https://www.whalefactor.com/news/north-korea-crossed-dollar1-billion-in-crypto-thefts-this-ye-s9bq Whale Factor en 2026-10-03T17:21:22.742Z North Korea Crossed $1 Billion in Crypto Thefts This Year, and AI Tracing Still Isn't Enough https://www.whalefactor.com/news/esma-wants-to-kill-the-stablecoin-custody-loophole-theres-st-m7to Whale Factor en 2026-10-03T16:20:41.628Z ESMA Wants to Kill the Stablecoin Custody Loophole. There's Still No Exit Plan. https://www.whalefactor.com/news/esma-wants-to-kill-non-compliant-stablecoins-at-the-wallet-level-musllnvg Whale Factor en 2026-10-03T16:20:15.772Z ESMA Wants to Kill Non-Compliant Stablecoins at the Wallet Level https://www.whalefactor.com/news/jay-clayton-sued-ripple-now-he-might-run-trumps-ai-policy-muskj4kn Whale Factor en 2026-10-03T15:50:17.831Z Jay Clayton Sued Ripple. Now He Might Run Trump's AI Policy. https://www.whalefactor.com/news/bitgets-dollar387-million-hack-pushed-north-korea-past-dollar1-billion-in-crypto-theft-musie0x9 Whale Factor en 2026-10-03T14:50:20.589Z Bitget's $387 Million Hack Pushed North Korea Past $1 Billion in Crypto Theft https://www.whalefactor.com/news/grok-says-bitcoin-doubles-to-dollar180k-by-2027-heres-the-catch-mushbdg1 Whale Factor en 2026-10-03T14:20:17.233Z Grok Says Bitcoin Doubles to $180K by 2027. Here's the Catch. https://www.whalefactor.com/news/six-us-banks-failed-in-2026-the-dollar143-billion-says-it-all-musg8tot Whale Factor en 2026-10-03T13:50:18.701Z Six US Banks Failed in 2026. The $1.43 Billion Says It All https://www.whalefactor.com/news/zcashs-etf-lost-dollar93-million-in-a-week-the-rally-isnt-dead-but-its-bruised-musetcgs Whale Factor en 2026-10-03T13:10:16.924Z Zcash's ETF Lost $93 Million in a Week. The Rally Isn't Dead, But It's Bruised https://www.whalefactor.com/news/bitcoin-futures-shorts-drop-5300-btc-as-the-big-money-steps-back-musd1bq9 Whale Factor en 2026-10-03T12:20:29.985Z Bitcoin Futures Shorts Drop 5,300 BTC as the Big Money Steps Back https://www.whalefactor.com/news/jim-cramer-just-warned-investors-about-october-he-might-be-right-musblpzk Whale Factor en 2026-10-03T11:40:22.352Z Jim Cramer Just Warned Investors About October. He Might Be Right. https://www.whalefactor.com/news/four-altcoins-are-printing-green-while-your-bags-bleed-heres-why-musa67i7 Whale Factor en 2026-10-03T11:00:18.943Z Four Altcoins Are Printing Green While Your Bags Bleed. Here's Why. https://www.whalefactor.com/news/arbitrum-paused-new-stylus-activations-on-october-2-ai-writt-f9dp Whale Factor en 2026-10-03T10:11:22.045Z Arbitrum Paused New Stylus Activations on October 2. AI-Written WebAssembly Is Why https://www.whalefactor.com/news/community-banks-just-sued-the-occ-over-crypto-trust-charters-c83h Whale Factor en 2026-10-03T09:41:00.798Z Community Banks Just Sued the OCC Over Crypto Trust Charters: Here's What's Really at Stake https://www.whalefactor.com/news/cheap-gpus-are-great-news-unless-you-financed-them-mus3dwjt Whale Factor en 2026-10-03T07:50:20.681Z Cheap GPUs Are Great News, Unless You Financed Them https://www.whalefactor.com/news/citadel-says-wall-streets-big-buyers-are-reloading-for-q4-heres-the-catch-murzggw7 Whale Factor en 2026-10-03T06:00:21.895Z Citadel Says Wall Street's Big Buyers Are Reloading for Q4. Here's the Catch. https://www.whalefactor.com/news/anchorage-digital-cut-17percent-of-staff-a-federal-charter-doesnt-pay-the-bills-murxo73y Whale Factor en 2026-10-03T05:10:23.230Z Anchorage Digital Cut 17% of Staff. A Federal Charter Doesn't Pay the