Visa is in talks to acquire Fireblocks for approximately $2.5 billion.

Boosters often say crypto voters can swing elections, but Democrats are seeking mileage out of tying crypto to Trump, corruption and attempts to buy seats in Congress.

Zipcoin has announced the closure of its project. The team stated that on October 21st, they received a notification from Railway that the project's codebase, credentials, and private keys had been compromised. Zipcoin will provide a six-hour selling window for holders, with remaining holdings to be sold and funds collected at 00:00 on October 23rd. The project was previously affected by the UNCX security incident on October 15th. Market data shows that ZC has fallen 89.42% in the past 24 hours, with a current market capitalization of $280,000.

Bitmine Chairman Tom Lee stated that Bitmine holds approximately 6 million ETH, representing 4.9% of the total supply. This is about 100,000 ETH short of the 5% limit, at which point purchases will cease. Bitmine made large purchases when the ETH price was around $1500. On October 19th, Bitmine increased its ETH holdings by 12,535 ETH, bringing its total holdings to 6,041,481 ETH, worth nearly $14.5 billion. Two days later, Bitmine pledged 159,728 ETH, meaning approximately 86.5% of its treasury assets were used for staking. (Source: Bitcoin.com News)

X Pay raises $1 million to expand its AI powered payment infrastructure Payment infrastructure provider X Pay has completed a $1 million financing round, with investors including DCI, Credit Scend, Skyland Ventures, and nine other institutions. This platform is based on the x402 payment standard and supports settlement through USDC on the Base network, enabling AI agents to automatically complete API payment calls. Since its launch on the Base mainnet on September 11, 2026, X Pay has completed over 50000 on chain payments. The new funds will be used to expand to BNB Chain and Solana, conduct independent security audits, launch API markets, and advance preparations for EU MiCA compliance. (Source: FinnceWire)

Blockaid monitoring revealed that the WAX network's WAX multi-chain bridge was attacked, involving WAX, Solana, and Ethereum. The attacker withdrew mapped tokens on the WAX chain without paying for the assets, and the corresponding tokens were released through bridge contracts on Solana and Ethereum. The attacker transferred approximately 52,986 USDC, 21,558 USDT, 840 DAI, 2.55 WETH, and 0.11 WBTC in five transactions.