Circle stock has slipped 0.80% to $80.19 in Thursday’s intraday trading after U.S. jobless claims came in below expectations, leaving CRCL below the $81 level as cryptocurrency prices weakened. The U.S. Labor Department reported 197,000 initial unemployment benefit applications for the week ending Oct. 3, a decline of 2,000 from the previous week’s revised total.
Abstract’s native-bridge $ETH exits remain dependent on permissioned operators ahead of its Dec. 15 shutdown, according to L2BEAT’s assessment. About $17.1 million in canonically bridged $ETH remained on the Ethereum Layer 2 in an Oct. 8 L2BEAT data reading. Abstract’s Oct. 6 announcement directs users to its Migration Hub or native bridge and warns that
Chainlink has launched LinkLab, an initiative designed to help developers build faster and more secure cross-chain applications using its CCIP 2.0 technology. This masterclass will focus on the new capabilities of CCIP 2.0, highlighting improved control over speed, security, and compliance. As developers engage with these enhanced features, we can expect to see a robust
Bitcoin has reclaimed $81,000 after U.S. President Donald Trump ruled out attacks on Iran before the Nov. 3 midterm elections, while oil prices have retreated following his statement. President Donald Trump said in an Oct. 8 Truth Social post that Washington was holding productive discussions with Tehran and would not attack Iran before Americans vote
Potential Buyers Look Different From Current Crypto Holders More than 33 million Americans without cryptocurrency holdings are likely to buy in 2026, according to research released Oct. 6. The Harris Poll conducted the study for the National Cryptocurrency Association (NCA), a nonprofit focused on crypto education. Its crypto readiness findings describe nonholders who considered themselves
The Ministry of Finance in Japan held its first meeting geared towards the tokenization of government bonds. The meeting was held on Thursday, October 8, 2026, and it mapped out three avenues blockchain could use in carrying Japanese Government Bonds (JGBs). Also, the ministry is looking into the feasibility of crypto rails to attract new
Bitcoin software company Breez said demand for its developer tools has surged since AI coding agents went mainstream, with partnership inquiries rising roughly 14-fold as developers, and increasingly the agents they deploy, look to add bitcoin payments to their apps. In a company blog post, it tied the jump directly to Anthropic’s Claude Code, which
Bitcoin price has fallen toward $80,800, bringing its 50-day moving average into focus as a bearish daily MACD crossover and an oversold 4-hour RSI put the $80,000 level under pressure. TradingView’s Binance $BTC/USDT daily chart showed Bitcoin trading at $80,806 on Oct. 8, down 3.02% from the session’s opening price of $83,321. The session’s low
Programmable Privacy Over Privacy Coins Luxembourg-based venture capital firm Nextblock has invested $3 million to fully fund the seed round for Soda Labs, a cryptographic infrastructure startup building programmable privacy tools for public blockchains. The single-investor round will give Soda Labs a 12- to 18-month runway to expand commercial execution, scale its validator network, and