Bitcoin pulls back from $84,000 as oil recovers, ETFs bleed over $600 million
Bitcoin reversed early gains as oil bounced back to over $92. Analysts express concerns over large outflows from spot ETFs last week.
French lawmakers back reporting rule for crypto wallets over $112K
Holders could face fines of up to 10,000 euros for failing to declare qualifying assets. French lawmakers have backed a proposal that would require holders of self-custodied crypto assets to report holdings equal or above 100,000 euros ($112,000) or face penalties. The amendment, numbered I-CF821, was adopted by the National Assembly’s Finance Committee on Friday, and…
Smith breaks fielding record as Australia take control of 1st Test
DURBAN. Steve Smith broke the Test record for the most career catches by a fielder as Australia played themselves into a strong position on the third day of the first Test against South Africa at Kingsmead on Sunday. Smith held four catches, taking his total to 223, as South Africa were bowled out for 284…
Abhishek, Arshdeep guide India to T20 win over West Indies
INDORE. Abhishek Sharma struck a quick 69 before Arshdeep Singh’s three wickets helped India to a 14-run win over the West Indies in the third T20 international on Sunday. Opener Abhishek’s 30-ball assault guided India to 223 all out, a total their bowlers defended by restricting West Indies to 209-7 in Indore, giving them 2-1…
Resurgent Verstappen wins Singapore Grand Prix for first time
Singapore: Max Verstappen won the Singapore Grand Prix for the first time in his career on Sunday to complete a perfect weekend where he also finished first in the sprint and was on pole for both races. Red Bull’s Verstappen finished 7.335sec ahead of Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc with championship leader Kimi Antonelli third for Mercedes…
Sadaqat, Imran help Pakistan thump Sri Lanka to seal T20 series
Rawalpindi. Maaz Sadaqat just missed out on a hundred as Pakistan upstaged Sri Lanka by 82 runs in the second T20 international on Sunday, taking an unbeatable 2-0 lead in the series. Sadaqat’s 51-ball 96 and Sahibzada Farhan’s 44-ball 73 helped Pakistan to their highest T20 total at home of 215-3 in Rawalpindi. Medium pacer…
XRP Ledger defends emergency patch for unlimited XRP bug
The XRP Ledger Foundation pushed back against claims that its emergency security patch was forced on network operators.XRP Ledger developers have defended the emergency security patch used to fix a bug capable of creating XRP beyond the network’s fixed supply, saying they could not wait for the network’s usual two-week validator vote without exposing the…
Ledger attack spreads to EU, AI finds ’18 trillion XRP’ bug: Hodler’s Digest
An user reports buying a tampered Ledger from a big retailer in Europe. Security researchers use AI to uncover a “$94 billion” XRP bug — but receive just a $250K bounty. A tampered Ledger attack that has already seen an estimated $93.4 million taken from Asian hardware wallet users, has reportedly spread to Europe. X…
Everyone wants SCOTUS to take up prediction markets: State of Crypto
The U.S. Supreme Court hasn’t yet indicated whether it will take up cases surrounding prediction markets, but there are now several amicus briefs, an interim final rule and a rule proposal.
Saylor teases Strategy Bitcoin buying after ending September with STRC buybacks
Investors will have to wait an extra day to find out if and how much Strategy added to its Bitcoin treasury in the first week of October. Strategy chair Michael Saylor teased investors watching Sunday for a signal of the company’s recent Bitcoin purchases with the message “There’s always room for more orange,” in a…
