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Morning edition · October 16, 2026

White House Outlines Crypto Policy Roadmap

A presidential task force proposes restructuring digital asset oversight, while corporate treasuries and security exploits absorb major bitcoin supplies.

  1. 1

    White House Group Recommends CFTC Spot Market Authority

    A presidential task force advised Congress to grant the CFTC oversight of non-security digital asset spot markets [5]. The group also recommended banning central bank digital currencies and applying wash-sale rules to the sector [5].

  2. 2

    Strategy Acquires 24,869 Bitcoin for $2.01 Billion

    The firm purchased the $BTC between May 11 and May 17, 2026, at an average price of $80,985 [3]. Strategy used proceeds from selling 19.5 million preferred shares to increase its treasury to 843,738 tokens [3].

  3. 3

    Coldcard Firmware Defect Results in $116 Million Theft

    Attackers drained roughly 1,816 bitcoin from over 5,200 addresses starting July 30, 2026 [2]. A March 2021 software bug reduced seed entropy, enabling remote brute-force attacks that require users to migrate to new wallets [2].

  4. 4

    Visa Launches Institutional Stablecoin Platform in Beta

    The payment network debuted a wallet-as-a-service platform with minting, burning, and custody support for Open USD [6]. Access is currently restricted to selected institutional clients during the testing phase [6].

  5. 5

    Securitize Deploys Tokenized US Equities on Solana

    The issuer launched $USDC settled tokens backed one-to-one by Apple, Nvidia, and Tesla shares on the $SOL network [7]. The underlying assets maintain voting rights and cannot be lent out [7].

Numbers

Bitcoin trades at $82,142 with total market capitalization reaching $2.74 trillion, while Injective leads top gainers up 30.3 percent.

Watch

Congressional movement on spot market legislation based on the CLARITY framework · On-chain monitoring of remaining pooled balances across Coldcard attacker addresses · Future SEC filings detailing Strategy's remaining equity program capacity

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Full text

The White House is pushing to restructure digital asset oversight, while corporate treasuries and attackers continue draining bitcoin supply.

  1. White House Group Recommends CFTC Spot Market Authority A presidential task force advised Congress to grant the CFTC oversight of non-security digital asset spot markets. The group also recommended banning central bank digital currencies and applying wash-sale rules to the sector.

  2. Strategy Acquires 24,869 Bitcoin for $2.01 Billion The firm purchased the BTC between May 11 and May 17, 2026, at an average price of $80,985. Strategy used proceeds from selling 19.5 million preferred shares to increase its treasury to 843,738 tokens.

  3. Coldcard Firmware Defect Results in $116 Million Theft Attackers drained roughly 1,816 bitcoin from over 5,200 addresses starting July 30, 2026. A March 2021 software bug reduced seed entropy, enabling remote brute-force attacks that require users to migrate to new wallets.

  4. Visa Launches Institutional Stablecoin Platform in Beta The payment network debuted a wallet-as-a-service platform with minting, burning, and custody support for Open USD. Access is currently restricted to selected institutional clients during the testing phase.

  5. Securitize Deploys Tokenized US Equities on Solana The issuer launched USDC settled tokens backed one-to-one by Apple, Nvidia, and Tesla shares on the Solana network. The underlying assets maintain voting rights and cannot be lent out.

Numbers: Bitcoin trades at $82,142 with total market capitalization reaching $2.74 trillion, while Injective leads top gainers up 30.3 percent.

Watch:

  • Congressional movement on spot market legislation based on the CLARITY framework.
  • On-chain monitoring of remaining pooled balances across Coldcard attacker addresses.
  • Future SEC filings detailing Strategy's remaining equity program capacity.

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