France’s proposed crypto tax changes would make a move from Bitcoin or Ether into certain stablecoins a taxable disposal, even if the investor never withdraws cash. The National Assembly’s Finance Committee adopted amendment I-CF1826 on Oct. 7, adding that proposed exception to a broader overhaul of how private crypto gains are calculated. The provision would…
A planned Bermuda issuance would put legal ownership onchain and seek capital for disaster risks that remain costly to insure.
Bitcoin has closed above its 50-week moving average for four weeks in a row. Analyst Ash Crypto sees that as a sign the bottom is in, yet the average still slopes down, and Bitcoin sits about a third below its all-time high. Bitcoin Holds Above a Falling 50-Week Average “Historically, this means the bottom is…
Polymarket Houthi prediction odds price the probability of an effective closure of the Bab el-Mandeb Strait at 17% by December 31, based on data retrieved on October 12, 2026. The contract points to a meaningful tail risk, not an imminent closure forecast: shipping has been sharply reduced and rerouted around the Cape of Good Hope,…
EU finance ministers agreed to shift oversight of major crypto companies to a central watchdog, reshaping supervision under MiCA. The Council of the European Union reached a political agreement on Oct. 9 to give the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) direct responsibility for the bloc’s most significant crypto-asset service providers, as part of a…
Standard Chartered has launched institutional custody support for Ripple’s native stablecoin and is working with the company and LMAX Group on a broader collateral integration aimed at bringing the asset deeper into institutional trading. The service is now live through the bank’s DIFC Branch in Dubai, which is regulated by the Dubai Financial Services Authority,…
Ripple previously gave LMAX $150 million in financing to integrate RLUSD into its institutional infrastructure.
After hinting on X yesterday that the company he co-founded decades ago has completed another BTC purchase, Michael Saylor announced the development minutes ago, indicating that Strategy has indeed upped its bitcoin reserve. Although the latest buy was relatively modest compared with some of the previous ones, Strategy’s BTC holdings still reached a new all-time…
Ledger said every confirmed case involves devices sold by the Southeast Asian reseller, but critics say the hardware-wallet maker must answer for an authorized sales channel.
Bitcoin and gold hold steady as a firm dollar and rising bond yields weigh on sentiment, while IREN secures a multiyear cloud services deal with Anthropic.