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The Basis Ledger

Gathered from the major desks

The Wire

Headlines as they are published, grouped when several desks report the same story, with paid posts left out. Each one links to the desk that wrote it.

Monday, October 19, 2026

  1. CoinDesk
    Deutsche Bank targets Asia crypto custody expansion in 2027 as German launch nears

    BTCETHUSDC

Sunday, October 18, 2026

  1. NewsBTC
    Solana’s Tokenized Asset Market Grows More Than Sixfold In A Year

    SOLETH

  2. The Block+1 deskMajor
    Cysic suspends bridge after attacker mints tokens and moves $727,000 to Ethereum

    ETHBNB

  3. CryptoSlate
    Two Aave stablecoin backstops shrank $12.4 million as reward rates rose

    AAVEETH

  4. CryptoSlate
    Claude unpicks an NSA mystery behind Ethereum passkey security

    ETH

  5. NewsBTC+1 deskNotable
    XRP ETFs End 13-Week Inflow Run With $1.84 Million In Withdrawals

    XRPETHBTC

  6. NewsBTCNotable
    Ethereum ETFs Lose $320 Million In A Week As Bitcoin Outflows Slow

    ETHBTC

Saturday, October 17, 2026

  1. NewsBTC
    Charles Schwab Opens Bitcoin And Ethereum Transfers As Crypto Rollout Expands

    ETHBTC

  2. CryptoSlate
    Ethereum sets October 26 for Hoodi’s 200 million gas test

    ETH

  3. Bitcoinist
    OpenAI Agent Takes Ethereum From Unauthorized Wallet After Running Out Of Gas

    ETH

Friday, October 16, 2026

  1. The Block
    How Ethereum Works

    ETH

  2. Decrypt+1 desk
    OpenAI Model Used Testnet Ethereum Wallet Without Permission to Finish Coding Task

    ETH

  3. CoinDesk
    Live updates: Bitcoin back above $82,000, ZEC jumps 11% as ETF outflows continue

    BTCZECETHSOL

  4. Decrypt
    What Is a Hardware Wallet? Crypto Cold Storage Explained

    ETHBTC

  5. CoinDesk
    XRP has failed to make holders rich like bitcoin and ether. Here’s why

    BTCETHXRP

  6. CoinDesk
    An OpenAI agent ran out of Ethereum funds, and took from a wallet it did not own

    ETH

Thursday, October 15, 2026

  1. Cointelegraph+1 desk
    Scammer loses $4.8M stored on tampered Ledgers: Asia Express

    BTCETH

  2. CryptoSlate
    Machi loses $269,000 on ETH, then opens another long seven minutes later

    ETHHYPE

  3. Decrypt
    Ethereum, Altcoins See 'Outsized Drawdowns' Due to Macro Pressures

    ETHSOLXRP

  4. CryptoSlate
    Ethereum’s faster-exit plan would leave new validators waiting to earn

    ETH

  5. Cointelegraph+1 desk
    Starknet opens vote on potential Ethereum L2 exit over quantum risks

    ETH

  6. Cointelegraph
    Thailand crypto ETFs may see slow start despite new rules: CoinShares

    BTCETH

  7. CoinDeskNotable
    Nearly $1 billion in crypto bets liquidated as bitcoin, ether and XRP slide

    BTCETHXRP

  8. Cointelegraph
    VanEck seeks to withdraw application for Lido staked Ether ETF

    ETHLDO

Wednesday, October 14, 2026

  1. Decrypt
    Russia's Biggest Bank Sberbank Wins Approval to Trade Bitcoin

    BTCETHUSDT

  2. CryptoSlate
    Ethereum’s quantum race takes a new turn as zkSync courts banks and Starknet weighs exit

    ETH

  3. Bitcoin Magazine+1 desk
    Standard Chartered Debuts Bitcoin Trading For Wealthy UAE Clients

    BTCETH

  4. CoinDesk+1 deskNotable
    Standard Chartered unlocks direct bitcoin and ether trading for affluent UAE clients

    BTCETH

Tuesday, October 13, 2026

  1. CryptoSlate
    Ethereum Name Service plans major .eth overhaul with one irreversible catch for domain holders

    ETH

  2. The Block+1 desk
