Summary: Three EU financial authorities jointly warned that quantum advances could undermine blockchain cryptography, citing Google research suggesting fewer qubits are needed for attacks.
Summary: Crypto payments firm MoonPay agreed to acquire private-markets infrastructure provider North Capital in an all-stock deal valued at over $60 million.
Summary: CFTC market oversight staff issued an advisory presuming that prediction market contracts settling on specific individual actions are readily susceptible to manipulation.
Summary: CFTC Chair Michael Selig advocated for mass tokenization of real-world assets at the US Treasury Market Conference, coinciding with the SEC’s recent grant of a temporary exemption for onchain stock trading.
Summary: Ahead of the Trump-Xi summit, China's growing self-sufficiency and persistent trade deficits with the U.S. limit Washington's leverage despite ongoing tariff pressures.
Summary: Polish prosecutors charged a former police officer with organized crime and money laundering as investigators search the fuel depot linked to founder Sylwester Suszek's disappearance.
Summary: Raiffeisen Bank International has partnered with Bitpanda Enterprise to provide digital asset infrastructure, potentially reaching 18 million customers across its Central and Eastern European network.
Summary: The latest BIS monitoring exercise shows stable capital ratios but rising liquidity coverage and falling net stable funding ratios for large internationally active banks.
Summary: Zcash users must move ZEC from the legacy Sprout shielded pool before the November NU7 upgrade to avoid losing spending ability.
Summary: BitMEX ceased all exchange operations on September 23, ending trading and deposits while allowing users to withdraw remaining balances via its web platform.
Summary: US spot Bitcoin ETFs recorded over $1.7 billion in net inflows across two days, driven by BlackRock and Fidelity funds, as the asset price surpassed the average investor's cost basis.
Summary: Blockchain security firm SlowMist identified malicious modules in the FomoPeek iOS app that exploited kernel vulnerabilities to steal nearly $580,000 in crypto assets.
Summary: US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent is reportedly a leading candidate to become President Donald Trump’s next artificial intelligence czar, according to Semafor.
Summary: BlackRock research suggests broad AI adoption and machine-to-machine payments could significantly increase demand for stablecoins and tokenized compute assets.
Summary: Sam Altman and Dario Amodei will brief the UN Security Council on Wednesday as France convenes a meeting examining artificial intelligence risks to international security.
Summary: The CFTC advised regulated exchanges that prediction market 'mentions' contracts are more susceptible to exploitation due to settlement criteria relying on unverifiable individual conduct.
Summary: Anthropic, OpenAI, DeepSeek, and Moonshot will brief the UN Security Council on AI risks ahead of a Trump-Xi summit.
Summary: Crypto lender Arch Lending plans to offer loans backed by tokenized equities soon, joining a growing market where onchain stock value has reached $3.15 billion.
Summary: The Federal Reserve Board approved BancFirst Corporation's application to acquire and merge with Spirit BankCorp, Inc., based in Bristow, Oklahoma.
Summary: CME Group plans to launch standard and micro Bitcoin Cash and Uniswap futures on October 19, pending regulatory review, expanding its regulated crypto derivatives lineup.