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Ledger unveiled an $849 crypto device with new anti-tamper protections as it investigated coordinated thefts involving modified hardware wallets.On Oct. 15, the French crypto wallet maker introduced Ledger Atom, which is a mobile device that combines everyday apps with hardware-protected crypto transactions. The company is accepting refundable $100 deposits for a Founders Edition priced at $849, with deliveries targeted for 2027.The launch coincides with Ledger’s investigation into an organized criminal operation that secretly modified genuine hardware wallets before returning them to reseller distribution channels. The attackers allegedly captured customers’ recovery phrases and used them to drain cryptocurrency holdings in a…
President Donald Trump’s crypto agenda has lost a White House negotiator as Patrick Witt confirms his departure and the administration’s flagship digital-asset legislation remains stalled in Congress.On Oct. 15, Patrick Witt, executive director of the White House Crypto Council, confirmed his departure after nearly two years in the administration, leaving the government for an undisclosed private-sector role.In a farewell statement, Witt described his government service as the privilege of a lifetime, thanked Trump and Sacks for their leadership, and highlighted his role in advancing the administration’s cryptocurrency agenda.He pointed to the passage of the GENIUS Act, which established federal rules…
Crypto investor Nic Carter’s worst-case quantum scenario consists of a hostile actor recovering the keys to dormant Bitcoin, then broadcasting a wave of spends across 10 blocks.In his Oct. 13 interview with Luke Martin, Carter says early coins moving together could shake confidence in the network.The stakes extend beyond choosing stronger cryptography. Glassnode’s May 20 analysis identified 6.04 million BTC, or 30.2% of then-issued supply, with public keys already exposed.The scenario assumes a future quantum machine capable of breaking Bitcoin’s key cryptography. Google’s published research models future resources for such an attack, and Bitcoin key recovery remains undemonstrated in that work.…
Bitcoin treasury company Strive bought 2,822 BTC during Oct. 12-13, according to a filing released Oct. 14. The purchase adds fresh demand from one of the two firms dominating this year’s reported corporate accumulation.The update follows River’s Oct. 8 business-adoption report, which put Strategy and Strive’s combined 2026 holdings additions at 197,000 BTC. That exceeded the 193,000 BTC net increase River reported for businesses overall in charts dated Oct. 5.Strive’s new purchase accompanies a separate financing disclosure. Meanwhile, Strategy reported buying Bitcoin while spending more on repurchasing preferred shares. Both cases show why an expanding roster of corporate holders does…
Wallets publicly attributed to exchanges added 83.94 million XRP across three daily balance changes dated Oct. 13–15, taking the tracked total to 22.06 billion XRP. The 0.38% increase creates a potential-supply question during price weakness.XRP Insights, a tracker of XRP Ledger balances and public wallet labels, recorded the rise in the same 699 wallets across 24 exchanges. Its latest exchange-wallet snapshot was taken at 08:01 UTC on Oct. 15, 2026.XRP traded near $1.32 in a CryptoSlate reading at about 14:56 UTC on Oct. 15. The page showed a 0.89% rise over 24 hours and about $3.12 billion in reported turnover.…
South Korea’s Financial Services Commission has named crypto businesses Streami and Pravang among 16 financial companies hit by recent data breaches, alongside major banks.The FSC’s October 14 disclosure lists the two virtual asset businesses alongside Shinhan, Kookmin, Busan and Hana banks and companies in other financial sectors. Streami operates the Gopax exchange; Pravang is the other crypto business named in the release.The FSC estimated the exposure at about 100,000 pieces of customer data across the affected companies, including names, contact details, resident registration numbers and email addresses. The FSC did not publish a company-level breakdown.As of the October 14 meeting,…
A Hyperliquid wallet tracked by Lookonchain as belonging to Machi had 1,650 ETH force-liquidated on the derivatives exchange Hyperliquid early on Oct. 15, then began reopening a long about seven minutes after the last forced fill. By 1:16 p.m. BST, the tracked wallet held a new 2,500 ETH position, again betting on higher prices.Hyperliquid’s public data for the wallet records 232 liquidation fills between 3:22:25 a.m. and 3:24:32 a.m. BST. They executed between $2,330.30 and $2,380.30 and recorded approximately $269,225 in realized trading losses, excluding about $1,087 in fill fees.The liquidation followed substantial voluntary selling. From 2 p.m. BST on…
Bitcoin registered an intraday low of $79,730 before recovering to around $82,000 as surging US wholesale inflation intensified a cryptocurrency selloff that triggered nearly $940 million in liquidations.This price action extended losses as stronger-than-expected inflation data raised concerns about another interest rate hike by the Federal Reserve.According to CoinGlass, 176,506 traders were liquidated during the period, totaling $939.24 million. The largest single liquidation occurred on Binance, where traders closed a BTC-USDT position worth $12 million.Surging inflation collides with falling Treasury yields and Fed uncertaintyThe selling followed a Labor Department report showing US producer prices jumped 1.3% in September, the biggest…
Stablecoins could reshape payments and compete with banks without replacing their broader financial services. Research highlights potential effects on bank deposits, lending, liquidity, and demand for US Treasury securities. By 2030, banks and stablecoin issuers may increasingly integrate blockchain technology and traditional financial infrastructure. The global banking system is facing an unusual challenge. For centuries, banks have played a central role in storing money, processing payments, and providing credit. Today, a new generation of digital financial instruments is beginning to challenge parts of that model. Stablecoins, which are designed to…
Australia’s securities regulator proposed tougher operating standards for cryptocurrency exchanges and custodians ahead of a new licensing regime next year.The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) released a consultation package on Oct. 15 outlining stricter requirements to protect customer assets, execute trades, manage conflicts of interest and maintain adequate financial reserves.The proposals would bring crypto exchanges and tokenized custody platforms under safeguards comparable to those governing traditional financial institutions, expanding regulatory oversight of businesses that hold and trade digital assets on behalf of customers.The changes implement Australia’s Corporations Amendment (Digital Assets Framework) Act 2026, enacted in April and taking effect in 2027.…