Crypto for Friday, October 9, 2026

• Tether freezes $1.4M in TRON vaults and THORChain stalls
• ETH fee burns cover just 2% of new coins printed in 2026
• UK Sanctions 3 Crypto Firms Over Russia Ties
• U.S. CFTC moves to fold event contracts into swaps regulations as legal fight rages
• Ledger hack scare nears $90 million as Tether moves to freeze stolen USDT
• US plans to seize $1B in crypto linked to Iran this week: Scott Bessent
• Binance to Restrict 8 Services and Delist 22 Tokens in Brazil
• New York permanently bars Celsius founder Mashinsky in $35M fraud settlement
• XRP Ledger lets institutions share account duties without sharing their keys
• OpenAI and Anthropic Are Quietly Rehearsing for the Day After an AI Catastrophe
• THORChain exec accuses Tether of temporarily freezing USDT vaults
• Hoskinson says Vitalik’s AI warning could delay the internet’s quantum defenses
• Senate Democrat Presses Cantor Fitzgerald on Tether Ties and Lutnick Family Profits
• Robinhood Chain considers technology that gives paying traders priority
• These 5 Bitcoin Indicators Have Turned Bullish for the First Time Since 2025: Report
• Blockchain.com Seeks Approval for US Prediction Markets and Crypto Derivatives
• Ethereum’s proposed safety checks could still let a bad trade through
• XRP Price Could Be Gearing Up for a Rally to $1.70
• Bitcoin Rebounds After Rough Week, But Traders Are Pricing In More Downside
• HSBC, Ant Digital test AI-agent payments using tokenized deposits
• AI, ECDSA, and Bitcoin’s Endgame? Ledger CTO Pushes Back Against Cryptographic Apocalypse Predictions
• Ledger investigates fund losses linked to Southeast Asian reseller, warns users
• Ethereum open interest rose 2.3% in ETH on Binance as its dollar value fell 6.6%
• Ethereum L2 Starknet Jumps 20% After Saying It Wants to Become an L1
• Blockchain.com pursues CFTC approval for prediction markets: CNBC
• DWF Labs Subsidiaries Sue BitGo for $141 Million Over Early Token Sales
• New York AG Secures Up to $35M and Industry Ban From Ex-Celsius CEO Alex Mashinsky
• OpenAI, Google and Meta battle for AI internet domains as crypto firms target .bitcoin and .wallet
• Crypto Biz: Wealthy investors are buying crypto, but their advisers aren’t sold
• Ledger Probes Potential Theft of $87M in User Funds Tied to Crypto Wallet Reseller
• Bitcoin consolidates near $82.5K as crypto weathers Ledger theft reports
• New York AG secures up to $35 million and lifetime crypto ban from Celsius’ Alex Mashinsky
• Bitcoin Crashes, Strategy’s BTC Stash Hits Record High, CPI Looms: Weekly Crypto Recap
• Ledger investigates potential wallet tampering after reports of $86 million in crypto stolen
• Locked liquidity did not stop this $14 million crypto pool drain
• Crypto Price Analysis Oct-09: ETH, XRP, ADA, BNB, and HYPE
• Bitcoin Sees Second-Biggest Profit-Taking Day of 2026 After Climbing Past $87K
• Dragonfly partner rejects ‘bunker mode’ doomerism, calls for proactive blockchain measures
• XRP Price Prediction: 3 Major Deals Fail to Lift XRP as Price Struggles
• Polygon’s 8 million USDT0 holders face scrutiny as 58% of growth matches scam patterns
• France is world’s most dangerous place for Bitcoiners: 90 attacks in 7 months
• Bitcoin Bleeds in Uptober—How Low Can It Go? Experts Weigh In
• One Whale Lost Nearly $70M in ETH – Another Got Wrecked Long and Short
• DWF Labs subsidiaries sue BitGo for $141 million over alleged token lock-up breach
• UK Targets Cryptomus and TokenSpot in New Russia Sanctions Package
• Backing Polymarket’s primary favorites would have lost 4%, new audit finds.
