Dr. Crypto

[Crypto Rover @cryptorover]

BREAKING: 🇮🇹 Italy’s central bank just urged all banks to invest in digital assets and blockchain technology.

Banks are going ALL-IN on crypto! 🚀

[The Hormuz Letter @HormuzLetter]

BREAKING: Iran has drawn up detailed plans to attack the 7 major undersea Internet cables in the Gulf as soon as the US and Israel attack it again, per two senior Iranian officials to Reuters.

Iran says it would aim to prevent repairs after any attack to prolong the disruption to communications and internet connections.

"If Iran is attacked, there will be no more red lines, from undersea cables to military bases, including covert ones." The official warned US not to "play with fire," saying Iran has full access to the cables and could easily destroy them.

More than 99% of international data traffic travels through undersea cables. Iran warned this month that US-linked data centres and AI facilities across the Gulf will also be targeted.

[Coin Bureau @coinbureau]

🚨ALERT: BRENT crude surged above $118 per barrel, just $1 AWAY from $119 and near its early-May high, amid fears of renewed U.S. strikes on Iran.

Middle East supply risks threaten oil shipments through the Strait of Hormuz, fueling inflation concerns and complicating the Fed's rate outlook.

[Watcher.Guru @WatcherGuru]

JUST IN: 🇮🇱 Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu calls for plan to use crypto and blockchain technology to counter potential financial sanctions.

[Coin Bureau @coinbureau]

The internet is going into a LOCKDOWN.

Hundreds of millions of websites are potentially at risk from cyberattacks.

Governments, banks and major platforms have already taken their websites OFFLINE.

Many are already calling it “Black October.”

At the centre of the shutdowns is something most of us have never heard of, but use every day.

PHP, the software behind roughly 7 in 10 websites, has two critical flaws that can let hackers break in without a password.

Dubbed PHP2Shell, both are rated 9.2 out of 10 for severity.

Details began circulating on Oct 20. Emergency fixes arrived the next day, but attackers were already moving.

Cloudflare’s CEO says hacking attempts then jumped from thousands to MILLIONS within hours.

Cybersecurity agencies across several countries are telling PHP site owners the same thing: Patch it now, or take it offline.

Websites have gone dark worldwide, from government portals and hospitals to banks.

CrowdStrike warns these attacks leave almost no trace, so some sites may not know if they’ve been hit.

Around 2.6 MILLION internet-facing servers run PHP, potentially hosting hundreds of sites each.

Over 1.1 million use older versions no longer receiving official PHP updates.

Older installations may need an upgrade to a supported PHP version or a fix from their software provider.

And patching does not remove a backdoor an attacker may already have planted.

Cloudflare also says hackers are now tweaking their attacks to try to slip past its protections.

But PHP isn’t the only security story unfolding.

-Japan’s Onamae suspended ALL Desktop Cloud plans after malware was found on customer servers.

-India’s eMudhra had 8 website-certificate keys so weak, one was literally the number “4”.

-State Bank of India confirmed 3,897 customer records on the dark web.

-Criminals used AI agents to break into 400+ Latin American banks.

-Capcom confirmed a breach exposing 11.7 million email addresses.

-GitLab disclosed a 10/10 severity flaw in versions going back to 2014.

-LiteLLM removed a malware-containing release. Railway reported possible exposure of customer secrets.

None of these has a confirmed link to PHP2Shell.

We’re seeing separate breaches unfold together.

The true number of incidents could take months to come out.

The world is still on alert. Attacks are still coming.

[Ripple @Ripple]

Settlement liquidity is exactly the kind of use case @XRP Ledger and RLUSD are built to support.

@Arf_One is bringing its approach to settlement liquidity to the XRP Ledger, using RLUSD to support short-term working capital for licensed payment companies as cross-border payments settle.

[Kalshi Crypto @Kalshi_Crypto]

JUST IN: Visa to acquire crypto infrastructure firm Fireblocks

[Dr. Crypto @DrCryptowp]

RT @vandell33: Remarkable how the narrative and NSA’s alert on critical PHP flaws that let hackers seize entire servers arrives precisely a…

[XRP @XRP]

Some people follow trends.
Some people do their research.

Crypto Responsibly at https://t.co/Uqn3FEmkeK

[Crypto Rover @cryptorover]

IT’S OFFICIAL: 🇺🇸 The SEC has reportedly cleared Evernorth’s filing to raise funds through share sales to BUY MORE $XRP.

THE GREEN LIGHT IS HERE!

[Kalshi @Kalshi]

JUST IN: OCC finalizes first rules under Trump's "Genius Act" for stablecoins and crypto rewards ahead of January 2027

[CoinDesk @CoinDesk]

JUST IN: @Ripple launches 24/7 institutional stock trading via Ripple Prime, accepting $RLUSD as collateral.

[Watcher.Guru @WatcherGuru]

JUST IN: 🇺🇸 US officially finalizes new crypto stablecoin regulations under the GENIUS Act.

[Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent @SecScottBessent]

The GENIUS Act marks a watershed moment in American finance, further cementing the United States as the crypto capital of the world. Just as President Abraham Lincoln’s National Currency Act of 1863 established a national framework for bank-issued currency, the GENIUS Act establishes a federal framework for payment stablecoins in the digital age.

The @USOCC's final rule carries that landmark legislation forward, providing a clear, practical foundation for private-sector innovation, competition, and American leadership in digital assets.

[OCC @USOCC]

.@USComptroller Jonathan V. Gould: Today’s final rule advances @POTUS Trump’s and @SecScottBessent’s vision for American leadership in digital assets. We are providing a clear, practical framework for payment stablecoin innovation, with strong standards for reserve backing, redemption, and risk management. The OCC is drawing on its longstanding supervisory expertise to support responsible growth and innovation for this new industry. https://t.co/IWuIHnQQ0f

[Monica Long @MonicaLongSF]

The best part has been watching people build on something before it was obvious.
Welcome @xrp!

[Eleanor Terrett @EleanorTerrett]

🚨🗞️NEW: New York and Wyoming Join Forces on Crypto Regulation

Plus, the @USOCC signals its final GENIUS Act rules are coming by month-end, what to watch this week in macro and crypto, and the stories making headlines.

https://t.co/mLVRbxRSRM

[Watcher.Guru @WatcherGuru]

JUST IN: BlackRock pushes to bring tokenized assets into traditional banking and financial systems.

[Bull Theory @BullTheoryio]

BREAKING: 🇯🇵 Over ¥23.5 TRILLION ($150B) wiped out from Japanese stocks as the NIKKEI falls -2% amid a US tech sell-off and rising oil prices.

[MBAeconomics @MBAeconomics1]

Black Monday is tomorrow.

Stocks will crash.

Hopefully you have dry powder ready to buy the dip in precious metals and mining stocks.

In environments like this, gold outperforms everything.