Fed Minutes Point to Another Rate Hike This Year: Why Did Only Bitcoin React?

Most Federal Reserve officials said another interest rate hike would likely be appropriate this year, minutes of the September 15–16 meeting showed on Wednesday. US stocks and gold barely moved on the release. Bitcoin was the exception.  The minutes cover the meeting where the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC), the Fed‘s rate-setting panel, lifted its benchmark rate by 0.25 percentage point to a range of 3.75% to 4.00%. The 12–0 vote delivered the Fed’s first hike since 2023.  Gold, Stocks, and Bitcoin Reaction After FOMC Minutes. Source: TradingView  Sponsored  Sponsored  What the Fed Minutes Say About the Next Rate Hike  “Most” participants saw another increase in 2026 as likely appropriate, according to the minutes. “Some” said the risks to inflation had tilted further toward prices rising faster than expected.  Several officials judged that the current rate was not restrictive, or only mildly so. In Fed terms, restrictive means borrowing costs high enough to slow spending and cool inflation.  ???????? Key takeaways from todays Fed Minutes:  • All 19 officials supported Septembers rate hike  • Most expect another hike in 2026  • Inflation risks remain tilted higher  • Many saw risk-management reasons to raise rates  • Several see rates as only mildly restrictive  Several participants also said the scale of the artificial intelligence (AI) buildout,

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Ripple Ends 'XRP Killer' Myth via Canton Network Support

Ripple has released an update to its institutional platform, Ripple Custody version 1.43, adding support for the Canton Network. The release allows banks and funds to custody the native Canton Coin (CC) and CIP-56 tokens within a single secure environment, marking a major strategic move by the company to dominate the Wall Street tokenization market.  The move changes the balance of power in the race to tokenize real-world assets (RWA) and dispels a popular media myth from late 2025 that Canton was an “XRP killer.” Instead of a head-on battle for banking infrastructure, major players have moved toward a pragmatic division of labor.  Tokenization giants choose market division over all-out rivalry  The main problem with blockchain on Wall Street has been excessive transparency: banks cannot disclose their balances and transaction details to competitors. Canton Network, developed by Digital Asset, addresses this issue at the protocol level — in multi-party transactions, each participant sees only their own data.  The Ripple Custody 1.43 update gives institutions a familiar control panel for this private environment, from isolated key storage to pre-approvals and two-step transfers.  The scale of the integration is far removed from retail speculation. Cantons industrial base is already used by Goldman Sachs, BNP Paribas, and BNY

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Ballon dOr Polymarket Odds: Kane Leads Yamal

Kane leads the Ballon dOr Polymarket odds at 48%, but Lamine Yamal is close behind at 43.5%. Traders now price the 2026 award as a two-horse race, and the winner will be revealed on October 26.  As of today, the “Ballon dOr Winner 2026” market has Kane at 48%, Yamal at 43.5%, Lionel Messi at about 3.4%, and Kylian Mbappé at about 2.4%. Total volume is $45.44M.  Kane peaked above 60% in August and September. A PolymarketTrader snapshot on August 29 had him at 65.45% against 14.85% for Yamal. Yamal closed the gap in October. Kalshi had Kane at 51% and Yamal at 47% on October 5.  Bookmakers have already flipped. Oddschecker lists Yamal as the favorite at 10/11 and Kane at 6/5, and says the shift came when voting closed on September 28. With the votes in, the odds now reflect guesses about how voters leaned, not new performances.  Lamine Yamal during a match for Spain. – Photo: Bryan Berlin CC BY-SA 4.0  Tired of Missing Trades? Unlock Your AI Trading Assistant With Blofin  Ballon dOr Polymarket Odds: Why Are Kane and Yamal the Main Contenders?  Polymarket  Kane scored 73 goals for Bayern Munich and England, including 61 in 51 games for Bayern. He took the Bundesliga

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As Japanese institutions sell ¥2.6 trillion in foreign debt, here’s what Bitcoin investors need to watch

