A crypto payment can expose more than its amount. On a public blockchain, the wallet receiving it may be able to inspect the sender’s balance and follow earlier transfers.
French lawmakers are considering whether certain crypto gains should become taxable before an investor converts assets into euros. Their discussion centres on two decisions: moving into regulated digital cash and moving tax residence abroad with a large portfolio.
Worldcoin rose 14% in 24 hours and moved back above $0.54, reversing part of its recent pullback while leaving a larger resistance zone near $0.60 ahead.
China’s top leadership has called for a national blockchain network, placing the technology alongside data infrastructure, industrial digitization and computing capacity in its new economic plan.
Scott Bessent says the U.S. may seize $1 billion in Iran-linked crypto this week. Whether that happens depends less on a wallet’s balance than on who can move it.
Pi Network is targeting an October 16 Mainnet upgrade for Protocol 28 while exploring how Open USD, or OUSD, could fit alongside its native PI token. The token’s muted response puts attention on a harder question: can these plans produce services that users and merchants actually adopt?
Evernorth has completed its public-market transaction with approximately 473 million XRP and about $300 million in gross cash proceeds before expenses. Its shares are expected to begin trading on Nasdaq under the ticker XRPN on October 12.
Zcash developers are targeting January for tools that could protect transparent ZEC payments against future key-recovery attacks without making wallet activity easier to trace today.
XRP Ledger has disclosed a decade-old payment flaw that could create spendable XRP, detailing why operators received an emergency patch before the public report.
Telegram has started rolling out Money, a built-in Gram wallet for transfers and collectibles that separates in-chat payments from Walt’s wider crypto trading tools.
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.



