Mastercard and BVNK launch a platform that mixes fiat and stablecoins
Banks and fintechs get one API for multi-currency accounts, stablecoin-linked cards and local bank payouts. Nuvei and Marqeta are among the first to plug in.
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Bitcoin broke below Tuesday's low, touching about $80,150, as Seoul stocks sold off, First Print reports.
The EU's banking regulator named USDC the first significant e-money token under MiCA, taking over reserve supervision from 12 November.
Kraken's parent Payward agreed to buy Lithuania's Saldo Bank, which would give it an EU banking licence.
The White House's top crypto adviser, Patrick Witt, has left the President's digital-asset council, with no successor named.
Babylon asked Aave to accept native bitcoin as loan collateral on V4, without wrapping it.
A 1.3% jump in US producer prices, the biggest since 2022, sent bitcoin below $80,000 for the first time since 18 September as Wall Street opened.
Bank-backed Qivalis won a Dutch e-money licence for its planned euro stablecoin, which still needs a MiCA white paper before launch.
US spot bitcoin ETFs lost $261.4 million on CPI day, their worst session since 7 Oct, with BlackRock's IBIT and Fidelity's FBTC both redeeming, Farside data show.
VanEck pulled its filing for a Lido staked-ether ETF, a fund that would have held stETH, a year after first filing it.
Australia's securities regulator proposed custody, trading and capital rules for crypto platforms, with licence applications due by October 2027.
Bitcoin rebounded to about $82,300 after a $79,709 low on the PPI open, with Friday's Deribit expiry still stacked with $78,000 and $80,000 puts.
Mastercard and BVNK launched Global Money Platform, a single API for fiat and stablecoin accounts, cards and payouts, with Nuvei and Marqeta among the first users.
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BitcoinPPI runs hottest since 2022. Bitcoin dips under $80,000 at the openBitcoin traded near $80,400 after a hot US producer-price report, about 1.4% down on the UTC day and 4.6% under Monday's $84,250 high.
BitcoinBabylon asks Aave to accept native bitcoin as collateral on V4Babylon's staking protocol says it holds about $3.37 billion of bitcoin. Its new proposal would let that kind of BTC back stablecoin loans on Aave without being wrapped.
CLARITY ActPatrick Witt leaves White House crypto council, the third crypto lead out since MarchThe executive director of the President's Council of Advisors for Digital Assets led the administration's push for the Clarity Act. The White House has not said who replaces him.
Crypto BankingKraken parent Payward agrees to buy Saldo Bank, a €164 million-asset Lithuanian lenderThe deal would give the crypto exchange group an EU banking licence and deposit and lending products in four countries. It is expected to close in 2027.
CircleEU banking regulator names USDC the first significant e-money token under MiCAThe European Banking Authority will take over supervision of the reserve behind Circle's dollar token in the EU from 12 November.
BitcoinBitcoin has broken Tuesday’s low. Seoul did the pushing, PPI is nextYour European-morning market read for Thursday 15 Oct 2026.
Markets today
Prices from CoinLore, sentiment from Alternative.me| Coin | Price | 24h | 7 days | Market cap | Latest coverage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BitcoinBTC | $82,501.81 | 1.07% up | 0.38% down | $1.65T | Bitcoin rebounds to $82,300. Friday’s put wall is next |
| EthereumETH | $2,459.90 | 1.80% up | 3.85% down | $301B | VanEck withdraws Lido staked ether ETF filing a year after S-1 |
| SolanaSOL | $105.94 | 1.38% up | 7.60% down | $57.5B | Solana’s Alpenglow upgrade will replace TowerBFT on 21 Oct |
| XRPXRP | $1.34 | 0.51% up | 4.70% down | $80.2B | XRP Ledger patched a bug that could have created XRP from nothing |
| Binance CoinBNB | $730.63 | 0.23% up | 4.92% down | $102B | Coin Levels 9 Oct: BTC, ETH, BNB, XRP, SOL, HYPE, DOGE, ADA |
Total crypto market$2.75T1.24% up
Traded in 24 hours$150B
Share of the market
Bitcoin 60.0%Ether 11.0%Others 29.0%
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GuideWhat is a MiCA-compliant stablecoin? The EU’s rules, explainedUnder MiCA, a stablecoin offered in the EU needs an authorised issuer, full reserves and redemption at par. Here's what that means for you.
GuideWhat is a quantum attack on bitcoin? Exposed keys, explainedQuantum computers can't break bitcoin today. Here's what a future attack would target, why some coins are more exposed than others and what you can do.
GuideWhat are tokenized stocks? How on-chain shares work and what you ownTokenized stocks are crypto tokens that track a company's shares. Some are real shares recorded on a blockchain; many are a separate product that only follows the price. This guide explains the models, the rules in the US and EU, and what can go wrong.
GuideWhat are crypto liquidations? How leverage can wipe out a tradeCrypto liquidations happen when an exchange automatically closes a trader's leveraged position because losses have eaten through the collateral, or margin, backing it. The trader loses most or all of that margin. Liquidations are why crypto prices sometimes fall or jump much faster than the news alone would suggest.
