⚡ Update: The Crypto Fear & Greed Index is back in neutral territory, now at 58.

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🔥 Crypto losses keep mounting. Hackers stole $2.68 billion through September, and October’s total has already passed $98 million. The largest reported incident involved more than $86 million taken from compromised Ledger devices, while an exploit targeting 79th Vault cost another $12.5 million.

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🚨 UPDATE: The XRP Ledger Foundation says the flaw fixed in the latest release did not create additional XRP. The total supply remains capped at 100 billion, and the fix is available in version 3.4.1.

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🇺🇸🇮🇷 JUST IN: Iran says the US response to its seven conditions for reopening the Strait of Hormuz is inadequate, Reuters reports.

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🔥 JUST IN: DATA Network and its Trace registry are coming to Sui, with Walrus as the default storage layer—giving AI labs a single source for rights-cleared training data.

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⚡️ Jim Cramer expects oil prices to hover around $100 as long as the war continues.

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🇷🇺 UPDATE: Russia’s central bank has approved Sberbank to join the list of institutions authorized to exchange cryptocurrencies.

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🚨 This week’s key events | October 12–18, 2026
All times Eastern (ET).

U.S. Q3 earnings season gets underway, with major banks reporting.

Monday, October 12
🌎 The IMF–World Bank Annual Meetings open in Bangkok and run through October 18.
🇪🇺 The EU adopts new sanctions targeting Russia’s military-industrial sector.

Tuesday, October 13
🏦 Earnings reports begin from major U.S. banks.

Wednesday, October 14
🔥 8:30 a.m. — U.S. September CPI inflation
🇺🇸 2:00 p.m. — Federal Reserve Beige Book

Thursday, October 15
🔥 8:30 a.m. — U.S. September PPI inflation
🇺🇸 8:30 a.m. — Initial jobless claims
🇺🇸 4:30 p.m. — Fed balance sheet update
🎙️ 11:30 p.m. — Fed Chair Kevin Warsh joins IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva for a fireside chat.

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🤖 JUST IN: Meta has unveiled Muse Wonder and Muse Wonder Full, its most advanced AI models to date, designed for coding and AI-agent tasks at home and at work.

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🇺🇸 Peter Schiff argues that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac should be gradually wound down. He expects home prices to fall as market forces take over, while mortgage rates would likely climb.

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🇺🇸 Across the US, there are a record 57.9% more home sellers than buyers.

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🚨 Breaking: More than $123M in positions were liquidated over the past hour, including $119.78M in longs, as $BTC dropped below $82,000.

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🇺🇸 TRUMP: “Prices are falling, and once the war with Iran ends—which should be very soon—oil prices will plunge.”

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What if your hardware wallet had been tampered with before it reached you?

Ledger confirmed that a device sold through one of its Southeast Asian resellers contained a hidden hardware implant. Investigators estimate the losses at over $86 million. Ledger says its own systems weren’t compromised and believes the issue is confined to that reseller.

Swipe through for the full story and steps to take if you bought a device from them. Follow Cointelegraph for updates on emerging threats. ✅

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🔥 JUST IN: Bybit plans to roll out mStocks next month, offering 24/7 access to tokenized stocks backed 1:1 by real shares.

Built on Mantle, mStocks can also be used as trading collateral, traded on DEXs, and integrated into DeFi.

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🚨 BREAKING: MediaMarktSaturn has pulled all Ledger products from its stores and online shop following reports that some hardware wallets may have been compromised.

https://ct.com/news/mediamarkt-pulls-ledger-wallet-security-incident

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🔥 Strive acquired 3,311 BTC last week, taking its total Bitcoin holdings to 32,773.

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🔥 Bullish: CryptoQuant founder Ki Young Ju believes Bitcoin’s bear market is over. He expects the next 12–24 months to bring either a rally or a period of sideways trading.

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🚨 UPDATE: Under the SEC’s revised quorum rules, one commissioner can now approve crypto regulations if the other is recused.

The change comes as regulators move forward with crypto rulemaking, while Congress has yet to pass a comprehensive market structure bill.

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⚡️ NEW: Starknet is bringing Shadow Accounts to public DeFi, linking them privately to users’ primary wallets. The first integration launches tomorrow.

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🚨 Bank of America has been hit with a $1.2 billion fine over anti-money laundering failures. The bank allegedly failed to flag $5 billion in transactions suspected of involving illicit funds.

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