SpaceX shares were up 1.2% in Friday afternoon trading while T-Mobile fell 13.2% and Verizon lost about 10%, as investors repriced the U.S. wireless market following SpaceX’s agreement to acquire nationwide 800 MHz spectrum from Grain Management. AT&T was also sharply lower, with the three incumbent carriers ranking as the biggest percentage decliners in the
New York has permanently barred former Celsius Network CEO Alex Mashinsky from the securities, commodities and cryptocurrency industries under a settlement that could require him to pay the state as much as $35 million.Attorney General Letitia James announced the agreement Friday, resolving a civil case filed in 2023 over allegations that Mashinsky misled investors about
Thailand will allow locally listed cryptocurrency ETFs investing initially in Bitcoin and Ether from October 16, opening regulated crypto exposure to retail investors while steering trading toward domestic fund managers, custodians and the Stock Exchange of Thailand.The Securities and Exchange Commission issued 11 notifications governing the new products after consultations conducted between April and September.
The UK has sanctioned crypto services Cryptomus, Heleket and TokenSpot alongside payment companies tied to Kyrgyzstan, extending its campaign against financial infrastructure suspected of helping Russia move money around Western restrictions. The measures were announced October 8 as part of 38 new Russia-related designations covering financial networks, oil companies, shadow-fleet tankers and suppliers linked to
Netflix has released the first trailer for The Altruists, an eight-episode drama about the rise and collapse of FTX that puts former CEO Sam Bankman-Fried and Alameda Research chief Caroline Ellison at the center of one of crypto’s largest fraud cases. The limited series will premiere on November 19, with Anthony Boyle playing Bankman-Fried and
Cantor Fitzgerald is facing a Senate inquiry into its financial relationship with Tether, with lawmakers seeking details on the investment bank’s ownership stake, custody revenue, sanctions controls and any financial benefits flowing to Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick’s family.Senator Richard Blumenthal, the ranking Democrat on the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, sent a letter Thursday to
Cryptocurrency news publisher Cointelegraph has denied reports that it is seeking a buyer after rival outlet CoinDesk reported a substantial decline in its website traffic, raising questions about the financial pressures facing specialist digital-asset media companies. CoinDesk reported on October 7, 2026, that Cointelegraph was exploring a sale, citing an anonymous person familiar with the
Standard Chartered crypto custody is coming to Singapore, at least on paper. The bank (LSE: STAN) said on Thursday it plans to provide custody for selected cryptoassets, stablecoins and tokenized real-world assets to institutional clients and corporate clients that qualify as accredited investors. In its announcement, Standard Chartered described plans that remain “subject to applicable
Greece plans to introduce a 10% tax on cryptocurrency capital gains, creating its first dedicated tax framework for digital assets just as European authorities gain substantially greater visibility into investors’ exchange activity.A draft bill published by the Ministry of National Economy and Finance would tax gains realized by individuals when crypto assets are transferred, while
Three brokers raised their AMD price target on 6 October. Citi’s Atif Malik went to $800 from $575, Mizuho moved to $705 from $580, and Stifel’s Ruben Roy went to $700. Advanced Micro Devices closed that session at $649.42, up $17.67 or 2.80%, at a record. It has given some of that back. AMD stock