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If you have used more than one Bitcoin wallet or exchange, you may have noticed that receiving addresses do not all look alike. Some start with 1, some with ...
Aave V4 on the Base network now has a market where certain tokenized U.S. stocks can serve as collateral for borrowing the stablecoin USDC. Aave Labs describ...
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On Oct. 8, 2026, the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), the EU's securities markets regulator, published an opinion on how crypto-asset servic...
Read storyA block explorer shows any Bitcoin address's balance and history. Learn why reusing an address links payments and which habits can reduce linking.
Read storyOne bitcoin equals 100,000,000 satoshis. See how to convert dollars to sats and why minimums and fees matter for small purchases.
Read storyCoinbase's complete five-minute BTC/USD record for Oct. 4–8 UTC shows a low of $82,743.82 and no $68,000 print. One venue only.
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Quant's QNT token rose from about $71 to about $340 in roughly four days, according to CoinGecko price data. The climb began in the hours after Quant and The...
The XRP Ledger's developers released an emergency software update, xrpld 3.4.1, on Sept. 25 to fix security-sensitive issues. The official notice tells peopl...
Open USD (OUSD), a new dollar stablecoin created with Coinbase, Mastercard, Shopify, Stripe and Visa as founding partners, went live on Solana on Sept. 30. I...
Koinly is crypto tax software that pulls your exchange and wallet history into one place and turns it into the reports you need at tax time. CryptoWorkPro ha...
Balancer's community approved a wind-down. Pools keep working until October 30, and withdrawals stay open. Here are the dates and what to expect.
MetaMask says it sees no sign that wallets or funds were affected. Here is what MetaMask and Lido have confirmed about the staking incident.
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The SEC's October 1 proposal would set conditions for how advisers and funds hold crypto. It is not final and does not change self-custody.
The European Union's transition period for crypto-asset service providers ended on July 1, 2026. If you live in the EU and your exchange app still opens, bal...
On Oct. 1, 2026, the Porsche Web3 team announced on X that it is ending its Web3 project and the PIONΞERS CIRCLE, an NFT-based community. For people who hold...
On Oct. 1, 2026, ABC News, POLITICO and CoinDesk each reported on another dinner advertised on the website for the Official Trump (TRUMP) memecoin. The event...
Someone sends you RLUSD, Ripple’s dollar stablecoin, and the payment fails. Or your wallet asks you to “add a trust line” before you can receive anything but...
You tap “unstake” in your wallet, expecting your SOL to come straight back. Instead, the stake shows as “deactivating,” and your spendable balance has not ch...
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