World ID Looms| Bitcoin News

Bitcoin news and financial news update. Today I cover MSCI's new index rules that could exclude Strategy, Microsoft's canceled AI data center deal with Bitcoin mining spinoff Nscale, and World's new identity verification tools for banks. I also look at a BIS study on stablecoin adoption, a scammer who lost nearly $5 million in Bitcoin to Ledger wallet thieves, Strategy's latest Bitcoin purchases and STRC buybacks, Strive's growing Bitcoin treasury, and a Dutch server seizure raising questions about privacy and government power.


Topics for today:

• MSCI Rules Could Exclude Strategy From Indexes
• Microsoft Drops Nscale AI Deal Over Power Delays
• World ID Launches Banking and Zoom Verification Tools
• BIS Study Links Bank Deposit Rates to Stablecoin Growth
• Scammer Loses 60 BTC in Ledger Wallet Theft
• Strategy Buys 267 BTC and Repurchases $193M in STRC
• Strive Adds 1,223 BTC, Reaching 36,818 BTC
• Dutch Server Seizure Raises Privacy and Surveillance Concerns

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Today's Articles:
https://bitcoinmagazine.com/news/msci-could-exclude-strategy-from-index
https://www.coindesk.com/tech/2026/10/19/bitcoin-mining-offshoot-nscale-loses-microsoft-ai-deal-as-power-delay-stretches-into-2030s
https://www.theblock.co/news/ecosystems/2026-10-18-world-launches-world-id-suite-banks-418869
https://decrypt.co/381253/banks-hold-a-lever-over-stablecoin-adoption-bis-economists-say
https://bitcoinmagazine.com/news/scammer-lost-bitcoin-to-ledger-thieves
https://cointelegraph.com/news/strategy-btc-22-million-buy-strc-buyback-193-million
https://www.theblock.co/news/business/2026-10-19-strive-scoops-1223-bitcoin-100-million-total-holdings-reach-36818-btc-421020