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According to the U.S. Department of Justice announced on October 13, authorities in Ghana and Nigeria arrested 28 people during an October 6–9 crackdown on cryptocurrency-linked investment scam networks, identifying $11 million in potentially freezable funds. Ghanaian authorities arrested 19 people in Sasaabi near Accra and seized 303 electronic devices; Nigerian authorities arrested nine people in Delta State and seized 53 devices. The operation, hosted by the UK's National Crime Agency, identi

UOS dropped 11.05% in just 15 minutes today, falling to a current price of $0.002505. The cryptocurrency also declined 6.37% over the past 24 hours, with a trading volume of $48,078 during the same period.

According to Glassnode, altcoins declined over 5% this weekend, marking the largest weekend drop since April amid selling pressure driven by equity market fears. The on-chain analytics firm noted that concerns from traditional equity markets have spilled into the cryptocurrency sector, intensifying selling pressure across altcoin holdings.

zkSync will participate in the Money 20/20 conference in Las Vegas this week, with an important announcement scheduled for Wednesday. The layer-2 scaling solution for Ethereum is engaging with key financial institutions at the event.

According to Bitcoin.com News, a trader on decentralized perpetual platform Hyperliquid held a 1,205.30865 BTC long position worth approximately $97.87 million with 40x isolated leverage as of October 18, 12:25 UTC. The position's average entry price was $81,913.80, with an estimated liquidation price of $79,828. Bitcoin traded at $81,117 on Bitstamp, only 1.59% above the liquidation level. The account faced unrealized losses of approximately $866,500 and funding fee expenses of $87,000, with av

According to Odaily, Charles Schwab has started rolling out external wallet transfer capabilities for Bitcoin and Ethereum to qualified customers as part of a phased rollout. The service supports both deposits to and withdrawals from external wallets, expanding beyond market exposure available solely within investment accounts. The brokerage clarified that Bitcoin and Ethereum holdings are not covered by FDIC insurance and do not qualify as protected bank deposits. The company has indicated plan

According to Odaily, on October 16, Vitalik Buterin launched a paranoia mode for his AI agent designed to hide user identity, request sources, and payment traces. The system integrates zkAPI, Tor, additional obfuscation traffic, and local language model prompt rewriting into an OpenAI-compatible daemon, with an outer wrapper designed for the pi agent framework. The system is now operational on the Ethereum mainnet and supports ETH and USDC deposits. Buterin noted the system is "reasonably usable

According to Bloomberg Intelligence strategist Mike McGlone, on October 16, Bitcoin could fall toward $10,000 if the U.S. stock market suffers a 20% correction. McGlone argued that Bitcoin's recent weakness below $100,000 peaks, combined with rising Treasury yields and tighter monetary conditions, may signal a broader financial-market downturn. The $10,000 scenario would represent an approximately 88% decline from Bitcoin's recent trading levels near $82,000. CryptoQuant founder Ki Young Ju disp

According to Houthi military spokesman Yahya Saree, in the past 24 hours ending October 19, Saudi warplanes conducted 110 airstrikes and missile attacks targeting civilian areas in Sanaa, Hodeidah, Taiz, Amran, Hajah, Saada, Jawf, Dhalea, and Marib provinces. The strikes were carried out by F-15 and Typhoon fighter jets operating from bases in Hamismusheit and Taif, with missile attacks launched from the Najran direction, resulting in over 30 deaths and injuries, mostly women and children. Since

According to Bitcoinist, Ledger unveiled Atom on October 15, a smartphone-like device priced at $849 for its Founders Edition designed to approve sensitive digital activity including crypto transactions, online identity, and AI agent interactions. The device combines Android-based apps with Ledger OS on a separate secure chip; when authorization is needed, the secure operating system controls the display for user verification. The device includes hardware privacy controls for camera and micropho

According to The Distributed, data from October 17 shows that Chainlink's top 50 addresses hold approximately 51.9% of LINK supply, with the top 10 alone accounting for 31.4%. However, these figures do not represent 50 individual investors' holdings. A Binance hot wallet holds about 4.2% of supply, while another Binance wallet holds 2.3%, together accounting for roughly 6.5% of total supply. Separately, Chainlink's community staking pool contains 4.1% of supply, representing pooled deposits from

According to Lebanon Deputy PM, the country has reached an agreement with Israel on gradual Israeli withdrawal from Lebanese territory. However, the official noted the agreement has not yet been implemented.

According to Jin10, citing Israel's Channel 12, Trump stated on October 18 that he intended to support Netanyahu all along but chose not to express it too early. Trump said: "We have a good relationship, and we will continue to work together on many things." When asked if this meant he could not cooperate with other prime ministers, Trump replied: "Maybe I can work with others, maybe I cannot. Why take the risk?"

According to TikTok US spokesperson Mahsau Cullinane, the advertising account for Alex Gibney's Musk documentary has been restored today after being suspended yesterday. Cullinane confirmed the restoration was due to a technical error.

According to the Solana Foundation, the network will activate its Alpenglow consensus upgrade on October 21 around 15:00 UTC, targeting transaction finality of approximately 150 milliseconds compared with the current 12.8 seconds. The upgrade replaces validator voting transactions with direct vote exchanges, removing votes from on-chain blocks. Solana Compass data shows validator votes accounted for roughly 63% of network transactions between October 10 and 12, meaning reported TPS could appear

Nike stock (NYSE: NKE) rallied to $37.13 during the October 18–23 trading week, approximately 16.1% above its October 2 intraday 52-week low of $31.97. The recovery accelerated Thursday with a 5.21% jump, positioning the stock at its strongest close since late September. The immediate battleground is the $37.73–$37.87 resistance area; a sustained break above it would strengthen the near-term bull case, while a reversal toward $35 could reopen durability questions. According to the company's late

According to Russia's Defense Ministry, Russian air defense systems intercepted and destroyed 41 Ukrainian drones on October 18 between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m. Moscow time.

According to an FEC filing signed Oct. 15, Fairshake's Defend American Jobs affiliate disclosed additional spending to oppose Democratic Sen. Sherrod Brown in Ohio, bringing its total outlay against the former Senate Banking Committee chairman to $46.66 million—the crypto industry's most expensive 2026 target. The new filing showed media buys of $5.2 million and roughly $1.95 million, combined with production costs, pushing the campaign well beyond Fairshake's previously announced $30 million sp

According to PPP prediction market tool monitoring, an account (0x89eb83948d44d7b9b5e2c58fb49167b563a3cff9) purchased $82,000 worth of Furia to defeat BetBoom in the CS2 Thunderpick World Championship 2026 final. The account opened 111,801 shares at an average entry price of 74 cents. The match is scheduled to start on October 19 at 00:00 UTC, with a best-of-five format determining the champion.

According to Jin10, the Islamic Cooperation Organization Foreign Ministers Council's 52nd session concluded on October 18 in Baghdad, approving the Baghdad Declaration. Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Hussein announced that Iraq is coordinating with Iran and Gulf states to facilitate talks between them in Baghdad.