{ "version": "https://jsonfeed.org/version/1.1", "title": "Le Coin", "home_page_url": "https://lecoin.news/", "feed_url": "https://lecoin.news/feed.json", "description": "Le Coin. News on every corner: crypto, DeFi, and beyond. Every story names a primary source, a time and a hash.", "items": [ { "id": "https://lecoin.news/analysis/2026-10-22-elections-digital-assets/", "url": "https://lecoin.news/analysis/2026-10-22-elections-digital-assets/", "title": "Prediction markets favor a Democratic House, putting crypto's Washington gains in play", "summary": "How the 2026 midterms and the 2028 election could shape U.S. digital-asset rules: the stalled Clarity Act, crypto PAC money, candidate records and scenarios, with Kalshi odds as a reference point.", "date_published": "2026-10-22T18:42:00-04:00", "tags": [ "analysis", "policy", "prediction-markets", "genius-act" ], "_lecoin": { "section": "Analysis", "version": "v1", "html_sha256": "de772ebc2c1abd2727b820921640b607e479cd6d20a127af581415f59fe6ed68" } }, { "id": "https://lecoin.news/protocols-policy/2026-10-22-ethereum-glamsterdam-delay/", "url": "https://lecoin.news/protocols-policy/2026-10-22-ethereum-glamsterdam-delay/", "title": "Ethereum developers delay next upgrade's test run over risks to user funds", "summary": "Core developers called off the Oct. 26 activation on the Hoodi testnet so they can study how EIP-8037's gas changes interact with existing contracts. No new date is set, the Ethereum Foundation says.", "date_published": "2026-10-22T17:32:00-04:00", "tags": [ "eth", "protocol-upgrades" ], "_lecoin": { "section": "Protocols & Policy", "version": "v1", "html_sha256": "deae4b82043c1bbe732b958a69d76927e0ef1bfec9d71ac6ba5a6b1e753b12ac" } }, { "id": "https://lecoin.news/protocols-policy/2026-10-22-nasaa-sec-crypto-rule-letter/", "url": "https://lecoin.news/protocols-policy/2026-10-22-nasaa-sec-crypto-rule-letter/", "title": "State securities regulators urge SEC to withdraw its crypto offering rule", "summary": "NASAA's Oct. 20 comment letter says the SEC's proposed Regulation Crypto Assets lacks investor protections and exceeds the agency's power to override state law.", "date_published": "2026-10-22T17:31:00-04:00", "tags": [ "policy" ], "_lecoin": { "section": "Protocols & Policy", "version": "v1", "html_sha256": "616e779bd0bc3c04c05feb6623622a22a8af43d4ff395edd7cbf400552d8f83c" } }, { "id": "https://lecoin.news/markets/2026-10-22-spacex-tesla-bitcoin-holdings/", "url": "https://lecoin.news/markets/2026-10-22-spacex-tesla-bitcoin-holdings/", "title": "SpaceX and Tesla hold 30,221 bitcoin as special committees weigh closer ties", "summary": "SpaceX's quarterly filing puts its bitcoin at 18,712 units. Tesla holds 11,509, and special committees at both companies are studying closer ties.", "date_published": "2026-10-22T17:26:00-04:00", "tags": [ "btc", "treasury-companies" ], "_lecoin": { "section": "Markets", "version": "v1", "html_sha256": "40466db3b223c9c79b430026daaa8ec77a491e644e1c1da03b05f51edb11bfc5" } }, { "id": "https://lecoin.news/protocols-policy/2026-10-22-jpmam-mony-jltxx-solana/", "url": "https://lecoin.news/protocols-policy/2026-10-22-jpmam-mony-jltxx-solana/", "title": "J.P. Morgan's asset manager puts two cash funds on Solana", "summary": "J.P. Morgan Asset Management says its tokenized money market funds MONY and JLTXX, the second built for stablecoin issuers' reserves, are now available on Solana to qualified U.S. investors.", "date_published": "2026-10-22T16:33:35-04:00", "tags": [ "tokenization-and-rwa", "sol", "genius-act", "stablecoins" ], "_lecoin": { "section": "Protocols & Policy", "version": "v1", "html_sha256": "1a35af91f4d0d0a39d6665d414af80375a8cd9e2b7ad5ef551eeb6b3f8007420" } }, { "id": "https://lecoin.news/markets/2026-10-22-arkb-21shares-ends-ark-role/", "url": "https://lecoin.news/markets/2026-10-22-arkb-21shares-ends-ark-role/", "title": "21Shares drops ARK from its spot bitcoin ETF, renaming it TBIT", "summary": "A 21Shares filing says ARK's marketing and sub-advisory role on ARKB ends Dec. 22, and the fund is set to become the 21Shares Bitcoin ETF a week earlier. The filing gives no reason.", "date_published": "2026-10-22T16:29:41-04:00", "tags": [ "btc", "etf" ], "_lecoin": { "section": "Markets", "version": "v1", "html_sha256": "6a648b5f8fd376ca41009fe4b4854ff0eafc944b18802ff8735e3526d958d6e9" } }, { "id": "https://lecoin.news/briefs/evening-brief-2026-10-22/", "url": "https://lecoin.news/briefs/evening-brief-2026-10-22/", "title": "Evening brief: Ireland fines Coinbase's EU arm, Robinhood says Dubai approved it", "summary": "The Central Bank of Ireland fined Coinbase Ireland Limited €3,252,618 over customer-money safeguards, Robinhood said it received Dubai authorization for a 2027 launch, and a Circle shareholder sued Trump and World Liberty.", "date_published": "2026-10-22T16:26:25-04:00", "tags": [ "policy", "robinhood", "stablecoins", "prediction-markets", "circle", "genius-act" ], "_lecoin": { "section": "Briefs", "version": "v1", "html_sha256": "ab21b0010dba4e32f8182341c50a7ceb1e603c9098940eba8e35053d66f6026e" } }, { "id": "https://lecoin.news/protocols-policy/2026-10-22-trump-wlf-emoluments-suit/", "url": "https://lecoin.news/protocols-policy/2026-10-22-trump-wlf-emoluments-suit/", "title": "Circle shareholder sues Trump over $2 billion in UAE-linked crypto deals", "summary": "The suit, brought on Circle's behalf, alleges the deals broke the Constitution's ban on taking payments from foreign governments; Circle says it did not start the case, and World Liberty calls the claims without merit.", "date_published": "2026-10-22T13:42:06-04:00", "tags": [ "policy", "stablecoins", "circle" ], "_lecoin": { "section": "Protocols & Policy", "version": "v1" } }, { "id": "https://lecoin.news/protocols-policy/2026-10-22-polymarket-x-withheld-india/", "url": "https://lecoin.news/protocols-policy/2026-10-22-polymarket-x-withheld-india/", "title": "X hides Polymarket's account from users in India", "summary": "X's own account data lists India as the one country where Polymarket's account is withheld; what prompted it is not public.", "date_published": "2026-10-22T13:17:50-04:00", "tags": [ "prediction-markets", "policy" ], "_lecoin": { "section": "Protocols & Policy", "version": "v1" } }, { "id": "https://lecoin.news/protocols-policy/2026-10-22-coinbase-ireland-cbi-fine/", "url": "https://lecoin.news/protocols-policy/2026-10-22-coinbase-ireland-cbi-fine/", "title": "Irish central bank fines Coinbase's e-money arm €3.25 million over customer-money safeguards", "summary": "The Central Bank of Ireland says Coinbase Ireland Limited let the account meant to protect customer funds run short for lengthy periods; Coinbase Ireland admitted the breaches, and the fine awaits High Court confirmation.", "date_published": "2026-10-22T12:57:52-04:00", "tags": [ "policy", "wallets-and-custody" ], "_lecoin": { "section": "Protocols & Policy", "version": "v1" } }, { "id": "https://lecoin.news/markets/2026-10-22-bitcoin-rally-breadth/", "url": "https://lecoin.news/markets/2026-10-22-bitcoin-rally-breadth/", "title": "Most large crypto coins rose with bitcoin on Oct. 20 and 21", "summary": "CoinMarketCap data show 62 of 88 large coins rose on Oct. 21 as bitcoin gained 1.29%, four days after 80 of them fell.", "date_published": "2026-10-22T12:55:00-04:00", "tags": [ "btc", "metrics" ], "_lecoin": { "section": "Markets", "version": "v1", "html_sha256": "609dc314def331c129ca2ebdfa5f8b52005cdad278d476c2a6b6f59609fb4461" } }, { "id": "https://lecoin.news/markets/2026-10-22-a16z-frontier-rename/", "url": "https://lecoin.news/markets/2026-10-22-a16z-frontier-rename/", "title": "Andreessen Horowitz drops crypto from its crypto fund unit's name", "summary": "a16z says a16z Crypto is now a16z Frontier, widening its new fund to other early-stage technology while it keeps investing in crypto.", "date_published": "2026-10-22T12:30:51-04:00", "tags": [ "a16z" ], "_lecoin": { "section": "Markets", "version": "v1" } }, { "id": "https://lecoin.news/markets/2026-10-22-coindcx-deposit-sweep-loss/", "url": "https://lecoin.news/markets/2026-10-22-coindcx-deposit-sweep-loss/", "title": "CoinDCX says a deposit transfer failure cost it money, hours after denial", "summary": "India's CoinDCX says it absorbed unquantified losses when a process for moving deposits out of old, compromised addresses failed, after first calling the reports misleading.", "date_published": "2026-10-22T10:57:25-04:00", "tags": [ "wallets-and-custody" ], "_lecoin": { "section": "Markets", "version": "v1" } }, { "id": "https://lecoin.news/markets/2026-10-22-sofi-sofie-tokenized-deposit/", "url": "https://lecoin.news/markets/2026-10-22-sofi-sofie-tokenized-deposit/", "title": "SoFi puts a bank deposit on-chain and says it is no stablecoin", "summary": "SoFi's product terms describe SOFIE as a deposit liability of SoFi Bank and keep it apart from SOFID, the bank's payment stablecoin, a line the new federal stablecoin rule also draws.", "date_published": "2026-10-22T09:22:55-04:00", "tags": [ "stablecoins", "tokenization-and-rwa", "genius-act", "tradfi" ], "_lecoin": { "section": "Markets", "version": "v1", "html_sha256": "e5ee18fdfc054c959877375c8e198a935f718d005aee3cf43272421bbc9a6dc7" } }, { "id": "https://lecoin.news/protocols-policy/2026-10-22-kalshi-bitgo-hodl-margining/", "url": "https://lecoin.news/protocols-policy/2026-10-22-kalshi-bitgo-hodl-margining/", "title": "Kalshi affiliate lends dollars against crypto to back perpetual futures trades", "summary": "A Kalshi lending arm will make dollar loans secured by bitcoin, ether or eligible stablecoins held at BitGo's trust bank, to fund margin on KalshiEX perpetual futures; the release says neither the lender nor the loans are regulated by the CFTC or NFA.", "date_published": "2026-10-22T08:30:35-04:00", "tags": [], "_lecoin": { "section": "Protocols & Policy", "version": "v1", "html_sha256": "aee5daa2d51d781485c68c3af1164f648d5ac77eeacbae520ac48e8ef291d9a0" } }, { "id": "https://lecoin.news/protocols-policy/2026-10-22-starknet-pq-l1-vote/", "url": "https://lecoin.news/protocols-policy/2026-10-22-starknet-pq-l1-vote/", "title": "Starknet holders back study of a quantum-safe network of its own", "summary": "In a non-binding Snapshot poll that closed Oct. 22, 93.5% of voting power backed researching whether Starknet should become an independent post-quantum blockchain; no move has been approved.", "date_published": "2026-10-22T07:22:12-04:00", "tags": [ "governance" ], "_lecoin": { "section": "Protocols & Policy", "version": "v1", "html_sha256": "bb4b456a65ad6138dd06a83f213947efd14891c5b77fb672eb4829815af597f9" } }, { "id": "https://lecoin.news/markets/2026-10-22-etf-flows-three-day/", "url": "https://lecoin.news/markets/2026-10-22-etf-flows-three-day/", "title": "Bitcoin funds pull in $1 billion in three days after a week of withdrawals", "summary": "US spot bitcoin ETFs took in a net $1.07 billion from Oct. 19 to Oct. 21, according to Farside Investors, after investors pulled a net $228.4 million the week before.", "date_published": "2026-10-22T07:22:12-04:00", "tags": [ "btc", "etf" ], "_lecoin": { "section": "Markets", "version": "v1", "html_sha256": "acc2085398898eb492f05fd4458ff34dac39132e4a2cd05fbd038aa0f75ac447" } }, { "id": "https://lecoin.news/briefs/morning-brief-2026-10-22/", "url": "https://lecoin.news/briefs/morning-brief-2026-10-22/", "title": "Morning brief: Bitcoin funds take in $524.8 million as Starknet holders back a post-quantum study", "summary": "US spot bitcoin ETFs drew a net $524.8 million on Oct. 21 per Farside Investors, Starknet's token holders backed researching a separate quantum-safe chain, and bitcoin was at $81,958.77 at 6:19 a.m. ET, down 1.47% over 24 hours, per CoinMarketCap.", "date_published": "2026-10-22T07:18:54-04:00", "tags": [ "btc", "etf", "policy" ], "_lecoin": { "section": "Briefs", "version": "v1", "html_sha256": "caa0de1e0de32f2b44d7aa5b646127389923471361dd87bb62eb1abd5ef9b25d" } }, { "id": "https://lecoin.news/markets/2026-10-22-chart-desk/", "url": "https://lecoin.news/markets/2026-10-22-chart-desk/", "title": "Chart Desk: USDC Supply Falling, ETH Fees, and ETH Burns", "summary": "Circle's USDC supply on Ethereum fell by about 570.1 million tokens in the week to Oct. 20, Ethereum's median base fee stayed below 0.1 gwei every day, and the network burned about 205 ETH in base fees.", "date_published": "2026-10-22T00:24:29-04:00", "tags": [ "stablecoins", "usdc", "eth", "metrics", "l1", "treasury-companies", "strategy-mstr" ], "_lecoin": { "section": "Markets", "version": "v1", "html_sha256": "f7ac7d18b9fb56e7324554fd4fd983b15188be9cb387f5ce0f2add785f285d8b" } }, { "id": "https://lecoin.news/protocols-policy/solana-alpenglow-live-2026-10-21/", "url": "https://lecoin.news/protocols-policy/solana-alpenglow-live-2026-10-21/", "title": "Solana payments now aim to settle for good in under a second", "summary": "Solana's Alpenglow upgrade went live on Oct. 21, cutting the time before a transaction can't be reversed from about 12.8 seconds to a target of about 150 milliseconds, according to the Solana Foundation.", "date_published": "2026-10-21T17:25:46-04:00", "tags": [ "sol", "protocol-upgrades", "stablecoins" ], "_lecoin": { "section": "Protocols & Policy", "version": "v1", "html_sha256": "0d4617cadec2b25f940e7270f28bc0ddd22b1b286de2f702c634788dd903be5b" } }, { "id": "https://lecoin.news/markets/securitize-solana-largest-network-2026-10-21/", "url": "https://lecoin.news/markets/securitize-solana-largest-network-2026-10-21/", "title": "Securitize says Solana is now its largest network", "summary": "The tokenization firm, which names