Bills. https://www.whalefactor.com/news/libra-lawsuit-dismissed-with-prejudice-and-investors-are-on-their-own-murv6bck Whale Factor en 2026-10-03T04:00:29.684Z LIBRA Lawsuit Dismissed With Prejudice, and Investors Are on Their Own https://www.whalefactor.com/news/bitcoins-dollar50-billion-round-trip-proves-its-still-a-liquidity-trade-mursoarf Whale Factor en 2026-10-03T02:50:29.883Z Bitcoin's $50 Billion Round Trip Proves It's Still a Liquidity Trade https://www.whalefactor.com/news/nvidia-just-cleared-its-may-record-and-the-street-still-wants-more-murq61i9 Whale Factor en 2026-10-03T01:40:18.849Z Nvidia Just Cleared Its May Record, and the Street Still Wants More https://www.whalefactor.com/news/netflix-at-dollar68-this-isnt-a-dip-its-a-repricing-murno35m Whale Factor en 2026-10-03T00:30:21.946Z Netflix at $68: This Isn't a Dip, It's a Repricing https://www.whalefactor.com/news/blast-shuts-down-dollar20m-layer-2-hands-users-an-oct-26-exi-6bn0 Whale Factor en 2026-10-02T23:20:33.900Z Blast Shuts Down: $20M Layer-2 Hands Users an Oct. 26 Exit Deadline https://www.whalefactor.com/news/stablecoin-issuers-bought-dollar200b-in-treasuries-covering-ouzm Whale Factor en 2026-10-02T22:10:59.938Z Stablecoin Issuers Bought $200B in Treasuries, Covering 40% of China's Exit https://www.whalefactor.com/news/one-license-27-markets-bitpandas-co-ceo-says-mica-changed-eu-kn0w Whale Factor en 2026-10-02T21:11:43.761Z One License, 27 Markets: Bitpanda's Co-CEO Says MiCA Changed European Crypto Trust https://www.whalefactor.com/news/bitcoin-clears-the-dollar85000-sell-wall-next-test-dollar900-gm6y Whale Factor en 2026-10-02T20:40:36.442Z Bitcoin Clears the $85,000 Sell Wall. Next Test: $90,000 https://www.whalefactor.com/news/aaves-dollar33b-vault-held-fine-a-third-party-adapter-still-lqd8 Whale Factor en 2026-10-02T19:20:36.284Z Aave's $33B Vault Held Fine. A Third-Party Adapter Still Leaked 114 ETH https://www.whalefactor.com/news/anchorage-digital-cuts-17percent-of-staff-while-tether-write-a6bf Whale Factor en 2026-10-02T19:11:37.083Z Anchorage Digital Cuts 17% of Staff While Tether Writes a $100M Check https://www.whalefactor.com/news/blast-wants-its-dollar23b-back-inside-the-shutdown-of-ethere-l7ab Whale Factor en 2026-10-02T18:52:11.939Z Blast Wants Its $2.3B Back: Inside the Shutdown of Ethereum's Loudest L2 https://www.whalefactor.com/news/absa-is-africas-first-bitcoin-custodian-the-dollar36-billion-h73a Whale Factor en 2026-10-02T18:21:05.446Z Absa Is Africa's First Bitcoin Custodian. The $36 Billion Number Explains Why https://www.whalefactor.com/news/bitcoin-taps-dollar87k-on-weak-payrolls-then-the-order-book-78tw Whale Factor en 2026-10-02T15:53:23.060Z Bitcoin Taps $87K on Weak Payrolls, Then the Order Book Says No https://www.whalefactor.com/news/kalshi-wants-dollar40b-blockchaincom-wants-an-ipo-and-crypto-609d Whale Factor en 2026-10-02T15:52:25.297Z Kalshi Wants $40B, Blockchain.com Wants an IPO, and Crypto Treasuries Are Losing Their Magic https://www.whalefactor.com/news/the-fed-printed-two-reserve-numbers-for-one-week-one-fell-do-yis8 Whale Factor en 2026-10-02T14:50:36.824Z The Fed Printed Two Reserve Numbers for One Week: One Fell $88B, One Rose $17.9B https://www.whalefactor.com/news/europes-issuers-tell-brussels-one-euro-stablecoin-wont-cover-ltcj Whale Factor en 2026-10-02T14:40:43.987Z Europe's Issuers Tell Brussels: One Euro Stablecoin Won't Cover a $200B Dollar Market https://www.whalefactor.com/news/cardanos-defi-bled-dollar83m-since-may-realfi-brought-a-cred-tv8m Whale Factor en 2026-10-02T13:51:00.454Z Cardano's DeFi Bled $83M Since