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Seoul Southern District Court Civil Division 51 granted provisional injunctions on the 2nd for KOSPI-listed Juyeon Tech and KOSDAQ-listed KM Pharmaceutical against Korea Exchange, halting delisting decisions. The court ruled that the accelerated implementation of strengthened market capitalization d

Software engineer and XRP commentator Vincent Van Code argued that XRP could reach $100 within three years, pushing back against critics who claim a credible path to such a price would already have driven XRP to $20. Van Code stated that markets do not necessarily price distant outcomes

Anchorage Digital cut 17% of its workforce during the past week, CEO Nathan McCauley informed employees according to people familiar with the matter. The reduction occurred eight months after Tether made a $100 million strategic equity investment that valued the federally chartered crypto bank at $4

Ethereum closed near $2,687 on Oct. 4, after briefly reaching $2,765 a day earlier, according to CoinCodex historical data. The pullback reflects ETH's repeated failure to establish $2,800 as support, a technical resistance level that has capped upward momentum throughout recent trading sessions. Th

Meta and Oura confronted privacy concerns and market uncertainty this week as AI wearables' adoption momentum slowed. Smart ring maker Oura postponed its IPO on Tuesday citing "uncertainty in the IPO market". Meta's Ray-Ban AI glasses faced backlash as "pervert glasses" following unauthorized

Two long-term Bitcoin holders executed a transaction for 0.0005 BTC, valued at approximately $43, after 13 years of dormancy. The holders originally purchased 1,346 BTC for about $240,000, now worth an estimated $115 million. This activity has drawn attention from traders and market analysts

The New York Times dispatched a reporter to shadow CZ Binance in Abu Dhabi for an in-depth profile. The feature reveals insights into his life after prison, including personal habits and royal diplomacy. Binance is one of the largest cryptocurrency exchanges in the world, and the profile provides pr

Solana generated $365 million in app revenue during Q3, marking a 42.6% increase quarter-over-quarter. This week, the blockchain platform announced its tenth consecutive quarter leading app revenue in the crypto ecosystem. The milestone coincides with Fiserv's launch of a digital asset platform on S

On September 1, 2026, the main provisions of Law No. 282-FZ “On Digital Currencies and Digital Rights” came into force, allowing individuals to buy and sell cryptocurrencies through professional market participants. The law creates special infrastructure for transferring cryptocurrency into the regulated framework, but does not require individuals to transfer digital assets they already own. Cryptocurrency owners may still store their assets in personal “cold” wallets and other addresses not adm

Bitcoin is trading near $84,912 according to CoinCodex data, with the broader crypto market modestly higher. BTC has spent much of the past two weeks consolidating between support in the low-$80,000s and resistance near $87,000, remaining below the recent $87,000–$87,300 swing high. The

Japan launched a new tax system aimed at detecting undeclared crypto assets, while the Philippine Central Bank restricted certain cryptocurrencies. The initiatives reflect a broader regulatory trend across Asia, with South Korea also planning to regulate tokenization of traditional financial assets

Amir Barati, an Iranian-Turkish national, was extradited to the United States from Montenegro on October 1 over his alleged involvement in a $3.4 billion hacking scheme that targeted numerous universities and companies. Montenegrin police arrested Barati in June at the FBI's request. The

Spot gold closed at $4,140.06 per ounce on Oct. 2, 2026, down 0.9% on the day and approximately 3.4% on the week, according to Reuters. COMEX gold futures settled 1% lower at $4,162.30 after an earlier intraday gain of more than 1%. The decline followed the release of a weak US September jobs

RippleX engineering leader Ayo Akinyele highlighted privacy as a key requirement for XRPL adoption during XRP Seoul 2026, emphasizing that regulated finance needs confidentiality without sacrificing auditability and neutrality of public blockchain infrastructure. The announcement builds on Ripple's

Doppler Finance disclosed in a recent platform update that its XRP and RLUSD yield vaults have attracted more than $150 million from over 14,000 investors since launching in February 2025. The infrastructure

Japan added cryptocurrency exchange Garantex to its asset freeze list on October 2, targeting 33 entities and nine individuals in its latest round of sanctions against Russia. The sanctions restrict payments and capital transactions with those named, following earlier actions by the United States an

The US Navy uses Xbox-style controllers to operate anti-drone laser weapons deployed on warships in the Strait of Hormuz. According to Interesting Engineering, the controllers deliver targeting precision and rapid user inputs, while many sailors are already familiar with the basic layout, making tra

NEAR Protocol shared updates on its advancements in scalability and quantum security earlier today through a tweet. The announcement garnered significant engagement with 472 likes and 61 retweets. As blockchain platforms face increasing demand for resilient and secure solutions, NEAR Protocol's

TARA experienced a 15.2% price surge in five minutes, reaching $0.00003099, amid heightened social media buzz and increased trading activity. The cryptocurrency showed a 12.69% increase in the last hour with $61,665 in trading volume over 24 hours. The rapid price movement occurred within a