BlackRock's BUIDL and VanEck's VBILL among its products, says it has $1.10B in tokenized assets on Solana, more than on any other network it uses.", "date_published": "2026-10-21T17:18:28-04:00", "tags": [ "tokenization-and-rwa", "sol" ], "_lecoin": { "section": "Markets", "version": "v1", "html_sha256": "38cc511748965e220825a72e37e1760e225965eb74554fe6e475d03148c4ca28" } }, { "id": "https://lecoin.news/briefs/evening-brief-2026-10-21/", "url": "https://lecoin.news/briefs/evening-brief-2026-10-21/", "title": "Evening brief: OCC finalizes its GENIUS Act stablecoin rule, Standard Chartered agrees to buy Zodia Custody, bitcoin ends 2.36% above Tuesday", "summary": "The OCC adopted its final rule for stablecoin issuers under the GENIUS Act, Standard Chartered signed agreements to take full ownership of crypto custodian Zodia Custody, solana's Alpenglow upgrade went live at about 9:36 a.m. ET, and bitcoin was at $84,448.57 at the 4:00 p.m. ET close of the US session, 2.36% above Tuesday's close, per CoinGecko.", "date_published": "2026-10-21T16:31:45-04:00", "tags": [ "genius-act", "stablecoins", "policy", "etf", "protocol-upgrades", "btc", "eth", "sol" ], "_lecoin": { "section": "Briefs", "version": "v2", "html_sha256": "8c8cdedacf7ea7d4ef223b6a18baaa1950774b70e86e3412239c037eddfabc61" } }, { "id": "https://lecoin.news/protocols-policy/fca-gc26-7-defi-guidance-consultation-2026-10-21/", "url": "https://lecoin.news/protocols-policy/fca-gc26-7-defi-guidance-consultation-2026-10-21/", "title": "UK regulator asks how crypto rules apply to code-run finance apps", "summary": "The FCA has opened a consultation on guidance for regulated firms that use decentralised finance, covering operational resilience and money-laundering controls. It is a draft for comment, not new rules.", "date_published": "2026-10-21T13:45:58-04:00", "tags": [ "policy" ], "_lecoin": { "section": "Protocols & Policy", "version": "v2", "html_sha256": "840135d88f40c8f56c373b17fdc3ee3307541d31d393d7dbbd58a9359386f455" } }, { "id": "https://lecoin.news/markets/western-union-noah-usdpt-stablecoin-remittances-2026-10-21/", "url": "https://lecoin.news/markets/western-union-noah-usdpt-stablecoin-remittances-2026-10-21/", "title": "Noah says it will power Western Union's stablecoin payouts", "summary": "Noah says it will convert and pay out Western Union's USDPT dollar token for the money-transfer giant's Receiver Redirect service, but neither company has given a start date or fees.", "date_published": "2026-10-21T13:13:21-04:00", "tags": [ "stablecoins", "sol" ], "_lecoin": { "section": "Markets", "version": "v2", "html_sha256": "9ff6e58d5fe362e3a8f6c84f084354c5f22bd0d6b9e3d999e5b6741b315da94c" } }, { "id": "https://lecoin.news/briefs/morning-brief-2026-10-21/", "url": "https://lecoin.news/briefs/morning-brief-2026-10-21/", "title": "Morning brief: Malaysia's central bank opens a tokenized bond depository as solana's Alpenglow upgrade nears", "summary": "Bank Negara Malaysia switched on a distributed-ledger system for tokenized bonds and sukuk settled around the clock in central-bank money, solana's Alpenglow upgrade is set to activate at about 9:20 a.m. ET, and bitcoin was at $83,186.39 at 6:20 a.m. ET, 0.83% above Tuesday's 4:00 p.m. ET close, per CoinGecko.", "date_published": "2026-10-21T09:36:56-04:00", "tags": [ "policy", "prediction-markets", "btc", "eth", "sol" ], "_lecoin": { "section": "Briefs", "version": "v2", "html_sha256": "d8e6c7f2aac6f3adc2fa18a5a0c91352604b7a2325397c906796c466fc71bd86" } }, { "id": "https://lecoin.news/markets/standard-chartered-zodia-custody-2026-10-21/", "url": "https://lecoin.news/markets/standard-chartered-zodia-custody-2026-10-21/", "title": "Standard Chartered signs deal to fully own its crypto custodian", "summary": "The bank will fold Zodia Custody into the business that safeguards securities for its institutional clients, pending regulatory approval. No price was disclosed.", "date_published": "2026-10-21T09:19:34-04:00", "tags": [ "tradfi" ], "_lecoin": { "section": "Markets", "version": "v1", "html_sha256": "e307de1310790ef634975072598b7cf1fb5cde3f109776446a2ad0e7ecabd5ed" } }, { "id": "https://lecoin.news/protocols-policy/france-mica-review-response-2026-10-21/", "url": "https://lecoin.news/protocols-policy/france-mica-review-response-2026-10-21/", "title": "France asks Europe to tighten crypto rules for stablecoins and trading platforms", "summary": "France's finance ministry, market regulator and central bank want the EU's MiCA review to police stablecoins issued inside and outside Europe, bar services on non-compliant coins and put DeFi risk on identifiable firms. These are proposals, not law.", "date_published": "2026-10-21T09:19:33-04:00", "tags": [ "stablecoins", "policy" ], "_lecoin": { "section": "Protocols & Policy", "version": "v1", "html_sha256": "cbcfe545a8f6cf810e11b87de8e62d63120ca2683fd7a1591f43cbe10b811a05" } }, { "id": "https://lecoin.news/protocols-policy/occ-genius-stablecoin-final-rule-2026-10-21/", "url": "https://lecoin.news/protocols-policy/occ-genius-stablecoin-final-rule-2026-10-21/", "title": "Bank regulator sets stablecoin rules that take effect January 18", "summary": "The OCC's final GENIUS Act rule tells banks and would-be issuers how to run a dollar stablecoin, drops a proposed test on yield payments through partners, and leaves money-laundering rules and the application window for later.", "date_published": "2026-10-21T08:29:16-04:00", "tags": [ "stablecoins", "genius-act", "policy" ], "_lecoin": { "section": "Protocols & Policy", "version": "v1", "html_sha256": "e90df30ed6110c6e15c2a16aca907b39d0853e3999a40dd9af8c847ff4d61482" } }, { "id": "https://lecoin.news/protocols-policy/bnm-ssds-plus-dlt-bonds-2026-10-21/", "url": "https://lecoin.news/protocols-policy/bnm-ssds-plus-dlt-bonds-2026-10-21/", "title": "Malaysia's central bank moves bond settlement onto round-the-clock digital rails", "summary": "Bank Negara Malaysia's new SSDS+ platform records tokenised bonds and sukuk on a shared ledger and links to a 24/7 payment system that settles in central bank money, though no issue has been announced on it yet.", "date_published": "2026-10-21T08:28:14-04:00", "tags": [ "tokenization-and-rwa", "policy" ], "_lecoin": { "section": "Protocols & Policy", "version": "v1", "html_sha256": "71ca39eea6394c5a0eb4802f711994a7404238c09ae49aba5e9ba596c8f0d4b4" } }, { "id": "https://lecoin.news/protocols-policy/utah-sues-kalshi-susquehanna/", "url": "https://lecoin.news/protocols-policy/utah-sues-kalshi-susquehanna/", "title": "Utah sues Kalshi and Susquehanna, calling its contracts illegal gambling", "summary": "After winning in federal court, Utah's attorney general has taken Kalshi and its trading partners to state court, seeking an injunction and the return of fees.", "date_published": "2026-10-20T17:16:27-04:00", "tags": [ "prediction-markets", "policy" ], "_lecoin": { "section": "Protocols & Policy", "version": "v1", "html_sha256": "c6d21f40c6f8e6190ab6c6fae68e31caf16d70598258f36e26c1ad794bdb1bef" } }, { "id": "https://lecoin.news/markets/webull-kalshi-bitcoin-perps/", "url": "https://lecoin.news/markets/webull-kalshi-bitcoin-perps/", "title": "Webull will let U.S. customers trade bitcoin contracts that never expire", "summary": "Starting in November, the broker will offer leveraged, no-expiry crypto contracts listed and cleared by Kalshi, beginning with bitcoin.", "date_published": "2026-10-20T17:13:56-04:00", "tags": [ "dex-and-perps", "btc", "tradfi" ], "_lecoin": { "section": "Markets", "version": "v1", "html_sha256": "29c13379c22568a250ed7cb4083d221eac7ff34d58b106e6b2c758fb6118bb23" } }, { "id": "https://lecoin.news/markets/fidelity-perpetual-preferred-btc/", "url": "https://lecoin.news/markets/fidelity-perpetual-preferred-btc/", "title": "Companies have bought nearly 136,000 bitcoin with high-yield shares, Fidelity says", "summary": "Fidelity Digital Assets counts 135,979 bitcoin bought with money raised from a new kind of income stock. The model works only while bitcoin outruns the payouts.", "date_published": "2026-10-20T17:13:09-04:00", "tags": [ "btc", "tradfi", "treasury-companies", "strategy-mstr" ], "_lecoin": { "section": "Markets", "version": "v2", "html_sha256": "5e52ab173da40035451d01acdcbcdea59a0694ea0bc4ee70aab234f58fc016de" } }, { "id": "https://lecoin.news/briefs/evening-brief-2026-10-20/", "url": "https://lecoin.news/briefs/evening-brief-2026-10-20/", "title": "Evening brief: FINMA approves Switzerland's first bitcoin ETF, Strive closes $630 million preferred sale, bitcoin ends 0.86% above Monday", "summary": "FINMA approved Switzerland's first exchange-traded retail fund that invests directly in bitcoin, Mastercard opened its AI-agent payment system to developers, Strive closed its $630 million SATS preferred offering, and bitcoin was at $82,499.45 at the 4:00 p.m. ET close of the US session, 0.86% above Monday's close, per CoinGecko.", "date_published": "2026-10-20T16:27:26-04:00", "tags": [ "etf", "policy", "stablecoins", "strive", "treasury-companies", "btc", "eth", "sol" ], "_lecoin": { "section": "Briefs", "version": "v1", "html_sha256": "9b62d282ff10828270316cb95dffd0e0156b4db115249e9c2a4001add7731d58" } }, { "id": "https://lecoin.news/markets/mastercard-agent-pay-machines/", "url": "https://lecoin.news/markets/mastercard-agent-pay-machines/", "title": "Mastercard lets AI agents pay for services within a set budget", "summary": "In early access, Agent Pay for Machines puts Mastercard's permission layer on top of an open web payment protocol, with settlement on Base and through BVNK.", "date_published": "2026-10-20T13:51:50-04:00", "tags": [ "stablecoins", "tradfi" ], "_lecoin": { "section": "Markets", "version": "v1", "html_sha256": "03689b6fd3c9f5a60055281f36e6882c75a3836d57207e37d5b3a27d2acb258f" } }, { "id": "https://lecoin.news/protocols-policy/genius-sec3-wrapping-comments/", "url": "https://lecoin.news/protocols-policy/genius-sec3-wrapping-comments/", "title": "Banks and crypto firms split on stablecoin copies in Treasury comments", "summary": "Bank groups want Treasury's GENIUS Act rule to stop wrapped stablecoins from slipping past it; crypto and payments firms want bridging judged by what holders actually own.", "date_published": "2026-10-20T13:19:50-04:00", "tags": [ "stablecoins", "genius-act", "policy" ], "_lecoin": { "section": "Protocols & Policy", "version": "v1", "html_sha256": "136046f925ae42c738e4ab9d7330f8a7af1a0a28d34cbd453eb58e54f9be3d34" } }, { "id": "https://lecoin.news/markets/eth-staking-record-yield-falls/", "url": "https://lecoin.news/markets/eth-staking-record-yield-falls/", "title": "More ether than ever is locked up, but the reward keeps shrinking", "summary": "Bitwise counts a record 43.80 million ETH staked, 35.9% of supply, while the yield fell to 2.63%; Solana's slipped too.", "date_published": "2026-10-20T13:16:25-04:00", "tags": [ "staking", "eth", "sol" ], "_lecoin": { "section": "Markets", "version": "v1", "html_sha256": "9958fb76b89be7f8db3326c6c0fa8064c73813f71225443557bd7b2673d2865b" } }, { "id": "https://lecoin.news/markets/wgc-bcg-digital-gold-report/", "url": "https://lecoin.news/markets/wgc-bcg-digital-gold-report/", "title": "Tokenized gold has grown fivefold to about $6 billion, industry body says", "summary": "A World Gold Council and BCG report sizes digital gold at $45 billion to $55 billion today and calls a $700 billion figure latent demand, not a forecast.", "date_published": "2026-10-20T09:44:08-04:00", "tags": [ "tokenization-and-rwa", "tradfi" ], "_lecoin": { "section": "Markets", "version": "v1", "html_sha256": "76075dd30ec23287aa0d17d8e537dc81fbd7492885f36b950dbe4ec1ff8cf484" } }, { "id": "https://lecoin.news/protocols-policy/okxice-objecting-issuers-16/", "url": "https://lecoin.news/protocols-policy/okxice-objecting-issuers-16/", "title": "Microsoft, Alphabet and Goldman Sachs join objectors to tokenized stock copies", "summary": "The ICE and OKX venue's Oct. 19 notice lists 16 companies refusing tokenized versions of their shares, up from nine four days earlier. All seven new names were on its planned menu.", "date_published": "2026-10-20T09:42:52-04:00", "tags": [ "tokenization-and-rwa", "tradfi", "policy" ], "_lecoin": { "section": "Protocols & Policy", "version": "v1", "html_sha256": "b906a6851c6bd99d9710b79d24e185136d72269712d2db0276a7e86f781c5e94" } }, { "id": "https://lecoin.news/protocols-policy/finma-swiss-bitcoin-etf/", "url": "https://lecoin.news/protocols-policy/finma-swiss-bitcoin-etf/", "title": "Switzerland approves its first bitcoin ETF, a fund that holds the coins", "summary": "FINMA cleared a Swiss retail fund that invests directly in bitcoin, a different wrapper from the crypto ETPs that Swiss exchanges already admit, and waived its diversification rules for bitcoin only.", "date_published": "2026-10-20T07:54:35-04:00", "tags": [ "btc", "etf", "policy" ], "_lecoin": { "section": "Protocols & Policy", "version": "v1", "html_sha256": "b2114fad27d67e61bda26e37acfe8e34dcfd39603a0083124dd2ef14fcb73256" } }, { "id": "https://lecoin.news/briefs/morning-brief-2026-10-20/", "url": "https://lecoin.news/briefs/morning-brief-2026-10-20/", "title": "Morning brief: JPMorgan's asset arm gives bitcoin a long-term forecast", "summary": "J.P. Morgan Asset Management put a long-term return range on bitcoin for the first time while keeping it out of its main risk models, the SEC's Regulation Crypto Assets comment period closes today, and bitcoin was at $81,471.27 at 6:05 a.m. ET, 0.40% below Monday's 4:00 p.m. ET close, per CoinGecko.", "date_published": "2026-10-20T06:35:04-04:00", "tags": [ "tradfi", "policy", "btc", "eth", "sol" ], "_lecoin": { "section": "Briefs", "version": "v3", "html_sha256": "b8a04b266a7d37e104aec18b42102d9de4ab866e3f797b77a93afc56408a2a46" } }, { "id": "https://lecoin.news/protocols-policy/sparkassen-deka-crypto-trading/", "url": "https://lecoin.news/protocols-policy/sparkassen-deka-crypto-trading/", "title": "Germany's savings banks start rolling out crypto trading in their banking app", "summary": "DekaBank's \"Krypto – powered by Deka\" puts five cryptocurrencies inside the Sparkasse app, rolling out bank by bank over the coming months at 0.99 euros an order.", "date_published": "2026-10-20T06:34:30-04:00", "tags": [ "tradfi", "btc" ], "_lecoin": { "section": "Protocols & Policy", "version": "v1", "html_sha256": "f0209b000e6287caeaff89f6136fffc6a29062c5bd4c083058864f762e7ad4f7" } }, { "id": "https://lecoin.news/markets/jpm-ltcma-2027-bitcoin/", "url": "https://lecoin.news/markets/jpm-ltcma-2027-bitcoin/", "title": "JPMorgan's asset manager gives bitcoin a long-term forecast for the first time", "summary": "The 2027 Long-Term Capital Market Assumptions add a bitcoin return forecast but keep it out of the main portfolio math, citing unstable correlations.", "date_published": "2026-10-20T06:15:20-04:00", "tags": [ "btc", "tradfi" ], "_lecoin": { "section": "Markets", "version": "v1", "html_sha256": "b7a47de8013cf41c3285c877eb706925ef43d57e2f514bb73c2fc5be4becbcf3" } }, { "id": "https://lecoin.news/briefs/evening-brief-2026-10-19/", "url": "https://lecoin.news/briefs/evening-brief-2026-10-19/", "title": "Evening brief: JPMorgan lists JPM Coin on Ethereum, Mesh and Visa plan wallet spending, bitcoin ends 0.36% above Friday", "summary": "JPMorgan's Kinexys page now lists its JPM Coin deposit token as issued on Ethereum as well as Base, Mesh said wallet crypto will be spendable wherever Visa is accepted, and bitcoin was at $81,798.63 at the 4:00 p.m. ET close of the US session, 0.36% above Friday's close after giving back most of its morning gain, per CoinGecko.", "date_published": "2026-10-19T18:18:49-04:00", "tags": [ "stablecoins", "tokenization-and-rwa", "policy", "tradfi", "btc", "eth", "sol" ], "_lecoin": { "section": "Briefs", "version": "v2", "html_sha256": "c2a09d7dfccafc1b54623cd6f7527efbf9866ed2df29c23980a428844e305ada" } }, { "id": "https://lecoin.news/markets/blackrock-bitcoin-managed-protection-etf/", "url": "https://lecoin.news/markets/blackrock-bitcoin-managed-protection-etf/", "title": "BlackRock files for a bitcoin ETF built to limit losses", "summary": "A new iShares filing describes a fund that would buy and sell options on BlackRock's spot bitcoin ETF to cap both gains and losses; its fee, exchange and caps are not yet disclosed.", "date_published": "2026-10-19T17:57:40-04:00", "tags": [ "btc", "etf", "tradfi" ], "_lecoin": { "section": "Markets", "version": "v1", "html_sha256": "618c3680d4875d45f8769f07a1900f1a7dbcd11dfacaaccb1e6b9038917d0100" } }, { "id": "https://lecoin.news/protocols-policy/ramp-trust-charter-icba-occ/", "url": "https://lecoin.news/protocols-policy/ramp-trust-charter-icba-occ/", "title": "Ramp seeks a crypto custody charter as bankers sue to block such charters", "summary": "The spend-management company has applied to the OCC for a national trust bank. Community bankers want a judge to throw out the rule behind those charters.", "date_published": "2026-10-19T17:49:13-04:00", "tags": [ "policy", "tradfi" ], "_lecoin": { "section": "Protocols & Policy", "version": "v1", "html_sha256": "10d3837a051e07fc1fd396d95f4c15e7196eb24bcf01e9507fbc4a99fe5c5849" } }, { "id": "https://lecoin.news/protocols-policy/cme-cftc-perpetuals-suit/", "url": "https://lecoin.news/protocols-policy/cme-cftc-perpetuals-suit/", "title": "CFTC says CME's own volumes sink its suit over crypto perpetuals", "summary": "CME is suing its regulator to have crypto perpetuals treated as swaps. The CFTC's reply says CME's crypto futures volumes rose after the policy, so CME has no injury to sue over.", "date_published": "2026-10-19T13:31:41-04:00", "tags": [ "policy", "tradfi", "dex-and-perps" ], "_lecoin": { "section": "Protocols & Policy", "version": "v1", "html_sha256": "19e1efbfaa313410108a301884be90690b510d6c0136a27f386a505cea2e43bb" } }, { "id": "https://lecoin.news/markets/mesh-visa-wallet-spend/", "url": "https://lecoin.news/markets/mesh-visa-wallet-spend/", "title": "Mesh partners with Visa to make wallet crypto spendable at checkout", "summary": "Mesh says participating wallet apps will let users pay from crypto and stablecoin balances wherever Visa is accepted, with no card for the user to sign up for and nothing new for merchants to install.", "date_published": "2026-10-19T12:17:27-04:00", "tags": [ "stablecoins", "tradfi" ], "_lecoin": { "section": "Markets", "version": "v1", "html_sha256": "e58a55667836452ce766bcb7bb5145af8eeb29401836ed162b23fdf22d31e5fd" } }, { "id": "https://lecoin.news/markets/jpm-coin-ethereum/", "url": "https://lecoin.news/markets/jpm-coin-ethereum/", "title": "JPMorgan puts its JPM Coin deposit token on Ethereum's main network", "summary": "JPMorgan's Kinexys page now lists Ethereum alongside Base as a home for its dollar deposit token, putting bank money on the same public chain as dollar stablecoins.", "date_published": "2026-10-19T11:04:27-04:00", "tags": [ "tokenization-and-rwa", "stablecoins", "eth" ], "_lecoin": { "section": "Markets", "version": "v1", "html_sha256": "3eb5a6679e56826117c273c65026d0b585d88d39f761fd07c8474feb406854d7" } }, { "id": "https://lecoin.news/protocols-policy/solana-alpenglow-activity-metrics/", "url": "https://lecoin.news/protocols-policy/solana-alpenglow-activity-metrics/", "title": "Solana's Alpenglow upgrade will shrink its activity numbers by design", "summary": "Alpenglow is scheduled to activate on Oct. 21 and takes validator votes out of blocks, so transaction counts will fall without any fall in use.", "date_published": "2026-10-19T10:14:01-04:00", "tags": [ "sol", "protocol-upgrades" ], "_lecoin": { "section": "Protocols & Policy", "version": "v1", "html_sha256": "450286b0428ce453d929f81805c6b246c9fbc444c67f41b86198141b1db49d7d" } }, { "id": "https://lecoin.news/protocols-policy/hyperliquid-policy-center-sec-regulation-crypto-assets/", "url": "https://lecoin.news/protocols-policy/hyperliquid-policy-center-sec-regulation-crypto-assets/", "title": "Hyperliquid-backed group urges SEC to adopt its crypto token-sale rules, with five changes", "summary": "The Hyperliquid Policy Center backs the SEC's proposed token-offering rules but says they leave open whether those tokens can trade on onchain protocols. Comments close Oct. 20.", "date_published": "2026-10-19T10:03:50-04:00", "tags": [ "policy", "dex-and-perps" ], "_lecoin": { "section": "Protocols & Policy", "version": "v1", "html_sha256": "c9a0bc7bc57004d4c07c4d8ed96bdf1315bbddf54deb66f48e003a7a72430d74" } }, { "id": "https://lecoin.news/markets/treasury-companies-run-networks/", "url": "https://lecoin.news/markets/treasury-companies-run-networks/", "title": "Tron Inc. and BNB Standard say they will help run crypto networks", "summary": "Tron Inc. says it won a seat among TRON's 27 block producers, and BNB Standard says it plans its own BNB Chain validator, turning token holders into network operators.", "date_published": "2026-10-19T09:50:33-04:00", "tags": [ "treasury-companies", "staking", "governance" ], "_lecoin": { "section": "Markets", "version": "v1", "html_sha256": "3c65a5933cdf7244dc3d3fd62dda2d0e91f9016facf149789c7cfcb3c0147afc" } }, { "id": "https://lecoin.news/markets/okxice-issuer-vetoes/", "url": "https://lecoin.news/markets/okxice-issuer-vetoes/", "title": "Nine companies block tokenized copies of their shares before launch", "summary": "The SEC's tokenized-stock exemption gives issuers 30 days to object, and the objection list at the ICE and OKX venue grew from one to nine in 11 days, the venue's notices show.", "date_published": "2026-10-19T09:50:32-04:00", "tags": [ "tokenization-and-rwa", "tradfi", "policy" ], "_lecoin": { "section": "Markets", "version": "v2", "html_sha256": "e1ee8731b9bb6580c3fa144b505c0c434ddfd49d2b0b89d98ae7bf8c33e049f7" } }, { "id": "https://lecoin.news/markets/strategy-preferred-buyback-3b/", "url": "https://lecoin.news/markets/strategy-preferred-buyback-3b/", "title": "Strategy raises its preferred stock buyback to $3 billion, filing shows", "summary": "Strategy's board added $1 billion to its preferred stock buyback after a third straight week of more than $175 million in STRC repurchases, its Oct. 19 filing shows, leaving $1.16 billion of room.", "date_published": "2026-10-19T09:50:31-04:00", "tags": [ "strategy-mstr", "treasury-companies", "tradfi", "btc" ], "_lecoin": { "section": "Markets", "version": "v1", "html_sha256": "c3b854420eba7d7e1afbfd959d010fccb7ef37a1fd35781048b7809046196da1" } }, { "id": "https://lecoin.news/markets/deposit-rates-stablecoin-growth/", "url": "https://lecoin.news/markets/deposit-rates-stablecoin-growth/", "title": "Higher deposit rates slow stablecoin growth, BIS paper finds", "summary": "A BIS working paper finds stablecoin growth slows when US deposit rates rise, and that banks reprice more aggressively once the Fed's rate tops about 3%, ahead of the Fed's Oct. 27-28 meeting.", "date_published": "2026-10-19T09:50:30-04:00", "tags": [ "stablecoins", "usdc", "tradfi" ], "_lecoin": { "section": "Markets", "version": "v1", "html_sha256": "c447d87987afe51c1686dcf79d50200740fe29a12004edf73ca812c3afecdf90" } }, { "id": "https://lecoin.news/briefs/morning-brief-2026-10-19/", "url": "https://lecoin.news/briefs/morning-brief-2026-10-19/", "title": "Morning brief: the CFTC's casino-style carve-out takes effect, SEC crypto-offering comments close Tuesday, and Cipher Digital closes $850 million of convertible notes", "summary": "The CFTC's exclusion of sportsbook and casino bets from its swap definition takes effect today with its Federal Register publication, starting a comment period through Nov. 18 on it and a companion event-contract proposal, while bitcoin sits 1.30% above Friday's 4:00 p.m. ET level on CoinGecko data after a Sunday-afternoon dip.", "date_published": "2026-10-19T08:01:14-04:00", "tags": [ "policy", "prediction-markets", "btc", "eth", "sol", "protocol-upgrades", "tradfi" ], "_lecoin": { "section": "Briefs", "version": "v2", "html_sha256": "5fa365b7d6ffc0f1a829aa9b868310564d25f3411b54a59d7ab82ff3fb1266c9" } }, { "id": "https://lecoin.news/learning-hub/ethereum-upgrades/", "url": "https://lecoin.news/learning-hub/ethereum-upgrades/", "title": "How Ethereum upgrades happen: from proposal to hard fork", "summary": "Changes to Ethereum start as written proposals called EIPs, move through review and client testing, and take effect for everyone at once in a scheduled hard fork.", "date_published": "2026-10-16T23:32:57-04:00", "tags": [ "eth", "protocol-upgrades", "governance" ], "_lecoin": { "section": "Learning Hub", "version": "v1", "html_sha256": "7bc35203b1d0418aec89c5f22d9487396625cc98af067e6dfc7a0c5a91171b87" } }, { "id": "https://lecoin.news/learning-hub/mev-basics/", "url": "https://lecoin.news/learning-hub/mev-basics/", "title": "MEV explained: who profits from the order of Ethereum transactions", "summary": "Whoever orders the transactions in an Ethereum block can capture extra value, which searchers find, builders package, validators mostly collect and some users now get back.", "date_published": "2026-10-16T23:32:46-04:00", "tags": [ "eth", "dex-and-perps" ], "_lecoin": { "section": "Learning Hub", "version": "v1", "html_sha256": "ae32260fd6c4952e288d98db0d29537e3acdbe0c7fe41582e5b17f4f7f49a8c7" } }, { "id": "https://lecoin.news/learning-hub/ethena-synthetic-dollar/", "url": "https://lecoin.news/learning-hub/ethena-synthetic-dollar/", "title": "Ethena's USDe, explained: a dollar token built from hedged crypto", "summary": "How Ethena says its synthetic dollar holds its value, where the backing sits, and the risks Ethena itself lists.", "date_published": "2026-10-16T21:12:46-04:00", "tags": [ "stablecoins" ], "_lecoin": { "section": "Learning Hub", "version": "v1", "html_sha256": "241bbff1bf3df52e18e2c43020a17f41028b6f8231e203d92d93fe20972c4224" } }, { "id": "https://lecoin.news/learning-hub/staking/", "url": "https://lecoin.news/learning-hub/staking/", "title": "Staking, explained: running a validator alone or through a pool", "summary": "A plain guide to how Ethereum staking works under its consensus rules, what a validator earns and risks, and how Lido and Rocket Pool let people stake without running 32 ETH alone.", "date_published": "2026-10-16T21:12:02-04:00", "tags": [ "staking", "eth" ], "_lecoin": { "section": "Learning Hub", "version": "v0.2", "html_sha256": "1173558b7193ab847823a08958ff1db9958f85aed30f20537f7cff68e586ddd1" } }, { "id": "https://lecoin.news/learning-hub/uniswap-amms/", "url": "https://lecoin.news/learning-hub/uniswap-amms/", "title": "Uniswap and AMMs, explained: trading against a formula", "summary": "A plain guide to automated market makers, how Uniswap's pools price trades from v2 to v4, and what liquidity providers risk when prices move.", "date_published": "2026-10-16T21:11:18-04:00", "tags": [ "dex-and-perps" ], "_lecoin": { "section": "Learning Hub", "version": "v0.2", "html_sha256": "f4d7fe30a83570da0932b4e7ef8e52847478ee79769ed5e922a3053383d7f8ce" } }, { "id": "https://lecoin.news/learning-hub/prediction-markets/", "url": "https://lecoin.news/learning-hub/prediction-markets/", "title": "Polymarket and Kalshi side by side: how two prediction markets work", "summary": "Both sell contracts that pay a fixed amount if an event happens, but they differ on who records trades, who decides outcomes and how the CFTC