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Bitcoin Lightning Nodes Targeted as Core Lightning Sounds Alarm
Core Lightning operators running version 26.06.7 or earlier are being actively targeted, the Bitcoin Lightning Network node software project warned on Thursday evening, roughly 10 days after a security patch landed. The team hasn’t…
Blackrock Drives $103M Bitcoin ETF Rebound as BTC Price Tops $86K
Bitcoin ETFs returned to positive territory on Thursday with $102.67 million in net inflows, led by a powerful day for Blackrock’s IBIT. Blackrock Inflow Offsets Fidelity Outflow Bitcoin wasted little time finding buyers again. A day after…
Ripple Moves 35M XRP and the Mystery Wallet Forwards 6.5M Within Hours
Ripple sent 35 million XRP, worth about $52.4 million, to an unlabeled wallet early Friday, and within three hours that wallet had passed 6.5 million XRP down the line. A Look at the Transfer The alert came from onchain sleuth Whale Alert…
Alabama’s New Crypto ATM Scam Refund Requirements Take Effect
Crypto ATM scam victims in Alabama gained new refund protections on Oct. 1 as operators became responsible for reimbursing qualifying losses. Operators also face transaction limits and disclosure requirements intended to interrupt…
Bitcoin Price Begins ‘Uptober’ With a Swing Back to $85K
Bitcoin opened the new month with seesaw price action, hovering near $85,000 after hitting resistance above that level and finding support near $83,500. Seasonal Sentiment Shifts to ‘Uptober’ Bitcoin marked the start of…
Bitcoin ETFs Lose $149M as Fidelity Leads Broad Selling
U.S. bitcoin ETFs snapped a nine-session inflow streak on Wednesday with $148.69 million in net withdrawals, as selling spread across most major crypto funds. Ether, solana, zcash and HYPE ETFs also finished lower, while the newly launched…
RealFi Goes Live on Cardano Mainnet After Testnet Surpasses 3,000 Wallets
RealFi integrates with Lace, Liqwid and SundaeSwap at launch, with EVM expansion planned to follow 1 October 2026 — RealFi today launched on Cardano mainnet, moving its real-world asset (RWA) stablecoin protocol out of testnet and into live…
Zano Says Over $200M in Illicit Tokens Led to 30-Day Blockchain Rewind
Zano has disclosed the bug that forced its extraordinary 30-day blockchain rewind in a recent postmortem. An attacker exploited a missing verification in Gateway Addresses to mint roughly 18.4 million ZANO in a single transaction, then…
Lloyds Sends Visa $750K in USDC While Banks Are Closed
Lloyds Banking Group used USDC to settle $750,000 in live payment obligations with Visa during a seven-day trial, with funds reaching Visa in under an hour, even over the weekend. The test was the first stablecoin settlement trial between…
Illinois Agrees to Delay Rollout of 0.2% State Crypto Tax
Just three months before it was set to take effect, Illinois officials and two crypto industry groups have jointly asked a state court to delay the rollout of the state’s new crypto asset tax by six months while a constitutional challenge…