Thursday, 29 October 2026
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Brent crude, the global benchmark price for oil, jumped 2.6% to $111.66 a barrel on Thursday, its highest level in five months, as AI-linked stocks slid and dragged markets lower from Asia to Wall Street.
Solana just lost a key technical level while ETF demand collapsed and a major network upgrade looms two weeks out. Whether SOL finds a floor or breaks into the $80s depends on a Fed decision and a blockchain activation …
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Fireblocks has denied a report that Visa is in late-stage talks to buy the institutional crypto custody and stablecoin infrastructure firm for around $2.5 billion.
Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), one of crypto's most influential venture capital backers, is dropping "crypto" from the name of its investment arm and expanding into artificial intelligence and other emerging technologies, …
Cryptocurrency custody firm Fireblocks dismissed reports it is in talks with Visa (V) to be acquired for $2.5 billion.
According to BlocksBridge, Bitcoin’s mining difficulty is rising despite the industry’s AI transition, with smaller operators potentially absorbing equipment abandoned by larger competitors.
SpaceX is offering employees a 20% salary increase to temporarily relocate to Memphis, Tennessee, or Southaven, Mississippi, to help expand its AI data centres and the Colossus supercomputer, NewsBytes reported. The com…
Evernorth holds more than 473 million XRP, making it the largest publicly traded XRP treasury. Its CEO, Asheesh Birla, says the company will deliberately move slowly in deciding how to earn a return on those tokens.
The new funding option, expected to launch later this year, will allow eligible Underdog users to deposit digital assets around the clock.
Coinbase Ireland was hit with a 3.25 million-euro ($3.6 million) fine from the country’s central bank over alleged breaches of its safeguarding and outsourcing obligations.
Bitcoin’s $81,500 support zone is critical; a breakdown could expose $76,596, while reclaiming $89,000 would strengthen bullish momentum.
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DWF Labs research finds that Bitcoin ETF flows follow past BTC price movements rather than predict future returns, with investors buying rallies and selling dips.
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Thailand’s SEC says several asset managers have sought consultations on spot crypto ETFs, but it cannot confirm whether the first funds will launch in 2026.
Some of the biggest U.S. banks have discovered an uninvited presence inside their customers’ accounts: autonomous AI agents logging in, sometimes with the customer’s own credentials, and occasionally taking actions that…
CoinDCX said it covered losses caused by a failed transfer process involving compromised wallets and credited all affected user accounts.
SoFi Bank launched SoFi Earn, a tokenized deposit paying 4.40% APY with FDIC coverage, allowing users to convert funds to stablecoins 24/7.
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Bitcoin reversed a run toward $85,000 after Tesla reported lower-than-expected capital expenditure in Q3.
The UK’s 2027 crypto rules risk a de facto ban on regulated firms providing access to DeFi, argues Coinbase’s European policy head Katie Harries.
CoinDCX said the suspicious activity on its TQKJQ wallet came from deposit addresses that were compromised in its July 2025 security breach and later retired. According to the exchange, some users kept sending crypto to…