oversees them.", "date_published": "2026-10-16T21:10:33-04:00", "tags": [ "prediction-markets", "policy" ], "_lecoin": { "section": "Learning Hub", "version": "v1", "html_sha256": "667e5ba359e7f6c171ec2b009172959a241319e821a1123115f27ffc34029df1" } }, { "id": "https://lecoin.news/learning-hub/aave-lending-risk/", "url": "https://lecoin.news/learning-hub/aave-lending-risk/", "title": "Aave and lending risk, explained: how loans get liquidated", "summary": "A plain guide to how Aave v3 measures the safety of a loan, when a position can be liquidated and by how much, and which risk settings its governance controls.", "date_published": "2026-10-16T21:07:30-04:00", "tags": [ "lending", "governance" ], "_lecoin": { "section": "Learning Hub", "version": "v0.2.1", "html_sha256": "e5acb0b1cdad80d65caa3b65e975e2382a5f3a38553529e8c182f0d55e457503" } }, { "id": "https://lecoin.news/learning-hub/rollups/", "url": "https://lecoin.news/learning-hub/rollups/", "title": "Rollups, explained: how Base settles on Ethereum", "summary": "A plain guide to what a rollup is, how it posts data to Ethereum, how withdrawals are challenged, and how Base sets its own withdrawal window.", "date_published": "2026-10-16T21:02:55-04:00", "tags": [ "l2", "rollups", "eth" ], "_lecoin": { "section": "Learning Hub", "version": "v0.2.1", "html_sha256": "7d45c2caf1f9cc8913c81cbdcd6f9c04745be71b1441c0f63b373133b138eb10" } }, { "id": "https://lecoin.news/learning-hub/wallets-custody/", "url": "https://lecoin.news/learning-hub/wallets-custody/", "title": "Wallets and custody, explained: who holds the keys", "summary": "A plain guide to how crypto keys are made and stored, the difference between holding them yourself and using a custodian, and the US rules for custodians, including one that is still only a proposal.", "date_published": "2026-10-16T20:37:38-04:00", "tags": [ "unhosted-wallets", "policy" ], "_lecoin": { "section": "Learning Hub", "version": "v0.3.1", "html_sha256": "5dd9deffc164588be514eb46f871b8150d3a3ac39feac14903dad7ab99999c3b" } }, { "id": "https://lecoin.news/learning-hub/usdt/", "url": "https://lecoin.news/learning-hub/usdt/", "title": "Tether's USDT: what backs the dollar token and who can redeem it", "summary": "Tether says each USDT is redeemable for one dollar, and BDO checked its reserves as of June 30, 2026, but only verified customers can redeem.", "date_published": "2026-10-16T20:34:51-04:00", "tags": [ "stablecoins", "genius-act", "policy" ], "_lecoin": { "section": "Learning Hub", "version": "v1.0.1", "html_sha256": "6c15db1066491a499d22a9ed887dffe0c470354333533deb69132f021d4bc57b" } }, { "id": "https://lecoin.news/learning-hub/tokenized-treasuries/", "url": "https://lecoin.news/learning-hub/tokenized-treasuries/", "title": "Tokenized Treasuries, explained: fund shares with a blockchain register", "summary": "What the products sold as tokenized Treasuries are, how three of them are built, and what their own documents say about control, access and risk.", "date_published": "2026-10-16T20:30:57-04:00", "tags": [ "tokenization-and-rwa" ], "_lecoin": { "section": "Learning Hub", "version": "v1.0.1", "html_sha256": "f4162875450a1e1c76b2192ca994443e4efe7a9d8733a2ce1a29cd4755d64e67" } }, { "id": "https://lecoin.news/learning-hub/bitcoin/", "url": "https://lecoin.news/learning-hub/bitcoin/", "title": "Bitcoin, explained: the rules in its code and who can change them", "summary": "A plain guide to how Bitcoin works, what fixes its supply, how its rules change, and how US investors reach it through exchange-traded products.", "date_published": "2026-10-16T20:27:30-04:00", "tags": [ "btc", "l1" ], "_lecoin": { "section": "Learning Hub", "version": "v0.3.1", "html_sha256": "4329d3da2ae492ed6de9d9b70eb33235de72a49bc3134d6ed707b02bce317c65" } }, { "id": "https://lecoin.news/markets/2026-10-16-pumpfun-hyperliquid-perps/", "url": "https://lecoin.news/markets/2026-10-16-pumpfun-hyperliquid-perps/", "title": "Pump.fun opens Hyperliquid perpetual futures to its memecoin traders", "summary": "Pump.fun's updated terms let users outside the U.S. and Ontario send leveraged futures orders to Hyperliquid through its app, for a builder fee of up to 0.10% of each order.", "date_published": "2026-10-16T17:23:25-04:00", "tags": [ "dex-and-perps", "hype" ], "_lecoin": { "section": "Markets", "version": "v1", "html_sha256": "19485856d9f6dd8cb60c55e3a28fcd51206e50d826c52a08eff99c48dd650489" } }, { "id": "https://lecoin.news/briefs/evening-brief-2026-10-16/", "url": "https://lecoin.news/briefs/evening-brief-2026-10-16/", "title": "Evening brief: CFTC event-contract rules set for Monday, bitcoin slips 0.98%, Schwab opens crypto to all eligible clients", "summary": "Bitcoin was at $81,506.05 at the 4:00 p.m. ET close of the US session, 0.98% below Thursday at the same time and its lowest 4:00 p.m. ET level since Sept. 20, per CoinGecko; the CFTC's event-contract proposal and casino-style rule are set to publish in Monday's Federal Register; and Schwab said its crypto accounts are now open to all eligible retail clients.", "date_published": "2026-10-16T16:36:34-04:00", "tags": [ "btc", "eth", "sol", "prediction-markets", "policy", "stablecoins", "tradfi", "treasury-companies" ], "_lecoin": { "section": "Briefs", "version": "v2", "html_sha256": "5783f2bd7462e983d329074b6f209d3b9045e810af2c1629be63a467fadab0fb" } }, { "id": "https://lecoin.news/protocols-policy/2026-10-16-cobo-wallet-app-closure/", "url": "https://lecoin.news/protocols-policy/2026-10-16-cobo-wallet-app-closure/", "title": "Cobo will charge 2% monthly on coins left in its closing app", "summary": "Cobo is shutting its Cobo Wallet app on Dec. 1 (UTC+8), 11 a.m. ET Nov. 30, and says users who miss the Nov. 30 withdrawal deadline will be deemed to have agreed to a monthly fee.", "date_published": "2026-10-16T13:31:17-04:00", "tags": [ "policy" ], "_lecoin": { "section": "Protocols & Policy", "version": "v1", "html_sha256": "34d1a714784281fbaee24e102ea72b03e9f4056cfa667c01e4ea3286a83ce040" } }, { "id": "https://lecoin.news/markets/2026-10-16-jack-henry-gcul-tokenized-deposits/", "url": "https://lecoin.news/markets/2026-10-16-jack-henry-gcul-tokenized-deposits/", "title": "Jack Henry plans to bring tokenized deposits to banks via Google's ledger", "summary": "The core banking provider says it will be the first to integrate with Google Cloud Universal Ledger, giving community banks and credit unions a path to tokenized deposits. No launch date or client names were given.", "date_published": "2026-10-16T11:30:00-04:00", "tags": [ "tokenization-and-rwa", "tradfi" ], "_lecoin": { "section": "Markets", "version": "v1", "html_sha256": "7c45e0403faa2c79eb7730f696956eb63b8c0531c22c05c88155d9a7416f18b8" } }, { "id": "https://lecoin.news/markets/2026-10-16-schwab-crypto-expansion/", "url": "https://lecoin.news/markets/2026-10-16-schwab-crypto-expansion/", "title": "Schwab opens crypto accounts to all eligible retail clients", "summary": "Schwab says every eligible retail client can now open a Schwab Crypto account, a day after its earnings release cited plans to expand digital assets; New York and Louisiana residents remain excluded.", "date_published": "2026-10-16T09:26:00-04:00", "tags": [ "btc", "eth", "tradfi" ], "_lecoin": { "section": "Markets", "version": "v2", "html_sha256": "85a08d1792a941641f19d32c1be962e04284df8711afefe147af79bb13eae601" } }, { "id": "https://lecoin.news/briefs/morning-brief-2026-10-16/", "url": "https://lecoin.news/briefs/morning-brief-2026-10-16/", "title": "Morning brief: MSCI lists Strategy for possible index deletion, a judge keeps Gemini's $5 million CFTC order, and Strive prices $630 million of preferred stock", "summary": "Bitcoin is 0.42% below Thursday's 4:00 p.m. ET level on CoinGecko data after a flat night, while MSCI's list of potential deletions under its new screen, a US judge's refusal to vacate Gemini's CFTC consent order and Strive's upsized preferred deal lead the overnight filings ahead of 8:30 a.m. ET import prices.", "date_published": "2026-10-16T09:14:10-04:00", "tags": [ "btc", "eth", "treasury-companies", "strategy-mstr", "strive", "policy" ], "_lecoin": { "section": "Briefs", "version": "v2", "html_sha256": "0093b24abd15adf505eed151267b80625b47a144b9c82d88062e596a75aa5989" } }, { "id": "https://lecoin.news/markets/2026-10-16-marqeta-coinbase-stablecoin-cards/", "url": "https://lecoin.news/markets/2026-10-16-marqeta-coinbase-stablecoin-cards/", "title": "Marqeta and Coinbase team up on stablecoin-backed cards for businesses", "summary": "Coinbase will hold the stablecoins, convert them to fiat and settle on Base, while Marqeta issues and processes the cards. Launch customers, coins, fees and timing are not disclosed.", "date_published": "2026-10-16T08:24:03-04:00", "tags": [ "stablecoins" ], "_lecoin": { "section": "Markets", "version": "v1", "html_sha256": "89d3f5138d8ab7dc494187d2d40bff01ecf4fed98024798a2e4b0e888fec7bae" } }, { "id": "https://lecoin.news/protocols-policy/2026-10-16-japan-megabanks-yen-stablecoin-poc/", "url": "https://lecoin.news/protocols-policy/2026-10-16-japan-megabanks-yen-stablecoin-poc/", "title": "Japan's three megabanks finish a joint yen stablecoin payments test", "summary": "SMBC, Mizuho and MUFG say a July trial confirmed that several banks can issue one yen stablecoin together and use it for cross-border company payments.", "date_published": "2026-10-16T07:26:05-04:00", "tags": [ "stablecoins", "tradfi", "policy" ], "_lecoin": { "section": "Protocols & Policy", "version": "v1", "html_sha256": "592a8eb5868bf1b72bae991e843857e1ba001301108f71f40b7dba7028e8a895" } }, { "id": "https://lecoin.news/protocols-policy/2026-10-15-network-school-farcaster/", "url": "https://lecoin.news/protocols-policy/2026-10-15-network-school-farcaster/", "title": "Network School Is Acquiring Farcaster, Nearly Nine Months After Neynar Bought It", "summary": "A post by Neynar's Rish, recast by the official Farcaster account, says Neynar is transferring the Farcaster app, protocol repositories and related products to Network School. The official Farcaster account has cast an onchain vote for a new 'social smart contract.'", "date_published": "2026-10-15T17:24:53-04:00", "tags": [ "governance" ], "_lecoin": { "section": "Protocols & Policy", "version": "v1", "html_sha256": "fc39e082c5ce5df806b67c1932af0c5f14fa0f0a970497c4a0ef93e77e7764de" } }, { "id": "https://lecoin.news/markets/2026-10-15-msci-non-operating-screen/", "url": "https://lecoin.news/markets/2026-10-15-msci-non-operating-screen/", "title": "MSCI Adopts Screen That Could Push Strategy Out of Its Global Indexes", "summary": "MSCI will treat non-operating companies as ineligible for its global benchmarks from the November review. MSCI's current list of potentially affected members shows Strategy as a deletion, but the final list is not due until Nov. 11.", "date_published": "2026-10-15T17:21:47-04:00", "tags": [ "strategy-mstr", "treasury-companies", "btc" ], "_lecoin": { "section": "Markets", "version": "v2", "html_sha256": "58b0701af1db1c8eb77cf7f9cf0f5b7bf2969e31561fdeb10f72336be3e0bead" } }, { "id": "https://lecoin.news/markets/2026-10-15-chart-desk/", "url": "https://lecoin.news/markets/2026-10-15-chart-desk/", "title": "The Chart Desk: BitMine Staking, Miners Selling, and Stablecoin Supply", "summary": "BitMine has reported the same staked ETH in 10 straight weekly releases, Riot sold 9,665 bitcoin against 3,060 mined in the first half of 2026, and USDT and USDC supply on Ethereum fell from October 2025 to September 2026.", "date_published": "2026-10-15T16:59:19-04:00", "tags": [ "eth", "staking", "treasury-companies", "btc", "stablecoins", "usdc" ], "_lecoin": { "section": "Markets", "version": "v2", "html_sha256": "06b6798d3b87f2a1da42307d7dc4806e43d2d7eca2d8b4b4cbf3c049548aacd1" } }, { "id": "https://lecoin.news/briefs/evening-brief-2026-10-15/", "url": "https://lecoin.news/briefs/evening-brief-2026-10-15/", "title": "Evening brief: PPI jumps 1.3%, bitcoin up 0.69%, stablecoin rails advance", "summary": "Bitcoin was at $82,308.83 at the 4:00 p.m. ET close of the U.S. session, 0.69% above Wednesday at the same time, per CoinGecko, after September PPI printed the largest monthly rise since March 2022; Visa put Visa Direct USDC prefunding into commercial deployment with Inyo Global; and Cross River integrated Ripple's RLUSD into its core banking system.", "date_published": "2026-10-15T16:45:46-04:00", "tags": [ "btc", "eth", "sol", "policy", "stablecoins", "tradfi", "l2" ], "_lecoin": { "section": "Briefs", "version": "v3", "html_sha256": "3d2fc5be0a75c84c80f66ae29a770679c461b1d7b3a581d33247e602ccea433e" } }, { "id": "https://lecoin.news/markets/2026-10-15-btc-volatility-grayscale/", "url": "https://lecoin.news/markets/2026-10-15-btc-volatility-grayscale/", "title": "Bitcoin's Volatility Fell to 43% Over the Past Year, Grayscale Says", "summary": "Grayscale Research says bitcoin's realized volatility over the past year was below its 10-year average and well under its level five years ago, citing data from Artemis.", "date_published": "2026-10-15T16:12:23-04:00", "tags": [ "btc" ], "_lecoin": { "section": "Markets", "version": "v1", "html_sha256": "8733f82bcdc93089d1abc7adc2fb07874172725635e44aaeb096b89a7cf465aa" } }, { "id": "https://lecoin.news/markets/2026-10-15-visa-direct-usdc-prefunding/", "url": "https://lecoin.news/markets/2026-10-15-visa-direct-usdc-prefunding/", "title": "Visa Direct Takes USDC Prefunding Live, With Inyo Global First", "summary": "Visa says its Visa Direct stablecoin capabilities are moving from pilot to commercial deployment, with payments processor Inyo Global the first to let businesses prefund