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Treasury officials say the targeted funds are tied to Iranian networks using digital assets to bypass sanctions. The US Treasury Department has identified approximately $1 billion in cryptocurrency connected to Iran that it intends to seize. The figure was disclosed by the Treasury chief, according to reports from Crypto News Australia and BitKE.

A proposed measure would require disclosure of self-custody holdings above roughly €100,000, with fines reaching €10,000 for non-compliance. French lawmakers have voted to support a new reporting requirement aimed at crypto holders with large self-custody balances. The rule would apply to wallets holding more than approximately €100,000, equivalent to roughly $112,000 at current exchange rates.

The digital asset manager moves closer to operating in the Abu Dhabi Global Market as part of its push into the UAE. 3iQ, a digital asset management firm, has obtained in-principle approval for a Category 4 license tied to the Abu Dhabi Global Market, according to reports from CryptoBriefing and UNLOCK Blockchain.

The VARA-regulated platform now lets users trade tokenized shares of major global companies at any hour OKX has rolled out tokenized U.S. stocks on its United Arab Emirates platform. The exchange operates under a license from the Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority, or VARA, Dubai's dedicated crypto regulator.

Two CryptoBriefing stories published minutes apart on the same day give conflicting accounts of which firm already runs Hong Kong's existing spot Solana ETF. Two CryptoBriefing stories published minutes apart on the same day give conflicting accounts of which firm already runs Hong Kong's existing spot Solana ETF.

Caroline Pham says the Commodity Futures Trading Commission's jurisdiction is broader than most realize, with a few historical carve-outs. Caroline Pham, who served as Acting Chair of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, says the agency's regulatory authority is far broader than many assume.

Authorities in the Central Asian nation moved to wind down both the stablecoin issuer and the exchange that supported it. Kyrgyzstan's authorities have ordered the liquidation of the issuer behind USDKG, a stablecoin tied to the country, alongside Coin Nomad Exchange, the platform that facilitated its trading.

The EU securities regulator has set a three-month deadline for exchanges and custodians to drop stablecoins lacking MiCA authorization. The European Securities and Markets Authority, known as ESMA, has directed crypto firms across the European Union to stop offering services for stablecoins that have not received authorization under MiCA.

The executive chairman teased another purchase as the firm's bitcoin position approaches a $70 billion milestone. Michael Saylor, executive chairman of Strategy, has once again signaled that the company may add to its bitcoin reserves.

The Bitcoin sidechain's L-BTC redemptions remain halted with reported coverage short of full backing. Liquid Network, a federated Bitcoin sidechain, has reportedly frozen redemptions of its pegged token, L-BTC, back into native bitcoin. Reports place the network's reserve backing at approximately 86% of outstanding L-BTC supply.

The fund's analysis shows appetite for blockchain-based equities but warns the market remains immature. The International Monetary Fund has released an analysis of the tokenized stock market, concluding that investor demand for the product is genuine. At the same time, the fund said the sector still shows signs of volatility and weak liquidity.

The exchange operator's chief executive points to tokenized markets as a major growth opportunity for traditional finance. Nasdaq's chief executive has said that tokenization of financial assets could unlock billions of dollars in value for markets. The comments were reported by crypto.news and U.Today on October 11, 2026.

Counting publishers is not the same as counting sources, and today's Tron claim shows exactly where that distinction breaks. Counting publishers is not the same as counting sources, and today's Tron claim shows exactly where that distinction breaks.

Checking our own files against their updates shows one story contradicting itself on timeframe, one growing in corroboration without growing in substance, and two holding steady. Checking our own files against their updates shows one story contradicting itself on timeframe, one growing in corroboration without growing in substance, and two holding steady.

Daily inflow figures contrast with reports of a larger weekly outflow led by Fidelity's bitcoin fund. U.S. spot bitcoin exchange-traded funds took in approximately $21 million in net new money on October 9. CryptoBriefing reported the figure as $21 million, while Coinfomania put it slightly higher at $21.13 million.

Bitcoin exchange-traded funds alone saw more than $680 million withdrawn, ending a three-week run of inflows. Crypto-focused exchange-traded funds lost a combined $1.29 billion in recent trading, marking one of the larger weekly outflow totals this year. Bitcoin and Ether products accounted for most of the withdrawals, according to figures cited by crypto.news.

Market depth has returned for the two largest cryptocurrencies, but smaller tokens remain more vulnerable to sharp price swings One year ago, a sweeping liquidation event known across trading desks as 10/10 wiped out leveraged positions and shook confidence in crypto market structure.

An XRP ledger bug, a Nasdaq treasury listing and a reopened Binance settlement each have a specific channel into price; a fourth story on AI regulation does not. An XRP ledger bug, a Nasdaq treasury listing and a reopened Binance settlement each have a specific channel into price; a fourth story on AI regulation does…