Largest Philippines crypto exchange, Coins.ph, said to face central bank regulatory action

The exchange, which has over 18 million customers, is said to have handled business transactions involving restricted offshore gaming and gambling companies.

source https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2026/10/13/largest-philippines-crypto-exchange-coins-ph-said-to-face-central-bank-regulatory-action

Strive raising $500 million to buy additional bitcoin with new preferred share class

SATS will offer a fixed 15% dividend yield at par and be junior to the company's existing SATA, which pays a variable rate (currently 13%).

source https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2026/10/13/strive-to-ipo-second-preferred-share-class-as-it-looks-to-further-build-bitcoin-treasury

BNY, Citadel Securities test tokenized U.S. Treasuries to speed up Wall Street financing

The transaction shows how blockchain-based government bonds could help trading firms move collateral faster between settlement and financing.

source https://www.coindesk.com/business/2026/10/13/bny-citadel-securities-test-tokenized-u-s-treasuries-to-speed-up-wall-street-financing

Tokenized SanDisk bets saw more liquidations than XRP as Asia’s chip rout wipes out $800 million

About $800 million in leveraged positions were wiped out over 24 hours, 86% of them bullish. Chip-stock contracts on crypto exchanges took a chunk of the damage.

source https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2026/10/13/tokenized-sandisk-bets-saw-more-liquidations-than-xrp-as-asia-s-chip-rout-wipes-out-usd800-million

Once-largest Ethereum NFT marketplace Blur is shutting down after volumes collapse 99%

Blur will close its website on Nov. 12 after monthly trading fell from about $1.43 billion at its 2023 peak to under $7 million, ten days after sister project Blast announced its own shutdown.

source https://www.coindesk.com/tech/2026/10/13/once-largest-ethereum-nft-marketplace-blur-is-shutting-down-after-volumes-collapse-99

Bitcoin rebounds above $83,000 as it decouples from tumbling Korean stocks and Nasdaq futures

Bitcoin climbed back above $83,000 after an early dip, decoupling from a sharp slide in Korean chip stocks and weakness in Nasdaq futures ahead of Thursday’s US CPI report.

source https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2026/10/13/bitcoin-rebounds-above-usd83-000-as-it-decouples-from-tumbling-korean-stocks-and-nasdaq-futures

Why a bug that could have threatened XRP's 100 billion supply cap stayed hidden for years

The XRP Ledger Foundation said normal parameters never triggered the bug that could have broken XRP's supply cap, which is why it was undetected for years.

source https://www.coindesk.com/tech/2026/10/12/why-a-bug-that-could-have-threatened-xrp-s-100-billion-supply-cap-stayed-hidden-for-years