https://sourcedblock.com/news/qubic-halts-its-chain-after-weak-wallet-seeds-let-attacker-drain-1404-wallets-13dd70/SourcedBlocken2026-10-19T04:03:19.000ZQubic halts its blockchain after an attacker drains about 1,400 wallets created with weak seeds https://sourcedblock.com/news/nine-companies-object-to-tokenized-trading-of-their-shares-on-okxice-7ac872/SourcedBlocken2026-10-17T22:09:52.000ZCoreWeave, Broadcom and Verizon among nine companies objecting to tokens of their shares on the OKX-ICE venue https://sourcedblock.com/news/chip-stock-perpetuals-lose-52-million-in-10-minutes-while-wall-street-was-shut-83fdde/SourcedBlocken2026-10-19T01:08:57.000ZCrypto traders’ chip-stock perpetuals lose about $52 million in 10 minutes while Wall Street was shut https://sourcedblock.com/news/crypto-com-and-novig-sue-missouri-over-sports-event-contracts-3da17b/SourcedBlocken2026-10-18T22:04:32.000ZCrypto.com and Novig take Missouri to federal court over sports event contracts as Kalshi and Polymarket hold off https://sourcedblock.com/news/thai-police-arrest-chinese-fugitive-tied-to-133-account-laundering-network-054991/SourcedBlocken2026-10-18T22:04:32.000ZThai police arrest Chinese fugitive accused of running crypto and currency exchanges for a 133-account laundering network https://sourcedblock.com/news/spot-bitcoin-etfs-shed-about-910-million-in-two-weeks-90fbbe/SourcedBlocken2026-10-18T22:04:32.000ZSpot bitcoin ETFs bleed about $910 million in two weeks as hot inflation data sours “Uptober” https://sourcedblock.com/news/cysic-halts-bridge-after-unauthorized-mint-of-10-million-cys-eb2f94/SourcedBlocken2026-10-18T13:08:24.000ZCysic suspends its cross-chain bridge after an unauthorized mint of 10 million CYS on BNB Smart Chain https://sourcedblock.com/news/hacken-q3-2026-crypto-hacks-hit-1-18-billion-as-audits-miss-scope-ec816a/SourcedBlocken2026-10-18T19:04:17.000ZHacken: Q3 crypto hacks hit $1.18 billion as most losses sat outside audit scope https://sourcedblock.com/news/allium-stablecoin-payments-grow-45-percent-to-482-billion-as-supply-stalls-fb4c99/SourcedBlocken2026-10-18T19:04:17.000ZAllium: stablecoin payments jumped 45% to $482 billion through September even as supply barely grew https://sourcedblock.com/news/tether-capital-backs-aisa-seed-extension-for-ai-agent-payments-a9640f/SourcedBlocken2026-10-18T19:04:17.000ZTether Capital joins AIsa’s seed extension as the startup pitches governed payments for AI agents https://sourcedblock.com/news/latvia-passes-crypto-tax-overhaul-with-one-time-10-declaration-441140/SourcedBlocken2026-10-18T16:06:28.000ZLatvia passes a crypto tax overhaul with a one-time 10% declaration, and an adviser says crypto tax payments could come in 2027 https://sourcedblock.com/news/most-americans-oppose-betting-on-elections-reuters-ipsos-poll-e566c9/SourcedBlocken2026-10-18T16:06:28.000ZMost Americans oppose betting on elections through prediction markets, Reuters/Ipsos poll finds https://sourcedblock.com/news/bis-paper-finds-higher-bank-deposit-rates-slow-stablecoin-growth-29dc99/SourcedBlocken2026-10-17T13:07:36.000ZBIS paper: when U.S. banks pay savers more, stablecoin growth slows, especially for USDC https://sourcedblock.com/news/doj-west-africa-scam-sweep-flags-11-million-with-binance-coinbase-b51121/SourcedBlocken2026-10-18T13:08:24.000ZDOJ West Africa scam sweep nets 28 arrests as Binance and Coinbase help flag $11 million https://sourcedblock.com/news/crypto-pac-spending-against-sherrod-brown-tops-46-million-in-ohio-b0ed5d/SourcedBlocken2026-10-17T19:05:52.000ZCrypto super PAC spending in Ohio’s Senate race tops $46 million as Fairshake affiliate targets Sherrod Brown https://sourcedblock.com/news/polygon-labs-completes-coinme-acquisition-93fc46/SourcedBlocken2026-10-17T19:05:52.000ZPolygon Labs closes its Coinme deal, gaining U.S. money transmitter licenses for a push into payments https://sourcedblock.com/news/fidelity-report-solana-two-years-without-major-outage-concentration-risks-0b39ea/SourcedBlocken2026-10-17T19:05:52.000ZFidelity research arm says Solana has gone two years without a major outage, but flags stake and hosting concentration https://sourcedblock.com/news/claude-traces-nist-elliptic-curve-seeds-to-1990s-timestamps-e50f2d/SourcedBlocken2026-10-17T13:07:36.000ZAnthropic’s Claude solves the 25-year mystery of the NSA-supplied NIST curve seeds: they were just timestamps https://sourcedblock.com/news/bitget-discontinues-services-for-certain-users-in-one-off-exercise-34bd1d/SourcedBlocken2026-10-17T13:07:36.000ZBitget is cutting off some users in a ‘one-off exercise,’ with private deadlines to withdraw