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A paper titled Bitcoin: A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash System, signed Satoshi Nakamoto, is posted to a cryptography mailing list. It describes a chain of proof-of-work timestamps that lets strangers transact without a trusted third party.

Alo starts accepting cryptocurrency for online orders and lets employees have all or part of their pay deposited into crypto wallets with no conversion fees.

The founder of FTX was sentenced in Manhattan federal court to 25 years in prison and ordered to forfeit more than $11bn, four months after a jury convicted him on seven counts of fraud and conspiracy over the theft of customer deposits from the cryptocurrency exchange.

On 2 June 2025 Robinhood closed its roughly US$200 million all-cash purchase of the Bitstamp crypto exchange, gaining more than 50 licenses and its first institutional crypto business.

President Trump signed the GENIUS Act into law on 18 July 2025, creating the first federal regulatory framework for payment stablecoins with 1:1 reserve backing and monthly reserve disclosures.

On 6 October 2025 bitcoin reached a record of about US$126,000, up from a mid-August peak near US$124,500 and lifting its market value to roughly US$2.5 trillion. It has not traded above that level since.

On 7 October 2025 Intercontinental Exchange, owner of the New York Stock Exchange, announced a strategic investment of up to US$2 billion in the prediction market Polymarket, at a valuation of about US$8 billion before the investment.

On 5 March 2026 Intercontinental Exchange announced a strategic relationship and investment in the crypto exchange OKX, valuing it at US$25 billion, with a board seat, US-regulated crypto futures and OKX access to NYSE tokenized equities planned.

On 18 March 2026 the SEC approved a Nasdaq rule change letting eligible Russell 1000 stocks and index ETFs trade in tokenized form, settled through the DTC tokenization pilot, on the same order book as ordinary shares.

Benjamin Cowen, founder of Into The Cryptoverse and a former NASA researcher, argues Bitcoin's current cycle should bottom around October 2026 — about a year after its October 2025 peak near $126,000, matching the gap between top and bottom in each of Bitcoin's two prior cycles. He leaves room for an earlier low around May 2026 only if a sharp capitulation event pushes the year's returns well outside the range typical of past midterm-cycle years; CryptoQuant's on-chain models point to a similar September-November window.

The crypto conference runs 7-8 October 2026 across all five floors of Marina Bay Sands, with 300+ speakers, 500+ exhibitors and more than 1,000 side events.

Binance reports roughly USD 6.3 billion in affected assets after unauthorized withdrawals. It says about USD 3 billion was frozen and company funds will cover losses; recovery and investigation continue.

On 20 September 2026 Kalshi’s "when will Bitcoin cross $100k again" ladder gave the whole of 2026 only a 26% chance, and the single likeliest month was November: the book jumped from 10% by November 1 to 23% by December 1. With BTC near $80,800 that was a 24% move traders mostly did not expect this year.

Kalshi’s year-high ladder for Ethereum settles on the highest price ETH touches in 2026. On 20 September 2026, with ether near $2,600, traders gave $3,500 a 30% chance, $4,000 22% and $5,000 9%. Polymarket’s equivalent book was a little more optimistic, pricing a touch of $3,000 at 59.5%.

Kalshi’s largest crypto event settles on Bitcoin’s price at 12:00 a.m. ET on January 1, 2027, splitting the outcome into $5,000 buckets. On 20 September 2026, with BTC near $80,800, the market’s favourites were $75,000–$80,000 at 14.9% and $80,000–$85,000 at 13.9% — a year that ends roughly where it stood.