Today's Crypto News:

Peter Thiel-backed Founders Fund leads a $5 million token buy in crypto collateral protocol Anvil Full Story

Pantera Capital and Bullish also participated in the ANVL purchase as Anvil rolls out software designed to make its collateral protocol easier for businesses to integrate.

Crypto is expanding the boundaries of what can be priced Full Story

The future of crypto may therefore depend less on creating the next novel asset and more on building the infrastructure required to price a growing universe of existing ones, argues Altius co-founder and CEO Annabelle Huang.

OKX draws investment from StanChart, Circle, Ripple as it pushes beyond crypto exchange roots Full Story

The exchange is increasingly aiming to position itself as a global financial tech platform spanning crypto, payments and tokenized assets, following an investment and joint venture with NYSE parent ICE.

Arbitrum joins Paxos-led stablecoin group Global Dollar to capture digital dollar growth Full Story

The Ethereum layer-2 is backing Paxos-issued USDG to earn a share of reserve income as new stablecoin alliances compete for distribution, users and reserve economics.

Self-styled 'Godfather' gets 6 years in prison for $37 million Meta fraud scheme Full Story

Adam Iza’s sentence runs concurrently with a 15-year term imposed last month for his role in an attempted bitcoin robbery.

The VIX of bonds is rising but bitcoin and stocks aren't hearing it yet Full Story

Your day-ahead look for Oct. 6, 2026

Live updates: Bitcoin remains locked in range as stocks notch another new record high Full Story

FxPro says a slide below $84,000 would hand control to sellers and put $80,000 in play. Minutes from the Fed's last meeting come out Wednesday.

Smaller altcoins shine as bitcoin stills trades around $85,000 Full Story

Leading the gains is BTW, the native token of Bitway, a bitcoin-compatible layer-1, which jumped 25% in the past 24 hours and is up 170% over the past 30 days.

U.S.- China AI race heats up as Chinese rivals secure billions ahead of IPOs Full Story

DeepSeek and Moonshot attract fresh capital ahead of planned listings, while OpenAI courts major investors.

OKX looks to abstract blockchain mechanics to bring stablecoin balances to everyday consumers Full Story

OKX appears to be designing products to keep the blockchain element abstracted or out of sight for users who simply want to hold digital dollars and use a card.