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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. The Block+3 desks
    JPMorgan expands ‘JPM Coin’ deposit token to Ethereum for institutional clients

    ETH

  2. CointelegraphNotable
    Bitcoin, Ether ETFs shed $549M as October ETH outflows near $1B

    BTCETH

  3. CoinDesk+1 deskNotable
    Bitcoin whale moves $34 million in BTC it got in 2013 when coins traded at $131

    BTC

  4. CoinDesk+1 desk
    Zcash developers plan a fix to keep ZEC swaps private from future quantum computers

    ZECNEAR

  5. Cointelegraph
    South Korea to meet crypto exchanges amid calls for tax delay
  6. CoinDesk+1 desk
    XRP Ledger is set to fix its lending code before anyone can use it

    XRP

  7. CoinDesk
    Bitcoin, Korea’s Kospi and Nasdaq futures rally as China GDP beats estimates

    BTC

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

    BTCETHUSDC

  9. Cointelegraph
    Qubic freezes chain after attacker drains 1.4K wallets with weak seeds

Sunday, October 18, 2026

  1. CoinDesk+1 deskNotable
    SEC tokenized stock framework faces issuer pushback as Broadcom, Verizon object to OKX-ICE listing
  2. Cointelegraph
    Richard Heart caught with pants down, QDay gets even closer: Hodler’s Digest
  3. Bitcoinist
    Cardano Stablecoin Market Tops $70 Million As USDC Dominates Supply

    ADAUSDC

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

    SOLETH

  5. The Block
    Crypto.com, Novig sue Missouri over sports event contracts; Kalshi, Polymarket, Robinhood hold off
  6. Bitcoinist
    Aptos Burns 174,000 APT In A Month, Yet Token Supply Keeps Rising

    APT

  7. CryptoSlate
    Zcash’s planned Sprout freeze would leave private keys unable to move funds

    ZEC

  8. NewsBTC
    Block’s Proto Mining Hardware Gets A Smaller Entry Point With Sazmining

    BTC

  9. BitcoinistNotable
    Zcash Shielded Pools Draw Fresh Scrutiny After Stolen Crypto Transfers

    ZEC

  10. CoinDesk
    The White House's crypto chief departs: State of Crypto
  11. CryptoSlate+1 desk
    Fidelity’s $500,000 crypto settlement leaves IRAs outside wallet-transfer terms
  12. NewsBTC
    Tokenized Stocks Reach $262 Million In DeFi, But The Growth Is Not All On Base
  13. Bitcoinist
    Cross River Bank Adds Ripple’s RLUSD To Its Payment Infrastructure

    XRP

  14. CryptoSlate
    Crypto doesn’t need your party to win, just its candidates
  15. NewsBTC
    Fidelity Sees A Stronger Solana Network, With Concentration Risks Still In View

    SOL

  16. NewsBTC
    BitTorrent Ushers in Next-Gen Web3 Infrastructure with Strategic Rebrand and Inaugural BTT Burn

    TRX

  17. NewsBTCNotable
    JUST Completes 5th JST Buyback & Burn: Over 170M Tokens (~$23.53M) Burned Ahead of Major Deflationary Upgrade

    TRX

  18. NewsBTC
    Bitcoin’s Quantum Transition Won’t Stop at Bitcoin

    BTC

  19. CoinDesk
    Wall Street freaked out Friday. VIX and bitcoin say the fear may fade Monday.

    BTC

  20. BitcoinistNotable
    Sui’s Hashi Bitcoin Lending Project Prepares For Mainnet With $500 Million Pledged

    BTCSUI

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

    ETHBNB

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

    AAVEETH

  23. CoinDesk
    Latvia eyes crypto tax payments in 2027 as parliament overhauls crypto taxation
  24. NewsBTC
    Aave’s Native Bitcoin Plan Moves Forward, But Governance Has Questions

    BTCAAVE

  25. Bitcoinist
    Crypto PAC Spending Against Sherrod Brown Passes $52 Million In Ohio
  26. DecryptMajor
    Bitcoin ETFs Shed Nearly $1 Billion in Two Weeks as Uptober Stays Red

    BTC

  27. CryptoSlateMajor
    SEC approves Coinbase earnings bets that stay settled when the numbers change

    BTC

  28. NewsBTC
    Robinhood Chain Now Accounts For More Than Half Of Uniswap Revenue

    UNI

  29. Bitcoinist
    Ledger Unveils $849 Atom Device To Secure Crypto, Apps And AI Activity
  30. CryptoSlate
    Claude unpicks an NSA mystery behind Ethereum passkey security

    ETH

  31. CoinDesk
    Stablecoin supply stalls, but payments jump 45% as Visa, Mastercard and Stripe connect crypto to cash
  32. Bitcoinist
    South Korea Names Gopax Operator In Cyberattack Wave Affecting 16 Firms
  33. Decrypt
    Banks Hold a Lever Over Stablecoin Adoption, BIS Economists Say

    USDC

  34. CryptoSlateNotable
    Trump waives new Russia tariffs as October 18 oil deadline arrives

    BTC

  35. CoinDesk+1 desk
    Crypto audits give investors false sense of security as Q3 hacks cost $1.18 billion, Hacken says
  36. NewsBTC+1 deskNotable
    XRP ETFs End 13-Week Inflow Run With $1.84 Million In Withdrawals

    XRPETHBTC

  37. CoinDesk
    Bitcoin’s $100,000 year-end hope divides analysts as inflation clouds outlook

    BTC

  38. CryptoSlate
    CryptoQuant CEO sees $30,000 Bitcoin floor even if ETFs and treasury firms exit

    BTC

  39. Bitcoinist
    Polygon Completes Coinme Deal And Gains US Payments Licences Across 48 States

    POL

  40. CryptoSlate+1 desk
    Prediction markets have a major problem as most Americans reject betting on elections
  41. NewsBTCNotable
    Bitcoin Futures Open Interest Slips To $7.68 Billion As Traders Keep Funding Positive

    BTC

  42. CoinDesk+1 desk
    Crypto exchanges Binance, Coinbase join West Africa scam sweep that flagged $11 million
  43. BitcoinistNotable
    French Lawmakers Back Stablecoin Tax Change By A Single Vote

    BTC

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

    ETHBTC

  45. CointelegraphMajor
    Cysic crypto bridge halted after unauthorized mint of 10M CYS
  46. CointelegraphNotable
    Chinese suspect in $75M international crime network arrested in Bangkok
  47. CryptoSlate
    The crypto privacy rule Trump’s Treasury proposed, and Trump’s Treasury buried
  48. Cointelegraph
    Tether backs AIsa as strategic investor, completing seed extension round

    USDT

  49. CoinDesk
    Circle defends USDC economics as stablecoin rivals court its partners with bigger cut

    USDC

Saturday, October 17, 2026

  1. Bitcoinist
    Ledger Faces Fresh Scrutiny After Researcher Says Hardware Wallet Warning Came Months Earlier
  2. NewsBTC
    Strive Bitcoin Holdings Reach 35,595 BTC As Wall Street Raises Price Target 27%

    BTC