Archives for October 9, 2026

In a normal bell-shaped distribution, about 95% of moves fall within 2-sigma, and 99.7% within three. That makes a 3-sigma move rare, which is why traders use it to flag outsized swings. A high count indicates an asset remains prone to sudden jolts, even if its overall volatility is cooling. The findings suggest bitcoin has […]

Daily active addresses averaged about 322,000 in the latest week, down 31% from mid-September, suggesting fewer people, and fewer of the trading bots they run, are using the chain each day. The drop is likely smaller in human terms than the raw number implies, since one trader can run many addresses and a single automated […]

An attacker could have, theoretically, open hundreds of accounts, have each one offer a tiny amount of a token in exchange for an unusually large amount of XRP, then send a single payment that bought every offer at once. The total XRP owed would be too large for the software to count correctly, so the […]

The gap between interest and understanding remains wide. Only 6% of respondents demonstrated an accurate understanding of how stablecoins work, Visa said, while 49% of people aware of them thought they could only be used to buy and sell cryptocurrencies. Concerns about fraud and scams were the most commonly cited obstacle among respondents who were […]

The “interim final” status of the one rule means it becomes immediate policy but will be open for public input as it’s implemented. The other rule proposal explicitly folds “event contracts, including those based on sports, politics, cultural, and weather-related events” that are routinely traded on such firms as Kalshi and Polymarket into the existing […]

Robinhood Chain, the popular Layer-2 blockchain tailor-made for tokenized real-world financial assets, is evaluating a transaction-ordering system that would allow users to pay a fee to prioritize certain trades, according to a person familiar with the matter. The technology is being developed by Arbitrum, which provides the infrastructure behind Robinhood Chain. The system, which isn’t […]

New York Attorney General Letitia James said Friday she secured up to $35 million from former Celsius CEO Alex Mashinsky and a permanent ban preventing him from working in the securities, commodities or cryptocurrency industries. James sued Mashinsky in 2023 according to a press release, saying he misled hundreds of thousands of investors, including more […]

As a precaution, the company said it asked CryptoBilis to pause all sales and shipments while its investigation continues. Ledger advised customers who purchased devices from the reseller within the past 90 days not to begin setting them up. Those who have already activated their wallets should consider moving their assets to a new Ledger […]

“The discount BitGo received was conditional on the tokens remaining locked, and they were moved to exchanges roughly two months before the first unlock,” DWF said, according to the FT’s report. “We raised this with BitGo in April and May, and with no undertaking forthcoming, court action became necessary.” DWF bought $25 million of WLFI […]

Using fresh addresses keeps keys hidden before spending, and the proposed signatures are intended to protect the payment when spending makes its approval public. Zakura’s post comes on the heels of a warning by Ethereum researcher Justin Drake, who on Thursday urged holders to prepare for a so-called “bunker mode,” warning that AI could find […]