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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 26, 2026

  1. CoinDesk+1 desk
    OCC calls on community banks to enter the stablecoin payments market
  2. Decrypt+1 desk
    Tom Lee's Bitmine Keeps Buying Ethereum But Pivots to Record Share Buybacks

    ETH

  3. CryptoSlate
    Circle gives its Bitcoin-backed token one balance across Ethereum and Arc

    ETHBTC

  4. Bitcoin Magazine
    Bitcoin’s Bear Market Is Over, Galaxy Says

    BTC

  5. CoinDesk+1 desk
    Canada opens consultation on draft stablecoin rules, maintains ban on yields
  6. The Block
    Tom Lee insists ‘crypto bull market is underway’ as Bitmine adds 10,452 ETH

    ETH

  7. CryptoSlate
    Bitcoin faces an inflation warning beneath steady US consumer sentiment

    BTC

  8. Bitcoin Magazine
    Leon Wankum: The Insane Math Behind Bitcoin Demonetizing Real Estate

    BTC

  9. Bitcoin Magazine
    Blockstream Executive Peter Bain: Institutional Clients Say Bitcoin “Poised for a Big Bull Run”

    BTC

  10. Bitcoin Magazine
    The Bitcoin vs. Nasdaq Signal Has Flipped Bullish

    BTC

  11. The Block+4 desksNotable
    Strategy pauses bitcoin buys, repurchases $205 million of STRC preferred shares

    BTC

  12. Bitcoin Magazine
    PHP Hack: How Bitcoin Will Respond to the “Cyber Pandemic”

    BTC

  13. The Block
    Strive closes in on second-largest corporate bitcoin treasury with $511 million purchase

    BTC

  14. Bitcoin Magazine
    Bitcoin Treasury Analyst: MSTR, ASST & Metaplanet Digital Credit Outlook

    BTC

  15. Cointelegraph
    HOOD’s prediction markets to add $1.7B to revenue, exceed crypto by 2028: Bernstein
  16. Decrypt
    Bitcoin Dips Below $80,000 Ahead of Fed Decision, Midterms

    BTC

  17. CryptoSlate
    BTCPay’s API key fix is merged, but its latest release still predates the patch
  18. The Block+1 desk
    Galaxy says bitcoin bear market is over; now is the time to buy and hold

    BTC

  19. CryptoSlate
    Bitcoin hacking challenge finally falls as researcher proves critical PHP flaw is exploitable

    BTC

  20. Bitcoin Magazine+1 deskNotable
    Strive (ASST) Buys 6,182 Bitcoin For $511 Million, Lifts Treasury To 43,000 BTC

    BTC

  21. Decrypt
    Morning Minute: Bitcoin Breaks Below $80,000 as Iran Fears Hit the Weekend

    BTC

  22. CryptoSlate
    Bitcoin’s next Fed test comes with a hidden problem in America’s inflation data

    BTC

  23. CoinDesk
    A $68 million bitcoin bet is targeting a post-midterm election breakout to $90,000

    BTC

  24. The Block+1 desk
    Aviva Investors, Ripple launch tokenized share class of $29 billion sterling fund on XRP Ledger

    XRP

  25. Decrypt
    Israel's Central Bank Rebukes Netanyahu Plan to Use Crypto to Dodge Sanctions
  26. CoinDesk+2 desks
    Bitcoin holds near $80,000 as oil retreats and the Fed decision looms

    BTC

  27. CoinDesk+2 desks
    Live news: Brent Crude slides below $110 as Iran deal hopes grow and Brazil stocks sink

    BTC

  28. CryptoSlate
    Cardano moves closer to 15x scaling breakthrough as developers merge key Leios code

    ADA

  29. Cointelegraph
    BTC price risks $80K loss into FOMC, earnings: Three things to know in Bitcoin this week

    BTC

  30. Cointelegraph
    Securitize’s tokenized stock value halves as Circle widens lead
  31. The Block+3 desks
    South Korea weighs fourth delay of crypto gains tax, eyes 2029 start: report

    BTC

  32. CryptoSlateNotable
    Hackers found a way to steal Bitcoin without private keys

    BTC

  33. CoinDesk
    Fed, ECB and BOJ interest-rate decisions, Coinbase earnings: Crypto Week Ahead
  34. CointelegraphNotable
    Bitcoin ETFs break 2-week outflow streak with $301M comeback

    BTC

  35. CryptoSlate
    FCA proposes personal-wallet checks in nonbinding crypto guidance
  36. CoinDesk
    Over 11 million bitcoin has no known owner. Here's what it means

    BTC

  37. NewsBTC
    LND Tests A Guardrail Against Extreme External Bitcoin Fee Estimates

    BTC

  38. CoinDesk
    Bitcoin wallet bug let rogue servers steal funds when users tried to speed up payments

    BTC

  39. NewsBTC
    Reflect Makes Branded Token Issuance Easier While Leaving The Collateral In Charge

    SOL

  40. CoinDesk
    Bitcoin slips under $80,000 as traders de-risk ahead of Fed meeting

    BTCETHXRP

  41. CryptoSlate
    Canada proposes direct stablecoin cash-outs for small holders with a 1% fee cap
  42. NewsBTC
    Ripple Swell Preview: The Evidence To Watch When Finance And Developers Meet

    XRP

  43. Cointelegraph
    Hong Kong names Nasdaq-listed Solana Company a strategic enterprise

    SOL

  44. NewsBTC
    UNDP And Blockchain For Good Put Public-Service Security Ahead Of New Payment Rails
  45. CryptoSlate
    Lido opens larger Ethereum validators with a 32 ETH operator bond

    ETHLDO

  46. NewsBTC
    A16z Frontier Broadens The Pitch For Crypto As Investors Look Across Technologies
  47. Cointelegraph
    Standard Chartered-led Anchorpoint says it’s not rushing retail stablecoin

Sunday, October 25, 2026

  1. NewsBTC
    Circle Match Gives USDC Desks A New Fee Trade-Off And A Separate Funding Balance

    USDC

  2. Cointelegraph
    AI agents help rescue ETH’s Glamsterdam fork, ‘Steal My Bitcoin’ site: Hodler’s Digest

    BTCETH

  3. NewsBTC
    Grayscale Looks Beyond AI Tokens To The Data And Credit Behind Computing
  4. CryptoSlate
    Paolo Ardoino wants AI to run Bitcoin mines. Who gets permission to act?

    BTC

  5. NewsBTC
    Lido Puts Liquidity Buffers At The Center Of Ethereum ETP Yield Debate

    ETHLDO

  6. NewsBTC
    Lido Opens Higher-Balance Ethereum Validators With A Deliberately Small Start

    ETHLDO

  7. CryptoSlateNotable
    Initia hack drove its USDC bridge reserve down to $63 as withdrawals failed

    USDC

  8. NewsBTC
    Bank Lobby Presses OCC For Clarity On Stablecoin Rewards After Final Rule
  9. The Block+2 desks
    CoinDCX confirms $16 million loss from retired wallets days after CEO called breach reports a ‘false alarm’

    USDT

  10. CryptoSlate
    How $37 million stolen from Americans moved through a Bahamas bank into Tether’s USDT

    USDT

  11. NewsBTC
    Kraken Lists SFI As Saffron Puts Uniswap Trading Fees At The Center Of Its Product

    UNI

  12. NewsBTC
    Kraken Ends Trading In 13 Tokens As A Separate Withdrawal Deadline Begins
  13. NewsBTC
    Cardano Leios Plan Makes Higher Throughput A Series Of Votes And Tests

    ADA