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The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) arrested three individuals as part of an operation targeting an organized criminal group involved in insider dealing and money laundering. The operation was conducted in partnership with the National Crime Agency (NCA) and involved searches at five residential p

Tom Lee, chairman of Bitmine Immersion Technologies, warned that South Korea's equity market rout could spill into cryptocurrency markets, specifically impacting Ethereum price levels. South Korea's KOSPI fell more than 6% on October 13 in a technology-led selloff, with emergency trading controls re

The International Monetary Fund issued a report warning that a financial collapse in the AI sector could trigger global economic contagion by 2028. The IMF's Global Financial Stability Report identified circular investment patterns and leveraged debt as key vulnerabilities, with 14 public

Tether invested in EFY Finance through the company's seed round, announced on 13 October. The deal backs a platform that settles USDT and USAT payments to local accounts in 17 countries. EFY has more than 25,000 active individual and business accounts, with conversion services spanning more than 12

U.S. spot XRP ETFs extended inflows to 13 weeks, attracting $11.3 million between October 5 and October 9. XRP declined 7.3% from $1.52 to $1.40 during the period, briefly touching $1.32, while cumulative XRP ETF inflows approached $1.8 billion. The divergence highlights a disconnect between

Ripple signed a strategic partnership with South Korea's Meritz Securities, announced October 14, marking its fourth institutional agreement in the country and its first with a securities firm. The partnership will explore integrating Ripple Custody and tokenization infrastructure into Meritz Securi

Coins.ph denied reports on October 14 that its license to operate in the Philippines could be revoked over suspected transactions involving offshore gambling operators. The exchange stated customer funds remain safe and it continues to operate under authorization from the Bangko Sentral ng

SK Hynix presented high-bandwidth flash (HBF) and 3D stacked DRAM as next-generation AI memory solutions at Semiconductor Exhibition 2026 (SEDEX 2026) held at Coex in Seoul on Oct. 14. Ahn Hyun, SK Hynix's chief development officer, stated the technologies

Apple, Amazon and Microsoft announced new AI-powered consumer devices in the past week, aiming to bring generative artificial intelligence into homes ahead of the holiday season. The tech companies unveiled improved personal assistants and on-device AI chips across new laptops, tablets, phones and s

Jesse has forecasted a new supercycle in the cryptocurrency market, drawing parallels to stablecoin growth, as tokenized equities reached $3.3 billion over the past 18 months. The forecast highlights momentum driven by the structural similarities between tokenized equity expansion and the earlier ra

Solana officially announced its Breakpoint 2026 event, scheduled from November 1-17. The event will showcase the platform's latest technological advancements and feature activities including Hacker House, Demo Day, and Community Awards. The announcement signals Solana's focus on innovation and

An Ethereum early adopter who purchased ETH at $14 nine years ago deposited 6,369 ETH, valued at approximately $15.95 million, into Kraken around 40 minutes before a tweet by commentator @lookonchain. The transaction highlights significant whale activity amid a crypto market exhibiting mixed

Indian startup Scimplify raised $25 million in an all-equity strategic round led by Hitachi Ventures to expand its AI-powered approach to producing specialty chemicals and critical materials. Customers Henkel and Teknor Apex joined as new investors, alongside existing backers Accel India,

Danaher Corporation announced on Wednesday that it is collaborating with NVIDIA to advance autonomous science by integrating AI into scientific instruments. The partnership combines Danaher's scientific instruments, automation technologies, laboratory workflow software and domain expertise with NVID

SpaceX (NASDAQ: SPCX) fell 4.2% to $156.54 on 13 October after the Federal Aviation Administration published a notice of intent to prepare a programmatic environmental impact statement for Starship-Super Heavy operations at Boca Chica, Texas. The filing, docket FAA-2026-12808, covers a proposed

FBI arrested OpenAI engineer Abdulrahman Alfozan on 9 October, charging him with intercepting oral communications after a recording device was discovered plugged into a USB port behind a television in an executive conference room at the company's San Francisco offices. The 35-year-old Saudi

Former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried is pursuing a US Supreme Court appeal after his 2023 conviction and a Second Circuit court rejection in 2026. Jeffrey Fisher, counsel at Hecker Fink LLP representing Bankman-Fried, told Cointelegraph the former executive seeks Supreme Court review while also pursuing

Saifedean Ammous, author of 'The Bitcoin Standard,' stated in a Tuesday X post that Bitcoin already functions as a medium of exchange and that volatility's effect on that function is likely to diminish. Ammous wrote that Bitcoin can serve as a medium of exchange as it becomes less volatile than