exploit
Cysic says 10M CYS were minted on BNB Smart Chain at 12:31 UTC on October 17; the bridge is offline indefinitely and most of the tokens left the recipient address before blacklisting.
regulation
The National Bitcoin Office's public wallets held 7,807 BTC on October 16, up from ~6,070 BTC when a $1.4B IMF program began in early 2025. The IMF attributes recent additions to private donations.
regulation
Parliament adopted amendments on October 15 introducing a 10% one-time declaration on crypto held December 31, 2026, and taxing withdrawals above deposits rather than per-trade.
infrastructure
Nine blockchain organizations formed the Quantum Alliance on October 15 to set open post-quantum readiness criteria across networks, wallets, zk systems, and cross-chain compatibility.
regulation
Turkey confirmed Hex founder Richard Heart's October 14 arrest, naming $7.15M cash, six cold wallets, seven firearms and three bodyguards detained.
A new BIS working paper by Ahmed and Aldasoro finds a 1 bp rise in US bank deposit rates cuts 10-week stablecoin growth from 15% to 12% — hitting USDC harder than USDT.
regulation
Circle CEO Jeremy Allaire told Reuters at the IMF-World Bank meetings in Bangkok on Oct 16 the issuer plans to enter about 40 emerging markets ahead of the GENIUS Act's January start.
regulation
Defend American Jobs, a Fairshake affiliate funded by Coinbase, Ripple and a16z, disclosed about $7M in new ads against Sherrod Brown in Ohio's Senate race — total year-to-date is $46.66M.
regulation
CoreWeave, Broadcom, Verizon, UnitedHealth, AppLovin, Applied Digital, Rocket Lab, Applied Optoelectronics and Cerebras filed objections to OKX-ICE under the SEC's new tokenized-stock framework.