Geopolitics

According to Channel 10, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in a television interview that he has asked for a plan to use cryptocurrency and blockchain networks to help Israel circumvent possible banking sanctions. He cited the need to prepare an alternative economy, noting "there

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered officials to devise ways to use cryptocurrencies in response to potential banking sanctions, according to a report by Cointelegraph on October 23. Netanyahu described cryptocurrency use as one of several possible responses aimed at circumventing pote

South Korea's government and the Bank of Korea plan to amend the country's Foreign Exchange Transactions Act within 2026 to regulate stablecoins as payment instruments, tightening oversight of digital assets used for cross-border transfers. The Bank of Korea said it is coordinating with the governme

According to Israeli media i24, Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu is seeking to develop a blockchain-based solution to counter potential financial sanctions against Israel, as reported on October 24. Details of the proposed plan and implementation timeline have not yet been

According to The Intercept, the crypto-backed super PAC Fellowship PAC has exclusively supported Democratic candidates since June 2026. The PAC invested $600,000 through Nxum Group to back New York Rep. Ritchie Torres, New Hampshire Rep. Maggie Goodlander, and Virginia Sen. Mark Warner, all viewed a

According to PANews on October 23, China's Cyberspace Administration released the "15th Five-Year Plan for National Informatization," targeting completion of the national blockchain network by 2030 as part of broader digital infrastructure development. The plan aims to establish a comprehensive

According to EDaily, on October 23, South Korea's Financial Services Commission said it will study allowing cryptocurrency exchanges to participate in the securities token (STO) market. The study will examine market conditions, investor protection, licensing framework integration, and concurrent

According to Singapore's Monetary Authority, Malaysia's central bank and Thailand's central bank joined the BLOOM initiative on Friday as policy-making members. BLOOM (Borderless, Liquid, Open, Online, Multi-currency) is a public-private partnership designed to enable financial institutions to

According to Digital Asset, South Korea's central bank will require virtual asset transfer service providers to report end-of-month holdings of users who transferred crypto assets cross-border since July 19, 2024, starting from December 2. Reports must include coin quantity, Korean won value

According to ChainCatcher, the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) launched two parallel consultations on November 18, 2026, to solicit industry feedback on DeFi and its forthcoming crypto asset regulatory framework. The first consultation targets FCA-regulated firms using or facilitating access to

Bitcoin (BTC) has given back this week’s gains, trading at around $81,450 as of Oct. 23. A Circle shareholder has sued Trump and his family’s World Liberty Financial, alleging a $2 billion deal involving a foreign government entity and Binance. The Commodity Markets Council (CMC) urged the CFTC to hold off on approving Kalshi’s proposed perpetual oil futures contracts. Macro Events & Crypto Hot Topics CoinTelegraph reported that a shareholder of Circle Internet Financial, the company behind the

DFINITY founder Dominic Williams alleged today on X that NEAR's Chain Abstraction and Intents rely on a threshold ECDSA algorithm published by DFINITY in 2022, a technology Williams said is exclusively licensed to Internet Computer. Williams also questioned NEAR's decentralization, claiming its

The FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) released its 2025 Internet Crime Report, which said it received 1.009 million internet crime complaints during the year, with reported losses of $20.9 billion. Of those complaints, 181,565 involved cryptocurrency. President Trump held a White House meeting on combating internet crime on October 21, saying that more than 10,000 potential victims had been warned this year and that the FBI had dismantled 20 scam compounds worldwide. FBI IC3 2025 Inter

Bitcoin was trading at $81,365 on October 23, giving back its gains for the week. In U.S. stocks, the Nasdaq closed down 694 points (-2.60%) on October 22 at 26,008.86, with tech stocks serving as the main drag. Key reasons for the decline included concerns over AI capital spending, NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang’s remarks that capital for AI was in short supply, and rising tensions in the Middle East that pushed oil prices to a five-month high. Closing Data for the Three Major U.S. Stock Indices on Oc

According to Israeli.com polling aggregate and Polymarket prediction market, on October 27, Israeli opposition party Yashar is leading in polls with 22.4 seats projected, significantly ahead of PM Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud party at 19.4 seats. Both parties fall short of the 61-seat parliamentary ma

From October 22 to 23, 2026 (UTC), BTC fell 3.68% over 24 hours, trading between $80,935.7 and $84,847.5. However, the daily candle closed 0.22% higher, with an amplitude of 0.26%, suggesting overall short-term stabilization. Market interest increased significantly and volatility picked up, but there was no panic selling. The main driver was a continued rise in oil prices amid escalating tensions in the Middle East. Intensifying geopolitical conflicts involving Iran fueled concerns that shipping

According to JPMorgan analysts led by Nikolaos Panigirtzoglou in a report released on Wednesday, recent U.S. regulatory measures are partially offsetting the negative impact of the Senate's failure to advance the Clarity Act, but political and legal risk premiums will persist until a comprehensive c