cross-border payouts in USDC.", "date_published": "2026-10-15T13:23:24-04:00", "tags": [ "stablecoins", "usdc" ], "_lecoin": { "section": "Markets", "version": "v1", "html_sha256": "2869f29eed17b0ff45d1b3554a18c2159c83c93db095b934138d4055439ff27a" } }, { "id": "https://lecoin.news/protocols-policy/2026-10-15-riksbank-digital-krona/", "url": "https://lecoin.news/protocols-policy/2026-10-15-riksbank-digital-krona/", "title": "Sweden's Riksbank Asks Lawmakers to Prepare for a Possible Digital Krona", "summary": "In a letter dated Oct. 7 and published Oct. 15, Sweden's central bank told parliament's finance committee it should start a public inquiry into the laws a digital krona would need, citing security, the digital euro and stablecoins.", "date_published": "2026-10-15T13:21:45-04:00", "tags": [ "policy", "stablecoins" ], "_lecoin": { "section": "Protocols & Policy", "version": "v1", "html_sha256": "bb6daa7738b201c40d0ea2589e78c17236e339367ae38513cb94bb1137e491c0" } }, { "id": "https://lecoin.news/markets/2026-10-15-cross-river-rlusd/", "url": "https://lecoin.news/markets/2026-10-15-cross-river-rlusd/", "title": "Cross River Bank Adds Ripple's RLUSD Stablecoin as a Payment Rail", "summary": "Cross River says fintechs will reach Ripple's dollar stablecoin on the XRP Ledger through the same API they use for ACH, wires and real-time payments, though no availability date, volumes or fees were given.", "date_published": "2026-10-15T11:23:15-04:00", "tags": [ "stablecoins", "tradfi" ], "_lecoin": { "section": "Markets", "version": "v1", "html_sha256": "38e45115fd021faa1e5c8fdc6a271c78d011e0e0abce23d89c5f177d74a2df46" } }, { "id": "https://lecoin.news/protocols-policy/2026-10-15-arbitrum-stablecoin-growth-program/", "url": "https://lecoin.news/protocols-policy/2026-10-15-arbitrum-stablecoin-growth-program/", "title": "Arbitrum Foundation Offers ARB Incentives to Apps That Adopt USDG", "summary": "Protocols with at least $1 million in stablecoins that make Paxos-issued USDG their primary stablecoin on Arbitrum may be eligible for incentives, and the first 10 to reach $10 million in USDG get 200,000 ARB each.", "date_published": "2026-10-15T10:21:26-04:00", "tags": [ "stablecoins", "arb" ], "_lecoin": { "section": "Protocols & Policy", "version": "v1", "html_sha256": "c46238f08b66c03d8ef98d2a7c17f81aed0e28f58a9d8e0cd0e44bfd5b1a4656" } }, { "id": "https://lecoin.news/markets/2026-10-15-stripe-plasma-multicurrency-cards/", "url": "https://lecoin.news/markets/2026-10-15-stripe-plasma-multicurrency-cards/", "title": "Stripe Expands Stablecoin-Backed Cards to Five Currencies, Plasma Signs On", "summary": "Stripe says its stablecoin card infrastructure will support USD, BRL, EUR, MXN and COP, and that Plasma is moving to that infrastructure to co-develop multi-currency cards. No fees, issuer, card network or launch date were given.", "date_published": "2026-10-15T10:01:34-04:00", "tags": [ "stablecoins", "usdc", "genius-act" ], "_lecoin": { "section": "Markets", "version": "v1", "html_sha256": "4affa260c5ee95b3a791113b7a5017b4a6650c761126fcaa20d89f15ec952446" } }, { "id": "https://lecoin.news/protocols-policy/2026-10-15-ledger-seller-rules/", "url": "https://lecoin.news/protocols-policy/2026-10-15-ledger-seller-rules/", "title": "Ledger Orders Resellers to Keep Wallets Off Shelves After Implant Attack", "summary": "Ledger's authorized sellers must keep its devices off shelves and displays, hand them over only at purchase and report unusual products, the company said Oct. 15 in a blog post on the attack.", "date_published": "2026-10-15T09:34:57-04:00", "tags": [ "unhosted-wallets" ], "_lecoin": { "section": "Protocols & Policy", "version": "v1", "html_sha256": "f14bf3570e8c65a0a509fbb17072728af1870c89c2b29873ccd9ee83b11cf6a5" } }, { "id": "https://lecoin.news/markets/2026-10-15-ledger-atom-solana-mobile/", "url": "https://lecoin.news/markets/2026-10-15-ledger-atom-solana-mobile/", "title": "Solana Mobile Names Ledger First Hardware Partner for $849 Ledger Atom", "summary": "Ledger's Atom, an Android-based device built around a secure chip, will ship with Solana Mobile's Seeker app preinstalled, the companies say. Reservations take a $100 deposit, and Ledger estimates delivery in 2027.", "date_published": "2026-10-15T09:24:51-04:00", "tags": [ "sol", "unhosted-wallets" ], "_lecoin": { "section": "Markets", "version": "v1", "html_sha256": "c28f5be96195dfe24e8e26e10ba853e73a93e684f0f76ecebba7fb8baa01f691" } }, { "id": "https://lecoin.news/markets/2026-10-15-tether-aisa/", "url": "https://lecoin.news/markets/2026-10-15-tether-aisa/", "title": "Tether Invests in AIsa, a Payments Platform for AI Agents", "summary": "Tether Capital says it made a strategic investment of undisclosed size in AIsa, which lets AI agents pay for data, software and computing in fiat or stablecoins.", "date_published": "2026-10-15T09:24:11-04:00", "tags": [ "stablecoins" ], "_lecoin": { "section": "Markets", "version": "v1", "html_sha256": "bfb901649a60f1ae564c5de3d42aca720182114879dbad8d1ad8dffa7ed22153" } }, { "id": "https://lecoin.news/markets/2026-10-15-ripple-prime-rwa-perps/", "url": "https://lecoin.news/markets/2026-10-15-ripple-prime-rwa-perps/", "title": "Ripple Prime Opens Real-World-Asset Perpetual Swaps to Institutions, Virtu Among Clients", "summary": "Ripple Prime, acting as principal, now offers swaps that reference Trade.xyz perpetual futures on Hyperliquid, traded around the clock with cross-margin and RLUSD collateral where available.", "date_published": "2026-10-15T09:22:44-04:00", "tags": [ "dex-and-perps", "tokenization-and-rwa", "tradfi" ], "_lecoin": { "section": "Markets", "version": "v1", "html_sha256": "f6b5276f7e539dc278241deec5440bb1f147c75bac29e21c4a81eff44d0ba3d9" } }, { "id": "https://lecoin.news/markets/2026-10-15-mastercard-bvnk-global-money-platform/", "url": "https://lecoin.news/markets/2026-10-15-mastercard-bvnk-global-money-platform/", "title": "Mastercard and BVNK Launch a Single Platform for Fiat and Stablecoins", "summary": "The Global Money Platform puts fiat and stablecoin accounts, conversion, stablecoin-linked cards and bank payouts behind one API, after Mastercard's August acquisition of BVNK.", "date_published": "2026-10-15T08:20:44-04:00", "tags": [ "stablecoins", "tradfi" ], "_lecoin": { "section": "Markets", "version": "v1", "html_sha256": "e40f4f4ca24d8bb588469cca3d31f9a99d75dc1d43c8cd45d8ada010a298dc9f" } }, { "id": "https://lecoin.news/protocols-policy/2026-10-15-asic-cp392-digital-asset-platform-standards/", "url": "https://lecoin.news/protocols-policy/2026-10-15-asic-cp392-digital-asset-platform-standards/", "title": "Australia's ASIC Proposes Custody, Trading and Capital Rules for Crypto Platforms", "summary": "Consultation Paper 392 sets out draft standards for platforms that will need licenses when Australia's digital asset law starts on April 8, 2027. Comments close Nov. 27. Treasury separately released draft crypto tax-reporting law.", "date_published": "2026-10-15T08:04:52-04:00", "tags": [ "policy" ], "_lecoin": { "section": "Protocols & Policy", "version": "v2", "html_sha256": "2e26ad7122c834d115caf9d62d2654f2b5b85efe7cf9ac7053bc01d3d80bea5a" } }, { "id": "https://lecoin.news/briefs/morning-brief-2026-10-15/", "url": "https://lecoin.news/briefs/morning-brief-2026-10-15/", "title": "Morning brief: Kospi drops 7.6% and spot bitcoin ETFs shed $261.4 million before PPI, Riot moves custody to BitGo, and Gemini clears a Winklevoss resale of up to 7.1 million shares", "summary": "Bitcoin is 1.09% lower on Coinbase since Wednesday's 4:00 p.m. ET close after a hard Asia session, Farside shows U.S. spot bitcoin and ether ETFs lost $261.4 million and $129.5 million Wednesday, and EDGAR filings show Riot moving custody from NYDIG to BitGo and Gemini's registration of Winklevoss Capital Fund's resale going effective, with September PPI due at 8:30 a.m. ET.", "date_published": "2026-10-15T07:59:50-04:00", "tags": [ "btc", "eth", "etf", "miners", "treasury-companies", "macro" ], "_lecoin": { "section": "Briefs", "version": "v2", "html_sha256": "fafc373ad9aedfc3ef04f24b7a0927df08c20eb35346f367024dd3b3374ceaae" } }, { "id": "https://lecoin.news/markets/2026-10-14-tron-inc-atm/", "url": "https://lecoin.news/markets/2026-10-14-tron-inc-atm/", "title": "Tron Inc. Sets Up $200 Million At-the-Market Stock Sale With Clear Street", "summary": "An 8-K accepted at 5:28 p.m. ET and a prospectus supplement at 5:30 p.m. ET let the TRX treasury company sell stock from time to time, mainly to buy more TRX.", "date_published": "2026-10-14T17:50:33-04:00", "tags": [ "treasury-companies", "tradfi" ], "_lecoin": { "section": "Markets", "version": "v1", "html_sha256": "344bcecdcbe784db1044e2d84bed2cc308bacdde35ef0d5164c198c5a9274356" } }, { "id": "https://lecoin.news/markets/2026-10-14-metaplanet-converts-buyback/", "url": "https://lecoin.news/markets/2026-10-14-metaplanet-converts-buyback/", "title": "Metaplanet Sells Zero-Coupon Converts to Shrink Its Bitcoin-Backed Loan", "summary": "A ¥52 billion Euro-yen bond would repay ¥23.6 billion of BTC-collateralized borrowing and fund buybacks under a new ¥60 billion program. U.S. investors are excluded.", "date_published": "2026-10-14T17:21:10-04:00", "tags": [ "treasury-companies", "btc", "tradfi" ], "_lecoin": { "section": "Markets", "version": "v1", "html_sha256": "9969a3a4705a25e12af36f33a6fb6a22c688a246010862b91921382132f46be5" } }, { "id": "https://lecoin.news/markets/2026-10-14-vaneck-steth-etf-withdrawal/", "url": "https://lecoin.news/markets/2026-10-14-vaneck-steth-etf-withdrawal/", "title": "VanEck withdraws filing for its Lido Staked Ethereum ETF", "summary": "A Form RW accepted at 5:07 p.m. ET says VanEck does not intend to proceed with the fund, and confirms no shares were ever sold.", "date_published": "2026-10-14T17:19:04-04:00", "tags": [ "etf", "staking", "eth" ], "_lecoin": { "section": "Markets", "version": "v2", "html_sha256": "d4c7c5ed3c5a166f98e384e6abdc91af8b4623e3e95fcbf49d04ac23f6ff3962" } }, { "id": "https://lecoin.news/markets/2026-10-14-prometheum-federated-hermes/", "url": "https://lecoin.news/markets/2026-10-14-prometheum-federated-hermes/", "title": "Federated Hermes Picks Prometheum Broker-Dealers to Distribute Tokenized Funds", "summary": "The plan routes custody, clearing and settlement through Prometheum's SEC-registered broker-dealer, but no fund or chain is named and the first product is targeted for Q1 2027.", "date_published": "2026-10-14T17:16:55-04:00", "tags": [ "tokenization-and-rwa", "tradfi" ], "_lecoin": { "section": "Markets", "version": "v1", "html_sha256": "6e44945538f73ff985a8c6d4f87037e26d65eedc0a480fa757a87558fc5054e0" } }, { "id": "https://lecoin.news/markets/2026-10-14-riot-bitgo-custody/", "url": "https://lecoin.news/markets/2026-10-14-riot-bitgo-custody/", "title": "Riot Platforms Moves Crypto Custody From NYDIG to BitGo Bank", "summary": "An 8-K filed at 4:30 p.m. ET says BitGo Bank & Trust will hold Riot's digital assets and cash under a one-year deal Riot can exit on 14 days' notice.", "date_published": "2026-10-14T16:55:18-04:00", "tags": [ "treasury-companies", "tradfi" ], "_lecoin": { "section": "Markets", "version": "v1", "html_sha256": "a19db7e745de293443c19416a5297be2d85ce0665cacf024517382d600bcb818" } }, { "id": "https://lecoin.news/briefs/evening-brief-2026-10-14/", "url": "https://lecoin.news/briefs/evening-brief-2026-10-14/", "title": "Evening brief: September CPI at +0.6% m/m sinks bitcoin 1.71% and crypto equities, Cipher prices its $850 million convert, and the EBA tags USDC as the EU's first significant e-money token", "summary": "Bitcoin closed the U.S. session at $81,797.60 on Coinbase, 1.71% below Tuesday, after a hotter September CPI print; Cipher Digital priced $850.0 million of 0.00% converts due 2032; and the European Banking Authority classified Circle's USDC as the EU's first significant e-money token under MiCA.", "date_published": "2026-10-14T16:29:13-04:00", "tags": [ "btc", "eth", "sol", "policy", "stablecoins", "treasury-companies", "miners", "tradfi" ], "_lecoin": { "section": "Briefs", "version": "v1", "html_sha256": "72a76ed42d208bb42e0032698e787bf52cb4a505ea5819268de9705cccc66c30" } }, { "id": "https://lecoin.news/protocols-policy/2026-10-14-eba-usdc-significant-emt-mica/", "url": "https://lecoin.news/protocols-policy/2026-10-14-eba-usdc-significant-emt-mica/", "title": "EU Banking Regulator Names USDC First Significant E-Money Token", "summary": "The European Banking Authority will take over parts of the supervision of Circle's EU issuer from France's ACPR from Nov. 12, under MiCA's rules for significant tokens.", "date_published": "2026-10-14T15:57:34-04:00", "tags": [ "stablecoins", "usdc", "circle", "policy" ], "_lecoin": { "section": "Protocols & Policy", "version": "v1", "html_sha256": "005391d340868205ca99a571c4de0782bfd0c86d91a430e15bb76e97e9e9bcb0" } }, { "id": "https://lecoin.news/protocols-policy/2026-10-14-brooklyn-da-russian-speaker-crypto-scam-takedown/", "url": "https://lecoin.news/protocols-policy/2026-10-14-brooklyn-da-russian-speaker-crypto-scam-takedown/", "title": "Brooklyn Prosecutors and FBI Dismantle Crypto Scam Network Aimed at Russian Speakers", "summary": "The Brooklyn DA's Virtual Currency Unit says it seized or disrupted 241 scam domains and 112 servers behind an investment fraud that stole an estimated tens of millions of dollars.", "date_published": "2026-10-14T15:29:33-04:00", "tags": [ "policy" ], "_lecoin": { "section": "Protocols & Policy", "version": "v2", "html_sha256": "4f370bc485532c2a56afa361ebaf31782dfa5b42f17db3f1296fe8be86d646f9" } }, { "id": "https://lecoin.news/protocols-policy/2026-10-14-babylon-aave-v4-native-btc-collateral-arfc/", "url": "https://lecoin.news/protocols-policy/2026-10-14-babylon-aave-v4-native-btc-collateral-arfc/", "title": "Babylon Proposes Native Bitcoin as Collateral on Aave V4", "summary": "An Aave governance proposal from Babylon Labs would let holders borrow stablecoins against BTC locked in Bitcoin vaults. It still needs a Snapshot vote and an AIP.", "date_published": "2026-10-14T15:28:38-04:00", "tags": [ "btc", "governance" ], "_lecoin": { "section": "Protocols & Policy", "version": "v1", "html_sha256": "16d8e2d2a66a8d022e081230980514c48c1632a3c45d79f0dae9c09296544432" } }, { "id": "https://lecoin.news/markets/2026-10-14-cpi-crypto/", "url": "https://lecoin.news/markets/2026-10-14-cpi-crypto/", "title": "Hot September CPI Lifts Hike Odds as Bitcoin and Ether Slide", "summary": "Consumer prices rose 0.6% in September on an energy jump, with core up 0.3%. Kalshi traders put a 31% chance, as of 2:16 p.m. ET, on an October rate hike, and bitcoin and ether are lower since the 8:30 a.m. ET release.", "date_published": "2026-10-14T14:27:52-04:00", "tags": [ "btc", "eth", "prediction-markets" ], "_lecoin": { "section": "Markets", "version": "v1", "html_sha256": "ea92096dc8e78ad20d1fa474454ffb1d029ae9a0398bdd71154158120f6c0eb4" } }, { "id": "https://lecoin.news/protocols-policy/2026-10-14-coinsph-bsp-cash-in-halt/", "url": "https://lecoin.news/protocols-policy/2026-10-14-coinsph-bsp-cash-in-halt/", "title": "Coins.ph Says Philippine Central Bank Ordered Tighter Controls; Peso Deposits Shut", "summary": "The Philippine crypto exchange says the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas directed it to improve internal controls, that peso cash-ins over InstaPay and PESONet are paused, and that user funds are safe.", "date_published": "2026-10-14T13:25:28-04:00", "tags": [ "policy" ], "_lecoin": { "section": "Protocols & Policy", "version": "v1", "html_sha256": "d667be6e7cc508b0344c5cafa34d108962c4e69984482407d95882336c0582d2" } }, { "id": "https://lecoin.news/markets/2026-10-14-qivalis-dnb-emi-licence/", "url": "https://lecoin.news/markets/2026-10-14-qivalis-dnb-emi-licence/", "title": "Bank-Backed Qivalis Says It Won Dutch E-Money Licence for Euro Stablecoin", "summary": "Qivalis said on Oct. 14 that De Nederlandsche Bank has authorised it as an electronic money institution, a step it needs to issue a bank-backed euro token. Qivalis says issuance is planned to begin within the next months, subject to MiCA requirements and publication of its white paper.", "date_published": "2026-10-14T13:23:36-04:00", "tags": [ "stablecoins", "policy", "tradfi" ], "_lecoin": { "section": "Markets", "version": "v1", "html_sha256": "9763f142e5dce8b78bf475a5bb194207dabe9d1337b9d6415192a19491995980" } }, { "id": "https://lecoin.news/protocols-policy/2026-10-14-ledger-asia-shelf-pull-germany-clean/", "url": "https://lecoin.news/protocols-policy/2026-10-14-ledger-asia-shelf-pull-germany-clean/", "title": "Ledger Pulls Devices in Seven Asian Markets, Finds No Tampering in Germany", "summary": "Ledger asked resellers in Southeast Asia and Hong Kong to stop selling its wallets during its CryptoBilis implant investigation, and said on Oct. 14 that its security team found no tampered units in German retail and distributor stock.", "date_published": "2026-10-14T13:17:28-04:00", "tags": [ "unhosted-wallets" ], "_lecoin": { "section": "Protocols & Policy", "version": "v1", "html_sha256": "585358fc6480bc83d08fefa4042bd2b84d2715578a87511123ba6b96ee03ecce" } }, { "id": "https://lecoin.news/markets/2026-10-14-skyai-bastion-sol-tender/", "url": "https://lecoin.news/markets/2026-10-14-skyai-bastion-sol-tender/", "title": "Bastion Demands $3.50 SkyAI Tender Price, Disclosure of Solana Sales", "summary": "Bastion Trading, which says it holds about 9.99% of SkyAI, wants the planned $3.00 tender offer raised and the company's SOL sales fully disclosed before the offer begins. SkyAI's filings show its SOL holdings fell from more than two million to about 600,000 in under a month.", "date_published": "2026-10-14T13:16:09-04:00", "tags": [ "sol", "treasury-companies" ], "_lecoin": { "section": "Markets", "version": "v1", "html_sha256": "d395497e0a27aec41ec5a77e8982487e3f7af29f30b1c16d33064e4c9fa267ca" } }, { "id": "https://lecoin.news/markets/2026-10-14-standard-chartered-uae-crypto-trading/", "url": "https://lecoin.news/markets/2026-10-14-standard-chartered-uae-crypto-trading/", "title": "Standard Chartered Launches Bitcoin and Ether Trading Through UAE Bank Accounts", "summary": "The bank said on Oct. 14 that eligible clients in the UAE will be able to buy and sell BTC and ETH through their existing accounts, with the bank managing custody and settlement in a closed loop. Dubai's VARA lists it as a licensed broker-dealer.", "date_published": "2026-10-14T13:14:39-04:00", "tags": [ "btc", "eth" ], "_lecoin": { "section": "Markets", "version": "v1", "html_sha256": "420f1a3779fe0f5a1a9470469dfea4be8da0fde52329d399d530f5cfd456fd47" } }, { "id": "https://lecoin.news/protocols-policy/2026-10-14-starkware-offmarket-polymarket-privacy/", "url": "https://lecoin.news/protocols-policy/2026-10-14-starkware-offmarket-polymarket-privacy/", "title": "StarkWare's OffMarket Lets Polymarket Traders Hide Which Wallet Funds Their Bets", "summary": "The web app parks USDC in a zero-knowledge pool on Starknet, then bridges it to a fresh Polygon wallet for each bet. The trades stay public on Polymarket; what it hides is who funded them. An auditing entity holds every user's viewing key in escrow, and U.S. persons are barred.", "date_published": "2026-10-14T11:19:38-04:00", "tags": [ "prediction-markets", "stablecoins" ], "_lecoin": { "section": "Protocols & Policy", "version": "v1", "html_sha256": "cf9d40a6bb03dd6d4495cdb72bd13f3fd61aa50b5d6e85628156ca61193d7865" } }, { "id": "https://lecoin.news/markets/2026-10-14-drivewealth-ripple-rlusd/", "url": "https://lecoin.news/markets/2026-10-14-drivewealth-ripple-rlusd/", "title": "DriveWealth Taps Ripple's RLUSD for Settlement, Starting in Europe", "summary": "DriveWealth and Ripple said on Oct. 14 they are partnering on stablecoin settlement, payments and custody, while an equity-financing tie-up through Ripple Prime remains only under exploration.", "date_published": "2026-10-14T10:49:23-04:00", "tags": [ "stablecoins", "rlusd", "tradfi" ], "_lecoin": { "section": "Markets", "version": "v1", "html_sha256": "e96aa6a5c6a4e37203ea0713fe5b33fe6ed90f8e32ae8e93c71b2590ae1367f7" } }, { "id": "https://lecoin.news/protocols-policy/2026-10-14-perpetuals-tsv-notice/", "url": "https://lecoin.news/protocols-policy/2026-10-14-perpetuals-tsv-notice/", "title": "Perpetuals.com Files Notice for 24/7 Tokenized-Stock Venue Under SEC Exemption", "summary": "A 34-page notice published Oct. 14 says Kephas Corp., a Perpetuals.com subsidiary, plans to trade tokenized NMS stock against USDC in permissioned AMM pools on its own Ethereum-compatible Layer 2. No trading has started, and no stocks, tokenizers or liquidity providers are named yet.", "date_published": "2026-10-14T10:19:51-04:00", "tags": [ "policy", "tokenization-and-rwa", "stablecoins" ], "_lecoin": { "section": "Protocols & Policy", "version": "v1", "html_sha256": "de6341390ed60d1ca6107ca66cc86973c8f0bd4c79168b23e251410816d234a6" } }, { "id": "https://lecoin.news/markets/2026-10-14-binance-bstocks-listings/", "url": "https://lecoin.news/markets/2026-10-14-binance-bstocks-listings/", "title": "Binance Adds BlackBerry, MongoDB, Penguin and Ultra VIX bStocks to Spot and Margin Collateral", "summary": "Four more ADGM-prospectus bStocks, BBB, MDBB, PENGB and UVXYB, opened for Spot and Convert trading at 8:00 a.m. ET on Oct. 14 and were added the same hour as Cross Margin and Portfolio Margin collateral, extending Binance’s Oct. 7 tokenized-securities wave.", "date_published": "2026-10-14T09:43:33-04:00", "tags": [ "tokenization-and-rwa", "tradfi" ], "_lecoin": { "section": "Markets", "version": "v1", "html_sha256": "fee35291bb8d0456e83dae4c94c358f4061696a33faf00a1d3bc9174139bc57a" } }, { "id": "https://lecoin.news/protocols-policy/2026-10-14-polygon-coinme-acquisition-closes/", "url": "https://lecoin.news/protocols-policy/2026-10-14-polygon-coinme-acquisition-closes/", "title": "Polygon Labs Completes Coinme Purchase, Gaining 37 U.S. Money-Transmitter Licences", "summary": "Polygon Labs says it has closed its acquisition of Coinme, a U.S.-licensed crypto payments company, months after the Q2 2026 target it set in January, when it priced the Coinme and Sequence deals together at more than $250 million, a week after state regulators ordered Coinme to pay $2.5 million and approved the change of control.", "date_published": "2026-10-14T09:32:28-04:00", "tags": [ "stablecoins", "policy" ], "_lecoin": { "section": "Protocols & Policy", "version": "v1", "html_sha256": "354978b5837afb50d77347a12ba83de7383e6f7f29209a79e7483f99caf43578" } }, { "id": "https://lecoin.news/markets/2026-10-14-evernorth-xrp-execution-partners/", "url": "https://lecoin.news/markets/2026-10-14-evernorth-xrp-execution-partners/", "title": "Evernorth Names Ripple, Kraken, Coinbase and BitGo to Deploy XRP Treasury", "summary": "Evernorth said on Oct. 14 it will both accumulate and deploy from its 473 million XRP treasury with four institutional partners starting in the fourth quarter, subject to closing conditions and approvals.", "date_published": "2026-10-14T09:31:55-04:00", "tags": [ "xrp", "treasury-companies", "tradfi" ], "_lecoin": { "section": "Markets", "version": "v1", "html_sha256": "28119c0ff3f46fa060c2e88de0a66cd9e450e0109802947a8ecb77397daad407" } }, { "id": "https://lecoin.news/markets/2026-10-14-payward-saldo-bank/", "url": "https://lecoin.news/markets/2026-10-14-payward-saldo-bank/", "title": "Kraken Parent Payward Signs Deal to Buy Lithuania's Saldo Bank", "summary": "Payward said Oct. 14 it signed a definitive agreement to acquire Saldo Finance Oy, owner of Lithuania-licensed Saldo Bank UAB. Closing is expected in 2027, subject to regulatory approvals; terms were not disclosed.", "date_published": "2026-10-14T09:29:56-04:00", "tags": [ "kraken", "tradfi", "policy" ], "_lecoin": { "section": "Markets", "version": "v1", "html_sha256": "f1a91bc5cae9e57cb79e0e70876692fb524eaf73c16c87c481255b10d0e46b0e" } }, { "id": "https://lecoin.news/protocols-policy/2026-10-14-cboe-bzx-multi-crypto-options/", "url": "https://lecoin.news/protocols-policy/2026-10-14-cboe-bzx-multi-crypto-options/", "title": "Cboe BZX Opens a Generic Path for Options on Multi-Crypto Trusts", "summary": "A Sept. 29 filing the SEC published on Oct. 13 lets Cboe BZX list options on commodity-based trusts that hold more than one crypto asset, under the same style of generic criteria Cboe Options already uses, once each coin clears a $700 million supply-value test and a surveillance-sharing hook.", "date_published": "2026-10-14T09:28:25-04:00", "tags": [ "policy", "tokenization-and-rwa" ], "_lecoin": { "section": "Protocols & Policy", "version": "v1", "html_sha256": "4613ae2219337156493e751474733a1c7e466f97d5b7690300703de6877cc502" } }, { "id": "https://lecoin.news/protocols-policy/2026-10-14-amber-whalefin-vatp-withdrawal/", "url": "https://lecoin.news/protocols-policy/2026-10-14-amber-whalefin-vatp-withdrawal/", "title": "Amber Scraps WhaleFin Deal; Hong Kong Exchange Licence Bid to Be Withdrawn", "summary": "In a 6-K filed Oct. 14, Nasdaq-listed Amber International says WhaleFin Markets will no longer pursue its pending SFC application for Type 1 and Type 7 licences to run a virtual asset trading platform, and its planned purchase of WhaleFin HK will not proceed.", "date_published": "2026-10-14T08:27:17-04:00", "tags": [ "policy" ], "_lecoin": { "section": "Protocols & Policy", "version": "v1", "html_sha256": "fea680cbe2d95cc60d5ec42e3b9a53dd9b484fc804fe280e7a212bb0b5b45875" } }, { "id": "https://lecoin.news/protocols-policy/2026-10-14-occ-debanking-report/", "url": "https://lecoin.news/protocols-policy/2026-10-14-occ-debanking-report/", "title": "OCC Says All Nine Largest Banks Had Debanking Policies, Crypto Among Targets", "summary": "The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency's final debanking report, released Oct. 14, says JPMorgan Chase, Bank of America and seven other large national banks restricted lawful sectors from 2020 to September 2025. Digital-asset firms were one of six sectors named. The report imposes no new rule.", "date_published": "2026-10-14T08:25:36-04:00", "tags": [ "policy" ], "_lecoin": { "section": "Protocols & Policy", "version": "v1", "html_sha256": "8abd7985c43b02412ecf871cf0dff6caae296cdf58406fb04e8600446bbed0c7" } }, { "id": "https://lecoin.news/markets/2026-10-14-strive-btc-warrants/", "url": "https://lecoin.news/markets/2026-10-14-strive-btc-warrants/", "title": "Strive Buys 2,822 Bitcoin; Warrant Exercises Expected to Raise $369.2 Million", "summary": "In an 8-K filed Oct. 14, Strive said holders exercised all remaining PIPE traditional warrants for expected gross proceeds of $369.2 million, and that it bought 2,822 bitcoin at about $83,266 each, both from Oct. 12 through Oct. 13.", "date_published": "2026-10-14T08:23:19-04:00", "tags": [ "btc", "strive", "treasury-companies", "tradfi" ], "_lecoin": { "section": "Markets", "version": "v1", "html_sha256": "3aebc23115ccb248125a20321a661b6cd15778ebd1a45ff189c5dada860927ec" } }, { "id": "https://lecoin.news/briefs/morning-brief-2026-10-14/", "url": "https://lecoin.news/briefs/morning-brief-2026-10-14/", "title": "Morning brief: Spot ether ETFs end a 10-day, $782.8 million outflow run, Strive files for a $500 million daily-dividend preferred, and