GuideWhat is a crypto custodian? How custody works, and who holds your keysA crypto custodian is a company that safeguards the private keys to digital assets on behalf of clients. This guide explains how custody works, who the main types of custodian are, how the rules differ in the US and EU, and what can go wrong.
GuideWhat is DeFi lending? How crypto loans work without a bankDeFi lending lets you lend and borrow crypto through smart contracts instead of a bank. Borrowers lock up more collateral than they borrow, and anyone can liquidate a loan that becomes unsafe.
The desks
Every beat we cover, newest firstBitcoin
Coinbase sets out what it wants from bitcoin’s post-quantum upgrade
- Bitcoin has repaired Tuesday’s dip. CPI has to get it past $84,250
- Bitcoin dipped below $81,000 as Korea sold off. It is back above $83,000 before CPI
- A holiday Monday, then CPI. Friday’s bitcoin options are stacked at $80,000
Ethereum
Interactive Brokers launches Ethereum staking for clients through zerohash
- Bitcoin’s Saturday range was 0.7%. Options still price about 2% a day
- StarkWare calls an independent Starknet L1 its ‘clearest path forward’
- Ethereum developers set Glamsterdam’s Hoodi test for 26 Oct and advance eight Hegotá EIPs
Altcoins
Aptos turns on an encrypted mempool that hides transactions until blocks are final
- Zcash price holds $1,300 after first weekly ETF outflow
- Hyperliquid and Zcash Post Double-Digit Gains as Bitcoin Reclaims $77,000 After Sharp Selloff
- CLARITY Act Vote Set for May 14: How the Senate’s Crypto Pivot Could Trigger a Major Market Move
Regulation
South Korea blocks 27 unregistered crypto exchange websites, including KuCoin and MEXC
- French committee backs stablecoin-swap tax and crypto exit tax; Assembly debate starts 13 Oct
- MAS’s Chia: stablecoin par is not a given, AI agents need safeguards
- UK sanctions Cryptomus’s owner and TokenSpot over Russia links
Markets
Bitcoin Hits $65K As Failed Breakouts And ETF Outflows Drag Market
- Bitcoin Must Clear $80,000 to Exit Bear Market, Analyst Warns
- Bitcoin Drops to $77,000 as Spot ETFs Post $1Bn Weekly Outflow on Sticky Inflation Fears
- Bhutan Continues Dumping Bitcoin: Sells Another 100 BTC
Institutional
Evernorth closes its SPAC merger with 473M XRP; 80% of public shares redeemed
- JPMorgan puts 2026 crypto inflows at $50bn as ETF and futures firm
- Evernorth XRPN debut delayed to 12 Oct as SPAC shares halve
- Strategy books $20.91 billion Q3 bitcoin gain, adds 334 BTC
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CircleCircle stops new USDC minting on Noble today. Holders have until 12 January to moveThe first step of Circle's planned exit from the Cosmos chain takes effect. USDC already on Noble keeps working, for now.
Crypto CrimeLedger says the CryptoBilis implant read recovery phrases off the screen; MediaMarkt Saturn pauses Ledger salesLedger's security team says the implant found in a CryptoBilis-sold signer reads the 24-word recovery phrase from the screen during setup and sends it out over LTE. Separately, MediaMarkt Saturn has paused Ledger sales after one customer in Germany reported an implant; Ledger says no loss of funds was reported.
Crypto BankingArgentina’s central bank: no crypto for banks this year, maybe in a second Milei termA senior supervisor said nothing will change on crypto in 2026. He called it a possible agenda for a second Milei presidency. The 2022 ban on banks stays.
Crypto CrimeLedger says impacted devices are ‘limited’ and every confirmed case traces to CryptoBilisIn a 72-hour update, Ledger also told authorized resellers never to restock returned products. A report from Europe that a store-bought device was tampered with is unverified.
Bitcoin SecuritySecurity Alert: COLDCARD’s own X account posted a phishing linkCOLDCARD says a post containing a phishing link was published from its official X account and has been deleted. It can find no matching login, session or access record, and has asked X to investigate.
SanctionsKyrgyzstan winds up USDKG, its state-backed gold stablecoin, less than a year after launchThe project's notice cites a cabinet order of 20 August and tells holders to ask by email for fiat or USDT. It sets no deadline and does not mention the UK sanctions on the issuer.
Crypto HackBunker Season: three safety pitches, one SaturdayIn eleven and a half hours on Saturday, Tron promised quantum resistance, StarkWare backed an independent chain to deliver it, and Ledger confirmed a hardware implant in a customer's device. A Sunday look at how crypto sells safety, and what the week's incidents say about where the money actually goes.
Crypto CrimeSecurity Alert, update: Ledger confirms hardware implantLedger says one affected user's device contained an unauthorized hardware implant. CryptoBilis has stopped selling all hardware wallets, and Ledger tells buyers not to set up unused devices, or to move funds to a new signer with a new seed.
Crypto ETFsETF Desk: Solana ETFs lose $25.0M, ending a record 14-week inflow runUS spot Solana ETFs lost money on every trading day of the week to 9 Oct, the first net weekly outflow since June. Hyperliquid and Zcash funds also fell.