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Zcash network software developer Zakura plans to introduce a new digital signature verification feature in January 2027 to help defend against quantum computer attacks, CoinDesk reported. The technology aims to prevent asset theft through hash-based signatures even if quantum computers render existing cryptographic methods ineffective. However, the timeline for deployment on the live network has not been finalized. The update is intended for transparent transactions, where sending addresses and amounts are publicly visible. Of the roughly 16.98 million ZEC currently issued, about 11.96 million ZEC, or 70%, is held in those public addresses. Separately, the development team is also working on a technology designed to prevent wallet address information from being exposed to external servers when users check balances. Privacy transactions that conceal transfer details, however, still require separate quantum-resistant security measures.

A whale on Hyperliquid is holding about $320 million in BTC and ETH long positions across 10 addresses, according to on-chain analyst EmberCN. The positions total 1,400 BTC and 82,000 ETH, with average entry prices of $75,967 and $2,493, respectively. Unrealized profit was estimated at about $8.77 million. EmberCN said the whale has generated a total of $116.7 million in profit this year through multiple BTC and ETH long trades.

A wallet linked to the 2016 Bitfinex hack transferred 12,267 BTC, worth about $1.01 billion, to new addresses, according to Arkham data. The Bitcoin was moved to addresses whose current owners have not been identified, and there were no signs afterward of deposits to exchanges. The large-scale BTC transfer has raised concerns about potential selling pressure, but no actual sales have been confirmed.

According to CoinNess market monitoring, BTC has risen above $83,000. BTC is trading at $83,017.3 on the Binance USDT market.

Barclays has raised its price target on Strategy (MSTR) to $175 and maintained its buy rating, according to Bitcoin Treasuries. The global investment bank also classified Strategy as a fintech company alongside Visa and Mastercard.

The U.S. said it plans to seize about $1 billion in Iran-linked cryptocurrency assets as part of a broader effort to increase economic pressure on Iran. The move is part of “Operation Economic Fury,” aimed at Iran’s financial networks and overseas assets to cut off funding channels. The U.S. and Iran are also holding indirect talks through Qatar and Pakistan to end a conflict that has continued for seven months, but no formal agreement has been reached. Specific assets targeted for seizure and the enforcement timeline were not disclosed.

DeFi protocol Pendle has launched srnOPAL, a fixed-yield product backed by Brazilian credit card receivables. The product uses tokenized assets issued by BlackOpal Finance and offers an annual yield of 11.59% on Pendle. The product launched on Sept. 15 and matures on Jan. 7, 2027. Returns are generated by purchasing Brazilian merchants’ credit card receivables at a discount and then collecting the actual settlement proceeds. The investment structure is split into senior and junior tranches. In the event of losses, junior capital equal to about 15% of the total investment absorbs losses first. Even as a fixed-yield product, however, principal losses may still occur depending on defaults in the underlying assets or counterparty risk.

Polychain Capital is leading a new funding round for Network School at a $2 billion valuation, with a16z, Coinbase and Balaji Srinivasan participating, according to BlockBeats. The amount being raised was not disclosed. At the Network State Conference on Oct. 9, Polychain founder and CEO Olaf Carlson-Wee announced the investment and said Polychain focuses on projects that solve problems through new business models or technologies rather than incremental improvements.

Vesu, a Starknet-based DeFi lending protocol, said it will offer STRK token rewards to users who borrow stablecoins against BTC collateral. The eligible collateral assets are WBTC, LBTC, SolvBTC, tBTC, and strkBTC. Users who take out loans through Sats Terminal will receive weekly STRK rewards. Depending on the size of the rewards, the effective borrowing rate could fall to near 0% or turn negative. Vesu added that because the rewards are paid in STRK, the actual benefit will vary with the token’s price. The program is part of a 100 million STRK incentive program set up by the Starknet Foundation to support BTC-based DeFi, or BTCFi.

