US spot Bitcoin and Ether ETFs posted $986.3 million in October net outflows, while Ether funds’ eight-session withdrawal streak reached $641.3 million.

Bitcoin and altcoins combined liquidations near $1.1 billion in 24 hours as investors with unrealized losses move BTC to exchanges.

France’s Finance Committee approved proposals to tax stablecoin swaps and extend the exit tax to crypto holdings above 800,000 euros, pending final approval.

The UK sanctioned three cryptocurrency platforms and two payment providers in its latest bid to curb illicit flows from sanctioned Russian entities.

ESMA is exploring tokenized assets for EU clearinghouses, including stablecoins, as it assesses legal, liquidity and cybersecurity risks.

Leaked or stolen tax records that reveal the identities and holdings of crypto owners, are believed to behind the worrying surge in “$5 wrench attacks” in France.

Dragonfly’s Qureshi called the “bunker mode” warning doomerism and urged blockchain networks to adopt protective measures against AI’s threat to cryptographic signatures.

THORChain technical co-founder Chad Barraford posted to social media that Tether had blacklisted the network’s USDt vaults on Friday, then unfroze them a few hours later.

New York AG Letitia James secures a permanent industry ban against Celsius founder Alex Mashinsky, with up to $35 million in payments tied to federal conditions.

Scott Bessent said at a Thursday conference that the country was “probably“ going to seize cryptocurrency linked to Iran by the end of the week.

Altman-backed Bitcoin insurance company raises more funds

EU tech chief says bloc’s regulations are capable of handling AI risks

Justin Sun says Tron’s post-quantum cryptography is live on testnet

Two CFTC proposals aim to differentiate swaps from gambling

Ledger confirms unauthorized hardware implant as losses may exceed $86 million

Coldcard probing phishing link on X account that used 2FA

Investors will have to wait an extra day to find out if and how much Strategy added to its Bitcoin treasury in the first week of October.

Tampered Ledger reported in Europe following last week’s attacks in Asia. Security firm uses AI to uncover “$94 billion” XRP bug, but receives just a $250K bounty. Hodler’s Digest

XRP Ledger developers defend bypassing the normal amendment process to deploy a critical fix that closed a bug capable of minting new XRP.

French lawmakers backed a proposal requiring holders to declare self-custodied
crypto worth at least 100,000 euros, though the measure still needs to pass legislative hurdles.