Blockchain.com and Binance US are seeking U.S. regulatory approval to offer prediction markets, joining a growing group of cryptocurrency companies looking to expand beyond traditional digital asset trading. According to a Financial Times report published on October 21, Binance US recently applied to the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC)
Crypto exchange MEXC has announced it will discontinue services for users located in Russia or Belarus as part of what the platform describes as its ongoing efforts to strengthen global compliance. The decision marks a significant operational shift for one of the larger centralised exchanges still serving those regions. Significantly,
Ripple has backed the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) proposed Regulation Crypto Assets, while asking the agency to clarify how securities laws apply to crypto tokens and when an issuer’s legal obligations end. In a comment letter submitted on October 20, Ripple said the SEC has the authority to
Kazakhstan’s Astana Financial Services Authority (AFSA) has secured court injunctions against six of the world’s most recognisable crypto platforms, and the order carries teeth. On September 15, 2026, the AIFC Court granted AFSA’s claims and issued a judgment prohibiting the provision, offering, or advertising of digital asset services within the
Bitcoin (BTC) is trading at $82,324, with the volume settling at $26.63 billion. The price has ranged between $80,671 and $83,035 over the past 24 hours and $79,805 to $74,074 across the week. The asset closed the week below approximately $82,500. It marked the May 2026 highs and served as
JPMorgan Chase is expanding its dollar deposit token, JPM Coin (JPMD), to the Ethereum blockchain, giving institutional clients another network for moving money and settling transactions around the clock. Kinexys, JPMorgan’s private blockchain network, said on October 19 that Ethereum was a natural next step because of its established on-chain
Zcash infrastructure developer Zakura has proposed a new wallet feature that would protect users’ transaction privacy against potential future quantum computing attacks. The proposal would assign a separate incoming viewing key to every Zcash (ZEC) swap made through NEAR Intents. This limits the payment history an attacker could expose if
While the broader market is attempting to recover, Starknet (STRK) is trading around $0.05962 after a sharp 4% decline in value. The current price chart has yet to signal a clear recovery pattern; the next move depends on whether buyers can defend support and drive momentum higher. A sustained move
World, the identity project co-founded by Sam Altman, has launched a new version of its World ID technology for banks and financial institutions, aiming to help them distinguish real people from AI-generated impersonations. Announced by co-founder Alex Blania at the Money20/20 conference in Las Vegas on October 18, the offering
Between 23:42 UTC on October 17 and 01:26 UTC on October 18, an attacker systematically drained 1,404 Qubic wallets totalling approximately 2.94 trillion QU. The attack window was tight, under two hours, but that was enough time to clear out more than a thousand wallets before the network responded. The
