Bitcoin Core has merged a privacy fix into its 32.x source branch addressing behavior that could correlate private-broadcast connections with ordinary node connections. The backport for 31.x remains open as of Oct. 8, leaving users who enable the feature on the latest stable release, 31.1, awaiting the repair. Private broadcast is disabled by default. The
TL;DR: Strategy will report third-quarter 2026 results after US markets close on October 29 and hold a live webinar at 5 p.m. Eastern Time. The update will give investors the next full financial snapshot of the world’s largest corporate Bitcoin treasury. The most closely watched corporate Bitcoin balance sheet has a date for its next
Pump.fun, a leading Solana token launchpad, keeps generating millions of dollars from memecoin trading even as most established tokens struggle to recover from steep losses. The platform produced about $18.6 million in protocol revenue over the seven days through Oct. 7, according to DefiLlama data. Separately, a Talos study found that 81% of a selected
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