White House will count its 319,000 to 328,000 bitcoin before it considers buying more
White House adviser Patrick Witt says the government will secure and account for its 319,000 to 328,000 BTC before it buys any more. Any purchase would also have to be budget-neutral, with no new cost to taxpayers.
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Samsung plans USDC transfers in Wallet for late October on 82 million compatible US Galaxy devices, a count its own footnote limits to compatible devices. Funding, fees and the identity screen decide how many phones ever send a dollar.
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US spot bitcoin ETFs took in $21.13 million on October 9 as ether funds lost $56.10 million, a ninth straight day of outflows. Netted together, about $35 million left the two groups, so the bitcoin rebound is too small to show institutions coming back.
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Wallets tied to the US government moved 12,267 seized Bitfinex bitcoin, worth about $1 billion, to new unlabeled addresses. No exchange deposit was recorded, CoinDesk reported. Whether Washington is selling turns on the smaller sums it sent to Coinbase Prime.
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Bitcoin fell to about $81,000 on Thursday as Brent crude rose above $105 on reports that the US may strike Iran again. Whether it holds the $82,500 support traders are watching now depends largely on Treasury yields and oil prices.
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US government sends $770m of seized bitcoin to Coinbase Prime in its biggest outflow since 2024
The US government moved 9,261 bitcoin worth about $770 million to Coinbase Prime, its largest outflow since December 2024, Galaxy Research data showed. The venue is the US Marshals Service's custody desk, so a deposit there does not confirm a sale.
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US government wallets sent 9,261 bitcoin worth $770 million to Coinbase Prime in two days, according to Galaxy Research. With half from the Bitfinex hack and a 2025 order barring sales, custody or restitution fits the record better than a sale.
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Wells Fargo is in talks to source crypto trading liquidity from Payward, the $21 billion Kraken parent, two people told CoinDesk. A signed contract would let the bank offer crypto execution without building trading infrastructure and would put bank revenue behind Payward's price.
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Coinbase will relaunch Pro by the end of 2026 inside a Global Exchange built on Deribit, the derivatives venue it bought for about $2.9 billion. Whether that pays depends on high-volume traders joining one regulated pool while access is still opening region by region.
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US government wallets moved about $470 million of seized Bitfinex- and Alameda-linked crypto to likely Coinbase Prime addresses, Arkham said. Trump's reserve order lets officials repay victims from seized coins, so even a sale of this pool would say little about the pledge to keep reserve bitcoin.
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Coinbase opened a CFTC-regulated route for US institutions into Deribit, the $2.9 billion exchange it bought, with Prime options trading due within weeks. Desks that kept offshore entities to reach that market can now use a domestic broker instead.
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US government wallets sent 833.6 BTC, worth about $71.6 million, toward Coinbase Prime on Oct. 7, roughly 0.26% of the bitcoin they still hold. The risk that the stash comes to market depends far more on the executive orders limiting sales of reserve bitcoin than on transfers this small.
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ZRO futures positions of $279 million dwarf LayerZero's $3.7 million in buybacks
LayerZero has spent about $3.7 million buying back 2.54 million ZRO, against roughly $279 million in open futures positions on the token. Its latest $347,000 buy was 0.2% of a day's spot trading, so traders and promised ATLAS fees are setting the price of a token up 41% in a week.
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