The European Securities and Markets Authority is reviewing the use of tokenized stocks, bonds and other assets on blockchains as collateral, while gathering industry feedback on whether such collateral can actually be recovered and converted into cash during a financial crisis or a counterparty default. ESMA said even assets that are readily liquid in traditional financial markets could face delays in liquidation once tokenized because of redemption procedures or trading restrictions. The authority also plans to examine whether token holders have legal rights to the underlying stocks or bonds. Based on the review, ESMA will decide whether existing EU regulations are sufficient to address the risks involved or whether additional rules are needed.

Japan’s Financial Services Agency on Oct. 9 urged financial institutions, including cryptocurrency exchanges, to phase out identity verification based on submitted ID photos before the current April 1, 2027 deadline and switch to reading data from IC chips embedded in identification cards. The move follows a series of unauthorized access incidents and customer data leaks at financial institutions. Under the new method, institutions would verify users by reading information stored on an ID card’s IC chip through a smartphone or similar device, including a name, address, date of birth, and facial photo. The agency also called for checks on risk management related to outsourced service providers and on response systems for cyberattacks.

NEAR Protocol co-founder Illia Polosukhin said NEAR accounts can adopt quantum-resistant security against quantum-computing attacks through cryptographic key updates alone, Cointelegraph reported. Polosukhin said this would strengthen security for existing accounts without requiring a separate asset-transfer process.

Crypto hacking losses exceeded $1.17 billion in the third quarter of 2026, surpassing the $955 million recorded in the first half of the year, according to Finbold’s analysis of SlowMist data. September posted the largest monthly losses at about $762 million, followed by $224 million in July and $188 million in August. The biggest hack of the quarter was the Bitget breach on Sept. 24, which caused $387.5 million in losses. The top five incidents accounted for a combined $952 million, or about 81% of the quarterly total. Cumulative hacking losses for the first three quarters of the year reached about $2.1 billion. Finbold noted the figures were calculated based on the value of affected assets at the time of each incident, meaning the totals may differ from final loss estimates after returned, frozen, or recovered funds are reflected.

South Korean exchange Bithumb announced the addition of Doppler Finance (XDP) for KRW trading at 12:00 p.m. UTC today.

CryptoQuant contributor MAC.D analyzed that around $74,500 could become a key BTC price level if the asset falls further, based on the depth of corrections seen in past bull markets. MAC.D said the average drawdown from peak levels across five past bull-market corrections was 14.39%. Applied to Bitcoin’s recent high of $87,027 reached on Oct. 5, that implies a level of about $74,500. BTC fell about 7.61% from $87,027 on Oct. 5 to $80,404 on Oct. 9, a move MAC.D said was similar to the 7.58% average correction seen in the previous bull market from 2022 to 2025. Citing the smaller pullbacks in the recent bull market than in earlier cycles, MAC.D suggested considering staggered buying around $80,000 and increasing buying exposure in the $74,000-$75,000 range.

Ajay Shinjin has been sentenced to two years and six months in prison for taking part in a SIM-swapping scam that stole about 200,000 pounds ($265,000) worth of cryptocurrency, The Block reported, citing the City of London Police. Shinjin received more than 44,000 pounds (about $58,000) in criminal proceeds and used the money on luxury holidays in Dubai, a high-end apartment and gold-plated dental accessories, according to the report. SIM swapping is a method that hijacks a victim’s phone number to intercept text-based authentication messages and other communications.

Base founder Jesse Pollak said in an interview with The Block at TOKEN2049 in Singapore that the shutdowns of Ethereum layer-two networks Blast and Abstract do not mean the Ethereum L2 experiment is over. Pollak said blockchain networks are similar to businesses in several respects and not every business can succeed. Pollak added that each network needs a specific product and a user acquisition strategy to secure long-term sustainability.

