Juan Galt

A miner running FutureBit’s Apollo Solo setup found Bitcoin block 973,262 on Oct. 26, collecting the full 3.154 BTC subsidy-plus-fees reward from 2,477 transactions.

Lightning.news data shared with Bitcoin Magazine puts net 2026 crypto hack losses at roughly $2.35 billion after freezes and returns. September alone accounted for about $768 million, led by Bitget’s September 24 hot-and-warm wallet drain and Liquid Network’s Elements bug.

Blink Wallet began charging a $1 monthly fee on custodial accounts inactive for 12 months, with the first charges processed by mid-October 2026 and full refunds on login.

Utexo has opened Utexo Mint, letting verified professional operators test minting, confidential transfers, and redemption of USDT on Bitcoin via RGB ahead of the November 28 public launch.

El Salvador’s National Bitcoin Office, led by Stacey Herbert and Max Keiser, has scheduled five Bitcoin-focused events from November 10–20, including Bitcoin Histórico at the National Palace and a new Renaissance Rodeo.

CPAs, wealth advisors, and lenders gather in Denver for BFFS26, featuring Patrick Lowry on public-company Bitcoin treasury reserves and Wyoming Deputy Secretary of State Colin Crossman on regulatory outlook.

Partnership will bring vBTC to EDX Markets for institutional spot trading, while EDX joins the VerifiedX network as a validator, expanding institutional access to tokenized, programmable Bitcoin infrastructure.

The accounts run on MiCA-authorized infrastructure from Lightspark Payments Europe AS. Keys sit in a hardware security module, and only designated owners can move funds.

A September 2026 Omarchy release, OmPool, sonifies live Bitcoin mempool flow in the terminal. It sits next to Bitlisten, Proof of Sound, and self-hosted mempool.space as a home display rather than a trading terminal.

SUBFROST said Alkanes made up 61.1% of all Bitcoin transactions from June 23 to Sept. 20 — about 59.9 million txs across blocks 954,917–967,918.