Quantum computing firm Quantinuum has announced a major breakthrough in error correction, achieving a record 99.9995% logical fidelity that it says strengthens its path toward a commercially viable, fault-tolerant quantum computer by 2029. The advance comes amid mounting concerns that increasingly powerful quantum machines could eventually undermine the cryptography protecting bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies. Quantum […]

JPMorgan Chase is expanding its JPM Coin deposit token to Ethereum, bringing blockchain-based dollar payments to the world’s second-largest cryptocurrency network as traditional financial institutions increasingly embrace public blockchain infrastructure. JPMorgan Expands to Ethereum Mainnet The largest U.S. bank announced Monday that JPM Coin, which represents U.S. dollar deposits held at JPMorgan, will become available […]

Mesh and Visa are joining forces to let consumers spend cryptocurrency and stablecoins at more than 175 million merchant locations without obtaining a separate crypto card or manually converting their holdings into cash. Announced Monday, the partnership connects digital wallets to Visa’s global payments network, although the companies have yet to disclose participating platforms or […]

GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands, October 19, 2026 – BTCC, the world’s longest-serving cryptocurrency exchange, has wrapped its participation in TOKEN2049 Singapore as a platinum sponsor. Over two days at Marina Bay Sands, traders, influencers and partners visited the BTCC booth and met the team. Centered on a giant receipt installation that highlighted the exchange’s zero-fee […]

Mastercard is extending its reach into stablecoin payments with a new security system designed to spot fraud, scams, and sanctions risks before funds reach the blockchain. Announced Oct. 19, 2026, Stablecoin Security combines traditional payment intelligence with blockchain analytics. Borderless.xyz and Keyrails are the initial partners, with a North American launch preceding broader commercial availability […]

On Monday, Melville, New York-based SkyAI, a publicly traded U.S. fintech and digital asset treasury firm, announced its complete exit from solana (SOL) and unveiled an ambitious share buyback initiative that could return as much as $201.3 million to investors. This announcement, and others before it, have bolstered SkyAI shares a great deal. SkyAI Cashes […]

Mt Gox creditors just lost another year to a repayment process that has dragged on since the exchange collapsed in 2014. The latest extension pushes the deadline into October 2027, leaving billions in bitcoin and some creditors still waiting for their funds. Japanese Court Grants Mt Gox a Fourth Extension On Oct. 16, 2026, rehabilitation […]

Bitcoin rebounded over $2,000 on Monday from a Sunday low of $80,595 to peak above $83,000, dispelling fears of a “Black Monday” market crash. However, the rally lost momentum at $83,000 resistance, settling under $82,000 with a $1.64 trillion market cap.   Bitcoin Bounces Above $83K as ‘Black Monday’ Fears Fade Bitcoin staged a recovery […]

Bitmine Immersion Technologies has added another 12,535 ether to its corporate treasury, extending its uninterrupted weekly buying streak as the company approaches its ambitious goal of controlling 5% of Ethereum’s total supply. Bitmine Inches Closer to 5% ETH Supply Target Bitmine, chaired by Fundstrat co-founder Tom Lee, announced Monday that it now holds 6,041,481 ETH, […]

Strive has added another 1,223 BTC to its corporate treasury, spending approximately $100 million between Oct. 14 and 16 at an average price of $81,734 per bitcoin. The acquisition brings the Nasdaq-listed company’s holdings to 36,818 BTC, worth roughly $3 billion. Meanwhile, Strive is preparing to collect proceeds from a $630 million preferred-stock offering, potentially […]

Nine months after ether treasury giant Bitmine invested $200 million in top YouTuber MrBeast’s company, Beast Industries, MrBeast is promoting Step, his “brand new banking app,” in his videos. However, despite earlier hopes and speculation, the app has not returned to crypto. In an Oct. 17 video about a couple trying to lose weight to […]

Musk posted on social media that he would give one of his SpaceX shares to every kid in America next year, and that this offering would be “the first of many”—without offering more details on how this massive wealth transfer would work. Musk Pledges Over $10 Billion Worth of SpaceX Shares Elon Musk, the richest […]

U.S. crypto ETFs remained under pressure in the week through Oct. 16, with bitcoin funds losing about $229 million and ether ETFs shedding $320 million. The pace of withdrawals eased from the previous week, yet selling spread across all major ETFs as investors continued to reduce risk. Crypto ETF Outflows Drop 52% but All Major […]

