Tuesday, October 20, 2026

Santander, BBVA, Trade Republic, and Western Union to Debate the Future of Stablecoins at MERGE Madrid 2026

Madrid, September 2026 – Stablecoins are no longer an exclusive tool of the crypto ecosystem; they have become a strategic priority for banks, fintechs, and global payment companies. Santander, BBVA, Trade Republic, and Western Union will participate in MERGE Madrid 2026 to analyze how this new financial infrastructure will transform payments, international transfers, investment, and […]

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Justin Sun Sours on Bitcoin and Arthur Hayes Isn’t Buying His Argument

Image of Justin SunTron founder Justin Sun says AI and quantum computing have made him more bearish on bitcoin than before, while Bitmex co-founder Arthur Hayes says nobody should sell over the quantum threat. Sun’s Bear Case Sun made his case in an interview last week, arguing that advances in artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms and quantum computing have […]

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Monday, October 19, 2026

Strategy Holds 848,517 BTC After Latest $22M Bitcoin Purchase

Image of Michael SaylorStrategy founder Michael Saylor has added another 267 bitcoin to the company’s enormous treasury, bringing its holdings to 848,517 BTC. The $22.1 million acquisition comes alongside a $193.1 million repurchase of preferred shares and an expansion of Strategy’s digital credit securities repurchase program to $3 billion, revealing a company simultaneously accumulating bitcoin and reshaping its […]

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Kucoin Rolls out AI System That Can Suspend Advice When Markets Crash

Kucoin recently unveiled an artificial intelligence assistant incorporating strict context isolation and risk controls to prevent prompt-injection attacks and market volatility risks. Addressing Security and Market Risks in Crypto AI As cryptocurrency exchanges scramble to integrate artificial intelligence (AI) across their trading ecosystems, the industry faces an escalating wave of novel security vulnerabilities and operational […]

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Hyperliquid Whale Down $9 Million This Week Flips to a 20x Tesla Bet

The Hyperliquid trader behind a $98 million bitcoin long has dumped the position at a loss and moved into $46 million of leveraged Tesla and chip-stock bets, two days before Tesla reports earnings. The Nitty Gritty of the Matter Bitcoin.com News first covered this wallet on Sunday, when it held a 40x bitcoin long worth […]

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Viral French Shopkeeper Turned Into a Million-Dollar Meme Coin Overnight

Pierre price actionA photo of a man standing guard in his smashed-up store during France’s riots turned into PIERRE, a Solana meme coin that ran 155x in about nine hours on Sunday. The Photo The image is hard to forget, i.e. a long-haired man in a black T-shirt stands in the doorway of a gutted video game […]

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Sunday, October 18, 2026

Saylor Teases ‘More Orange’ After His $100 Trillion Bitcoin Vision Speech

michael saylorStrategy founder Michael Saylor delivered an ambitious vision for bitcoin at ParaFi Investor Day 2026, arguing that bank lending, tokenized securities, and bitcoin-backed credit could eventually support a $100 trillion financial system. Speaking alongside ParaFi Capital partner Jeff Park, Saylor discussed Strategy’s multibillion-dollar bitcoin treasury, its 12% preferred stock, artificial intelligence (AI), and the financial […]

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