Spot CVD is an order-book analysis chart for the BTC/USDT spot trading pair. The upper panel shows a volume heatmap, while the lower panel shows cumulative volume delta, or CVD. - The volume heatmap tracks trading volume at each price level. The background becomes brighter when the price stays in a specific range for an extended period or moves sharply. Brighter zones may act as support or resistance levels. - The cumulative volume delta indicator tracks buy and sell orders by order size. As buy orders increase, the line for the corresponding color rises. The yellow line represents orders between $100 and $1,000, while the brown line represents large orders between $1 million and $10 million.

Bitcoin may be more affected by the U.S. Treasury market than by Federal Reserve rate policy, crypto asset manager CoinShares said on Oct. 8. CoinShares said the U.S. 10-year Treasury yield has risen above 5.3% and the 30-year yield above 5.7%, approaching their highest levels in decades. It said if rising long-term yields reflect concerns about U.S. fiscal health rather than economic growth, BTC could draw attention as an alternative to fiat currencies. CoinShares added that digital-asset investment products have seen about $11.1 billion in net inflows since mid-July, but inflows have slowed sharply this week. It said it remains unclear whether the shift in BTC investment demand is being reflected in actual fund flows and that fund inflows and outflows should be monitored over the coming weeks.

Strive’s preferred stock SATA has fallen below $99 for the first time in more than two months, pushing its effective dividend yield to 13.15%, according to Bitcoin Treasuries.

At least $154 billion flowed into cryptocurrency addresses tied to illicit activity last year, including about $17 billion linked to scams, according to blockchain analytics firm Chainalysis. The company also said it is strengthening its crypto financial crime training and certification programs in partnership with the Association of Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialists, or ACAMS. The two firms plan to offer courses covering crypto-related crime risks, anti-money laundering, or AML, compliance, and real-world investigative cases. Separately, TRM Labs said scam activity using AI has risen about 500% over the past year.

According to on-chain data, wallets linked to the U.S. government deposited 17,733 BTC, worth about $1.48 billion, and 750 WBTC, worth about $62 million, to Coinbase Prime over the past three days. It has not been confirmed whether the transfers were tied to actual selling. Wallets Arkham classifies as U.S. government-related addresses still hold about $25.4 billion worth of crypto, including roughly $25.3 billion in BTC.

Real Vision crypto analyst Jamie Coutts said blockchain protocols paid $1.95 billion to token holders over the past 12 months, up fivefold from late 2022. Coutts said tokenomics are quietly shifting. While tokens had previously struggled to capture value and demand fluctuated cyclically, protocols have now started returning value to token holders through a variety of methods, Coutts said. The share of protocol revenue going to token holders also rose to 37% from 20%, according to Coutts. Coutts added the shift is spreading across a growing number of tokens, with 32 now paying more than $1 million annually to token holders.

Bitcoin holders’ accumulated unrealized gains were the main driver behind the latest decline, according to a CryptoQuant analysis based on on-chain data. CryptoQuant said a large Bitcoin transfer by the U.S. government helped trigger the drop by adding to selling pressure, but the core issue was that BTC holders were sitting on elevated unrealized profits. The firm said the market was already vulnerable to a decline before the large U.S. government BTC transfer, as unrealized gains had built up. When holders are sitting on sizable paper gains, even a small shock can unleash a wave of profit-taking, it added. Short-term holders sent 45,600 BTC to exchanges over the past 24 hours, including 29,100 BTC moved at a loss, which CryptoQuant said was the largest such volume since the correction that preceded June’s rally. CryptoQuant added that $74,600, the realized price for short-term holders, or their on-chain acquisition cost, could serve as a key support level, and holding that range could keep the bull-market structure intact.

Binance announced it will delist 14 tokens from its on-chain trading platform Binance Alpha at 8:00 a.m. UTC today. The tokens are SUP, CUDIS, PYTHIA, BLUM, KIN, DN, GAIA, STRIKE, CDL, KO, VRA, EPT, SLX, and CAI.