Crypto Markets & On-Chain Ecosystem Developments

According to BlockBeats, on October 13, former Mt. Gox CEO Mark Karpelès confirmed that a Ledger Flex hardware wallet purchased at a Singapore airport retailer contained an implanted spy module. The device, acquired by user Ben Yorke during summer and never used, revealed suspicious scratches before

According to ChainCatcher, Japanese listed bitcoin treasury company Metaplanet announced plans to issue approximately $333 million (52 billion yen) in zero-coupon euro-yen convertible bonds maturing in 2031. Bank of America International will serve as sole bookrunner, with net proceeds of approximat

According to Arkham's monitoring, Tesla continues to hold approximately 8,430 Bitcoin on October 13, with a total value of around $960 million. Tesla originally purchased Bitcoin for $1.5 billion in February 2021 and subsequently sold approximately 4,670 BTC for roughly $100.2 million in profit betw

According to Justice Mark Turner's ruling Monday, Chinese fraud victims lost their High Court bid to recover 61,000 Bitcoin seized by British authorities. London's High Court determined that Chinese law, rather than English law, should govern ownership claims to the assets. The victims sought to ap

According to BlockBeats, on October 13, hackers minted 19 million THEO tokens on the Base network and swapped them for 700.8 ETH, worth approximately $1.76 million, before bridging the funds to Ethereum, according to Peckshield monitoring. THEO declined 92% over the past 24 hours.

According to K33 Research, the U.S. government transferred approximately 17,733 BTC to Coinbase Prime this week, with 12,267 BTC related to the Bitfinex hacking incident included in the transfer. The move is likely a custody operation rather than a sale, as Coinbase Prime has served as the custodian

According to Bloomberg, on Oct 13, Jump Trading established an internal compute trading desk and recruited Affaan Mustafa and Alejandro Soumah Fernandez, co-founders of Ito Markets, through an acqui-hire arrangement. Deal terms were not disclosed.

According to Coinbase's official blog, Singapore's Anti-Scam Centre (ASC) reported that cryptocurrency fraud losses dropped 43% year-over-year in the first half of 2026, declining from 114.9 million SGD to 65.5 million SGD. The improvement was attributed partly to industry partnerships that shut dow

According to TradingBeats, on October 13, Bitcoin's market dominance surged to about 60.28%, marking a level near early September peaks. After declining from pre-drop prices, BTC rebounded approximately 2.84% and recovered its intraday losses. Altcoins showed significantly different performance. Am

Poloniex announced its October 2026 Proof of Reserves on October 13, confirming 100%+ reserve ratios across all supported assets and introducing a $100 million Protection Fund. The exchange aims to restore user trust amid market volatility and emphasizes that trust is earned rather than promised. Th