People

Report: Turkish Police Raid Istanbul Home Linked to Hex Founder

Turkish media reported that police arrested Hex founder Richard Heart in Istanbul and seized cash and luxury watches during a raid on his residence.

By Chloe · Oct 15, 2026

Business

Bitcoin retreats as shifting Fed expectations unsettle markets

Bitcoin came under pressure as traders reassessed the likelihood of an October Federal Reserve rate hike following an inflation report. Bets on a hike briefly approached 50% before cooling, while South Korea’s Kospi index plunged 8%.

By Chloe · Oct 15, 2026

Business

Binance Pool’s Mining Power Drops Sharply Ahead of Closure

Computing power directed to Binance Pool has fallen from 26 EH/s in December to about 9 EH/s, leaving its remaining miners to find another provider before a Nov. 10 cutoff.

By Chloe · Oct 15, 2026

Trading

Ether Drives Most of Nearly $1B in Crypto Liquidations as Major Tokens Fall

Nearly $1 billion in crypto positions were forcibly closed as bitcoin, ether and XRP declined, with ether accounting for roughly 60% of liquidations among the two largest cryptocurrencies.

By Chloe · Oct 15, 2026

Business

BlackRock CEO Warns Data Center Moratorium Could Push U.S. Into Recession

BlackRock’s chief executive said a broad halt to data center construction could put the U.S. economy into recession, linking the artificial intelligence infrastructure boom to wider economic risks.

By Chloe · Oct 15, 2026

US Wallets Account for 88% of Tracked AI Model Crypto Payments

Chainalysis research found that AI agents made 138 million crypto payments, with U.S.-linked wallets representing just over 88% of tracked spending on AI models.

By Chloe · Oct 14, 2026

Prediction Markets

Kalshi CEO Says State Oversight Could Drive U.S. Prediction Markets Out

Kalshi CEO Tarek Mansour said he feels “pretty good” about the pending outcome of a legal dispute over which authorities should regulate prediction markets.

By Chloe · Oct 14, 2026

Politics

The Digital Economy Is Growing. The U.S. Grid Must Catch Up

Congress faces a policy question with consequences for digital businesses and the communities that host the infrastructure behind them: who should pay for the power-grid upgrades required by continued growth?

By Chloe · Oct 14, 2026

Tokenization

Perpetuals.com joins race to build U.S. tokenized stock marketplace

Nasdaq-listed Perpetuals.com is pursuing a U.S. marketplace for tokenized stocks under a new SEC framework, making it the second company identified as seeking to operate in the space.

By Chloe · Oct 14, 2026

ETFs

BlackRock’s Crypto Assets Rebound to $79.6B, Still Below Prior High

BlackRock’s crypto assets climbed 63% to $79.6 billion as investors returned, although the total remains 23% below levels from a year earlier.

By Chloe · Oct 14, 2026

Tokenization

EasyA Sets Out Path to Public Listing With Onchain Shares

Blockchain and AI developer platform EasyA has reached a $1.1 billion valuation and is targeting a 2027 public listing, with plans to make its shares available onchain from the first day of trading.

By Chloe · Oct 14, 2026

Investments

Gold and Bitcoin Framed as Complementary Portfolio Assets

A Coindesk commentary considers why traditional gold and bitcoin might be evaluated together within an investment portfolio, though the available source material does not provide further detail on the argument.

By Chloe · Oct 14, 2026

Trader monitoring bitcoin and technology-market charts

Trading

Bitcoin Holds Near $83,000 as Traders Await U.S. Inflation Data

Bitcoin briefly approached $84,000 before giving back the move as technology stocks stalled and a chip-sector selloff continued. Traders are now focused on the upcoming September CPI report.

By Chloe · Oct 14, 2026

Trading

S&P 500 Options Drive Activity on Hyperliquid-Based Exchange

Hypercall, an exchange built on Hyperliquid, says S&P 500 options have accounted for most of its $640 million in trading volume since June.

By Chloe · Oct 14, 2026

Trading

Bitcoin Stays Above $83,000 as Traders Await U.S. Inflation Reading

Bitcoin briefly touched $84,000 before retreating, while broader crypto assets moved lower as markets waited for fresh U.S. inflation data.

By Chloe · Oct 14, 2026

Regulations

Qivalis wins Dutch approval for euro settlement infrastructure

Qivalis, backed by BBVA, BNP Paribas and ING, has received a Dutch e-money license for infrastructure designed to support onchain euro settlement under MiCA.

By Chloe · Oct 14, 2026

Business

Bitcoin’s Inflation Sensitivity Is the Focus of the October 14 Briefing

A day-ahead market briefing is set to examine how U.S. inflation could influence bitcoin, though no analyst forecasts or supporting data were included in the available summary.

By Chloe · Oct 14, 2026

TradFi

Standard Chartered brings direct Bitcoin and Ether trading to affluent UAE clients

Standard Chartered is offering affluent clients in the UAE direct access to Bitcoin and Ether trading through an in-house custody and settlement system.

By Chloe · Oct 14, 2026

Regulations

French Stablecoin Tax Draws Warning Over Offshore Trading Shift

A proposed 31.4% French tax on regulated stablecoins could drive crypto traders toward offshore channels that are harder to monitor, according to Chainalysis executive Francois Volpoet.

By Chloe · Oct 14, 2026

Trading

Bitcoin firms as Zcash leads a wider crypto rebound

Bitcoin moved toward $84,000 as major digital assets rebounded, with Zcash among the strongest performers and investors focused on upcoming U.S. inflation data.

By Chloe · Oct 14, 2026