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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.

Wednesday, October 7, 2026

  1. CryptoSlate
    SEC drops to 2 members, and 1 hidden rule shifts crypto power
  2. CointelegraphMajor
    Bitcoin.de trading remains halted as German regulator rejects MiCA application

    BTC

  3. CryptoSlate
    Open USD supply hits $666 million as 10 wallets trap most tokens

Tuesday, October 6, 2026

  1. Decrypt
    Circle Welcomes DJ Khaled to 'Team USDC' and Crypto Twitter Is Furious

    USDC

  2. CryptoSlate
    Bitcoin rally delivers $4.1 billion tax windfall for Strategy

    BTC

  3. Bitcoin Magazine
    Crypto Card Payments Hit Record $12.5 Billion as Stablecoin Adoption Surges

    BTC

  4. Bitcoin Magazine
    $350M St Cloud CEO: The First Credit Union to Put Bitcoin on Core Ledger | Jed Meyer

    BTC

  5. Bitcoin Magazine
    Housingwire’s Logan Mohtashami: Real Estate vs Bitcoin & Bond Market Outlook

    BTC

  6. Bitcoin Magazine
    Leon Wankum: BTC Taking on Real Estate’s $300T Monetary Premium

    BTC

  7. Bitcoin Magazine
    StoneX’s Mark Palmer: $435 MSTR Price Target Explained – DAT Consolidation Outlook

    BTC

  8. Bitcoin Magazine
    Bitcoin Privacy Legend Amir Taaki Deported From Singapore

    BTC

  9. CointelegraphNotable
    Conduit sues Tether over allegedly freezing $2.8M without explanation

    USDT

  10. CointelegraphMajor
    Winklevoss-backed Zcash ETF files with SEC for Nasdaq listing

    ZEC

  11. CryptoSlate
    US services price gauge hits a four-year high, clouding Bitcoin’s rate-relief outlook

    BTC

  12. Decrypt
    Pudgy Penguins' Ethereum Layer-2 Abstract Is Shutting Down

    ETH

  13. Bitcoin Magazine
    The Real Estate Market Is Dead in Spain. Long Live Bitcoin.

    BTC

  14. The Block+2 desksMajor
    Pudgy Penguins-backed Ethereum L2 Abstract to shut down after losing ‘tens of millions’

    ETH

  15. CryptoSlate
    3 countries control 66% of Bitcoin mining, but 1 rival is gaining

    BTC

  16. Cointelegraph
    UK names 6 banks to lead first digitally native government bond
  17. Bitcoin Magazine
    OKX Gets New Funding From Circle, Standard Chartered at $25B Valuation

    BTC

  18. Decrypt
    Another Zcash ETF Is Coming: Winklevoss Twins File for 'WINK'

    ZEC

  19. CryptoSlate
    FinCEN drops crypto mixing proposal as backlash kills rule
  20. The Block+1 deskMajor
    Conduit sues Tether over $2.76 million freeze, says it has ‘no legal entitlement’ to funds

    USDT

  21. Cointelegraph
    Affluent investors seen boosting crypto exposure: Survey
  22. Cointelegraph
    Bitcoin grinds toward $87K as US equities hit new record highs

    BTC

  23. Cointelegraph
    Securitize stock jumps 8% amid South Korea tokenization push
  24. CryptoSlateNotable
    DOJ presses Tornado Cash prosecution as Treasury drops mixer reporting plan

    BTC

  25. CoinDesk
    Peter Thiel-backed Founders Fund leads a $5 million token buy in crypto collateral protocol Anvil
  26. CoinDesk
    Crypto is expanding the boundaries of what can be priced
  27. The Block
    Winklevoss group seeks to launch Zcash ETF with 0.25% fee, proposed WINK ticker

    ZEC

  28. Decrypt
    Bitcoin Falls Asleep, But Privacy Coins Zcash and Monero Are Waking Up

    BTCXMRZECETH

  29. Cointelegraph
    ECB policymaker warns of fragmentation without digital euro
  30. Bitcoin Magazine
    BlackRock Says AI Agents Could Be the Next Big Driver of Crypto Demand

    BTC

  31. Bitcoinist
    Binance bStocks Will Reinvest Oracle And Marvell Dividends Onchain
  32. Bitcoinist
    KuCoin Adds Nike, Accenture And Shipping ETF Perpetuals With 20x Leverage

    USDT

  33. Bitcoinist
    Crypto.com Adds Insilico Terminal For Advanced Spot And Derivatives Trading
  34. Bitcoinist
    Binance Pay Offers 20% Mobile Top-Up Discount Across 10 Markets

    USDT

  35. Bitcoinist
    OKX Money Launches Stablecoin Savings And Cards In Standalone App
  36. Bitcoinist
    Binance Adds Four More Stock Perpetuals With Up To 20x Leverage

    USDT

  37. Bitcoinist
    Binance Launches AI Suite With Agent OS And Automated Trading Workflows
  38. NewsBTC
    Fairshake Backs 32 House Candidates As Crypto Election Spending Ramps Up
  39. NewsBTC
    CFTC Lets Exchanges Convert Index Futures Into True Perpetual Contracts
  40. NewsBTC
    Startale Opens Japan Digital Bond Paying Interest And Principal In JPYSC
  41. NewsBTC
    Bringin Opens Euro Business Accounts Built Around Self-Custody Bitcoin

    BTC

  42. NewsBTC
    Genius Group Restarts Bitcoin Buying With 10 BTC Purchase

    BTC

  43. NewsBTC
    Hyperscale Data Says Bitcoin And Cash Reserves Reach $56.4M

    BTC

  44. NewsBTC
    CFTC Opens Rulemaking Push For Retail Leveraged Crypto Markets
  45. CryptoSlate
    Ripple and Circle backs OKX as it targets the next wave of stablecoin users

    XRP

  46. Bitcoin Magazine
    Treasury Drops Crypto Surveillance Proposals

    BTC

  47. Bitcoin Magazine
    Ecash Ecosystem Rises to Challenge in the Defense of Decentralized Custody

    BTC

  48. DecryptMajor
    Flash Loan Attacks Drained $1.2B From DeFi Between 2020 and 2024: Study
  49. CoinDesk
    OKX draws investment from StanChart, Circle, Ripple as it pushes beyond crypto exchange roots

    XRP

  50. The Block
    Solana treasury DeFi Development authorizes CHAD preferred stock buyback program

    SOL

  51. CryptoSlateNotable
    Ethereum bears keep selling but ETH stays near $2,700 as US spot ETFs record $206 million in outflows

    ETH

  52. The Block+2 desks
    Brevan Howard to use Ripple Prime for multi-asset brokerage, clearing and financing

    XRP

  53. The Block
    Polymarket rolls out V2 upgrade with single ERC-1155 positions contract, pUSD collateral
  54. CointelegraphNotable
    Ethereum’s Glamsterdam upgrade launches on Sepolia testnet

    ETH

  55. Cointelegraph
    Capital starting to rotate back to crypto from AI: Raoul Pal

    ETHSOL

  56. Cointelegraph
    Capital starting to rotate back to crypto from AI: Raoul Pal

    ETHSOL

  57. CoinDesk
    Arbitrum joins Paxos-led stablecoin group Global Dollar to capture digital dollar growth

    ARBETH