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In brief Bitcoin dipped to an intraday low under $81,000, extending losses after hotter-than-expected U.S. inflation data revived bets on a Fed rate hike. HashKey’s Tim Sun said slowing demand from spot ETFs and corporate Bitcoin treasuries explains the stalled rally more than macro factors alone. Algoz’s Stephen Wundke expects Bitcoin to trade between $76,000 and $83,000 for the rest of October unless a clear catalyst emerges. Bitcoin dipped below $81,000 on Thursday, extending its slide a day after U.S. consumer prices rose faster than expected and revived bets on another Federal Reserve rate hike.The leading cryptocurrency is currently trading…

Trusted Editorial content, reviewed by leading industry experts and seasoned editors. Ad Disclosure TL;DR: Taiwanese authorities have reportedly restricted access to Coinbase and Kalshi sites over concerns involving election betting. The measures arrive ahead of local elections and underscore differing national approaches to prediction markets. Taiwan has become another flashpoint in the debate over cryptocurrency-linked prediction markets after authorities reportedly restricted access to Coinbase and Kalshi websites. The move was reported in October ahead of local elections scheduled for November 28, with officials citing restrictions on betting linked to political outcomes. Kalshi operates event-based contracts, while Coinbase offers a wider…

Morning Minute is a daily newsletter written by Tyler Warner. The analysis and opinions expressed are his own and do not necessarily reflect those of Decrypt. And check out our daily news show ‘FOMO HOUR’ covering all of the top stories and market action.GM!Today’s top news: Crypto majors fall 3-5% after hot CPI; BTC at $80.9k Over $900M liquidated as crypto majors selloff; alts down 5-15% Solana sets Oct 21 for Alpenglow on mainnet Papertrade flips Circle in daily revenue with $7.5M Kalshi says state-level oversight would drive prediction markets offshore BitcoinBTC · USD$81,713−1.61%24H7D1M1YYTDOct 11Oct 13Oct 14Oct 16Oct 18$84.2k$82.9k$81.5k$80.2k24h HighHigh$81,97824h LowLow$80,823VolVol$599.2MMarket projectionsOdds by…

In brief Ethereum, XRP, and Solana have all dropped in value on the day, with “outsized drawdowns” compared to Bitcoin. Experts point to Wednesday’s consumer price index coming in at 3.7% and expectations of an October interest rate hike as major macro pressures. The slide is also a natural hangover from altcoins’ “strength and momentum” over recent months. Altcoins have taken a hit over the past 24 hours, with major tokens seeing “outsized drawdowns” compared to Bitcoin. Experts say that this has largely been prompted by macro pressures pushing prices down.With the market cap of all cryptocurrencies dropping by 2.5%…

Trusted Editorial content, reviewed by leading industry experts and seasoned editors. Ad Disclosure TL;DR: Stablecoin issuer Tether has participated in a funding round for AI infrastructure startup AIsa, bringing the startup’s cumulative fundraising above $9 million. The company is working on payment and access systems for autonomous software agents. Tether is exploring another possible market for digital-dollar payments: software that buys services for itself. The stablecoin company participated in a seed extension round for AI infrastructure startup AIsa, which said its total funding had exceeded $9 million. AIsa is developing tools that let autonomous AI applications discover computing resources, access…

In brief Crypto liquidations reached $948.22 million in 24 hours across 177,440 traders, with long positions accounting for 90.6%, per CoinGlass. Bitcoin fell 2.6% and broke support after hotter-than-expected CPI and PPI data revived bets on another Fed rate hike. Bitcoin now trades roughly 2% below the average cost of U.S. spot ETF holders near $82,300, putting those buyers back underwater. Bitcoin fell below $80,000 on Thursday for the first time in over a month, extending Wednesday’s inflation-driven slide and wiping out nearly $1 billion in leveraged crypto bets. It’s currently trading just about $82,000 after several hours of increased…

