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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.

Friday, October 9, 2026

  1. Bitcoin Magazine
    Calamos Investments CEO John Koudounis: Bitcoin Will Hit $1M by 2030

    BTC

  2. Decrypt
    Bitcoin Bleeds in Uptober—How Low Can It Go? Experts Weigh In

    BTC

  3. The Block
    Base creator Jesse Pollak says equities and non-dollar stablecoins will lead upcoming ‘tokenization supercycle’
  4. CoinDesk+1 desk
    DWF Labs subsidiaries sue BitGo for $141 million over alleged token lock-up breach
  5. Decrypt
    UK Targets Cryptomus and TokenSpot in New Russia Sanctions Package
  6. CryptoSlate
    Backing Polymarket’s primary favorites would have lost 4%, new audit finds.
  7. Decrypt
    Morning Minute: Uptober Turns Sour as Crypto Majors Slide
  8. CoinDesk
    Zcash developers set January target for quantum-resistant payments after ‘bunker mode’ scare

    ZEC

  9. CoinDesk
    Trump's Iran pledge underpins crypto gains as bitcoin bears face liquidation pressure

    BTC

  10. Cointelegraph
    ESMA seeks evidence tokenized collateral can be cashed out in crisis
  11. CoinDesk
    Bitcoin steadies near $82,500 after Trump rules out Iran strike before midterms

    BTCETH

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

    BTCETH

  13. CryptoSlate
    AI agents can pay for your shopping. Who gets your money back?
  14. Cointelegraph
    UK sanctions three crypto exchanges tied to Russian illicit funds
  15. NewsBTC
    MEXC and Payward Highlight Collaboration as Crypto and TradFi Converge at TOKEN2049
  16. CoinDesk
    Thailand opens door to locally listed bitcoin and ether ETFs

    BTCETH

  17. Cointelegraph+1 desk
    French lawmakers back stablecoin swap tax in 2027 budget bill
  18. CoinDesk
    UK slaps sanctions on three crypto exchanges over alleged Russia links
  19. Decrypt
    Empire Market Co-Creator Sentenced to 40 Years Over $430M Dark Web Bazaar

    BTC

  20. CointelegraphNotable
    Bitcoin speculators move 55K BTC to exchanges amid $1.1B liquidations

    BTC

  21. CryptoSlate
    Strategy’s $150 million-a-day STRC market has a hidden dependency on its own buybacks

    BTC

  22. CoinDesk
    Dark web drug market operator sentenced to 40 years, forfeits $101 million in bitcoin

    BTC

  23. CoinDesk
    MARA transfers $81.1 million in bitcoin to Galaxy Digital as strategy pivots to AI

    BTC

  24. CoinDesk+4 desks
    Sam Altman-backed bitcoin insurer Meanwhile secures $37.5 million in Bain Capital Crypto-led round

    BTC

  25. DecryptNotable
    SIM-Swap Fraudster Who Spent Stolen Crypto on Gold Grills and Dubai Trips Jailed
  26. CryptoSlate
    Coinbase streams $150,000 Singapore trading cup and crowns its first champion
  27. CointelegraphNotable
    Bitcoin, Ether ETFs’ October outflows swell toward $1B

    BTCETH

  28. CryptoSlate
    EU regulators target non-compliant stablecoins with a 90-day deadline
  29. CoinDesk
    Live updates: XRP ETFs the only ones in green as BTC, ETH, ZEC funds post outflows

    BTCETHXRPZEC

  30. CoinDesk
    New tech to power bitcoin lending is set to debut with $500 million in commitments

    BTCSUI

  31. CryptoSlate
    Coinbase rolls out 10x spot leverage, but blocks US retail from it
  32. Cointelegraph
    Crypto projects apply for Anthropic’s new frontier AI security scanner
  33. Cointelegraph
    Trump administration outlines quantum, AI initiatives in $6B science push
  34. CryptoSlate
    Core Lightning patches critical security flaws and a Bitcoin payment bug

    BTC

  35. CoinDesk
    Solana is about to halve its block times as final 200-millisecond upgrade nears

    SOL

  36. CoinDesk
    XRP Ledger adds new controls for banks, stablecoins and tokenized funds

    XRP

  37. CryptoSlate
    Bitcoin miners escape months of distress as daily revenue surges by 78%

    BTC

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

    BTCETH

  39. CoinDesk
    Bitcoin rebounds to $82,000 as Trump rules out Iran strikes, oil drops

    BTC

  40. Cointelegraph
    Thailand finalizes rules paving way for Bitcoin, Ether ETFs

    BTCETH

  41. CryptoSlate
    AI may be keeping Bitcoin’s biggest macro headwind alive after the Fed stops hiking

    BTC

  42. CryptoSlate
    Abstract’s shutdown exposes the gap between owning assets and being able to move them
  43. CryptoSlate
    XRPL’s $1.34 billion stablecoin base doesn’t tell us how much XRP users need

    XRP

  44. NewsBTC
    Post-Quantum Custody Platform Strongpoint Adds Quantus As Development Partner
  45. Bitcoinist
    Sui And Alibaba Cloud Want AI Agents Paying Their Own Cloud Bills In Stablecoins

    SUI

  46. CryptoSlate
    Solana’s geographic speed plan trusts validator locations the network cannot verify

    SOL

  47. Bitcoinist
    Moscow Exchange Plans To Open Crypto Trading On December 1
  48. NewsBTC
    OSL Brings A USDGO Market-Neutral Fund On-Chain For Hong Kong Investors

Thursday, October 8, 2026

  1. CryptoSlate
    Bitcoin Core’s privacy fix reaches v32 code while the v31 patch remains open

    BTC

  2. NewsBTC
    PowerCompute Mines 8.1 Bitcoin In September After Using BTC To Slash Debt

    BTC

  3. Cointelegraph
    China’s P2P stablecoin wallets surge 43x, Korea’s $450B crypto economy: Asia Express
  4. CryptoSlate
    PumpFun is making millions from a market where 81% of memecoins crashed 90%
  5. NewsBTC
    Strategy Sets October 29 Date For Its Next Major Bitcoin Treasury Update

    BTC

  6. BitcoinistNotable
    XRP Ledger Batch Upgrade Nears Activation After Validator Vote Reset

    XRP

  7. CoinDesk+2 desksNotable
    Top Democrat among Senate investigators probes ties between Cantor Fitzgerald, Tether

    USDT

  8. CryptoSlateNotable
    Bitcoin crashes through $81,000 buy wall as $1 billion crypto liquidation bloodbath unfolds

    BTC

  9. Bitcoinist
    Binance Offers 50 USDT Referral Rewards To Expand Its African P2P Merchant Network

    USDT

  10. NewsBTC
    BNY Expands Regulated Crypto Custody Across The European Union Under MiCA
  11. CryptoSlate
    SAP Pay adds USDC payments, with Circle Mint access required

    USDC

  12. Decrypt
    Ethereum Test Network Raises Block Limit to Over 3x Its Current Capacity

    ETH