Wallets tied to MARA Holdings, one of the largest public bitcoin miners, have moved 1,000 BTC worth about $82.8 million to crypto exchanges in five days, while MARA’s shares have nearly halved in a month. Following the Coins Onchain trackers flagged the transfers early Monday, writing that MARA “appears to be selling” after wallets linked […]

Strategy founder Michael Saylor has added another 267 bitcoin to the company’s enormous treasury, bringing its holdings to 848,517 BTC. The $22.1 million acquisition comes alongside a $193.1 million repurchase of preferred shares and an expansion of Strategy’s digital credit securities repurchase program to $3 billion, revealing a company simultaneously accumulating bitcoin and reshaping its […]

Kucoin recently unveiled an artificial intelligence assistant incorporating strict context isolation and risk controls to prevent prompt-injection attacks and market volatility risks. Addressing Security and Market Risks in Crypto AI As cryptocurrency exchanges scramble to integrate artificial intelligence (AI) across their trading ecosystems, the industry faces an escalating wave of novel security vulnerabilities and operational […]

The Hyperliquid trader behind a $98 million bitcoin long has dumped the position at a loss and moved into $46 million of leveraged Tesla and chip-stock bets, two days before Tesla reports earnings. The Nitty Gritty of the Matter Bitcoin.com News first covered this wallet on Sunday, when it held a 40x bitcoin long worth […]

A photo of a man standing guard in his smashed-up store during France’s riots turned into PIERRE, a Solana meme coin that ran 155x in about nine hours on Sunday. The Photo The image is hard to forget, i.e. a long-haired man in a black T-shirt stands in the doorway of a gutted video game […]

World co-founder Alex Blania has announced the company’s first industry-specific product suite designed to prevent AI-driven impersonation and deepfake fraud across financial institutions. Rising Threats of Synthetic Media World co-founder Alex Blania has unveiled a suite of identity verification technologies designed to combat deepfake fraud and artificial intelligence (AI)-driven impersonation across financial institutions. The announcement […]

Tron pulled in $23.41 million in revenue over the past 30 days, more than Ethereum, Solana, Base and six other networks earned together. The Scoreboard Onchain analytics account Lookonchain flagged the ranking earlier today, noting that Tron currently sits at No. 1 among all chains on 24-hour, 7-day and 30-day revenue. The underlying Defillama revenue […]

Peter Buffett says he didn’t realize Warren Buffett was a billionaire until he was in his 20s, after spotting his father’s name on a Forbes list of the world’s richest people. The episode, which he recalled in a 2013 interview, fits with the family’s famously modest Omaha upbringing, including public school and life in a […]

Park, a 45-year-old Korean influencer known as “Jonber Kim,” was acquitted after prosecutors sought 20 years in prison for allegedly being the leader of a scam coin manipulation scheme. The prosecutors failed to link Park’s deceptive actions to the token buyers’ misperceptions. ‘Coin King Jonber Kim’ Acquitted in Massive Crypto Fraud Case A Seoul court […]

Search teams have located the wreckage of Pan American World Airways Flight 526A, the Douglas DC-4 Clipper Endeavor, nearly 2,000 feet underwater about five miles off Puerto Rico’s northern coast. The Air/Sea Heritage Foundation, working with Deep Sea Vision, found the aircraft on June 2, 2026 using high-resolution sonar, 74 years after the 1952 ditching […]

Lagarde reiterated that Europe is adamant about advancing the digital euro as an efficient digital cash equivalent for retail payments. She stressed that adopting the regulation for the establishment of the digital euro by the end of 2026 was “key” to making this possible. Lagarde Reiterates Digital Euro Push At IMF Meetings The European Central […]

Thirty-nine years after Wall Street’s worst single-day percentage collapse, the calendar is playing a familiar trick. Oct. 19 falls on a Monday again, just as oil tops $100, artificial intelligence stocks buckle, and inflation rattles investors. Social media is sounding the Black Monday alarm, but the parallels with 1987 come with important differences, including safeguards […]

Despite XRP’s sharp decline from its mid-2025 peak, institutional adoption and developer activity on the XRP Ledger remain resilient. Odelia Torteman, head of digital assets at XRPL Commons, argues that expanding enterprise use, real-world asset tokenization and upcoming lending features could generate sustainable demand for XRP. Protocol Architecture Drives Core Demand The convergence of Ripple […]