In brief Google DeepMind found no statistically significant acceleration in the pace of its AI progress after April 1, 2026; its capability index has climbed a steady 0.1 points a month. Most production code at the lab is now more than 75% AI-written, but about 88% of code changes still need humans to steer the AI or write code themselves. Gemini 4 Argon solved roughly half of the internal research engineering tasks it finished, far below the 90% score DeepMind treats as a red flag for full automation. Google DeepMind went looking for proof that AI is speeding up the…

Trusted Editorial content, reviewed by leading industry experts and seasoned editors. Ad Disclosure TL;DR: Security researcher Joe Grand says he warned Ledger about signs of physically modified devices months before a wider hardware-wallet supply-chain attack came to light. The dispute concerns communications and product distribution, not proof that Ledger’s core cryptography was defeated. Ledger is facing questions about how it handled earlier warnings after reports of cryptocurrency thefts involving physically altered hardware wallets. Security researcher Joe Grand says he contacted the company in March after inspecting a suspicious Ledger Nano X obtained through an online marketplace in Thailand. The device…

In brief Hardware wallets are physical devices that keep crypto private keys offline, signing transactions internally so the keys never touch an internet-connected device. They are not hack-proof: a Coldcard firmware bug and tampered Ledger devices sold through a reseller both led to major losses in 2026. Wallet manufacturers are looking to future-proof their devices for a future of agentic finance and quantum computing. There’s an old saying in crypto: “not your keys, not your coins.” When you leave Bitcoin, Ethereum or any other cryptocurrency on an exchange, the exchange holds the private keys that control those funds. If it gets…

Trusted Editorial content, reviewed by leading industry experts and seasoned editors. Ad Disclosure TL;DR: HEX and PulseChain founder Richard Heart was reportedly detained in Istanbul in connection with a Finnish tax investigation. The reported legal proceedings are separate from his earlier US securities dispute, and no conviction is established by the detention. Richard Heart, the prominent and controversial founder of HEX and PulseChain, has reportedly been detained by Turkish authorities following a request connected to legal proceedings in Finland. Heart, whose legal name is Richard James Schueler, has faced allegations involving Finnish tax obligations. Reports of the detention emerged in…

In brief Nine blockchain organizations launched the Quantum Alliance, an open standards body to define what “quantum-ready” means and create a common way to test and verify quantum-resistance claims across networks, wallets and infrastructure. The group warns that elliptic-curve signatures leave roughly 6.04 million BTC (~30% of supply) quantum-exposed, citing forecasts pointing toward the late 2020s. Modeled on the IETF, it will work in four groups—migration, zero-knowledge systems, wallet security and cross-chain compatibility. A group of crypto companies is trying to settle one of the industry’s murkiest questions: what it actually means for a blockchain network to be safe from…

Trusted Editorial content, reviewed by leading industry experts and seasoned editors. Ad Disclosure TL;DR: Pirate Chain developers disclosed a vulnerability linked to roughly 39.8 million unauthorized ARRR tokens. The incident raised urgent questions about network supply and how an attack can be investigated when transactions use strong privacy protections. Privacy-focused cryptocurrency Pirate Chain faced a major security crisis after developers reported that unauthorized tokens had been created through a validation flaw. The incident, discussed publicly in mid-October, involved approximately 39.8 million ARRR. That amount was substantial relative to the currency’s existing supply. The project’s privacy features made it difficult to…

In brief A new FEC filing shows Fairshake affiliate Defend American Jobs disclosed spending to oppose the Ohio Democrat has increased to about $46.66 million—the industry’s most expensive 2026 target. Brown, a longtime crypto skeptic, chaired the Senate Banking Committee before losing in 2024, a race Fairshake spent ~$40 million to influence. The blitz follows Fairshake’s Oct. 5 move to back 32 House incumbents with $6 million committed to six. Crypto’s biggest political spender is turning up the pressure on one of the industry’s fiercest critics. Fairshake has reported fresh spending to defeat Democratic Sen. Sherrod Brown in Ohio, pushing…