Daily Briefing
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Top stories
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Index provider MSCI has finalized rules for what it calls non-operating companies, a change that could remove Strategy and other crypto treasury firms from its indexes, The Block reported.
Fri, 16 Oct 2026 00:48:20 UTC
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Brooklyn prosecutors and the FBI seized 112 servers and shut down 241 websites tied to crypto investment scams aimed at Russian-speaking Americans, Cointelegraph reported.
Thu, 15 Oct 2026 23:03:27 UTC
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Ledger confirmed that wallets sold by a Southeast Asian retailer carried a hidden implant that sent out users' recovery phrases, Decrypt reported on Oct. 13.
Thu, 15 Oct 2026 22:42:58 UTC
Regulation Watch
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Quick hits
✓ Verified by 2 outlets BTC Russia plans to ban direct peer-to-peer crypto trades starting July 1, 2027, Cointelegraph and Decrypt reported.
Thu, 15 Oct 2026 20:31:04 UTC
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Patrick Witt has stepped down as the Trump administration's top crypto adviser, The Block and Cointelegraph reported on Oct. 14 and 15.
Thu, 15 Oct 2026 18:48:02 UTC
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Mastercard and BVNK have launched a Global Money Platform that lets banks, fintechs and enterprises hold, convert and spend both fiat money and stablecoins through a single API, Decrypt reported.
Thu, 15 Oct 2026 16:28:50 UTC
Bitcoin fell after back-to-back hotter-than-expected U.S. inflation reports this week and briefly slipped below $80,000 on Oct. 15, according to Bitcoin Magazine and Cointelegraph.
Thu, 15 Oct 2026 15:53:12 UTC
✓ Verified by 2 outlets ETH Starknet opened a seven-day poll on Thursday, Oct. 15, asking STRK holders whether it should research an independent post-quantum layer-1 blockchain, The Block reported.
Thu, 15 Oct 2026 14:26:53 UTC
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