The post Stacks Q3 Report: 735 BTC Staked As STX Staking Climbs 25% appeared first on Coinpedia Fintech News Bitcoin layer-2 network Stacks said 735 BTC entered its Bitcoin staking system across the first two lock-up cycles, according to its third-quarter ecosystem report. The first cycle, Bond 1, drew 230 BTC from participants including 21Shares, HashKey Cloud, UTXO Management and Sypher Capital. The second cycle more than doubled that figure to 505 BTC. STX …

The post South Korea Watches Bond And Currency Markets After Stock Rout appeared first on Coinpedia Fintech News South Korea’s Ministry of Economy and Finance said it will track whether the recent stock market turmoil spreads into the bond, foreign exchange and money markets, Cailian Press reported. The government and related agencies will step up monitoring of equities and act firmly against any activity that disrupts market order. The ministry said the market’s …

The post Australia Publishes Draft Law To Adopt OECD Crypto Tax Reporting Rules appeared first on Coinpedia Fintech News Australia’s Treasury has released draft legislation to bring the OECD’s Crypto-Asset Reporting Framework (CARF) into domestic law, Cointelegraph reported. The Treasury Laws Amendment Bill 2026: Tax Information Reporting is open for public feedback until October 28. Along with CARF, the bill sets up a separate local reporting regime for crypto assets. Under the framework, crypto …

The post Strategy Braces for $2.8B Liquidation Shock as MSCI Changes Index Rules  appeared first on Coinpedia Fintech News The world’s leading publicly traded Bitcoin treasury company, Strategy, is among a list of companies of its kind that face potential removal from Morgan Stanley Capital International (MSCI) global indexes. Announced on October 15, the decision established new financial tests that deem non-operating companies ineligible for indexing. In this context, non-operating firms are those whose …

The post Google Achieves ‘Magic State’ Quantum Breakthrough; Top 5 Quantum-Proof Blockchains to Watch appeared first on Coinpedia Fintech News Google has achieved the “magic state cultivation” breakthrough, once again raising curiosity about the leading quantum-ready blockchains and cryptocurrencies in the digital ecosystem. Google’s quantum milestone and its impact on blockchain  Google has accomplished a 99.99% accuracy in producing magic states, a key ingredient required by a quantum computer for it to produce meaningful results. …

The post Russia Bans P2P Crypto Trading & Self-Custody Wallets: What Investors Need to Know appeared first on Coinpedia Fintech News Russia has banned direct peer-to-peer (P2P) cryptocurrency trading, as well as retail transfers to self-custody wallets. Bank of Russia announced the update to the comprehensive crypto regulations signed into law by President Vladimir Putin in August. Russia restricts P2P trading and crypto self-custody Following the bans, crypto traders now have a grace period until July …

The post OCC Final Rule On GENIUS Act Expected By End Of October appeared first on Coinpedia Fintech News The US Office of the Comptroller of the Currency expects to publish its final rule implementing the GENIUS Act no later than the end of October, Comptroller Jonathan Gould said, according to journalist Eleanor Terrett. Gould said the rule would be released soon. The GENIUS Act, signed into law in July 2025, created the first …

The post Odds Of Bitcoin Price Hitting $100,000 By Christmas Drop Below 10% appeared first on Coinpedia Fintech News The market-implied chance of Bitcoin reaching $100,000 before Christmas has fallen 2.8 percentage points in 24 hours to 9.7%, according to Nick Forster, founder of options platform Derive.xyz, as cited by Bloomberg. The decline in odds followed BTC’s brief drop below $80,000, its first move under that level in nearly a month, as a selloff …

The post Algorand Price Prediction: Can ALGO Rebound Toward $0.615? appeared first on Coinpedia Fintech News Algorand is making a case for a comeback, and the Algorand price prediction now has two factors in focus: a weekly chart breakout and progress toward quantum-resistant blockchain technology. ALGO is trading above a falling wedge and preparing to retest $0.105 support. But a breakout is only useful if buyers can defend it. ALGO’s Weekly …

The post Pyth Network Price Prediction: Can PYTH’s Breakout Reach $1.15? appeared first on Coinpedia Fintech News PYTH has broken out of a long-standing descending channel on the weekly chart, and the Pyth Network price prediction now has a fresh fundamental catalyst to consider. Nasdaq has approved PYTH as a distributor of real-time US equity data, while protocol revenue and real-world asset activity are adding weight to the story. Convenient timing? Absolutely. …