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Crypto scammers who stole millions from Russian-speaking investors approached the same victims weeks later, promising to recover their losses.On Oct. 14, Brooklyn prosecutors disclosed the fraud after an international enforcement operation disrupted 112 servers and 241 websites supporting a cryptocurrency investment scheme that allegedly stole tens of millions of dollars from victims across the United States.The operation, conducted with help from the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), targeted the infrastructure used to run fraudulent investment platforms and keep in contact with victims. Investigators recovered data showing the same criminal network tried to exploit people again after they lost money in…

Bitwise CIO Matt Hougan argued in an Oct. 14 memo that nearly every macroeconomic path ends with Bitcoin higher, including an extraordinary AI productivity boom that makes scarce assets more valuable.Two days earlier, the Bank for International Settlements published a working paper that models a fourth path. In it, AI automates work and lifts output, and consumer demand that funds further innovation thins out until growth fades.Hougan’s three paths for macro and BitcoinHougan’s memo lays out three outcomes, starting with AI abundance that makes intelligence-based services cheaper and shifts value toward scarce assets.A bursting AI investment bubble triggers a recession,…

The White House confirmed on Wednesday that Patrick Witt’s temporary detail to its crypto council has expired. Witt, a Defense Department employee, was the council’s only remaining staffer, according to a source cited by journalist Eleanor Terrett. The CLARITY Act stalled on 15 September, when a Senate procedural vote failed 49 to 50 with 60 votes needed. Patrick Witt has left his post as executive director of the President’s Council of Advisors for Digital Assets, the White House confirmed on Wednesday. His temporary assignment to the council had expired, an official told journalist Eleanor Terrett in an email. She had…

Bitcoin registered an intraday low of $81,514.28 on Oct. 14 as September CPI came in hotter than forecast, with headline inflation at 3.7% year over year against 3.6% expected and core at 2.6% against 2.5%.Glassnode’s latest on-chain data suggests a calmer holder base than the price action. The harder test sits near $80,000, where large spot bids and modeled long liquidations overlap, and altcoins carry a different set of risks.Headline CPI rose 0.6% on the month, in line with expectations; core rose 0.3% vs. the expected 0.2%, and gasoline supplied more than half of the headline increase, while stronger shelter…

Key takeaways Zcash traded near $1,111 on Thursday, extending Wednesday’s roughly 6% decline. A sustained four-hour close below $1,115 could expose support at $1,050 and $1,000. ZEC needs to reclaim resistance between $1,242 and $1,264 to ease its near-term bearish outlook. Zcash extends losses despite renewed ETF buying Zcash continued to fall on Thursday as inflation concerns weighed on the broader cryptocurrency market, overshadowing a return to inflows into Grayscale’s Zcash-focused exchange-traded fund. ZEC traded around $1,094 at the time of the report, extending the previous day’s roughly 6% loss. The decline brought the privacy coin below last week’s $1,115…

US consumer prices rose 0.6% in September, lifting annual inflation to 3.7% from 3.4% in August. Bitcoin fell to US$81,533 after briefly dropping to US$80,642, while Ethereum, XRP, Solana and other major assets also declined. The total crypto market capitalisation fell 3% over 24 hours to US$2.73 trillion. US spot Bitcoin ETFs recorded US$261.4 million in net outflows on Wednesday, led by BlackRock’s IBIT and Fidelity’s FBTC. US inflation increased again in September, according to data from the US Bureau of Labor Statistics. The Consumer Price Index report from Wednesday shows prices increased 0.6% over the month, while annual inflation…

Key takeaways Ethereum traded below $2,400, down 5.3% over 24 hours, after stronger-than-expected US inflation unsettled crypto markets. Higher Treasury yields, a stronger dollar and rising rate hike expectations added pressure to ETH. Key support sits around $2,353–$2,355, while resistance at $2,498 and $2,548 could challenge recovery attempts. Ethereum retreats as inflation raises rate hike concerns Ethereum extended its decline below $2,400 on Thursday as stronger-than-expected US inflation triggered renewed selling across cryptocurrency markets. The second-largest cryptocurrency traded near $2,370 at the time of the report, losing approximately 5.3.% over the previous 24 hours. September’s Consumer Price Index rose 0.6%…

Chainalysis counted more than 138 million x402 transactions on Base in the 12 months to 1 July 2026. Over 87% of x402 payments in the 16 months to September were worth between a hundredth of a cent and US$0.10. US-linked wallets sent 88.1% of the geolocated payments for AI model inference, Chainalysis found. More than 138 million payments had gone through the x402 protocol on Coinbase’s Base network by 1 July, according to research Chainalysis published on Wednesday. The count comes from the North America chapter of the firm’s 2026 Geography of Crypto report. The firm calls Base the most…

The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency’s Oct. 14 debanking findings identify historical restrictions on digital asset issuers, exchanges, and administrators, often attributed to financial crime considerations.The findings review crypto banking decisions across policies at the nine largest national banks the agency supervises.For smaller crypto businesses, an individual bank’s risk assessment remains an important gate to access. Comptroller Jonathan Gould is preserving objective customer decisions while challenging improper exclusion.The consequential test is how the OCC distinguishes financial, operational, or compliance constraints from disapproval of a lawful business, and whether its scrutiny produces usable banking services.The functions at stake extend…

USDC became the EU’s first e-money token classified as significant under MiCA, triggering enhanced EBA supervision from 12 November 2026. The designation is not a licence or penalty, but reflects USDC’s growing systemic importance within the European market. The EBA will oversee areas including capital, reserves, liquidity, recovery and redemptions, while France’s ACPR retains other supervisory duties. A 37-bank European consortium behind Qivalis has secured an Electronic Money Institution licence ahead of its planned euro stablecoin launch. The European Banking Authority (EBA) has placed Circle’s USDC in the “significant e-money token” category under the Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCA). On…