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ZkSync announced Airbender Prime, a prover that Matter Labs says handled 99% of 7,200 consecutive Ethereum mainnet blocks in under 10 seconds each on a single NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell GPU.The announcement came five days after Starknet said it is actively considering becoming an independent layer-1 (L1) blockchain, targeting full quantum resistance in 2027.The two announcements answer the same deadline from opposite directions, since Ethereum’s own target for L1 quantum resistance across execution, consensus, and data is December 2029.A prover that meets the real-time benchmarkThe Ethereum Foundation defines real-time proving as 99% of mainnet blocks proven in 10 seconds…

Bitcoin treasury company Strive is introducing a second preferred-stock product to accelerate Bitcoin purchases beyond the limits of its existing financing strategy.On Oct. 13, the company announced plans to offer five million shares of SATS, a perpetual preferred security with a fixed 15% annual dividend. At $100 per share, the firm would raise $500 million to support additional Bitcoin acquisitions.The launch follows the rapid expansion of Strive’s existing SATA preferred stock, whose outstanding stated amount has climbed from $200 million at its November 2025 debut to approximately $1.4 billion.Strive’s Bitcoin holdings have grown alongside that financing program, rising from 7,627…

Richard Heart, the founder of HEX and PulseChain, was reportedly detained with his wife in Istanbul on Oct. 14, according to İhlas News Agency (IHA). The agency linked the police operation to an Interpol Red Notice requested by Finland.Heart, whose legal name is Richard James Schueler, and his wife, identified in the report as A.K., were taken into custody that morning in the Beşiktaş district, IHA said in an account carried by Daily Sabah. The reported operation took place at an address police had been monitoring.The Finnish allegations date back to 2024. Yle reported that Finnish police suspected Schueler of…

Bitcoin fell below $83,000 on Wednesday as hotter-than-expected US core inflation data revived expectations of further Federal Reserve interest rate hikes, triggering a fresh wave of liquidations across the cryptocurrency market.CoinGlass data showed that over $100 million in leveraged positions were liquidated in the hour after the inflation report was released. This also pushed total liquidations above $220 million over 24 hours.Screenshot of the Crypto Market Liquidation Heatmap Following US Inflation Data Release (Source: CoinGlass)The sharp increase in forced selling highlighted how quickly traders reacted to renewed inflation pressures and the prospect of tighter US monetary policy.Hot inflation revives Fed…

Bitcoin whales are accumulating before Wednesday’s US inflation report, despite $744 million in recent spot ETF withdrawals.According to an Oct. 13 CryptoQuant report, large holders have increased their combined Bitcoin holdings to 3.03 million BTC, with accumulation accelerating to its fastest monthly pace since February.The buying contrasts with $744.3 million in net withdrawals from US spot Bitcoin ETFs across six trading sessions through Oct. 12.The divergence comes as Bitcoin trades near $83,000 ahead of September’s Consumer Price Index report, which is expected to show inflation accelerating. The release will test whether growing confidence among large holders can withstand continued pressure…

Bitcoin miners face a projected 5.68% difficulty increase around Oct. 16, putting equipment with thin electricity cushions under pressure. If Bitcoin’s price, block subsidy and average fees per block stay unchanged, expected revenue per unit of computing power would fall 5.37%.Startmining’s network dashboard, captured at 07:02 UTC on Oct. 14, put difficulty at 132.72 trillion and hashprice at $39.77 per PH/day. Hashprice measures expected daily revenue from one petahash per second of computing power, before expenses.For illustrative equipment using 20 joules per terahash and paying 8 cents per kWh, electricity costs $38.40 daily per PH/s. Its $1.37 cushion at the…

Strive, a Bitcoin treasury company, bought roughly $280 million of Bitcoin during Oct. 5–9 while increasing its cash balance, even as Strategy directed far more capital toward preferred-share repurchases than new coins. The divergence shows why Strategy’s weekly purchases provide only part of the picture of corporate Bitcoin demand.For Strive’s common shareholders, the purchase delivered a smaller change than the headline amount suggests. Bitcoin holdings grew 11.24%, but effective common shares expanded 9.36%. Gross Bitcoin per effective common share increased about 1.72%, before accounting for preferred claims.The Bitcoin treasury company’s Oct. 13 SEC disclosure reported purchases of 3,311 BTC at…

Key takeaways Pi Network traded below $0.080 Wednesday after a 2% rebound the previous day. The Pi Core Team is exploring stablecoin integration intended to complement PI’s existing utility. PI remains below its 50-day and 200-day EMAs, with weak momentum keeping the near-term outlook bearish. Pi Network (PI) has dropped below $0.0800 on Wednesday after a modest rebound helped it avoid extending losses below last week’s low. The token traded around $0.07956, losing the previous session’s 2% gain. Meanwhile, the Pi Core Team reiterated its exploration of stablecoin integration as a way to broaden activity across the ecosystem. Despite the…

In December 2023, Senator Elizabeth Warren asked Bank of America CEO Brian Moynihan whether crypto companies handling financial transactions should follow the same anti-money-laundering rules as banks.“Absolutely,” he said. On Oct. 13, Treasury announced more than $1.2 billion in penalties against his bank. FinCEN found that Bank of America admitted to willfully violating the Bank Secrecy Act and failed to report over $5 billion in suspicious transactions on time.What regulators found at Bank of AmericaFinCEN assessed $1.2 billion, including the OCC’s $750 million penalty, the largest civil money penalty the OCC has assessed against a bank. OFAC separately announced an…

Key takeaways XRP bounced from $1.32 following news of Standard Chartered’s involvement in an RLUSD custody arrangement. The deal with Ripple and LMAX would allow institutional clients to place RLUSD with the bank. XRP ETFs have attracted around $12 million this month, pointing to substantially weaker inflows than September. XRP rebounded from support at $1.32 as investors assessed a custody arrangement involving Standard Chartered, Ripple and institutional trading firm LMAX Group. Announced Monday, the deal would allow LMAX customers to place Ripple USD (RLUSD) with Standard Chartered, adding bank custody capabilities to their stablecoin activities. The development supports Ripple’s institutional…