Today's Crypto and Bitcoin News

Polymarket expands ultra-short markets to gold and silver with Chainlink supportPolymarket is taking its lightning-fast prediction markets beyond crypto. On Oct. 29, Chainlink announced that Polymarket has launched 15-minute up/down markets for gold and silver, naming Chainlink its official oracle f

Uber has run a live corporate treasury pilot that used tokenized deposits and a tokenized money-market fund to keep cash earning through part of the weekend — picking up the equivalent of 1.5 extra days of yield versus the conventional Friday-close routine.What happenedAccording to Bloomberg, Uber d

ME News reports that on October 31 (UTC+8), developer nicolashw submitted a draft Ethereum Core Improvement Proposal on October 30, aiming to allow externally owned accounts (EOAs) to permanently disable the EIP-7702 delegation feature while retaining their original address, standard transfer capabi

BlockBeats news, on October 31, Dallas Fed President Logan stated that, given the current economic outlook, the Fed still needs at least two additional 25-basis-point rate hikes, bringing the total cumulative increase in the policy rate to 50 basis points, followed by a pause to assess economic and

ME News reports that on October 31 (UTC+8), the privacy-focused blockchain Iron Fish announced it will terminate all remaining support for its network. Several days ago, the team detected anomalous activity involving the wIRON and ChainPort cross-chain bridge. After a joint investigation, they confi

The gap between Coinbase and global crypto prices has narrowed to levels not seen since the FTX collapse, according to CryptoQuant's CEO.The Coinbase premium has slid to a four-year low, according to data cited by multiple crypto analysts this week. The metric measures the price difference between B

ME News reports that on October 31 (UTC+8), the whale "First Set a Big Target" posted an update on X regarding their Bitcoin market outlook and position adjustments. They stated that they previously believed the $78,000 level for BTC would be difficult to break, as the price had consistently remaine

Odaily Planet Daily reports: The privacy blockchain Iron Fish has announced it will terminate all remaining support for its network. Several days ago, the team discovered unusual activity involving the wIRON and ChainPort cross-chain bridge. After a joint investigation, it was confirmed that the roo

Every high-profile exchange breach or wallet exploit sharpens the same question for would-be Bitcoin buyers: who holds the keys, and can they be trusted? That question is driving renewed interest in a category Wall Street has quietly promoted for years, Bitcoin proxy stocks, publicly traded companie

ChainThink reports that on October 31, according to the Financial Times, OpenAI has lowered its fundraising target to approximately $20 billion, with a corresponding reduction in its valuation target to $1.25 trillion.Previously, the company planned to raise $30 billion at a $1.4 trillion valuation.

Huo Xing Finance reports, according to Chainalysis data, as of October 29, 2026, losses from suspected North Korea-linked cyberattacks accounted for nearly 89% of all reported cryptocurrency hacking losses this year, compared to 15% in 2021.From the perspective of losses per attack, the average loss

Huo Xing Cai Jing reports that on October 31, the Bitcoin cross-chain protocol Threshold Network announced a temporary suspension of new BTC deposits and tBTC minting via the Threshold application, as well as new Bitcoin redemption requests. This measure is a precautionary step prior to the completi

ME News reports that on October 31 (UTC+8), according to three senior officials from Gulf nations, the Trump administration has notified its Gulf allies to prepare for a possible new brief and intense military strike on November 4, the day after the U.S. midterm elections. Trump aims to further dism

ChainCatcher report: The board of the Recall Foundation, a decentralized AI agent evaluation platform, has announced plans to wind down the Recall Foundation in the near term—a decision made independently of Recall Labs. RECALL was launched in October 2025.RootData shows that Recall has raised appro

ChainCatcher report: According to Chainalysis data, as of October 29, 2026, losses from suspected North Korea-linked cyberattacks accounted for nearly 89% of all reported cryptocurrency hacking losses this year, compared to 15% in 2021.From the losses caused by a single attack, the average loss attr