Today's Crypto and Bitcoin News

PANews, October 29: BNB Chain has announced the winners of its BNB Hack tokenized stocks-themed hackathon. Moi, 4lpha, Redeye, TARE, and Firstshare secured first through fifth places, with main track prizes of $6,000, $4,000, $3,000, $2,000, and $1,000 respectively. 4lpha won the Best Application Aw

According to an official announcement from Ondo Finance, Ondo Intelligent Portfolios has launched on Solana, introducing seven on-chain investment portfolios covering income, growth, and thematic investments, three of which are backed by BlackRock. Each portfolio is presented as a single, transferab

CoinDesk reports:The newly established Seoul office will serve rapidly growing Korean beauty, health and wellness, and pharmaceutical brands.New York, October 29, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Front Row, a global growth partner that helps brands lead on Amazon, TikTok Shop, and Shopify, today announced its ex

A study found that Claude Code’s background agent summary feature causes approximately 15–20% of token waste. According to Jinseicaijing, research by Flamerix AI reveals that since version 2.1.232 of Claude Code, the background agent automatically sends conversation content to the model every 30 sec

Researchers at quantum computing company Alice & Bob estimate that a theoretical machine containing about 30,000 physical qubits could defeat the cryptography securing Bitcoin wallets. The model specifies 29,588 qubits and an attack duration of roughly 62 minutes. Senior cryptanalyst Dahmun Goud...

CoinDesk reports:This recognition, earned for the first time, reflects the results of an independent survey of approximately 140,000 women from 61 countries.Houston, October 29 (Reuters) /PRNewswire/ — Group 1 Automotive, Inc. (NYSE: GPI) today announced that it has been named one of the 2026 “World

HuoXing Finance reports that on October 29, according to TradingBeats monitoring, as Google fell 13.7%—its largest single-day decline in history—a whale (0xfe7c…b7ae) added to a short position on GOOGL (Google) on Hyperliquid 10 minutes ago, increasing the position by $8.63 million, bringing the tot

CoinDesk reports:The voice AI industry is currently experiencing heightened momentum, with leading players seeking to solidify their positions through partnerships and acquisitions—a trend accelerating as more business models emerge. Deepgram is the latest company to take such action: on Thursday, t

TL;DR: The Federal Reserve held the federal funds target range at 3.75% to 4.00% on October 28. For Bitcoin, a key market question is whether the latest policy message encourages holders to maintain cash rather than increase exposure.The Federal Reserve held the federal funds target range at 3.75% t

Bitcoin [BTC] has been in a downtrend since its attempted upside move collapsed at $84.9k ten days ago. In fact, since then, Bitcoin has fluctuated between $79k and $81k.At press time, Bitcoin was trading around $80,046, down 3% on weekly charts. As BTC struggles to regain the uptrend, some ETFs are

TL;DRBermuda selected WalletConnect to expand crypto payments, with Premier Tickets expected to become the first participating merchant in the second quarter of 2027. Islandwide adoption remains a future objective.WalletConnect Pay supports Stellar through LOBSTR. The ticketing integration would tra

Researchers at quantum computing firm Alice & Bob estimate that a machine with about 30,000 physical qubits could break the cryptography protecting bitcoin wallets in just over an hour, using far less hardware than earlier models suggested.Google estimated in March that a future quantum computer...

CoinDesk reports:Annual event honoring top health solutions, bringing together industry leaders from around the world.Olathe, Kansas, October 29, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Garmin (NYSE: GRMN) today announced the winners of the 2026 Garmin Health Awards, recognizing groundbreaking digital health solutions.

According to ChainCatcher, data from Coinglass shows that if ETH breaks above $2,442, the total liquidation value of long positions on major CEXs will reach $1.002 billion. Conversely, if ETH falls below $2,212, the total liquidation value of short positions on major CEXs will reach $863 million.

Key InsightsRobinhood stock closed at $91.42 on Oct. 28, declining 3.32% after its third-quarter earnings.Cryptocurrency revenue plunged 55% to $120 million, despite total revenue increasing 12% to $1.42 billion.Operating expenses increased 16%, while Robinhood expanded prediction markets and agenti