Polygon sees Coinme acquisition as entry to payments sector dominated by Visa, Stripe
CEO Marc Boiron said the Coinme acquisition will help Polygon control customer relationships and capture revenue that previously went to payment…
Banks could slow stablecoin growth by paying savers more, BIS paper finds
A BIS working paper found a 1 basis point rise in U.S. bank deposit rates predicted slower stablecoin growth, cutting tenweek growth from 15% to 12%.…
‘Wow, it’s a real discovery’: Claude cracks a 25-year NSA number mystery
Numbers the spy agency handed over in the 1990s, long suspected of hiding a backdoor, turn out to have come from a basic computer program. Bitcoin was never on…
Satoshi-era bitcoin faces a bigger quantum threat after Google’s new Willow breakthrough
Google says its Willow chip can prepare the special quantum states needed for advanced calculations with about 40 times fewer errors, reducing one of the…
Big Tech's AI auditors will only see what they're shown
If the White House accord's audits are going to be worth anything, auditors should be able to choose what they test, writes Samuel VanceLaw, head of research…
Traders will soon be able to bet on whether Coinbase, Robinhood and Marathon will hit their targets
Your dayahead look for Oct. 16, 2026 Source:CoinDesk
Circle targets 40 new markets as stablecoin demand grows globally
The stablecoin issuer’s CEO Jerermy Allaire told Reuters demand for digital dollars is growing across Asia, Africa and Latin America as banks and payment…
Quantum Alliance forms amid warnings 6.4 million bitcoin face future quantum threat
Nine crypto companies launched the Quantum Alliance to jointly prepare for quantum attacks, but they disagree on when the threat will arrive and whether…
Tokenized Tesla surges as Elon Musk unveils SpaceX-powered flying Roadster prototype
Volume in Hyperliquid’s Tesla contract hit $47 million in one hour after Elon Musk’s flying Roadster demo, up from $2.8 million, with U.S. stocks closed.…
Altcoins outpace bitcoin as celestia jumps 16%, Warsh silent on interest-rate plans
Celestia jumped 16%, injective rose 7.7% and layerzero added 7.3% while bitcoin held little changed near $82,100 and Fed Chair Warsh gave no sign on interest…
Scammer gets scammed in Ledger spy-chip exploit, loses almost $5 million in bitcoin
Chainalysis says a fraudster who tricked people through fake online jobs became one of the biggest victims of the compromised hardware wallets. Source:CoinDesk
Live updates: Bitcoin back above $82,000, ZEC jumps 11% as ETF outflows continue
Crypto bounced a day after bitcoin’s brief drop under $80,000, but investors kept pulling money from ether, SOL and ZEC funds. Source:CoinDesk