Bitcoin has steadied near $83,000 after buyers responded around $80,000, easing the immediate pressure from the latest crypto sell-off. Most large altcoins, however, remained lower over 24 hours.
Ledger is investigating reports of lost funds from users in Southeast Asia who bought devices through a reseller it identified as CryptoBillis. The company has asked the reseller to pause Ledger sales and shipments while its review continues.
Tom Lee sees Ethereum reaching $25,000 to $50,000 during in a bull cycle. At roughly 122 million ETH in supply, the upper end of that range would value the network at about $6.1 trillion.
Mastercard is among the partners for an XRP Ledger hackathon in New York, where developers will spend 36 hours building AI-payment, lending and protocol tools ahead of Ripple’s Swell conference.
Sui’s Hashi is preparing a phased mainnet rollout later this month with more than $500 million in committed capital. Anchorage Digital has joined the launch coalition, adding custody-based and self-custody routes for institutions that want to use Bitcoin as collateral.
Thailand has finalized rules that allow asset managers to create locally listed Bitcoin and Ether ETFs.
XRP Ledger has activated PermissionDelegationV1_1, allowing businesses to assign specific tasks to separate accounts. The change gives stablecoin issuers, fund administrators and payment firms a way to keep primary treasury credentials away from systems handling routine work.
SVRN has acquired FastNEAR, a provider of the behind-the-scenes services that NEAR wallets and applications use to read blockchain data and submit transactions. The Nasdaq-listed company did not disclose the purchase price.
Starknet’s STRK gained 19% over the past 24 hours, according to CoinMarketCap, even as Bitcoin fell below $82,000.
ESMA has told MiCA-authorised crypto firms to stop giving EU clients new access to unauthorised stablecoins. National regulators then have up to three months to make sure existing customer exposure is wound down in an orderly way.
Greece plans to tax cryptocurrency gains at 10%, with €500 of annual profit exempt. The proposal would give crypto a clearer place in the national tax code, but investors still need the bill to define how that profit is calculated.
Hyperliquid’s October team allocation has begun moving after its required seven-day staking-to-spot wait.



