An open competition run by StarkWare, Yukon Research, and Eigen Labs drove the estimated cost of building a quantum-safe Bitcoin transaction from about $320 to roughly $67, with AI models topping the leaderboards.

Tom Lee says the crypto bull market began in late June and expects institutional exposure to increase during the final three months of 2026.Bitmine bought another 27,562 ETH worth roughly $75 million, taking its Ethereum treasury to nearly 5.98 million tokens.Lee said ETH has outperformed other macro assets by 6,519 basis points this quarter and could see a stronger move in Q4.Bitmine now has more than 5.06 million ETH staked, representing roughly 85% of its total Ethereum holdings.

Iran has proposed a seven day plan to end hostilities and reopen the Strait of Hormuz before comprehensive nuclear talks begin with the United States.Bitcoin and Ethereum could benefit if a lasting reopening pushes oil prices lower and eases some of the inflation and Treasury yield pressure weighing on risk assets.Similar attempts to reopen Hormuz have raised market hopes several times in recent months before negotiations or agreements broke down.Bitcoin faces resistance around $86,700 to $87,400, while Ethereum would need to reclaim $2,700 before another attempt at the recent $2,789 high.

After the Clarity Act failed in the Senate, the SEC, CFTC, and the Fed moved within days to write crypto's rules themselves. Will it be enough?

THG’s IDTrust is now listed on IBM Cloud Catalog as a Hedera-based enterprise identity platform.IBM’s directory lists The Hashgraph Group as a Silver Partner, ISV, and managed service provider.IDTrust issues decentralized identifiers and verifiable credentials for humans, devices, and autonomous AI agents securely.Gartner expects task-specific AI agents in 40% of enterprise applications by the end of 2026.IBM joined Hedera’s governing council in 2019, linking the companies through existing network governance ties.

Solana Foundation appointed Rachel Conlan as strategy chief and Jamal Raees as general manager of payments.Conlan will oversee institutional partnerships and ecosystem growth, while Raees will focus on payment companies and enterprises.Solana has processed more than $5 trillion in stablecoin volume this year, while real world assets have surpassed $4.5 billion.

Bitwise has launched its Lighter Staking ETP on Deutsche Börse Xetra, giving European investors access to LIT through regular brokerage accounts.BLIT held roughly $4.74 million in assets backed by 1.01 million LIT at launch, making its current holdings small compared with LIT’s overall market value.LIT traded around $5 on Sept. 23 after gaining close to 9% over 24 hours, though the token was already moving higher before the ETP launch.The ETP could create more demand for LIT if it attracts sustained inflows, but its current size limits the immediate effect on the token’s supply.Staking has not started and will only begin once BLIT reaches sufficient assets under management, with Bitwise yet to disclose the required threshold.

The two stablecoin issuers blacklisted a wallet labeled "Bitget Exploiter 8," locking about $318,000 in USDC and USDT—but the attacker swapped most funds into unfreezable ETH before they could act.

GoPlus argues THORChain validators can halt signing, challenging comparisons with Bitcoin and Ethereum decentralization models.THORChain documentation allows emergency pauses, chain-specific signing halts and Mimir votes when funds face risks.FBI attributed the 2025 Bybit theft to North Korea and urged services to block transactions.THORChain halted its network after a May exploit drained approximately $10.7 million from one vault.GoPlus claims Bitget-linked funds have moved through THORChain while North Korean attribution remains unconfirmed publicly.

STRF, STRC, STRK and STRD would accrue dividends on weekends and holidays, in a move Strategy says will dampen volatility.

Dogecoin is rallying, and once again, Elon Musk may have something to do with it.

More than $19 million of the auction’s $36.94 million submitted volume passed through Aurora Intents.USDC accounted for 27% of Aurora’s routed volume, while native ETH contributed 21%.NEAR Intents solvers converted assets from several chains into ZEC at rates approved before signing.Zcash shielded the destination-side bids, but source-chain transfers remained publicly visible.

LeBron James confirmed an upcoming Polymarket partnership through a 14-second social media teaser Saturday publicly.CNBC reported the initial campaign will focus on American football, not rugby, citing one source.Neither James nor Polymarket has disclosed payment terms, ownership interests or campaign responsibilities yet publicly.NBA rules permit non-basketball endorsements while restricting player ownership stakes in NBA-related wagering companies directly.Polymarket has expanded sports partnerships across MLB, MLS, NHL, ATP Tour and individual teams recently.

Four feeds cover Hyperliquid’s native perpetuals and trade[XYZ] markets, including contracts linked to commodities.A fifth feed carries order intents drawn from Hyperliquid’s mempool transactions.DoubleZero says subscribers receive sequenced data without having to rebuild the order book from public API updates.Hyperliquid joins Solana and Kalshi as the third venue available through Edge.