Key Takeaways Brad Garlinghouse linked RLUSD’s expansion to greater XRP liquidity and utility. Ripple focused on integrating businesses acquired for $2.5 billion in 2025. Treasury and prime brokerage offered paths to move more activity onchain. Garlinghouse Reaffirms XRP as Ripple’s North Star Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse reiterated his longstanding commitment to XRP in an interview…
Key Takeaways Gnosis Pay detected unauthorized access on Nov. 3, 2026, and disclosed the data breach Nov. 6, initiating containment within two hours of detection. Rotki founder Lefteris Karapetsas reported that exposed information included his full name, home address, card number and linked cryptocurrency wallet addresses. The affected consumer card system is scheduled for retirement…
Key Takeaways Soloblocks.io recorded 36 solo-style Bitcoin blocks from Feb. 11 through Nov. 7, 2026, with rewards ranging from 3.1268 BTC to 3.1968 BTC. Solo Satoshi reported that a NerdQAxe++ Rev 6 successfully found block 974238, although that block is not included in Soloblocks.io’s dataset because it wasn’t a true solo block and the miner…
Key Takeaways Polymarket traders assign a 52% probability to bitcoin’s price touching $70,000 before 2027, compared with 24% for $90,000. Kalshi’s two leading year-end price brackets carry a combined 35.1% implied probability. November contracts favor a test of $72,500 over a return to $90,000, although prices and probabilities vary across platforms. As of noon Eastern…
Key Takeaways The SEC’s proposal, identified as RIN 3235-AN48, is undergoing White House regulatory review, with no public release date established. Four existing securities rules governing broker-dealer capital, customer protection and recordkeeping are under consideration. Democrats assume control of Congress on Jan. 3, 2027, creating potential political obstacles for President Donald Trump’s cryptocurrency policies. SEC…
Key Takeaways Mercadopago and Nubank paused crypto transfers, citing issues with an external risk monitoring provider. The sudden disruption sparked unconfirmed social media rumors of a cyberattack on their custodian, Paxos. This fuels regional crypto anxiety, coming just days after a $46M digital asset theft at Mercado Bitcoin. Mercadopago and Nubank Stop Crypto Deposits and…
Key Takeaways Bitcoin difficulty peaked at 155.97T on Oct. 29, 2025, and has not returned there for 374 days. The streak beats 2011-2012’s 364 days and the 253-day gap after China’s 2021 mining ban. Mempool.space projects a roughly 3.7% difficulty drop around Nov. 13, pushing a new high further out. A Record Nobody Wanted Economist…
Key Takeaways ED officers searched three Bengaluru premises tied to CoinDCX and Delta Exchange India on Nov. 4 and 5. The ED alleges rupee deposits became USDT sent to Binance, Kucoin and Bybit through a Costa Rica firm. Delta Exchange India denies any cross-border transfers, and CoinDCX has not yet commented on the probe. The…
Key Takeaways Former FBI agent Patrick Steven Yaroch pleaded guilty to stealing $2.47 million in cryptocurrency through approximately 100 unauthorized transfers involving wallets tied to 35 FBI investigations. Yaroch laundered the stolen funds through cryptocurrency transactions, used proceeds to pay personal debts, and explored relocating to Portugal, including plans to purchase a vineyard. The thefts…
Key Takeaways A French crypto holder was sentenced to 30 months in prison after firing a gun at his attempted kidnappers. The prosecutor ruled the shot was an act of revenge, not self-defense, since the attackers were fleeing. The event highlights a surge in French crypto-targeted violence, with over 70 cases reported by June. Kidnapping…
