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/circle-says-819-million-of-h1-usdc-revenue-went-to-partners-and-costs-5496b5/SourcedBlocken2026-10-16T22:14:45.000ZCircle says 59 cents of every USDC revenue dollar went to partners and transaction costs in the first half 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/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/quantum-alliance-launches-to-set-post-quantum-standards-for-blockchains-e6762d/SourcedBlocken2026-10-17T01:05:03.000ZNine crypto firms form a ‘Quantum Alliance’ to define what quantum-ready means for blockchains 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 https://sourcedblock.com/news/ripple-prime-launches-24-7-rwa-perpetual-swaps-referencing-hyperliquid-b66253/SourcedBlocken2026-10-17T01:05:03.000ZRipple Prime opens 24/7 swaps on 100+ stock, commodity and FX markets, priced off Hyperliquid perps and collateralized with RLUSD https://sourcedblock.com/news/australia-releases-draft-law-for-oecd-crypto-tax-reporting-framework-0ad013/SourcedBlocken2026-10-17T01:05:03.000ZAustralia publishes draft law to swap crypto tax data with other countries and add domestic reporting https://sourcedblock.com/news/marqeta-and-coinbase-team-up-on-stablecoin-backed-cards-de70e6/SourcedBlocken2026-10-16T22:14:45.000ZMarqeta and Coinbase team up so businesses can issue cards that spend straight from stablecoin balances https://sourcedblock.com/news/visa-direct-moves-usdc-prefunding-into-commercial-production-5ea5d8/SourcedBlocken2026-10-16T22:14:45.000ZVisa Direct takes USDC prefunding out of pilots and into live use, starting with Inyo Global https://sourcedblock.com/news/strategy-declares-conditional-daily-strc-dividends-for-november-a05494/SourcedBlocken2026-10-16T22:14:45.000ZStrategy declares daily STRC dividends for November, but only if shareholders approve the switch https://sourcedblock.com/news/toronto-police-charge-seven-in-kidnapping-of-crypto-exchange-owner-a0551a/SourcedBlocken2026-10-16T22:14:45.000ZToronto police charge seven men, three of them Canadian soldiers, in the gunpoint kidnapping of a crypto exchange owner https://sourcedblock.com/news/solana-shanghai-accelerate-event-halted-at-last-minute-aaa1cf/SourcedBlocken2026-10-16T22:14:45.000ZSolana’s Shanghai event is halted at the last minute; the foundation blames a registration surge