Japans October 6, 2026 auction of ten-year government bonds attracted more competitive demand relative to the debt sold, even as its average yield rose to 3.101%. For Bitcoin, higher returns on Japanese debt raise a question about how a sustained shift in bond allocation could affect global financing.  Related Asset Bitcoin #1 BTC · $83,235.69 24-hour change: down 2.77% Loading price history… 24H Down 2.77% 7D Down 1.00% 30D Up 5.24%  The Ministry of Finances result put the average yield up from 2.995% at the September 1 sale, an increase of 10.6 basis points. Competitive auction coverage, the amount sought by participants divided by the amount accepted, rose from about 3.29 times to 3.76 times.  The yield tail narrowed from 1.6 to 0.2 basis points. That gap measures the yield at the lowest accepted price against the average yield. Alongside the higher coverage, the smaller tail points to firmer demand at the higher yield.  The backdrop is two earlier weeks of foreign-debt selling. MOFs October 1 flow release recorded net long-term debt sales of ¥1.9049 trillion during September 13–19 and ¥684.5 billion during September 20–26. Together, those weekly observations amount to net sales of ¥2.5894 trillion.  The series covers designated major Japan-resident reporting institutions and

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Cardano's Biggest Project Went Missing From Its TOKEN2049 Booth

Cardano‘s booth at TOKEN2049 did not feature its biggest and most popular project, Midnight. The privacy-focused blockchain is a major part of the Cardano ecosystem, yet it wasn’t featured anywhere in the branding.   Charles Hoskinson has publicly criticized this and called it a result of governance politics at the project.  Sponsored  Sponsored  The timing made the omission harder to ignore. Hours earlier, Midnight announced plans to support Solana wallets.  Midnight has become the wheres waldo of Cardano pic.twitter.com/pvge2BB2T0  — Charles Hoskinson (@IOHK_Charles) October 7, 2026  Cardanos Biggest Project Is Missing  Hoskinson walked viewers through the Cardano display at TOKEN2049, which featured projects from across the ecosystem. Even SNEK, the Cardano meme coin, made the wall.  Midnight did not. This is odd because Midnight is Cardanos largest project and NIGHT already trades on Binance as a Cardano native token.  He also suggested the Cardano Foundation helped decide what appeared on the booth, joking that Midnight may simply be so private that it refused to reveal itself.  The dispute quickly became more serious.  “The booth is a public asset for Cardano. It was funded by the Cardano community.”  Sponsored  Sponsored  — Charles Hoskinson  That matters because Cardanos treasury is ultimately funded and governed through ADA holders and their delegates.  Midnight Finds a Warmer Welcome on Solana  The booth dispute

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Paxos enables partners to offer XRP trading, custody and transfers

Paxos has added XRP to its Crypto Brokerage platform, enabling partners to offer buying, selling, holding, depositing, and withdrawing for a token the company says is held across more than 8.1 million wallets.  Paxos said its brokerage now supports XRP, giving businesses using its infrastructure another asset they can offer through their own platforms. In the announcement, the company cited XRPs circulation since 2012 and a wallet count above 8.1 million.  Paxos Crypto Brokerage now supports $XRP.  In circulation since 2012, XRP is now held across 8.1M+ wallets, and carries a market cap of nearly $95B.  Partners can now offer XRP through the same regulated platform trusted by some of the biggest names in finance. pic.twitter.com/yiFeuU0ELb  — Paxos (@Paxos) October 7, 2026  According to the XRP Ledger Foundations account of the update, partners can use the service for XRP purchases, sales, custody, and transfers. The foundation named PayPal, Venmo, Interactive Brokers, Charles Schwab and Mercado Libre among financial platforms already served by Paxos.  XRP traded at $1.43, down more than 6% during the crypto market sell-off.  Paxos XRP support adds trading and transfer functions  On its brokerage product page, Paxos describes a service that lets businesses put cryptocurrency wallets and trading inside their existing applications. Its infrastructure supports buying,

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Bitcoin Price Erases October Gains: Why $81,300 Is Now the Critical Level

Bitcoin price dropped to an intraday low of $82,734, erasing early-month gains. Despite forced long liquidations, open interest remained steady, signaling aggressive new short positioning by traders.  Key TakeawaysBitcoin dropped below $83,000, wiping out October gains and sparking $693M in total crypto liquidations.Liquidation of $637M in long bets shifted market positioning toward net short sellers.Bitfinex expects bitcoin to consolidate between $81,300 and $86,500 ahead of the Oct. 14 CPI report.  Surrendering Key Support  Bitcoin continued to slide Wednesday, dipping below $83,000 amid a marketwide pullback that dragged several high-cap altcoins down by 4% or more. The top cryptocurrencys retreat has erased nearly all of its month-to-date gains, casting fresh doubt on whether the “Uptober” rally will materialize.  As shown by the daily price chart, bitcoins price has been under pressure since Tuesday afternoon, when it last traded above $86,000. Initially, the price appeared to hold above $85,500 before shedding $1,500 in less than 20 minutes to land above $83,800. Although it quickly reclaimed $84,000, it could hold this range only until around 4 a.m. ET.  Shortly afterwards, a steady decline pushed bitcoin to an intraday low of $82,734 at 9:45 a.m., its lowest point since Sept. 28. By 1:00 p.m., despite recovering above $83,000 and

