Today's Crypto and Bitcoin News

Kalshi is expanding its U.S. crypto derivatives business with bitcoin-backed loans and a distribution deal with Webull. The move targets traders seeking perpetual futures exposure without selling their existing crypto holdings.Kalshi Prime customers can borrow against bitcoin, ether and eligible sta

Key takeawaysSolana activates Alpenglow consensus on mainnet after extensive testingNew protocol targets finality nearly 85 times fasterValidator changes could reshape reported network transaction activitySolana activated its Alpenglow consensus upgrade on October 21, replacing the blockchain's orig

Cardano’s ecosystem continues to evolve, with the team introducing several advancements that have drawn the crypto community’s attention.ADA, the project’s native token, is up 4% on a daily basis, yet a combination of bearish factors suggests it may soon head south again.The Latest UpdatesEarlier th

Odaily Planet Daily reports: The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has announced the launch of two consultations—one on guidance for decentralized finance (DeFi) firms on complying with anti-money laundering and financial crime regulations, and another on arrangements to exclude certain cryptoass

A New Mexico court ordered Meta on Wednesday to pay $25 billion in penalties in a data privacy case arising from the Cambridge Analytica scandal. A court filing disclosed the penalty. A Santa Fe jury found Meta liable in September for misleading state residents about data collection, data protection

CoinMarketCap reports:Six major blockchain organizations, including Chainlink Labs and the Cardano Foundation, have called on the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to formally classify digital commodities as non-securities. The SEC’s comment period on its proposed cryptocurrency regulato

U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Wednesday compared the Trump administration’s stablecoin legislation to historic banking reforms, arguing that the rules now taking shape could help define how payment stablecoins operate in the United States.In a post on X, Bessent praised the Office of the

CoinDesk reports:New York, October 21 /PRNewswire/ -- Whop, a technology company dedicated to providing sustainable income for everyone, today announced the completion of a $200 million Series D round, bringing its post-money valuation to $5.1 billion, led by Sequoia and Shopify Ventures. The new fu

ChainCatcher report: On October 21, the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) issued Consultation Paper CP26/36, “Guidance on the Scope of Regulation for Cryptoassets,” outlining how to determine whether activities require authorization when a business model involves a degree of decentralization. The

CoinDesk reports:Kalshi is doubling down on its plan to become a U.S.-regulated crypto perpetual futures platform: partnering with digital asset custodian BitGo to launch a new Bitcoin-backed lending arrangement, and securing a distribution agreement to offer its perpetual contracts to over 6 millio

Federal bank regulators said Wednesday that cryptocurrency companies can continue offering customers interest-like rewards despite banks' warnings about potentially losing trillions of dollars in deposits. The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) published the rules as part of implementin

BlockBeats report: On October 22, multiple internet infrastructure software projects released security updates in a single day, addressing remote code execution, TLS certificate validation bypass, and certificate trust risks. Among them:PHP fixes two critical vulnerabilities, CVE-2026-109618 and CVE

This roundup covers Wednesday's market trading. Space Exploration Technologies Corp., known as SpaceX and trading under SPCX, rose 10% after third-quarter results exceeded forecasts. The rally renewed demand for artificial intelligence stocks and helped lift the Nasdaq 100 by 1.3% by midday. SpaceX

Bitcoin (BTC) ended the third quarter up 42.7%, from $58,544 to $83,570, snapping three consecutive down quarters. The Federal Reserve’s October 28 interest rate decision is now the central swing factor for what comes next, according to Nexo’s “Digital Assets in Q4: Market Outlook” report published

Federal bank regulators said Wednesday that cryptocurrency companies can continue offering customers interest-like rewards despite banks' warnings about potentially losing trillions of dollars in deposits. The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) published the rules as part of implementin