Briefs below draw on Decrypt reporting and at least one other publisher.
Bitcoin fell below $82,000 as hotter than expected U.S. inflation data increased expectations of a Federal Reserve interest rate hike. The Consumer Price Index rose 3.7% from a year earlier.
Blockchain.com has applied to the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) for two licenses to offer prediction markets and crypto derivatives to US retail and institutional customers.
On October 7 2026, EU law enforcement agency Europol published two reports via its European Cybercrime Centre warning crypto wallets are the primary exposure point to quantum computing threats.
The CFTC published an advance notice of proposed rulemaking to bring crypto exchanges under federal oversight after the Clarity Act failed to pass Congress.
Crypto exchange OKX closed a funding extension round at a $25 billion valuation. Participants include Qube Research & Technologies, Circle, Ripple and Standard Chartered's SC Ventures.
Chainalysis said its in-house AI reduced more than 20 hours of manual bridge reconciliation to under 10 minutes while investigating the $387 million Bitget hack.
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