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DOJ invokes Bitcoin Fog ruling in potential blow to Roman Storm acquittal bid

Federal prosecutors cited a recent appeals court ruling involving cryptocurrency mixer Bitcoin Fog as supplemental authority for their opposition to Tornado Cash developer Roman Storms acquittal.  In a Monday filing, prosecutors cited a Sept. 25 appeals court ruling that affirmed the convictions and sentence of Bitcoin Fog operator Roman Sterlingov.  The D.C. Circuit held that venue in Washington, D.C., was proper for all four counts. For the money-laundering counts, it relied on evidence that an undercover agent conducted Bitcoin Fog transactions from his D.C. office. For the unlicensed money-transmission counts, it found sufficient evidence that Bitcoin Fog had served customers in the district.  Prosecutors said the Bitcoin Fog ruling “directly supports” their position in Storm‘s case, arguing that Tornado Cash activity in Manhattan was sufficient to establish venue in the Southern District of New York for Storm’s money-laundering and unlicensed money-transmission conspiracy charges. They pointed to testimony from Shakeeb Ahmed, who said he used Tornado Cash from his Manhattan apartment.  Judge Katherine Polk Failla heard arguments on Storms acquittal motion in April 2026 and has not yet ruled. A retrial on the money-laundering and sanctions conspiracy counts on which the jury deadlocked is scheduled for April 26, 2027, if those charges remain pending.  A jury

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Crypto card access doesnt match global demand, Tangem says

More than 40% of Tangem Pay payments come from Latin America and over 30% from the US, while physical card availability remains restricted in some markets, the Swiss crypto wallet provider told Cointelegraph.  “It is not simply a question of where people want crypto cards,” Andrey Ilinskiy, head of Tangem Pay, told Cointelegraph, adding: “It is where demand, regulation, banking infrastructure and card-issuing requirements happen to line up — and today, those maps do not always overlap.”  On Wednesday, Tangem announced its first physical Visa card for in-store and online purchases and ATM withdrawals, with an initial release limited to 5,000 cards.  The company said users can fund the card directly from their self-custodial wallet and move funds back to the wallet if the card is suspended or closed.  “Self-custody removes one major boundary: there is no custodian standing between the user and their assets. But when those assets enter a regulated payment network, another set of boundaries appears,” Tangem said.  Tangem delivers the cards in nearly 200 countries, excluding only 20  Tangem said it cannot currently deliver physical Tangem Pay cards to roughly 20 countries, including China, Russia, North Korea and Palestine.  The restrictions do not necessarily mirror rules governing crypto itself, according to the company.

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Tether, Kazakhstan cenbank mull tenge stablecoin and asset tokenization

Tether has signed an agreement with Kazakhstans central bank and the Alatau City Authority to explore a tenge-pegged stablecoin and the tokenization of real-world assets.  Under the memorandum of understanding, the parties will study international stablecoin issuance models, identify potential use cases and develop a proposal for a tenge-backed stablecoin pilot, according to Tether.  The agreement also calls for the development of an asset tokenization framework, including identifying assets for potential tokenization and launching a pilot project in Alatau that could use Tethers Hadron platform.  Tether, the National Bank of Kazakhstan and the Alatau City Authority will also hold workshops and training programs covering stablecoin issuance, reserve management and real-world asset tokenization.  National Bank of Kazakhstan Deputy Governor Binur Zhalenov said the central bank plans to study international approaches to stablecoin issuance and tokenization while prioritizing financial stability, transaction transparency and investor protection.  Related: Balajis Network School turns to Kazakhstan amid Malaysia setback  Kazakhstan expands digital asset push  Kazakhstan, the worlds largest landlocked country, has accelerated its push into digital assets this year, rolling out initiatives including stablecoins, tokenization, crypto payments and mining.  In September, the government approved a 65-measure plan across 10 areas aimed at developing the countrys digital asset industry. The plan includes measures to expand

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