payment fraud in Coinbase’s benchmark
Coinbase reported Oct. 7 that newer versions of three major AI model families caught fewer fraudulent payments and a smaller share of fraud value in a historical test of payment screening for its Onramp service, despite an unchanged decision policy. The findings challenge the assumption that upgradi...
- CryptoSlateScore: 40
Coinbase’s Texas move gets a shareholder suit dismissed over Delaware-era claims
Coinbase’s move to Texas changed the rule a shareholder had to satisfy before suing its directors over alleged conduct from the company’s Delaware years. In an October 2 ruling, the Texas Business Court dismissed Gary Guillaume’s derivative action because he had not first demanded that Coinbase take...
- DecryptScore: 30
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.
- CointelegraphScore: 20
Tech chief says EU can fend off rogue AI risk: Report
There are global concerns following incidents at OpenAI and Anthropic, and fears have arisen that rogue AI agents may venture beyond human control.
- CryptoSlateScore: 20
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 on parts...
- The BlockScore: 20
Kalshi is investigating bets on Trump’s press secretary pick placed before announcement: WSJ
Three bets totaling about $173 were placed before news outlets reported Zacharia's pick and are expected to pay out roughly $9,600 combined.
- CryptoSlateScore: 20
Being right about Bitcoin won’t save your 3x leveraged ETF position
Bitcoin's next recovery could vindicate your investment thesis but leave your leveraged fund deep in the red, because the fund's daily reset can make waiting a pretty expensive habit. Getting Bitcoin right and actually making money on Bitcoin are becoming two different skills, especially now that Wa...