Bitcoin’s quantum-safe protection gets 82% cheaper as researchers race to secure 6 million exposed BTC
Researchers have cut the estimated computing cost of a specialized quantum-safe Bitcoin transaction by 82% to $59. Data from the Quantum-Safe Bitcoin Optimization Challenge showed that improvements in graphics processing…
XRP News: Evernorth’s Listing Exposes a $677M Gap
Evernorth began trading on Nasdaq as XRPN on Monday, October 12, with approximately 473 million XRP and $300 million in gross cash. However, its XRP treasury was worth about $677…
Blur NFT Marketplace to Shut Down Next Month as Trading Slows
Blur announced that its website will close on November 12, 2026, while its Ethereum NFT marketplace contracts remain operational. The protocol survives on-chain, but the Blur NFT marketplace is losing…
Strategy spent nearly nine times as much on STRC buybacks as Bitcoin last week
Strategy (formerly MicroStrategy) bought 250 Bitcoin for $21.5 million last week while spending $192.4 million to repurchase its STRC preferred shares. On Oct. 12, the Michael Saylor-founded company disclosed that…
KuCoin Nigeria Gains Conditional Entry Into SEC Regulatory Program
Key Highlights KuCoin Nigeria Limited is seeking regulatory admission through Nigeria’s SEC Accelerated Regulatory Incubation Programme. The company demonstrated its proposed products, customer onboarding procedures, fiat gateways, technology infrastructure, and…
STRK Price Slides 17.5% as Starknet Trading Volume Reaches $429M
AI Summary Show Starknet announced plans to shift from Layer 2 to Layer 1, targeting quantum‑resistance by 2027. Analyst Ali Charts flagged $0.112 as a critical support level after STRK’s recent pullback. CoinGecko…
South Korea’s Jeonbuk Bank Rolls Out First Bitcoin-Backed Loans
Key Highlights Jeonbuk Bank has introduced Bitcoin-backed loans, described in the report as the first such product offered by a South Korean bank. The service is initially restricted to corporate…
Binance Now Holds 49% of ETH Open Interest, Highest Since 2023
AI Summary Show Binance controls almost 49% of Ethereum futures open interest across major CEXs, its highest share since 2023. ETH-denominated open interest on Binance rebounded to 2.46 million ETH, unchanged…
Aptos Activates Encrypted Mempool to Limit Crypto Transaction Front-Running
Key Highlights Aptos said its encrypted mempool is live on mainnet, allowing users to conceal transaction payloads before execution. The system uses threshold encryption, with validators collectively decrypting transactions after…
XRP Price Slid as Bitwise Drives $11 Million ETF Inflows
U.S. spot XRP ETFs drew $11.31 million in net inflows between October 5 and October 9, even as XRP fell from about $1.52 to $1.40 and briefly touched a $1.32…