Consensys exits SharpLink before CPI", "summary": "Bitcoin is flat on Coinbase since Tuesday's U.S. close with September CPI due at 8:30 a.m. ET, Farside shows U.S. spot ether ETFs took in $24.8 million Tuesday after 10 straight outflow sessions, and EDGAR filings show Strive launching a 15% SATS preferred and Consensys Software selling its entire direct SharpLink stake.", "date_published": "2026-10-14T08:00:00-04:00", "tags": [ "btc", "eth", "etf", "treasury-companies", "policy", "prediction-markets" ], "_lecoin": { "section": "Briefs", "version": "v1", "html_sha256": "74b30e752b683f3f91cc2757f85d3f18460b66a82f1f63d875d672dddf135ad6" } }, { "id": "https://lecoin.news/markets/2026-10-14-blackrock-q3-digital-asset-flows/", "url": "https://lecoin.news/markets/2026-10-14-blackrock-q3-digital-asset-flows/", "title": "BlackRock Digital-Asset ETFs Draw $7.9 Billion in Third-Quarter Net Inflows", "summary": "BlackRock's Q3 earnings release, filed as an 8-K exhibit Oct. 14, shows digital-asset AUM rising to $79.6 billion from $48.8 billion, on $7.9 billion of net inflows and $22.9 billion of market gains, all in ETFs.", "date_published": "2026-10-14T07:24:05-04:00", "tags": [ "btc", "eth", "etf", "tradfi" ], "_lecoin": { "section": "Markets", "version": "v1", "html_sha256": "e65ca2d7dda19751093efaa0ed04a3c4a501cc3de723cbee59601246bb6dad58" } }, { "id": "https://lecoin.news/markets/2026-10-13-cipher-project-compass/", "url": "https://lecoin.news/markets/2026-10-13-cipher-project-compass/", "title": "Cipher Digital Prices $850 Million Zero-Coupon Convertible Notes at 35% Premium", "summary": "Cipher Digital priced $850 million of 0.00% convertible senior notes due 2032 at an initial conversion price of about $15.31, a 35% premium, with settlement scheduled for Oct. 16, according to an 8-K filed Oct. 14.", "date_published": "2026-10-13T17:26:36-04:00", "tags": [ "btc", "tradfi" ], "_lecoin": { "section": "Markets", "version": "v2", "html_sha256": "438f221c39b4a8a70b684a41d03002b7291721b0a3599ccae9956ca96c643a19" } }, { "id": "https://lecoin.news/protocols-policy/2026-10-13-cftc-anpr-crypto-asset-markets/", "url": "https://lecoin.news/protocols-policy/2026-10-13-cftc-anpr-crypto-asset-markets/", "title": "CFTC Opens Comment on Rules for Leveraged Retail Crypto Trading", "summary": "An advanced notice of proposed rulemaking published in the Federal Register on Oct. 13 asks how Dodd-Frank's retail commodity provision should cover leveraged, margined or financed crypto trades, with comments due Dec. 14, 2026.", "date_published": "2026-10-13T17:25:51-04:00", "tags": [ "policy" ], "_lecoin": { "section": "Protocols & Policy", "version": "v1", "html_sha256": "046c55d9c70de0409d40742de4dc084a6430a314bcdf8c95312f664f16ee2286" } }, { "id": "https://lecoin.news/briefs/evening-brief-2026-10-13/", "url": "https://lecoin.news/briefs/evening-brief-2026-10-13/", "title": "Evening brief: Strategy sets preferred-dividend start dates ahead of the Oct. 28 vote, and Cipher Digital proposes an $850 million convert", "summary": "Bitcoin closed the U.S. session nearly unchanged from the morning on Coinbase, Strategy's latest proxy materials set Nov. 1 for STRC daily dividends and Jan. 1 for the other three preferreds if the Oct. 28 vote passes, and Cipher Digital filed to offer $850 million of 0.00% converts due 2032.", "date_published": "2026-10-13T16:29:09-04:00", "tags": [ "btc", "eth", "sol", "strategy-mstr", "treasury-companies", "stablecoins", "policy", "miners" ], "_lecoin": { "section": "Briefs", "version": "v1", "html_sha256": "33efd8531898af2f476a95be297b5ce89bbc3cb531bcc4e45931dadf8a57529f" } }, { "id": "https://lecoin.news/markets/bank-earnings-digital-assets-2026-10-13/", "url": "https://lecoin.news/markets/bank-earnings-digital-assets-2026-10-13/", "title": "Wells Fargo Helps Form Bank Stablecoin Venture as Peers Talk Tokenized Deposits", "summary": "Wells Fargo said on its third-quarter call that it is establishing a new company with 20 other international financial institutions to issue stablecoins beginning in the first half of 2027, while Citi said stablecoins are 'a bit more clunky' than tokenized deposits, according to call transcripts.", "date_published": "2026-10-13T16:10:49-04:00", "tags": [ "tradfi", "stablecoins", "tokenization-and-rwa" ], "_lecoin": { "section": "Markets", "version": "v2", "html_sha256": "4812ca6867751810bc42e3ca13ce13477ad2ed17cff8a609b8323d53d6fed017" } }, { "id": "https://lecoin.news/markets/bitmine-eth-share-2026-10-13/", "url": "https://lecoin.news/markets/bitmine-eth-share-2026-10-13/", "title": "BitMine Says It Holds 4.9% of All Ether, 84% of It Staked", "summary": "BitMine's weekly filing puts its ether at 6,028,946 tokens, which it says is 4.9% of supply, with 5,067,309 staked, the same staked figure it has reported in each of its last nine weekly filings.", "date_published": "2026-10-13T13:47:12-04:00", "tags": [ "eth", "treasury-companies", "tradfi" ], "_lecoin": { "section": "Markets", "version": "v2", "html_sha256": "768b1c2607d705d55e5a9c70a7675f801966811be0d837fa21d38f174e468f8a" } }, { "id": "https://lecoin.news/protocols-policy/2026-10-13-ondo-3b-tokenized-treasuries/", "url": "https://lecoin.news/protocols-policy/2026-10-13-ondo-3b-tokenized-treasuries/", "title": "Ondo Says It Passed $3 Billion in Tokenized Treasuries as Its USDY Edges Past BlackRock's BUIDL", "summary": "Ondo says it now manages $3 billion in tokenized U.S. Treasury products. RWA.xyz data confirm that its USDY token, at about $2.31 billion, is larger than BlackRock's $2.20 billion BUIDL fund.", "date_published": "2026-10-13T13:46:29-04:00", "tags": [ "tokenization-and-rwa", "stablecoins" ], "_lecoin": { "section": "Protocols & Policy", "version": "v1", "html_sha256": "13d3fcf06e8622bc4f827c34c10076978bb389cdafe42203a8fccf011b33600d" } }, { "id": "https://lecoin.news/protocols-policy/2026-10-13-nfl-supreme-court-kalshi-brief/", "url": "https://lecoin.news/protocols-policy/2026-10-13-nfl-supreme-court-kalshi-brief/", "title": "NFL Tells Supreme Court Kalshi's Sports Contracts Are Not Swaps, Backing New Jersey", "summary": "In an Oct. 8 amicus brief in Flaherty v. KalshiEX, No. 26-299, the National Football League asks the justices to hear New Jersey's appeal and side with the Sixth and Ninth Circuits, which held that sports event contracts fall outside the federal definition of a swap.", "date_published": "2026-10-13T13:45:03-04:00", "tags": [ "prediction-markets", "policy" ], "_lecoin": { "section": "Protocols & Policy", "version": "v1", "html_sha256": "1c31261cb342ae188cf59ab3e81135ec0feed3225ce4b9a777a68765735ec3b9" } }, { "id": "https://lecoin.news/protocols-policy/2026-10-13-strategy-bitcoin-banking-index/", "url": "https://lecoin.news/protocols-policy/2026-10-13-strategy-bitcoin-banking-index/", "title": "Strategy Says Big-Bank Bitcoin Adoption Rose to 34% in Its Own Index", "summary": "Strategy's Bitcoin Banking Adoption Index, posted to its investor relations page on Oct. 12, scores 25 banks and puts Fidelity first at 77%. The company scores itself into the method: three of the 15 dimensions score lending against its MSTR stock and STRC preferred, or products built on STRC.", "date_published": "2026-10-13T12:01:54-04:00", "tags": [ "btc", "treasury-companies", "tradfi" ], "_lecoin": { "section": "Protocols & Policy", "version": "v1", "html_sha256": "2f870ac920b9b66df20b3c2a1143d129f352fc2a9aa6ffcc506e25c7d98d79a4" } }, { "id": "https://lecoin.news/protocols-policy/2026-10-13-kraken-vara-licence/", "url": "https://lecoin.news/protocols-policy/2026-10-13-kraken-vara-licence/", "title": "Kraken Says It Has Full Market Approval From Dubai's Crypto Regulator", "summary": "Kraken's parent Payward says Dubai's Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority gave it Full Market Approval, and VARA's public register shows an active licence for Payward FZCO, issued Oct. 6, for two activities.", "date_published": "2026-10-13T09:53:33-04:00", "tags": [ "policy", "tradfi" ], "_lecoin": { "section": "Protocols & Policy", "version": "v2", "html_sha256": "0f6aae4c46a6ccf4c7434030dd58c5f32d497df77881714298a3443a53766ab9" } }, { "id": "https://lecoin.news/markets/uk-high-court-chinese-law-seized-bitcoin-2026-10-13/", "url": "https://lecoin.news/markets/uk-high-court-chinese-law-seized-bitcoin-2026-10-13/", "title": "UK Court Rules Chinese Law Governs Claims to More Than 61,000 Seized Bitcoin", "summary": "A London judge ruled on Oct. 12 that Chinese law governs whether victims of Zhimin Qian's fraud own any of the bitcoin police seized, and left the content of Chinese law, and so the outcome of the claims, to a later stage.", "date_published": "2026-10-13T09:31:33-04:00", "tags": [ "btc", "policy" ], "_lecoin": { "section": "Markets", "version": "v1", "html_sha256": "c6cd4c8d08820396161d609b1027a97bb3a6f5f3ea4436d927b4fe544b673a6c" } }, { "id": "https://lecoin.news/markets/securitize-citi-downgrade-2026-10-13/", "url": "https://lecoin.news/markets/securitize-citi-downgrade-2026-10-13/", "title": "Citi Cuts Securitize to Neutral, Raises Target to $14, The Fly Reports", "summary": "Citi moved Securitize from Buy to Neutral on Oct. 13 and lifted its price target from $10 to $14, The Fly reports. Neither Citi nor Securitize has confirmed the change, and Le Coin has not seen the note.", "date_published": "2026-10-13T09:24:06-04:00", "tags": [ "tokenization-and-rwa", "tradfi" ], "_lecoin": { "section": "Markets", "version": "v2", "html_sha256": "46ab160c131ce9102a3864d4e94eb79f0e3ff95f51cd8ffa96fd16b7d17f9a20" } }, { "id": "https://lecoin.news/markets/fidelity-ark-drove-btc-etf-outflows-2026-10-13/", "url": "https://lecoin.news/markets/fidelity-ark-drove-btc-etf-outflows-2026-10-13/", "title": "Fidelity and ARK Drove Last Week's $679 Million Bitcoin-Fund Outflow as BlackRock's Fund Ended Flat, Farside Data Show", "summary": "Two of the 12 US spot bitcoin ETFs accounted for 86.5% of last week's net outflow, according to Farside Investors' flow compilation, while BlackRock's fund took in $1.1 million net after swinging both ways.", "date_published": "2026-10-13T09:10:39-04:00", "tags": [ "btc", "etf", "tradfi" ], "_lecoin": { "section": "Markets", "version": "v1", "html_sha256": "85d9f71a6c2ea80e9244671ceae2916968550d6f1b6a2bbda9c133fcf05f5a76" } }, { "id": "https://lecoin.news/briefs/morning-brief-2026-10-13/", "url": "https://lecoin.news/briefs/morning-brief-2026-10-13/", "title": "Morning brief: Kospi falls 5.5%, the CFTC crypto ANPRM comment clock opens through Dec. 14, and spot ether ETFs log a 10th outflow day", "summary": "Bitcoin is mildly higher on Coinbase since Monday's U.S. close while ether and solana are softer, South Korea's Kospi closed down 5.46% with the Nikkei off 1.82%, and Monday's Farside print extended U.S. spot ether ETF net outflows to 10 straight sessions.", "date_published": "2026-10-13T08:00:00-04:00", "tags": [ "btc", "eth", "sol", "etf", "policy", "prediction-markets", "stablecoins", "treasury-companies" ], "_lecoin": { "section": "Briefs", "version": "v2", "html_sha256": "982cf4595c1d4e7c0184acde70c25668788ead2e6e79bb56e600443862384bd0" } }, { "id": "https://lecoin.news/markets/strategy-strc-buybacks-2026-10-06/", "url": "https://lecoin.news/markets/strategy-strc-buybacks-2026-10-06/", "title": "Strategy spent $176.3M buying back STRC last week, against $28.7M on bitcoin", "summary": "The company added 334 BTC to reach 848,000, bought back its own preferred stock, and called a vote on daily dividends.", "date_published": "2026-10-12T22:09:41-04:00", "tags": [ "btc", "strategy-mstr", "treasury-companies", "strive", "tradfi" ], "_lecoin": { "section": "Markets", "version": "v1", "html_sha256": "a5142ab5b693d6d39f01c7e91992227e3c017037b0ef23b4013206ae33d1bd13" } }, { "id": "https://lecoin.news/protocols-policy/fincen-withdraws-unhosted-wallet-mixing-proposals-2026-10-06/", "url": "https://lecoin.news/protocols-policy/fincen-withdraws-unhosted-wallet-mixing-proposals-2026-10-06/", "title": "FinCEN withdraws pending crypto reporting proposals on unhosted wallets and mixers", "summary": "Two Federal Register notices published Oct. 6 withdraw a December 2020 plan covering transactions involving unhosted wallets and an October 2023 plan aimed at international cryptocurrency mixing.", "date_published": "2026-10-12T22:09:41-04:00", "tags": [ "fincen", "policy", "unhosted-wallets", "mixers", "sanctions" ], "_lecoin": { "section": "Protocols & Policy", "version": "v1", "html_sha256": "d11079102e952908a8516e3e792a3e881063390f82b18611b79607bc5eaca720" } }, { "id": "https://lecoin.news/learning-hub/arbitrum/", "url": "https://lecoin.news/learning-hub/arbitrum/", "title": "Arbitrum", "summary": "Arbitrum is a family of Ethereum layer-2 (L2) chains and the software that runs them.", "date_published": "2026-10-12T22:05:12-04:00", "tags": [ "l2", "arb", "rollups", "governance" ], "_lecoin": { "section": "Learning Hub", "version": "v0.3.1", "html_sha256": "d4b07c17bb15d66ef2e89b7a12d1467ad7e381cd5ba3c6356a3309d1b23cd2d4" } }, { "id": "https://lecoin.news/learning-hub/chainlink/", "url": "https://lecoin.news/learning-hub/chainlink/", "title": "Chainlink", "summary": "Chainlink is an oracle network: it brings outside information, such as asset prices or reserve data, onto blockchains, and moves messages and tokens between chains.", "date_published": "2026-10-12T22:05:12-04:00", "tags": [ "oracles", "link", "bridges-and-interop", "tokenization-and-rwa" ], "_lecoin": { "section": "Learning Hub", "version": "v0.3.0", "html_sha256": "d6e9fc0b436c90862292027547cca86d1625f46df81302bc04b12ae88149fefa" } }, { "id": "https://lecoin.news/learning-hub/eigenlayer/", "url": "https://lecoin.news/learning-hub/eigenlayer/", "title": "EigenLayer", "summary": "EigenLayer