Today's Crypto and Bitcoin News

Commodity Futures Trading Commission Chairman Michael Selig on Oct. 29 called Utah's criminal charges against Kalshi's co-founders a “blatant overreach,” pledging to defend federal jurisdiction as the state targets executives of a CFTC-regulated exchange.The charges came two days after the U.S. gove

ChainCatcher report: Cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase released its third-quarter financial results, reporting a net profit of $719 million, or diluted earnings per share of $2.51, ending two consecutive quarters of losses; market expectations had been for a loss of $0.15 per share. Approximately $71

Odaily Planet Daily reports that Coinbase posted on X that its prediction market annualized revenue exceeded $200 million in Q3, with daily traders increasing by over 60% quarter-over-quarter. Coinbase’s market share of cryptocurrency trading volume has grown for the fourth consecutive quarter, near

Among the October crypto ETF filings were the filing for a Winklevoss Zcash ETF, the withdrawal of VanEck’s Lido staked Ether fund proposal, and three proposals related to Injective, multiple asset funds, and Bittensor.October 6 saw the filing of the Winklevoss Zcash ETF, which would be listed on th

TPG is preparing to invest if distress or repricing creates opportunities in AI infrastructure financing. During Thursday's third-quarter earnings call, CEO Jon Winkelried said the sector could experience distress, although repricing might be a more appropriate description. Winkelried said TPG would

TL;DR:Vitalik Buterin stated on October 29, 2026, that artificial intelligence models lack the wisdom to interpret the deeper substance of unpublished texts.The Ethereum co-founder warned against over-reliance on AI summaries in smart contract audits and governance proposals.The warning follows a Ju

CoinDesk reports:SMSPolymarket has switched its exchange to "order cancellation only" mode and paused relayer operations; this follows reports from users that funds were transferred without authorization.According to Arkham data, a wallet flagged as a suspected attacker holds approximately $2.65 mil

CoinDesk reports:Private equity affiliate Thrive Holdings has acquired physical security company ADT at a price of $10 per share, or approximately $7.6 billion in equity value. The two companies announced the deal on Thursday. ADT stated that, including debt and other factors, the enterprise value o

Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong adopted a stock-trading plan allowing him to sell up to 8.17 million shares through October 2027, a potential $1.31 billion sale at the stock’s latest closing price, according to a newly filed quarterly report.The crypto exchange’s Oct. 29 SEC disclosure also details sep

Base has set November 5 for the mainnet rollout of Denim, an upgrade already live on its Sepolia testnet that replaces two-second blocks with complete blocks every 200 milliseconds.“Denim is live on Base Sepolia with Mainnet coming November 5,” Base's verified builder account announced. Base's migra

Odaily Planet Daily reports that, according to Bubblemaps monitoring, over 700 users were affected in the coin theft incident at Polymarket triggered by a compromise of a third-party service, with approximately $2.7 million stolen. The primary attacker address is 0x3F99…Ffc18, and the funds have bee

CoinDesk reports:User funds on the international exchange portion of the prediction market platform Polymarket were stolen due to a hack of an unnamed third-party service provider.Polymarket has contacted law enforcement and has committed to compensating all affected traders. It is currently unclear

Strategy and Coinbase, two leading companies in the cryptocurrency sector, have announced their financial results for the third quarter of 2026. Strategy, founded by Michael Saylor, known for his Bitcoin investments, achieved its highest quarterly operating profit in history, while the US-based cryp

Strategy reported $20.91 billion in third-quarter operating income on Oct. 29, driven almost entirely by gains on its bitcoin holdings rather than its software business.The bitcoin treasury company said in its earnings release that it held 848,517 BTC as of Oct. 25, up 26% year to date, and had rais

ChainCatcher report: Bitcoin reserve company Strategy announced its third-quarter results, reporting an operating profit of $20.9 billion, driven by the rise in Bitcoin's price. The company also disclosed that, as of October 25, it had spent $2.04 billion to repurchase STRC shares, with a total pref