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Bitcoin steadies near $81,700 as altcoins rebound, pepe climbs 13%

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Bitcoin rose 0.5% to around $81,700 since midnight UTC while the CoinDesk 80 gained 1.4% and memecoins climbed 2.9%.

Published Date: 2026-10-23 10:54:41
Creator: Oliver Knight
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Bitcoin appears to have decoupled from midterm cycle bottom history

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Previous bitcoin bear-market lows followed U.S. midterms, but this year’s recovery raises the possibility that the bottom arrived months earlier.

Published Date: 2026-10-23 10:53:09
Creator: James Van Straten
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HSBC rolls out its first stablecoin to over 3 million everyday app users

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HSBC and Standard Chartered-led Anchorpoint received Hong Kong’s first stablecoin issuer licenses in April. Anchorpoint began rolling out HKDAP in August.

Published Date: 2026-10-23 10:22:56
Creator: Francisco Rodrigues
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Cysic dangles a 10% bounty, hacker pours loot into Tornado Cash

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The attacker moved $744,000 in ETH and BNB to Tornado Cash after exploiting Cysic’s bridge to mint 10 million tokens on BNB Smart Chain.

Published Date: 2026-10-23 10:13:06
Creator: Cointelegraph by Zoltan Vardai
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Bybit secures first full Dubai license for spot trading services

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Bybit’s new VARA licence authorizes spot trading services in Dubai, but the exchange must complete additional regulatory requirements before launching.

Published Date: 2026-10-23 09:50:04
Creator: Cointelegraph by Ezra Reguerra
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Sweden’s central bank revives e-krona debate as stablecoins and digital euro loom

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The Riksbank sees an e-krona as critical to securing national payments and monetary control.

Published Date: 2026-10-23 08:57:34
Creator: Francisco Rodrigues
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HSBC launches Hong Kong dollar stablecoin for retail payments

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HSBC is rolling out RedCoin wallets to PayMe users, with plans to support tokenized investment subscriptions and expand into institutional uses.

Published Date: 2026-10-23 08:47:34
Creator: Cointelegraph by Ezra Reguerra
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India's largest exchange denies hack after sleuths pointed to $16 million in suspicious outflows

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CoinDCX denies its active wallets were hacked after sleuths flagged $16 million in outflows from addresses linked to the India-based exchange.

Published Date: 2026-10-23 08:02:35
Creator: Omkar Godbole
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Malaysia, Thailand join Singapore’s cross-border stablecoin push

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BLOOM seeks to cut costs by helping financial institutions coordinate cross-border use of stablecoins and tokenized deposits.

Published Date: 2026-10-23 07:15:53
Creator: Cointelegraph by Yohan Yun
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Bitcoin ETFs bleed $635M as October slides back into the red

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Thursday’s withdrawals ended a three-day inflow streak and left US spot Bitcoin ETFs with $175 million in net outflows for October.

Published Date: 2026-10-23 07:09:39
Creator: Cointelegraph by Helen Partz
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