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Visa has launched a new advisory service to help banks, fintechs, and businesses use stablecoins in real-world payments. The goal is to make things like cross-border and B2B transactions faster and more practical, as Visa deepens its role in the stablecoin ecosystem.

Former SEC Chair Gary Gensler told Bloomberg that Bitcoin is treated like a commodity, but most other cryptocurrencies are highly speculative, risky, and lack real fundamentals.

AI agents can now mimic real on-chain exploits, reproducing about $4.6M in past attack outcomes. They also found two hidden vulnerabilities in 2,849 new contracts. The report says AI-driven exploit activity is rising fast, with revenues doubling every 1.3 months, making autonomous smart-contract attacks increasingly feasible.

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Arthur Hayes is sticking to his $250K year-end Bitcoin target, calling last week’s $80.6K drop the cycle bottom. He says most deleveraging is over and expects a major move up as liquidity improves and rate-cut expectations rise.

Starting January 1, 2026, U.K. crypto exchanges must collect full transaction data from local users and submit it to HMRC in 2027. The rule aims to improve tax compliance and aligns with the OECD’s global Crypto-Asset Reporting Framework already adopted in several countries.

Upbit, South Korea’s biggest crypto exchange, was hacked for about $32M. Authorities suspect North Korea’s Lazarus Group, known for similar attacks, after the hackers hit a hot wallet and used their usual hopping and mixing methods.

Thailand’s data protection authority has ordered World (formerly Worldcoin) to delete over 1.2 million iris scans collected in the country and stop all operations. A review found that giving users crypto in exchange for biometric data violates Thai privacy rules.

Galaxy Digital CEO Mike Novogratz says the firm is talking with both Polymarket and Kalshi about providing liquidity for their prediction markets. Galaxy has already started small trial runs as a market-maker and plans to expand them. At the same time, Jump Trading has also begun quietly adding liquidity on Kalshi.

In October 2025, TON made major strides in decentralized AI and Web3. Pavel Durov launched COCOON, a privacy-focused AI compute network, and tokenized U.S. stocks became tradable in Telegram Wallet, opening equities access to over a billion users.

Robert Kiyosaki sold $2.25M in bitcoin bought at ~$6K and cashed out at ~$90K. He’s using the profits to buy two surgery centers and invest in a billboard company, aiming for $27.5K a month in tax-free income. He says he’s still bullish on bitcoin and will rebuild his position later.

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Malaysia’s Energy Ministry says the national utility TNB has lost over $1.1 billion to electricity theft by crypto miners from 2020 to August 2025. Authorities found nearly 14,000 sites where miners had illegally tampered with meters to power their operations.

CryptoQuant’s CEO says Bitcoin looks weak short-term due to whale pullbacks and ETF outflows, but it may bottom near $56K. He expects conditions to improve within months as liquidity eases and demand shifts back toward BTC.

For the first time in years, the SEC has dropped crypto from its 2026 exam priorities. Under Gary Gensler, crypto was treated as a high-risk focus, with spot BTC and ETH ETFs on the list. Now the agency is shifting its attention to AI and automation instead.

Blockchain analyst ZachXBT called a Cardano user the “clown of the day” after they lost $6 million by swapping 14.4 million ADA into only 847,000 USDA due to low liquidity and a price spike. The user hadn’t moved those coins in five years before making the mistake.

A series of major policy moves in Washington is rapidly reshaping U.S. crypto regulation. The Federal Reserve is raising new concerns about stablecoins, the CFTC is offering clearer guidance, the Senate landscape is shifting, and the SEC’s stance is evolving. Altogether, these changes mark a pivotal moment for how the U.S. will oversee digital asset markets heading into 2026.

Tether is reportedly in talks to lead a €1 billion round for Neura Robotics, valuing the German start-up at up to €10 billion. Neura plans to ramp up production of its humanoid robots after raising €120 million earlier this year.

Several Cosmos-based projects — including Comdex, Kujira, Evmos, Picasso, Quasar, and Stride — have shut down this year. They spanned everything from DEXs and DeFi to NFTs and lending, but ultimately closed due to slow growth, low revenue, and shrinking developer activity.

The travel ban on Pavel Durov has been completely lifted in France, and the requirement for him to regularly report to the local police station has been removed.