• Morning Minute: Uptober Turns Sour as Crypto Majors Slide
• Zcash developers set January target for quantum-resistant payments after ‘bunker mode’ scare
• Charles Hoskinson Disputes Vitalik Buterin’s Warning Against Lattice Cryptography
• Trump's Iran pledge underpins crypto gains as bitcoin bears face liquidation pressure
• ESMA seeks evidence tokenized collateral can be cashed out in crisis
• Bitcoin steadies near $82,500 after Trump rules out Iran strike before midterms
• AI agents can pay for your shopping. Who gets your money back?
• UK sanctions three crypto exchanges tied to Russian illicit funds
• Thailand opens door to locally listed bitcoin and ether ETFs
• French lawmakers back stablecoin swap tax in 2027 budget bill
• UK slaps sanctions on three crypto exchanges over alleged Russia links
• Empire Market Co-Creator Sentenced to 40 Years Over $430M Dark Web Bazaar
• Bitcoin speculators move 55K BTC to exchanges amid $1.1B liquidations
• 6 Reasons Bitcoin Crashed by $7K in 3 Days: Bull Market Over or Regular Correction?
• Strategy’s $150 million-a-day STRC market has a hidden dependency on its own buybacks
• Dark web drug market operator sentenced to 40 years, forfeits $101 million in bitcoin
• XRP News: Ripple Challenges Wall Street for a Slice of $256B ETF Market
• MARA transfers $81.1 million in bitcoin to Galaxy Digital as strategy pivots to AI
• Bitcoin Price Briefly Reclaims $81,000 as Liquidations Top $1 Billion
• Sam Altman-backed bitcoin insurer Meanwhile secures $37.5 million in Bain Capital Crypto-led round
• SIM-Swap Fraudster Who Spent Stolen Crypto on Gold Grills and Dubai Trips Jailed
• Coinbase streams $150,000 Singapore trading cup and crowns its first champion
• Pi Network Just Clarified Its Big Stablecoin Plans: Here’s What Pioneers Should Know
• Ethereum Price Prediction: Is Tom Lee’s $25K ETH Target Too Ambitious?
• Ethereum (ETH) Correction Deepens, But Binance Withdrawals Tell Another Story
• Bitcoin, Ether ETFs’ October outflows swell toward $1B
• EU regulators target non-compliant stablecoins with a 90-day deadline
• Greece Crypto Tax Proposal Would Exempt First €500 in Annual Gains
• Live updates: Bitcoin climbs back above $83,000; XRP ETFs only crypto funds with inflows Thursday
• New tech to power bitcoin lending is set to debut with $500 million in commitments
• Coinbase rolls out 10x spot leverage, but blocks US retail from it
• Netflix Is Giving SBF Another Stage: What About His Victims?
• ESMA Sets 3-Month Exit for Non-MiCA Stablecoins, Pulls Custody Into Scope
• Bitcoin Price Prediction: Is the US Government Behind The Crypto Crash?
• Crypto projects apply for Anthropic’s new frontier AI security scanner
• Trump administration outlines quantum, AI initiatives in $6B science push
• Core Lightning patches critical security flaws and a Bitcoin payment bug
• Solana is about to halve its block times as final 200-millisecond upgrade nears
• XRP Ledger adds new controls for banks, stablecoins and tokenized funds
• Bitcoin miners escape months of distress as daily revenue surges by 78%
• Ripple (XRP) Expands Wall Street Push With Leveraged ETF Swap Financing: Report
• Ether bets were wiped out at six times bitcoin’s rate in crypto’s $1 billion flush
• Bitcoin rebounds to $82,000 as Trump rules out Iran strikes, oil drops
• Thailand finalizes rules paving way for Bitcoin, Ether ETFs
• AI may be keeping Bitcoin’s biggest macro headwind alive after the Fed stops hiking
• Abstract’s shutdown exposes the gap between owning assets and being able to move them
• XRPL’s $1.34 billion stablecoin base doesn’t tell us how much XRP users need
• Cantor Fitzgerald faces Senate Democrat’s questions over Tether ties
• Solana’s geographic speed plan trusts validator locations the network cannot verify