Polymarket rolls out Protocol V2 smart contract overhaul
BitcoinWorld Polymarket rolls out Protocol V2 smart contract overhaul Polymarket began rolling out its Protocol V2 smart contract system on Monday, October 5, 2026, according...
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ZachXBT: $349,700 sting traced Bybit hack funds to Lazarus-linked network
BitcoinWorld ZachXBT: $349,700 sting traced Bybit hack funds to Lazarus-linked network Blockchain investigator ZachXBT said he funded a fresh Ethereum address with 349,700 USDC and...
Visa stablecoin card payments up nearly 200% year over year
BitcoinWorld Visa stablecoin card payments up nearly 200% year over year Visa reported on Oct. 1 that payment volume across its stablecoin-linked card programs grew...
Japan Sanctions Garantex, 33 Entities Over Russia’s War
BitcoinWorld Japan Sanctions Garantex, 33 Entities Over Russia’s War Japan’s government added Russian cryptocurrency exchange Garantex to an expanded sanctions list on Oct. 2, 2026,...
South Korea crypto volume slips 19.56% in a week
BitcoinWorld South Korea crypto volume slips 19.56% in a week Combined trading volume across South Korea’s five largest crypto exchanges fell to roughly 20.5 trillion...
OpenPayd targets Nasdaq listing by year-end under ticker OP
BitcoinWorld OpenPayd targets Nasdaq listing by year-end under ticker OP OpenPayd, the London-based stablecoin payments infrastructure firm, expects to complete its merger with Titan Acquisition...
Lloyds survey: 71% of UK finance leaders expect tokenization shift
BitcoinWorld Lloyds survey: 71% of UK finance leaders expect tokenization shift Nearly three-quarters of senior decision-makers at major UK financial institutions believe tokenization will reshape...
Chainalysis AI Traces $387M Bitget Hack to North Korea
BitcoinWorld Chainalysis AI Traces $387M Bitget Hack to North Korea Blockchain analytics firm Chainalysis has attributed the $387 million Bitget exchange hack to North Korea-linked...
Bitcoin Crashes Below $84K as Liquidations Near $600M
BitcoinWorld Bitcoin Crashes Below $84K as Liquidations Near $600M Bitcoin tumbled below $84,000 on October 2, 2026, hours after briefly topping $87,000 for the first...
Blast to shut down Layer 2 as costs top revenue, sets Oct. 26 deadline
BitcoinWorld Blast to shut down Layer 2 as costs top revenue, sets Oct. 26 deadline Blast will shut down its Ethereum Layer 2 network after...