Decrypt - 2026-10-05 ​
16 items collected.
1. Strive Adds $169M Bitcoin in Its Biggest Buy in Four Months ​
Author: Jose Antonio Lanz
Published: 10/5/2026, 10:30:20 PM
Categories: , Business
The Nasdaq-listed bitcoin treasury company, co-founded by Vivek Ramaswamy, paid roughly $169 million for 2,000 coins last week and now holds 29,462 BTC.
2. DeFi Development Corp Adds $3 Million in Solana as SOL Buys Slow ​
Author: Jose Antonio Lanz
Published: 10/5/2026, 9:48:03 PM
Categories: , Business
Nasdaq-listed DeFi Development Corp's latest SEC filing shows its Solana stash grew 1%, to about 2.56 million SOL and SOL equivalents—roughly half the prior week's gain and well below mid-September's pace.
3. A Florida Woman Used Claude as a Diary. An Anthropic Employee Read It and Reported It to Police ​
Author: Jose Antonio Lanz
Published: 10/5/2026, 9:16:03 PM
Categories: Artificial Intelligence
Investigators say a Bonita Springs woman's Claude "diary" tripped Anthropic's safety filters. A human review team sent it to police, and Anthropic's own terms allow exactly that.
4. Why a 4chan Bitcoin Prophecy Says Today Is the End of Crypto Winter ​
Author: Jose Antonio Lanz
Published: 10/5/2026, 8:46:03 PM
Categories: , Coins
An anonymous 4chan user called Bitcoin's October 2025 peak to the day way back in 2023. Could they be right again?
5. Treasury Kills Crypto 'Unhosted Wallet' and Mixer Surveillance Rules ​
Author: Decrypt Staff
Published: 10/5/2026, 8:19:38 PM
Categories: , , , Law and Order
FinCEN withdrew a 2020 proposal to track transactions with self-custodial crypto wallets and a 2023 plan to designate crypto mixing as a primary money laundering concern.
6. Crypto Sleuth ZachXBT Fronted $350K to Pose as a Client of Lazarus' Chinese Launderers ​
Author: Jose Antonio Lanz
Published: 10/5/2026, 6:46:02 PM
Categories: , , Law and Order
The on-chain sleuth says he posed as a customer of a Chinese crime syndicate, fronting $349,700 and eating 5% on every order, to track Lazarus Group's Bybit loot in real time.
7. SEC Clears 3x Leveraged Bitcoin and Ethereum Funds for Trading ​
Author: Jose Antonio Lanz
Published: 10/5/2026, 6:12:28 PM
Categories: , , Markets
The agency approved a Cboe rule letting six Volatility Shares funds that triple the daily moves of Bitcoin, Ethereum, gold, silver, oil, and natural gas list on a U.S. exchange.
8. CFTC Unveils Plan to Bring Crypto Exchanges Under Federal Oversight ​
Author: Decrypt Staff
Published: 10/5/2026, 4:46:03 PM
Categories: , , , Law and Order
The CFTC is seeking public comment on a framework that would create a new federal license for crypto exchanges, with leverage offers as the trigger for oversight.
9. Bitcoin Just Flashed a Second, Stronger Golden Cross: Here's What That Means ​
Author: Jose Antonio Lanz
Published: 10/5/2026, 4:10:00 PM
Categories: , Markets
The Bitcoin rally keeps bumping into the same wall, but a classic bullish signal suggests the trend is built to last.
10. NEXTPredict Founder: 'Nobody Was Serving' Prediction Markets' Enormous Audience ​
Author: Decrypt Staff
Published: 10/5/2026, 4:03:03 PM
Categories: Business
Reporters from CNBC and CNN are on the program beside the exchanges, two weeks before the midterms put the sector on air.
11. Bitmine Buys $41M More Ethereum, Reaching 99% of Its 'Alchemy of 5%' Target ​
Author: Decrypt Agent
Published: 10/5/2026, 2:54:17 PM
Categories: , Business
The purchase lifts Bitmine's stash past 6 million ETH—4.9% of supply and 99% of the way to its "Alchemy of 5%" goal—as chairman Tom Lee says Ethereum is "dwarfing" other macro assets.
12. Strategy Posts $21B Q3 Gain, Buys $29M in BTC, Repurchases $176M in STRC ​
Author: Decrypt Agent
Published: 10/5/2026, 12:51:42 PM
Categories: , Business
The firm's Bitcoin holdings hit a record 848,000 BTC, while the quarterly gain is a fair-value mark carrying $1.88 billion in deferred tax.
13. Metaplanet Sold 10,000 Bitcoin and Bought Back 11,000 to Prove a Point ​
Author: Decrypt Agent
Published: 10/5/2026, 12:04:01 PM
Categories: , Business
Rating agencies ask if a Bitcoin company will actually sell when obligations fall due. "We answered by doing it," said CEO Simon Gerovich.
14. Morning Minute: Uptober Off to a Green Start ​
Author: Tyler Warner
Published: 10/5/2026, 11:39:08 AM
Categories: , , Opinion
Crypto majors and alts are rallying to start October. What’s driving the early action and will it continue?
15. Greek Soldiers Among Alleged Leaders of $8M Crypto Pyramid Scheme ​
Author: Decrypt Agent
Published: 10/5/2026, 11:18:01 AM
Categories: , , Law and Order
An association for AI enthusiasts was allegedly the recruiting vehicle, and two anonymous tips to a government portal started the case.
16. OKX and NYSE Owner ICE Plan 24/7 Tokenized Stock Trading Under SEC Exemption ​
Author: Decrypt Agent
Published: 10/5/2026, 10:22:27 AM
Categories: Business
Filed under the SEC's new Innovation Exemption, the notice lists more than 60 stocks, including Nvidia and SpaceX, paired with stablecoins.