May. RealFi Brought a Credit Token to Fix It. https://www.whalefactor.com/news/strategy-pushes-4-preferreds-to-daily-dividends-ahead-of-oct-hsfu Whale Factor en 2026-10-02T13:41:36.954Z Strategy Pushes 4 Preferreds to Daily Dividends Ahead of October 28 Vote https://www.whalefactor.com/news/bnb-chain-crossed-dollar11b-in-tokenized-stocks-its-30percen-9dq3 Whale Factor en 2026-10-02T12:11:05.787Z BNB Chain Crossed $1.1B in Tokenized Stocks. Its 30% Share Is More Fragile Than It Looks https://www.whalefactor.com/news/ammous-says-190-bitcoin-treasuries-cant-beat-strategy-the-ma-6wte Whale Factor en 2026-10-02T11:41:10.946Z Ammous Says 190 Bitcoin Treasuries Can't Beat Strategy. The Math Agrees. https://www.whalefactor.com/news/ammous-says-strategys-600000-btc-moat-is-too-deep-for-treasu-gxpy Whale Factor en 2026-10-02T11:20:59.062Z Ammous Says Strategy's 600,000+ BTC Moat Is Too Deep for Treasury Copycats https://www.whalefactor.com/news/treasury-named-a-dollar17-billion-crypto-network-on-oct-1-th-gna5 Whale Factor en 2026-10-02T11:20:45.533Z Treasury Named a $17 Billion Crypto Network on Oct. 1. The USDT Exit Is the Real Target. https://www.whalefactor.com/news/coinbase-finished-its-deribit-migration-on-oct-1-settlement-0o1d Whale Factor en 2026-10-02T10:12:20.785Z Coinbase Finished Its Deribit Migration on Oct. 1: Settlement Went From 5 Minutes to 24 Hours https://www.whalefactor.com/news/nine-sec-and-cftc-actions-in-six-weeks-only-four-are-actuall-t9dk Whale Factor en 2026-10-02T09:10:35.960Z Nine SEC and CFTC Actions in Six Weeks: Only Four Are Actually Usable Today https://www.whalefactor.com/news/openworld-starts-trading-as-opnw-tokenizations-real-bottlene-hhcr Whale Factor en 2026-10-02T09:01:26.427Z OpenWorld Starts Trading as OPNW: Tokenization's Real Bottleneck Isn't the Token https://www.whalefactor.com/news/polymath-and-cinecity-want-to-tokenize-indie-film-the-compli-9dre Whale Factor en 2026-10-02T08:55:08.522Z Polymath and CineCity Want to Tokenize Indie Film. The Compliance Stack Is the Real Bet. https://www.whalefactor.com/news/quants-qnt-just-landed-on-solana-a-new-route-not-a-new-home-82q9 Whale Factor en 2026-10-02T08:54:07.569Z Quant's QNT Just Landed on Solana: A New Route, Not a New Home https://www.whalefactor.com/news/marexs-october-1-crypto-launch-lets-hedge-funds-go-long-with-6tcs Whale Factor en 2026-10-02T08:53:08.764Z Marex's October 1 Crypto Launch Lets Hedge Funds Go Long Without Touching a Coin https://www.whalefactor.com/news/dollar110-million-in-shorts-gone-in-ten-minutes-the-october-519h Whale Factor en 2026-10-02T08:51:45.701Z $110 Million in Shorts Gone in Ten Minutes: The October 2 Squeeze, Explained Properly https://www.whalefactor.com/news/hester-peirce-leaves-the-sec-on-october-2-the-crypto-rules-s-47zx Whale Factor en 2026-10-02T08:51:07.774Z Hester Peirce Leaves the SEC on October 2. The Crypto Rules She Championed Are Still Unfinished. https://www.whalefactor.com/news/mention-markets-bet-on-someone-elses-words-the-cftc-just-said-thats-the-problem-muqpqdf2 Whale Factor en 2026-10-02T08:40:21.614Z Mention Markets Bet on Someone Else's Words. The CFTC Just Said That's the Problem. https://www.whalefactor.com/news/polymarkets-real-scoreboard-69percent-of-retail-wallets-are-underwater-muqonoy8 Whale Factor en 2026-10-02T08:10:16.976Z Polymarket's Real Scoreboard: 69% of Retail Wallets Are Underwater https://www.whalefactor.com/news/north-dakota-just-put-90-banks-on-solana-and-the-token-is-th-nmpn Whale Factor en 2026-10-02T07:42:14.459Z North Dakota Just Put 90 