Richard Heart's detention in Istanbul preceded a roughly $246 million drop in HEX's market cap, Ledger unveiled its $849 Atom wallet, and Starknet put a post-quantum layer-1 move to a vote, per Cointelegraph's weekly digest.
HEX market cap reportedly fell $246 million after founder Richard Heart was detained in Istanbul.
Ledger introduced the $849 Atom device to counter supply-chain tampering.
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According to CNBC's Morning Squawk, stocks fell Wednesday on worries over AI-related debt loads, and September CPI came in hotter than expected, marking the 66th straight month above the Fed's 2% target. Chip stocks extended losses in Thursday premarket trading.
Bitcoin Magazine reports that Payward, parent of Kraken, signed a definitive agreement to buy Saldo Finance Oy and its banking subsidiary, securing an EU license spanning five markets. Closing is targeted for 2027 and would support deposit interest, loans, credit cards and banking-as-a-service products.
Standard Chartered announced bitcoin trading for affluent UAE clients on October 14, allowing direct purchases through bank accounts. The move positions the bank as the first international institution to offer the service in the country and extends its existing crypto operations in Luxembourg and Hong Kong.
A London court ruled that Chinese law governs claims over 61,000 bitcoin seized from a convicted fraudster, narrowing victims' recovery path, the Financial Times reported. The decision improves the U.K. government's chances of retaining most of the about £3.8 billion holding.
CoinTelegraph reports on a proposed US accounting change for stablecoins, an FSB letter warning G20 officials about stablecoin oversight gaps and AI risks, and XRP Ledger developers defending a September emergency patch that bypassed the usual vote.