is a set of smart contracts on Ethereum that lets people \"restake\" assets to secure other services.", "date_published": "2026-10-12T22:05:12-04:00", "tags": [ "restaking", "eigen", "eth", "staking" ], "_lecoin": { "section": "Learning Hub", "version": "v0.3.0", "html_sha256": "24eb90a65dbce2f33dca7765a750dc573db1ab5873b493eded275cdf4a8af8cb" } }, { "id": "https://lecoin.news/learning-hub/ethereum/", "url": "https://lecoin.news/learning-hub/ethereum/", "title": "Ethereum", "summary": "Ethereum is a public blockchain that runs smart contracts, which ethereum.org defines as programs that run on the Ethereum blockchain.", "date_published": "2026-10-12T22:05:12-04:00", "tags": [ "l1", "eth", "staking", "protocol-upgrades", "rollups" ], "_lecoin": { "section": "Learning Hub", "version": "v0.3.0", "html_sha256": "dc45522b6709c6b2fd7da5d1e385504b4bce9967eaa932c1b5fdf19de364d0ee" } }, { "id": "https://lecoin.news/learning-hub/hyperliquid/", "url": "https://lecoin.news/learning-hub/hyperliquid/", "title": "Hyperliquid (core)", "summary": "Hyperliquid is a layer-one blockchain built around an onchain exchange.", "date_published": "2026-10-12T22:05:12-04:00", "tags": [ "dex-and-perps", "hype", "usdc", "app-chain" ], "_lecoin": { "section": "Learning Hub", "version": "v0.3.0", "html_sha256": "29eb5444a3fcfeba9661703aaa53be2c4a6feb18e7f71efd2250d58a3d4a05d3" } }, { "id": "https://lecoin.news/learning-hub/hyperliquid-hip-4/", "url": "https://lecoin.news/learning-hub/hyperliquid-hip-4/", "title": "Hyperliquid HIP-4: Outcome Markets", "summary": "HIP-4 is the fourth Hyperliquid Improvement Proposal.", "date_published": "2026-10-12T22:05:12-04:00", "tags": [ "dex-and-perps", "hype", "prediction-markets", "usdc" ], "_lecoin": { "section": "Learning Hub", "version": "v0.3.0", "html_sha256": "5e2e36cd49336ee31b29c6a383bd3fb1eaeeeb043f7a4f80ae724574c9efc735" } }, { "id": "https://lecoin.news/learning-hub/layerzero/", "url": "https://lecoin.news/learning-hub/layerzero/", "title": "LayerZero", "summary": "LayerZero is a messaging protocol that lets smart contracts on one blockchain send messages to contracts on another.", "date_published": "2026-10-12T22:05:12-04:00", "tags": [ "bridges-and-interop", "zro" ], "_lecoin": { "section": "Learning Hub", "version": "v0.3.0", "html_sha256": "48b3ceb17772817bc22a92a446afd1828ca1eef097615e0cf53237f449fe048d" } }, { "id": 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"948d61814c79a565ba6bfb28ad650bf5ac0d6e58d44a76800c40ffee73cbd36e" } }, { "id": "https://lecoin.news/protocols-policy/2026-10-12-korea-won-stablecoin-banks/", "url": "https://lecoin.news/protocols-policy/2026-10-12-korea-won-stablecoin-banks/", "title": "Bank of Korea Governor Says Won-Stablecoin Issuers Will Be Bank-Led, With Banks Holding 50% Plus One, 'As Agreed'", "summary": "Governor Shin Hyun-song told lawmakers on Oct. 12 that won-stablecoin issuance would start with bank-led groups, as had been agreed, according to NATV's broadcast of the hearing, nine months after Korea's financial regulator said issuer ownership was undecided.", "date_published": "2026-10-12T20:29:00-04:00", "tags": [ "stablecoins", "policy" ], "_lecoin": { "section": "Protocols & Policy", "version": "v1", "html_sha256": "51e5ffb3ff4dc7cc34dddc71ea1db29e9b851cf00cb2cff4091225c7b08c75ad" } }, { "id": "https://lecoin.news/markets/bybit-us-stocks-stablecoin-alpaca-2026-10-12/", "url": "https://lecoin.news/markets/bybit-us-stocks-stablecoin-alpaca-2026-10-12/", "title": "Bybit Starts Selling Real US Shares for a Dollar Stablecoin Through Alpaca, Exchange Says", "summary": "Bybit says eligible users outside the US and the other jurisdictions excluded by the product terms can now buy more than 1,000 US stocks and ETFs with USDC, routed through a Mauritius-licensed broker and held at Alpaca in that broker's name.", "date_published": "2026-10-12T17:34:40-04:00", "tags": [ "stablecoins", "usdc", "tradfi" ], "_lecoin": { "section": "Markets", "version": "v1", "html_sha256": "f272413e8637348c5911c4796f334e328e733b91e1e0a34d6ae014298207d0b0" } }, { "id": "https://lecoin.news/protocols-policy/2026-10-12-dtcc-tokenization-service/", "url": "https://lecoin.news/protocols-policy/2026-10-12-dtcc-tokenization-service/", "title": "DTCC Says Its Tokenization Service for a Depository Holding Over $114 Trillion Is Due This Month", "summary": "The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation says its DTC subsidiary will launch tokens of the stocks, ETFs and Treasuries it holds in October 2026, under an SEC staff letter that limits the assets, the users and the term to three years from launch.", "date_published": "2026-10-12T17:34:40-04:00", "tags": [ "tokenization-and-rwa", "tradfi" ], "_lecoin": { "section": "Protocols & Policy", "version": "v1", "html_sha256": "5b0115ec174fae487a02063889de8ce1501202fc356e36c349018471db1fa3e8" } }, { "id": "https://lecoin.news/briefs/evening-brief-2026-10-12/", "url": "https://lecoin.news/briefs/evening-brief-2026-10-12/", "title": "Evening brief: Evernorth closes at $16.91 in its first Nasdaq session under its own name, and Strategy buys back $192 million of preferred stock", "summary": "Bitcoin ended the U.S. session 0.59% above Friday's close on Coinbase after fading from its morning level, Evernorth's shares touched $19.38 before closing down 1.05%, per Nasdaq, and Farside had not yet published Monday's spot-ETF flows at 4:22 p.m. ET.", "date_published": "2026-10-12T16:53:29-04:00", "tags": [ "btc", "eth", "etf", "strategy-mstr", "treasury-companies", "stablecoins", "tokenization-and-rwa", "tradfi" ], "_lecoin": { "section": "Briefs", "version": "v2", "html_sha256": "c977ea02873e20d3c23bca111f7f5787c91799d2a102cc67aba26d244eec97e2" } }, { "id": "https://lecoin.news/markets/standard-chartered-rlusd-custody-lmax-collateral-2026-10-12/", "url": "https://lecoin.news/markets/standard-chartered-rlusd-custody-lmax-collateral-2026-10-12/", "title": "Standard Chartered Starts Custody of Ripple's Dollar Stablecoin and Plans an LMAX Collateral Link, Bank Says", "summary": "Standard Chartered says custody of Ripple's RLUSD is live through its Dubai branch and that it plans to let the tokens back trades at LMAX without leaving the bank, subject to documentation, testing and approvals, with no date given.", "date_published": "2026-10-12T14:06:08-04:00", "tags": [ "stablecoins", "tradfi" ], "_lecoin": { "section": "Markets", "version": "v1", "html_sha256": "daa7d101e432508f401327a62915664850301db422e34b073ef050a2df6772ce" } }, { "id": "https://lecoin.news/briefs/morning-brief-2026-10-12/", "url": "https://lecoin.news/briefs/morning-brief-2026-10-12/", "title": "Morning brief: bitcoin, ether and solana rise into Columbus Day, and the CFTC proposes treating event contracts as swaps", "summary": "Majors are higher on Coinbase since Friday's U.S. close but have given back part of the weekend gain, spot ether ETFs logged a ninth straight outflow day on Friday, and Evernorth's XRPN is set to start trading on Nasdaq Monday.", "date_published": "2026-10-12T08:54:16-04:00", "tags": [ "btc", "eth", "sol", "etf", "policy", "prediction-markets", "stablecoins", "genius-act" ], "_lecoin": { "section": "Briefs", "version": "v4", "html_sha256": "20b97c6e5876b9f6afcc12ed4c38102449d017a60276d40d01132f3734480ad2" } }, { "id": "https://lecoin.news/protocols-policy/2026-10-11-ledger-cryptobilis-thefts/", "url": "https://lecoin.news/protocols-policy/2026-10-11-ledger-cryptobilis-thefts/", "title": "Ledger Confirms Implant in CryptoBilis-Sold Device as Bitquery Counts $93.2 Million Stolen", "summary": "Ledger says one device sold through its Southeast Asian reseller CryptoBilis carried an unauthorized hardware implant, and blockchain analytics firm Bitquery counts $93.2 million taken from 315 wallets, most of it in Tether's USDT on TRON.", "date_published": "2026-10-12T02:19:01-04:00", "tags": [ "unhosted-wallets", "stablecoins", "mixers", "btc", "eth" ], "_lecoin": { "section": "Protocols & Policy", "version": "v1", "html_sha256": "04b49d3c187e9a956346a02d490624ffa04450ffdf2a2174f9883ba7a1e917c6" } }, { "id": "https://lecoin.news/markets/token2049-singapore-2026-takeaways/", "url": "https://lecoin.news/markets/token2049-singapore-2026-takeaways/", "title": "ICE-Backed Venue Details Tokenized-Stock Trading as Samsung Wallet Plans Stablecoin Transfers", "summary": "A venue co-owned by NYSE's parent published its trading rules, Samsung set a late-October date for USDC transfers, and Securitize says its tokenized US stocks are live on Solana.", "date_published": "2026-10-12T02:19:01-04:00", "tags": [ "tokenization-and-rwa", "stablecoins", "usdc", "sol", "tradfi", "treasury-companies", "eth", "near" ], "_lecoin": { "section": "Markets", "version": "v2", "html_sha256": "f892deea2281323d03c2186d0c6f73dab4bc589308839f8a93aa0020100e89f1" } }, { "id": "https://lecoin.news/protocols-policy/2026-10-09-cftc-self-certs-kalshi-polymarket/", "url": "https://lecoin.news/protocols-policy/2026-10-09-cftc-self-certs-kalshi-polymarket/", "title": "Kalshi and Polymarket US Self-Certify New Contracts Without Prior CFTC Approval", "summary": "Kalshi self-certified a stock-index future with no expiry date and Polymarket US self-certified yes-or-no contracts on drug prices and food-stamp enrollment, so each exchange attests its contract complies with the law and the CFTC can step in only after the filing.", "date_published": "2026-10-09T20:03:00-04:00", "tags": [ "prediction-markets", "policy" ], "_lecoin": { "section": "Protocols & Policy", "version": "v1", "html_sha256": "262df40094cb33de64a53fffb7bffa2bef244eeca5930ccd48c0d1116da639fd" } }, { "id": "https://lecoin.news/markets/figure-q3-volume-ylds-2026-10-09/", "url": "https://lecoin.news/markets/figure-q3-volume-ylds-2026-10-09/", "title": "Figure's loan marketplace volume rose 20% in Q3, by its preliminary count. YLDS outstanding fell 9%.", "summary": "Figure's preliminary numbers put Q3 marketplace volume at $5.119 billion, which it calls \"the high end\" of its guidance, while the balance of its yield-bearing YLDS certificates fell over the quarter; four days before those numbers, Figure filed a shelf registration with no size attached.", "date_published": "2026-10-09T20:03:00-04:00", "tags": [ "tokenization-and-rwa", "stablecoins", "tradfi" ], "_lecoin": { "section": "Markets", "version": "v1", "html_sha256": "3a52aac51b62839d5a22c4dbb262394c61a334c2eaee9c1e5f8503480f755162" } }, { "id": "https://lecoin.news/markets/securitize-stock-entitlements-2026-10-09/", "url": "https://lecoin.news/markets/securitize-stock-entitlements-2026-10-09/", "title": "Securitize's new tokenized stocks are broker-held entitlements, by the company's own account", "summary": "Securitize says its new tokenized stocks are security entitlements held at its broker-dealer; the terms come from the company's press release and product page, and no EDGAR filing describes them.", "date_published": "2026-10-09T19:50:00-04:00", "tags": [ "tokenization-and-rwa", "tradfi", "sol" ], "_lecoin": { "section": "Markets", "version": "v1", "html_sha256": "0b9ba6423fe4736c5dca7fdaca0f086707cb0dcbcc1e04085197b06f6f6a90d6" } }, { "id": "https://lecoin.news/protocols-policy/ccca-stablecoins-2026-10-08/", "url": "https://lecoin.news/protocols-policy/ccca-stablecoins-2026-10-08/", "title": "Le Coin analysis: A credit card routing bill could give banks a reason to pick a stablecoin lane, or a lane nobody uses", "summary": "The Credit Card Competition Act would let merchants choose the network for a credit card payment. Le Coin's analysis: a covered bank will switch on the second network that still pays it. An independent stablecoin rail could pay it either way: interchange on Visa or Mastercard, distribution payments while coins stay outstanding on its platform. Debit routing shows the other path.", "date_published": "2026-10-09T02:52:00-04:00", "tags": [ "payments", "credit-cards", "stablecoins", "routing", "congress", "federal-reserve", "genius-act" ], "_lecoin": { "section": "Protocols & Policy", "version": "v11", "html_sha256": "fd8f143122926d46309bbafb9ef759b138db1253f52259fe80fa8ce99a9b29d6" } }, { "id": "https://lecoin.news/protocols-policy/drake-bunker-mode-2026-10-07/", "url": "https://lecoin.news/protocols-policy/drake-bunker-mode-2026-10-07/", "title": "Justin Drake calls for a 'bunker mode' move to fresh crypto addresses, citing AI math gains", "summary": "Drake says it is now reasonable to brace for the signature scheme behind most bitcoin and ether wallets to break, in the worst case within months, citing AI's progress in math. Critics who answered him on X said he showed no evidence of a break.", "date_published": "2026-10-08T00:24:00-04:00", "tags": [ "security", "cryptography", "post-quantum", "btc", "eth" ], "_lecoin": { "section": "Protocols & Policy", "version": "v2", "html_sha256": "9bf294077167eb52912c81be39e37a1a64db24749075d9b5079e7ef8d82eaa86" } }, { "id": "https://lecoin.news/briefs/morning-brief-2026-10-07/", "url": "https://lecoin.news/briefs/morning-brief-2026-10-07/", "title": "Morning brief: bitcoin, ether and solana lower overnight, and the Fed's minutes at 2 p.m. ET", "summary": "Bitcoin is down 2.4% on Coinbase since the U.S. close, ether 4.1% and solana 3.0%, and the Fed publishes its September minutes this afternoon.", "date_published": "2026-10-07T08:00:00-04:00", "tags": [ "btc", "eth", "sol", "fil", "policy", "l1" ], "_lecoin": { "section": "Briefs", "version": "v2", "html_sha256": "409170dc1ff258e3f5b2b352ebc87ed6ea329fd98389d8c5861bc390a08d7617" } } ] }