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Bitcoin fell below $83,000 after U.S. inflation data showed a 0.6% monthly rise in September, exceeding expectations. The drop reflects ongoing sensitivity to Federal Reserve policy, with markets pricing a 47% chance of further rate hikes before the October 28 announcement.
Ledger suspended hardware wallet sales across seven Asian markets amid an investigation into implanted devices stealing recovery phrases. While over $86 million in thefts were traced, Ledger has not verified the total. MediaMarkt Saturn also paused German sales following a separate report.
Bitcoin dropped 1.5% to $82,142 after U.S. inflation hit 3.7%, doubling odds of an October Fed rate hike. Rising Treasury yields pressured crypto markets, triggering over $281 million in liquidations.
Bitcoin dropped below $82,000 after September US CPI hit 3.7%, beating expectations due to surging energy costs. Bond yields spiked near 24-year highs, raising odds of a Fed rate hike to 53.7% for October.
Strive Asset Management bought $280M in Bitcoin last week, outpacing Michael Saylor’s Strategy by 13x, while planning a $500M preferred stock raise to fund further accumulation.
Security expert Joe Grand warns that ordinary users cannot detect sophisticated hardware wallet tampering, following Ledger's confirmation of malicious implants in devices sold by an authorized Southeast Asian reseller.
Canadian crypto remittances to India, China, and the Philippines jumped 141% to $2.36 billion, driven by stablecoin usage and high traditional transfer costs.
CPMI and IOSCO published final guidance for FMIs on managing general business risks, including setting minimum liquid net assets funded by equity to cover potential losses.
Reuters polls predict China's September exports grew 25.5% year-on-year, driven by AI data center demand, while imports slowed to 24.5% amid recent US-China tariff rollbacks.
Ledger ordered resellers in six Southeast Asian nations and Hong Kong to stop selling its hardware wallets amid an investigation into tampered devices, noting confirmed incidents are currently limited to those regions.
Researchers led by Dr. Ahmet Kurt built a working post-quantum security design for the Bitcoin Lightning Network using NIST-standardized ML-DSA and ML-KEM algorithms in Rust-Lightning.
A Bitcoin whale moved 4,581.94 BTC worth $377 million after holding since 2020, ignoring address poisoning attempts and leaving recipients' intentions unclear.