October 8, 2026
President Trump declared that the United States will not strike Iran before the November 3 midterm elections, a timing signal that landed squarely in crypto markets as Bitcoin moved higher on the news.
Read story →October 7, 2026
Bitmine has a ceiling. Tom Lee, the firm's chairman and co-founder, has stated that Bitmine will stop purchasing Ethereum once its holdings reach 5% of the cryptocurrency's total circulating supply, setting a defined upper limit on one of the most aggressive corporate ETH accumulation strategies in the market.
Read story →October 7, 2026
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission has moved to fill a regulatory vacuum by proposing its own federal framework for crypto markets, a direct response to Congress's failure to pass market structure legislation that would have set the rules of the road for the industry.
Read story →October 6, 2026
Polymarket has taken the Dutch gambling regulator, Kansspelautoriteit (KSA), to court in a direct challenge to the authority's ban on event contracts, opening a legal front that could determine whether prediction markets can operate freely in the Netherlands.
Read story →October 5, 2026
The SEC has approved exchange-traded funds offering 3x leveraged exposure to Bitcoin and Ethereum, handing traders a new way to amplify daily price moves on two of crypto's biggest assets, with all the volatility that comes with it.
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