Banks on Solana, and the Token Is the Least Interesting Part https://www.whalefactor.com/news/solanas-quietest-win-yet-90-north-dakota-banks-start-settling-in-production-muqnl4pp Whale Factor en 2026-10-02T07:40:17.821Z Solana's Quietest Win Yet: 90 North Dakota Banks Start Settling in Production https://www.whalefactor.com/news/a-flash-adapter-cost-two-safe-wallets-dollar305k-heres-whos-actually-exposed-muqmihny Whale Factor en 2026-10-02T07:10:15.022Z A Flash Adapter Cost Two Safe Wallets $305K. Here's Who's Actually Exposed https://www.whalefactor.com/news/bitcoins-uptober-test-why-dollar86k-is-the-line-that-decides-everything-muqlfyal Whale Factor en 2026-10-02T06:40:16.989Z Bitcoin's Uptober Test: Why $86K Is the Line That Decides Everything https://www.whalefactor.com/news/cramers-biggest-fear-is-the-fed-and-crypto-holders-should-listen-muqkdeyb Whale Factor en 2026-10-02T06:10:18.995Z Cramer's Biggest Fear Is the Fed, and Crypto Holders Should Listen https://www.whalefactor.com/news/electrums-482-patch-saves-future-lightning-backups-but-your-b9ao Whale Factor en 2026-10-02T05:40:38.736Z Electrum's 4.8.2 Patch Saves Future Lightning Backups, But Your Old Ones Are Still Dead Weight https://www.whalefactor.com/news/south-korea-sets-a-2027-deadline-for-tokenized-securities-re-m1fk Whale Factor en 2026-10-02T05:21:02.144Z South Korea Sets a 2027 Deadline for Tokenized Securities, Retail Caps Included https://www.whalefactor.com/news/zano-rolled-back-its-own-blockchain-to-erase-369m-fake-coins-lnjp Whale Factor en 2026-10-02T05:20:44.149Z Zano Rolled Back Its Own Blockchain to Erase 36.9M Fake Coins https://www.whalefactor.com/news/a-patch-now-warning-hit-bitcoins-lightning-nodes-version-260-65x6 Whale Factor en 2026-10-02T04:40:41.851Z A Patch-Now Warning Hit Bitcoin's Lightning Nodes. Version 26.06.7 Is the Line https://www.whalefactor.com/news/ethereums-zkapi-hits-mainnet-private-prepaid-api-payments-ar-dpye Whale Factor en 2026-10-02T03:50:35.174Z Ethereum's zkAPI Hits Mainnet: Private Prepaid API Payments Are Real Now https://www.whalefactor.com/news/ai-agents-now-send-57percent-of-web-traffic-and-the-pipes-get-paid-first-muqenmjp Whale Factor en 2026-10-02T03:30:17.701Z AI Agents Now Send 57% of Web Traffic, and the Pipes Get Paid First https://www.whalefactor.com/news/bitget-refills-dollar300m-protection-fund-two-days-early-aft-67kg Whale Factor en 2026-10-02T02:20:45.904Z Bitget Refills $300M Protection Fund Two Days Early After $388M Breach Hit https://www.whalefactor.com/news/the-sec-just-admitted-its-been-behind-bitcoin-for-17-years-muq75oyw Whale Factor en 2026-10-02T00:00:23.720Z The SEC Just Admitted It's Been Behind Bitcoin for 17 Years https://www.whalefactor.com/news/50000-letters-to-brussels-the-stablecoin-rewards-fight-europ-t4v1 Whale Factor en 2026-10-01T19:10:41.629Z 50,000 Letters to Brussels: The Stablecoin Rewards Fight Europe Won't Win Quietly https://www.whalefactor.com/news/peter-todd-takes-over-maras-slipstream-after-a-dollar115-mil-26tn Whale Factor en 2026-10-01T18:21:44.843Z Peter Todd Takes Over MARA's Slipstream After a $115 Million Coldcard Hack https://www.whalefactor.com/news/illinois-blinks-the-02percent-crypto-tax-is-delayed-six-mont-0v85 Whale Factor en 2026-10-01T18:20:43.157Z Illinois Blinks: The 0.2% Crypto Tax Is Delayed Six Months After a Lawsuit https://www.whalefactor.com/news/529percent-yields-21-million-coins-bitcoins-case-sharpens-as-nw18 Whale Factor en 2026-10-01T18:10:37.676Z 5.29% Yields, 21 Million Coins: Bitcoin's Case Sharpens as AI Starts Buying