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The market is a bit more buoyant as the U.S. Senate confirmed Trump’s nominee Michael Selig to lead the CFTC and potentially bring regulatory clarity to the crypto industry. Bitcoin reclaimed $88.2K after having slid to $85K earlier, but still finished the week 4% down. Tread carefully, though, as Fidelity warns that BTC could drop…

DeFi Development Corp, the Nasdaq-listed Solana piggy bank, added about 22,070 SOL—worth about $2,373,211—and “SOL equivalents” to its treasury last week, according to a press release published Monday.

On Friday, October 9, 2026, New York Attorney General Letitia James announced that Alex Mashinsky, a co-founder and former chief executive of the crypto lender Celsius Network LLC, has agreed to a settlement worth up to $35 million and will be permanently shut out of the securities, commodities, and cryptocurrency businesses.

On Thursday, October 8, 2026, Investment News reported that an investor filed a federal lawsuit accusing Bitcoin mining company Blockware Solutions and six co-defendants of selling unregistered securities in the form of Bitcoin mining products.

Evernorth’s share price rose by 5% as investors welcomed the Nasdaq debut of the first pure-play XRP digital asset treasury.

The XRPL vulnerability could have credited 18 trillion XRP in one payment, but no exploitation was found and the flaw was fixed in xrpld 3.4.1.

On Tuesday, October 6, 2026, CBC reported that a Toronto jury heard testimony from two investors on the opening day of the fraud and money laundering trial of Aiden Pleterski, the self-described “Crypto King,” who is accused of spending clients’ money on exotic cars, private jet travel and lavish shopping instead of investing it.

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Today’s XRP price forecast signals a -1% overnight drop to $1.39, contrasting with a slightly positive broader market. This drop was primarily driven by a sell-off in leveraged derivatives positions ahead of the Evernorth Nasdaq listing scheduled for October 12. Trading volume has dropped more than -53% in 24 hours, with transaction value now at…

On Friday, October 9, 2026, CoinDesk reported that two investment subsidiaries of crypto market maker DWF Labs have sued custodian BitGo in London’s High Court, alleging it breached the lock-up terms of a private token purchase. The Financial Times first reported the suit.