Utah Officials to Seek Up to $60M from Kalshi in Lawsuit
Update (Oct. 20, 9:53 pm UTC): This article has been updated to include a statement from Kalshi.Utah Attorney General Derek Brown announced a lawsuit against Kalshi, its affiliates and two Susquehanna trading companies, alleging that the…
Crypto Shutdowns Surge as Funding and Revenue Dry Up
Crypto researcher Stacy Muur has identified 82 digital asset projects and protocols that have reportedly shut down in 2026, raising questions about the financial sustainability of businesses across decentralized finance, blockchain…
Bitcoin Briefly Passes $83,000 as Stocks Rise on US Q3 Earnings Beats
Bitcoin (BTC) returned to $83,000 after Tuesday’s Wall Street open as US stocks gained on strong earnings reports.Key points:Bitcoin gained up to 1.5%, joining upside in US stocks on the back of some higher-than-expected Q3 earnings…
Bitcoin, Ethereum, and XRP Reach Critical Support Zones: Here Are the Levels to Watch
TLDR:
Bitcoin must hold $81,000, the lower boundary of its daily rising channel, to target $84,000 and $86,500.
A break below $81,000 would shift Bitcoin’s focus to $76,000 as the next downside level to watch.
Ethereum must…
Fairshake PAC Spends Big on Candidate in California’s New 14th district
Protect Progress, an affiliate of the cryptocurrency-aligned Fairshake super political action committee (PAC), reported spending $362,000 on ads to support a Democrat in California’s 14th congressional district, just weeks after she won a…
XRP Ledger Bug Fixes Set for Friday Activation as DeFi Lending Awaits Approval
The lending amendments each had 19 yes votes on October 19, ten short of the 29 needed to begin the required activation countdown.
The XRP Ledger’s fixCleanup3_4_0…
Justin Sun Sours on Bitcoin and Arthur Hayes Isn’t Buying His Argument
Key TakeawaysJustin Sun said in a recent interview that AI and quantum risks have made him more bearish on bitcoin.Arthur Hayes believes address hygiene and newer signatures can handle quantum risk adequately.Bitcoin is trading near $81,900…
Starknet Opens Vote on Potential Ethereum L2 Exit
Ethereum layer-2 network Starknet has opened a non-binding vote asking STRK holders whether it should explore becoming an independent, post-quantum layer-1 blockchain.On Thursday, Starknet opened a seven-day poll, which offers three…
But Should You Really Be?
Is the OG meme coin about to stage a major comeback?
We’re far from the meme-coin hype that rattled crypto markets, where new tokens were popping up left and right to…
Viral French Shopkeeper Turned Into a Million-Dollar Meme Coin Overnight
Key TakeawaysPIERRE climbed from a $9,700 to over $1.7M market cap on Oct. 19, with $5.9M traded on Pumpswap in 24 hours.One Pump.fun trader turned $200 into $34,000, while 96.8% of 413,579 wallets made under $500 or lost money.France…