    Interactive Brokers expands crypto services with Ethereum staking via Zerohash

    ETH

  3. Cointelegraph
    Russia clears Sberbank for crypto trading ahead of December launch

    BTCUSDTETH

  4. Cointelegraph
    ENS seeks DAO approval to activate upgraded Ethereum naming system

    ETH

  5. CoinDesk
    Bitcoin, ether slip and rebound as South Korean stocks slide on AI-related concerns

    BTCETH

  6. CoinDesk
    Russia’s largest bank Sberbank secures approval to trade crypto

    USDTBTCETH

  7. CoinDesk+1 deskMajor
    Once-largest Ethereum NFT marketplace Blur is shutting down after volumes collapse 99%

    ETH

Monday, October 12, 2026

  1. CoinDeskNotable
    Tom Lee sees $2 trillion wealth transfer fueling crypto demand as Bitmine buys more ether

    ETH

  2. CryptoSlate
    Bitcoin’s rebound approaches the $85,000 zone where past buyers may sell

    BTCETH

  3. The Block
    Bitmine adds 12,532 ETH as Tom Lee flags potential ‘largest-ever’ crypto bull market

    ETH

  4. Decrypt
    Bitmine Adds $32M in Ethereum as Tom Lee Says Firm Is Nearly 'Done Stacking'

    ETH

  5. CryptoSlateNotable
    Thailand wants a piece of the $120 billion Bitcoin and Ethereum ETF market, but on its own terms

    ETHBTC

  6. CoinDesk
    U.S. inflation, Ethereum upgrade talks: Crypto Week Ahead

    ETH

Sunday, October 11, 2026

  1. CryptoSlate
    Starknet considers leaving Ethereum for a quantum-resistant Layer 1

    ETH

  2. The Block
    Trader nets $1.28 million on new 1,000x exchange Papertrade by moving Hyperliquid’s ETH prices

    HYPEETH

  3. CryptoSlate
    Optimism’s Unichain deal will put more chains under one operator

    ETH

  4. Decrypt
    Bitcoin, Ethereum and Solana ETFs All in the Red for October

    ETHBTCSOL

  5. CryptoSlateNotable
    XRP ETFs extend a 13-week inflow streak as Bitcoin, Ethereum and Solana funds shed $1.25 billion

    ETHBTCSOLXRP

Saturday, October 10, 2026

  1. The Block+1 deskNotable
    Ether ETFs extend outflow streak to nine days as Solana funds snap record 14-week inflow run

    SOLETHBTCXRP

  2. CoinDesk
    One year after 10/10, bitcoin and ether liquidity have rebuilt, but other altcoins still face risks

    BTCETH

Friday, October 9, 2026

  1. CryptoSlate
    ETH fee burns cover just 2% of new coins printed in 2026

    ETH

  2. CryptoSlate
    Hoskinson says Vitalik’s AI warning could delay the internet’s quantum defenses

    ETHADA

  3. CryptoSlate
    Ethereum’s proposed safety checks could still let a bad trade through

    ETH

  4. CryptoSlate
    Ethereum open interest rose 2.3% in ETH on Binance as its dollar value fell 6.6%

    ETHUSDT

  5. Decrypt
    Ethereum L2 Starknet Jumps 20% After Saying It Wants to Become an L1

    ETH

  6. CoinDesk+1 deskMajor
    Ledger investigates potential wallet tampering after reports of $86 million in crypto stolen

    ETHBTCTRX

  7. CoinDesk
    Bitcoin steadies near $82,500 after Trump rules out Iran strike before midterms

    BTCETH

  8. The BlockMajor
    Thailand SEC issues bitcoin and ether ETF rules set to take effect Oct. 16

    BTCETH

  9. CoinDesk
    Thailand opens door to locally listed bitcoin and ether ETFs

    BTCETH

  10. CointelegraphNotable
    Bitcoin, Ether ETFs’ October outflows swell toward $1B

    BTCETH

  11. CoinDesk
    Live updates: XRP ETFs the only ones in green as BTC, ETH, ZEC funds post outflows

    BTCETHXRPZEC

  12. CoinDesk
    Ether bets were wiped out at six times bitcoin’s rate in crypto’s $1 billion flush

    BTCETH