Why Is Bitcoin Price Going Down Today, October 20?
Bitcoin slipped to around $81,400 on October 20, 2026, down roughly 0.5% since midnight UTC after briefly trading higher near $83,000 in the prior session. The move occurred even after…
Sophon to Shut Down Mainnet on November 30, Sets Earlier Withdrawal Deadline.
Sophon has confirmed the final shutdown of its mainnet for November 30, 2026. The project, which previously announced a wind-down of Sophon Chain, set November 25 as the hard deadline…
World Launches Biometric Checks on Zoom to Tackle AI Deepfakes.
World, the identity network co-founded by Sam Altman and operated by Tools for Humanity, has made World ID for Zoom generally available in the Zoom App Marketplace. The feature uses…
Zcash Developer Proposes Quantum Privacy Fix for NEAR Intents Swaps.
Zakura, a Zcash infrastructure team building node and wallet software, has proposed a design that assigns a separate incoming viewing key to every ZEC swap executed through NEAR Intents. The…
Qubic Hack Leaves $1.4 Million in Stolen Tokens Frozen.
Qubic suffered a wallet drain in which an attacker emptied 1,404 user wallets of approximately 2.94 trillion QU tokens, valued at roughly $1.3–1.4 million. The theft occurred between 23:42 UTC…
MARA Moves 1,000 BTC to Exchanges, Raising Fresh Sale Speculation.
MARA Holdings has transferred 1,000 BTC, valued at approximately $82.8 million, to Binance and Gate over the past five days. As of mid-October 2026, on-chain analytics firm Lookonchain identified the…
Thailand Arrests Crypto Exchange Suspect in 500M Yuan Laundering Case.
Thai immigration police have arrested a 37-year-old Chinese national in connection with an alleged money-laundering network that processed more than 500 million yuan. As of mid-October 2026, the suspect, identified…
Charles Hoskinson Says New Cardano Language Will Be First to Pair Intents With Groth16 Proofs.
Cardano founder Charles Hoskinson has said he is personally developing a new programming language for the network. As of mid-October 2026, he described the language as the first of its…
Hyperliquid Adds 10 HYPE Rule as Price Falls to $78.98.
Hyperliquid has introduced a new 10 HYPE delegation requirement for certain priority fee features. As of mid-October 2026, the decentralized derivatives platform announced revised order priority rules on its testnet.…
White House Defends Press Secretary Katie Zacharia Amid Questions Over Legal Credentials.
The White House is defending Press Secretary Katie Zacharia amid questions over her legal credentials. As of mid-October 2026, President Trump described her as an attorney when announcing the appointment,…