Crypto Daily Brief — October 19, 2026

BTC $82,739 (+1.3%) · ETH $2,428 (+0.8%) · Total mcap $2.77T (-2.4%)

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Humanity Protocol suffered a $36 million theft after attackers compromised administrative keys on a developer's machine, seizing control of bridge infrastructure. The H token price crashed 73% following disclosure of the exploit.

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Polygon Labs completed its acquisition of Coinme, bringing 37 state money-transmitter licenses and exemptions covering 48 US states under its control. The deal integrates regulated payment infrastructure with Polygon's stablecoin and blockchain settlement technology.

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Russia's Sberbank received Bank of Russia approval to offer cryptocurrency trading to its 110 million retail clients. The actual launch timing depends on final regulatory decision and completion of implementing regulations.

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Cysic suspended its cross-chain bridge after 10 million CYS tokens were unauthorized minted on BNB Chain. Some tokens were sold before blacklist implementation, with 2.8 million tokens currently frozen.

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H.R. 8957 establishes a US Strategic Bitcoin Reserve with a 20-year prohibition on selling federal holdings and mandatory quarterly proof-of-reserve audits. The bill creates a framework for the U.S. to accumulate and indefinitely retain Bitcoin as monetary reserves.

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