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Cory Fields says quantum landmines could make Bitcoin theft a losing bet
The Bitcoin developer has floated hidden ownership traps and staked auctions that would force a quantum attacker to post collateral before moving vulnerable coins, as a mailing-list thought experiment
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Grayscale opens in-kind crypto subscriptions across 10 funds
Grayscale now lets eligible investors swap crypto directly for shares in 10 products, with minimums from about $80,300 to $364,800 as of 20 Oct.
Trump says White House cybercrime event to focus on overseas crypto scams
President Donald Trump was due to highlight his administration's crackdown on crypto fraud run from abroad at a White House cybercrime event, a White House official said.
Bitcoin hits $84,600 as SpaceX earnings beat lifts US stocks
Bitcoin rose nearly 2% to reach $84,600 for the first time since 7 Oct, after SpaceX reported third-quarter revenue well above expectations and US stocks opened higher.
OCC says existing stablecoin rewards need approval under GENIUS Act
The US banking regulator has issued its first final rule under the GENIUS Act, saying pre-existing stablecoin rewards programmes get no special treatment when it judges which ones comply.
Bitcoin ETFs add $550m in two days as ether funds keep losing money
US Bitcoin ETFs took in $23.2m on Tuesday after Monday's $527m, bringing the week's inflows to about $550m, while ether and solana funds continued to see redemptions.
Tom Lee's BitMine stakes another 159,728 ETH, lifting staked share to 86.5%
BitMine staked a further 159,728 ETH worth about $391m on 21 Oct, taking its staked total to 5.23m ETH and putting 86.5% of its treasury to work.
