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  • Here’s what happened in crypto today
    by Felix Ng on October 14, 2026 at 5:35 am

    Need to know what happened in crypto today? Here is the latest news on daily trends and events impacting Bitcoin price, blockchain, DeFi, Web3 and crypto regulation.Today in crypto, Ledger asked resellers across Southeast Asia and Hong Kong to suspend hardware wallet sales amid an investigation into tampered devices, European electronics retailer MediaMarktSaturn removed Ledger products from stores and online platforms, and rival Trezor began cutting its authorized reseller network as a precaution. Ledger has requested sellers and distributors of its devices in six Southeast Asian countries and Hong Kong to suspend sales and remove its hardware wallets from shelves as it investigates reports of tampered devices.In a post on X on Tuesday, Ledger said the request covers resellers in Indonesia, Singapore, Thailand, the Philippines, Vietnam, Malaysia and Hong Kong.Read more

  • Starknet introduces wallet privacy feature for DeFi activity
    by Ezra Reguerra on October 14, 2026 at 5:32 am

    Starknet’s Shadow Accounts allow users to obscure connections between their main wallets and DeFi activity, though transactions remain visible onchain.Ethereum layer-2 network Starknet has launched a wallet privacy feature that lets users interact with decentralized finance (DeFi) apps without publicly linking activities to their main wallets. StarkWare, the team behind Starknet, said that its new Shadow Accounts feature creates separate, persistent addresses for individual applications. Users can fund the accounts using shielded balances held in the network’s STRK20 privacy pool. This allows them to maintain lending, trading or other DeFi positions under different onchain identities. The new privacy feature obscures the connection between the shadow account and the wallet funding it. However, balances, transactions and positions of these shadow accounts remain publicly visible onchain, according to Starknet. Read more

  • Fed’s Williams sees AI supply squeeze lasting beyond 2 years
    by Felix Ng on October 14, 2026 at 5:30 am

    New York Fed President John Williams’ comments came as he reaffirmed his view that the US Federal Reserve may need to raise interest rates once more this year.New York Fed President John Williams said AI equipment supply could take more than two years to catch up with demand, which could add to inflationary pressure. Williams made the comments during an interview with Bloomberg on Tuesday, saying that the buildout of AI infrastructure is pushing up chip prices and goods that use them.Asked whether supply and demand within AI would become more balanced over the next two years, Williams said: “I think it’s going to take longer. Assuming the demand kind of impulse continues as expected, and that’s a big assumption.”Read more

  • Bitwise’s Hougan says Q3 charts point to ‘crypto spring’
    by Felix Ng on October 14, 2026 at 2:19 am

    Bitwise’s Matt Hougan said nearly every fundamental indicator that Bitwise tracks spiked sharply higher.Bitwise chief investment officer Matt Hougan says Q3 may have been “one of the best quarters in crypto’s history,” arguing a sharp rebound in crypto prices and growing onchain markets point to the start of “crypto spring.”In its quarterly market review published Thursday, Bitwise reported a 46.4% quarterly gain in its large-cap crypto index, along with $6 billion in US spot Bitcoin ETF inflows that brought year-to-date net flows back into positive territory. The growth extended beyond the price of cryptocurrencies. The value of tokenized equities rose 65.5% to nearly $3.2 billion, while open interest on decentralized perpetual futures hit a new record near $26 billion, with a growing share tied to stocks, commodities, foreign exchange and pre-IPO shares.Read more

  • Ledger asks resellers to halt sales in Southeast Asia and Hong Kong
    by Felix Ng on October 13, 2026 at 11:28 pm

    The wallet maker requested that devices be removed from shelves while investigators work to establish where tampering occurred.Ledger has requested sellers and distributors of its devices in six Southeast Asian countries and Hong Kong to suspend sales and remove its hardware wallets from shelves as it investigates reports of tampered devices.In a post on X on Tuesday, Ledger said the request covers resellers in Indonesia, Singapore, Thailand, the Philippines, Vietnam, Malaysia and Hong Kong.“To be clear, as the investigation continues, the only confirmed incidents remain contained to Southeast Asia. We have not verified a drain linked to a device bought elsewhere,” said Ledger. Read more