The Independent Community Bankers of America sued the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, accusing the regulator of overstepping its legal authority.

Bitcoin is up roughly 3% in October as traders await September’s jobs data, while rising bond yields, a stronger dollar weigh on broader markets.

A Tether-backed project, Utexo, plans to support private USDT transfers, direct swaps between BTC and USDT and loans backed by BTC, while keeping most transaction data off Bitcoin’s public ledger.

Rising open interest and funding rates signal renewed demand for bullish bitcoin exposure.

Bond yields also suffered a major whipsaw, turning higher by the afternoon after early declines.

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Bitcoin held earlier gains following the report, up more than 2% over the past 24 hours and just below $87,000.

It is incumbent upon us to continue Commissioner Peirce’s mission, writes Will Schwartz, policy associate at the Blockchain Association.

The former SEC chairman who may be tapped to oversee the Trump administration's AI work has a potentially divisive history as a watchdog of tech innovation.

Once home to more than $2 billion in crypto assets, Blast is shutting down as activity fades, costs rise, and bigger platforms like Coinbase and Robinhood build networks of their own.

The potential agreement could span digital assets, custody, trading, payments and other financial-market infrastructure.

Bitcoin dominance is closing in on 60% while USDT's has slipped to 6.3%, pointing to a market growing more comfortable with risk.