The Protocol: AWS Outage Halts Some Crypto Apps

Welcome to The Protocol, CoinDesk's weekly wrap of the most important stories in cryptocurrency tech development. I’m Margaux Nijkerk, a reporter at CoinDesk. In this issue: STORY CONTINUES BELOW Crypto’s ‘Decentralized’ Illusion Shattered Again...

Canada Fines Cybercrime Friendly Cryptomus $176M

Financial regulators in Canada this week levied $176 million in fines against Cryptomus, a digital payments platform that supports dozens of Russian cryptocurrency exchanges and websites hawking cybercrime services. The penalties for violating...

85% of Crypto investors in Nigeria earn below N250,000 monthly — Report

About 85 percent of retail cryptocurrency investors in Nigeria report monthly incomes below N250,000 which places them firmly in the low- to mid-income bracket, according to The State of Crypto Adoption in Nigeria 2025 report. The report published...

$MELANIA Under Fire: First Lady’s Memecoin Was Part Of Fraudulent Scheme, Lawsuit Alleges—What To Know

Topline First Lady Melania Trump’s $MELANIA memecoin is now under legal scrutiny, as a court filing this week alleges the cryptocurrency is part of a broader fraudulent “pump-and-dump” scheme meant to enrich a small number of insiders and the...

North Korea's stolen crypto billions revealed

North Korean hackers have pilfered billions of dollars by breaking into cryptocurrency exchanges and creating fake identities to get remote tech jobs at foreign companies, according to an international report on North Korea's cyber capabilities....

Google Claims Quantum Breakthrough to Reignite Bitcoin Ramifications Debate

Google said it had achieved a verifiable "quantum advantage" with its Willow chip completing a calculation that would take classical supercomputers thousands of times longer. The reported breakthrough may reignite a debate in the cryptocurrency...

AP Business SummaryBrief at 6:59 p.m. EDT

Money-losing companies with colorful histories have pivoted to crypto So far this year, billions of dollars have flowed into companies that have reinvented themselves by making the buying and holding of cryptocurrency their main focus. More than...

Cryptocurrency company claims major breakthrough with new AI-powered tech: 'Thinking blockchain'

Cryptocurrency innovator Amadeus recently introduced a new blockchain system designed to transform the massive energy consumed by crypto mining into something useful: artificial intelligence training. The company calls the new system a "thinking...

Residents fight back after being terrorized by nearby cryptocurrency facility: 'Already caused serious harm'

Pollution wears many hats, and a sneaky one is excessive noise. Residents in Granbury, Texas, are well aware of this, due to a nearby cryptocurrency facility that makes a ton of disruptive noise. They made progress in a lawsuit, but now the...

Stablecoins become ‘global macroeconomic force’ as transactions reach $46T: Report

The cryptocurrency market in 2025 is increasingly being shaped by institutional adoption and the rise of stablecoins, underscoring rapid advances in blockchain technology capable of supporting broader mainstream use, according to venture capital...

In final stretch of mayoral race, Andrew Cuomo pivots to tech

Mayor Eric Adams promised to be a “tech mayor.” In his four years in office, Adams embraced crime-fighting robots, accepted a handful of paychecks in cryptocurrency, remade a de Blasio-era plan to provide internet at public housing buildings and...

Fake Nethereum NuGet Package Used Homoglyph Trick to Steal Crypto Wallet Keys

Oct 22, 2025Ravie LakshmananCryptocurrency / Software Integrity Cybersecurity researchers have uncovered a new supply chain attack targeting the NuGet package manager with malicious typosquats of Nethereum, a popular Ethereum .NET integration...

Ethereum Exposure Offers More Than Meets the Eye

Bitcoin may be the belle of the ball of the cryptomarket. But it’s important to understand what each cryptocurrency can bring to the table. Take ethereum, for example. As the second-largest blockchain, this cryptocurrency can offer far more to a...

Canada Fines Cryptomus Operator $176.9m for Money-Laundering Violations

October 22, 2025 @ 1:08 pm By Michael Wong Canada’s anti-money laundering regulator has imposed a record administrative monetary penalty of C$176.96 million ($130 million) on Xeltox Enterprises Ltd., the operator of cryptocurrency platform...

MiCA Was Just the Start – The EU Could Have a Far Greater Role to Play in Cryptocurrency

By Peter Curk MiCA marked a turning point for Europe, proving the EU can lead in crypto regulation. But to stay ahead, it must build on this foundation, expanding MiCA to include DeFi, NFTs, and staking, creating a cohesive, enforceable framework...

CBN confirms moves by FG to adopt cryptocurrency, forms team to study stablecoin

The Nigerian government is a step closer to cryptocurrency adoption, especially stablecoins The governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Olayemi Cardoso, disclosed this recently in Washington The CBN boss said the government has formed a...

3 reasons this new cryptocurrency could see 25x growth in 2026

Investors around the world are searching for the next best crypto before 2026. Many are tired of short-term hype projects that fade away soon after launch. The real attention is now turning to utility-based platforms with clear revenue systems and...

3 Cryptocurrencies to Buy Now

Bitcoin fell 9.3% in a week, but remains the ultimate hedge against geopolitical and currency instability. Polkadot is trading 70% below its 52-week high despite major technical upgrades and a shift to inflation-resistant operations. Chainlink...

Cryptocurrency market crash: $128,000,000,000 wiped out of Crypto stock exchanges in just four hours. Here's why

Cryptocurrency market was rattled on Friday as $128,000,000,000 has been wiped out of the crypto stock exchanges in just four hours. This comes as Bitcoin, XRP, Ethereum all plunged bringing back haunting memories of collapse of crypto exchange...

FalconX Acquires Crypto ETP Giant 21shares to Bridge Digital Assets, Traditional Finance

October 22, 2025 @ 1:10 pm By Michael Wong FalconX, an institutional digital asset prime brokerage, said on Wednesday it has agreed to acquire 21shares, the world’s largest provider of cryptocurrency exchange-traded products (ETPs), in a deal that...