Crypto’s 2026 shutdown wave claims 82 projects. What went wrong?
Crypto researcher Stacy Muur has identified 82 digital asset projects and protocols that have reportedly shut down in 2026, raising...
Month: October 2026
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman wins dismissal of sister’s lawsuit
OpenAI chief executive Sam Altman has won a dismissal of a lawsuit brought against him by his sister that claimed...
Swiss Regulator Approves First Retail Fund That Holds Bitcoin Directly
In brief Switzerland's financial regulator FINMA announced Oct. 20 that it approved the country's first retail exchange-traded fund that invests...
Trump sued over Canadian tariffs in latest legal challenge
US President Donald Trump is facing another legal challenge on tariffs after the group that successfully sued over his so-called...
Google has joined Amazon in attacking Nvidia’s stronghold with AI app developers
On Tuesday, Google announced that TorchTPU, its long-awaited version of PyTorch, is now available as an open-source project. With this,...
ChatGPT now lets you lock your chats
OpenAI announced on Tuesday that users can now lock ChatGPT conversations to keep sensitive chats private when others may have...
Bitcoin ETFs Post Their Best Day in Nearly a Month as BlackRock Does All the Buying
In brief U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs drew $526.7 million on Oct. 19, the largest single-day inflow since the $714.7 million...
OKX-ICE’s Andrew Cuomo calls issuer objections a ‘natural response’ to tokenized stock plans
The former NY governor, who co-chairs the joint venture between the crypto exchange and Intercontinental Exchange, said companies were expected...
Google resolves cloud outage affecting UK banks and websites
Google Cloud says it has resolved disruption at its UK cloud site which caused an outage affecting UK banks, businesses...
Eric Schmidt reportedly owns about half as much of Anthropic as CEO Dario Amodei
In Brief Posted: 10:55 AM PDT · October 20, 2026 Image Credits:Getty Eric Schmidt’s fortune is about to get even...