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  1. Illustration of a grey ballot box holding paper ballots beside a balance scale with a stack of coins on one pan.

    Analysis

    Prediction markets favor a Democratic House, putting crypto's Washington gains in play

    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.

  2. Illustration of an upgrade module halted at a barrier on a conveyor, beside a stack of coins in front of a shield.

    Protocols & Policy

    Ethereum developers delay next upgrade's test run over risks to user funds

    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.

  3. Illustration of an open envelope with a blank letter, a small stack of coins and a balance scale.

    Protocols & Policy

    State securities regulators urge SEC to withdraw its crypto offering rule

    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.

  4. Illustration of two separate stacks of gold coins on pedestals, one beside a rocket and one beside a car.

    Markets

    SpaceX and Tesla hold 30,221 bitcoin as special committees weigh closer ties

    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.

  5. Painted illustration of two glass jars of coins resting on a long track of teal and violet blocks.

    Protocols & Policy

    J.P. Morgan's asset manager puts two cash funds on Solana

    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.

  6. Pastel 3D illustration of a basket of mint and grey coins as a hook lowers a new blank tag to replace the old one.

    Markets

    21Shares drops ARK from its spot bitcoin ETF, renaming it TBIT

    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.

  7. Flat illustration of a desk at dusk: a teal desk lamp, a potted plant, an open newspaper, two stacks of gold coins and a closed book, under a lilac sky with a crescent moon and the sun setting behind clouds.

    Evening brief · Thu. Oct. 22, 4:26 p.m. ET

    Evening brief: Ireland fines Coinbase's EU arm, Robinhood says Dubai approved it

    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.

  8. Flat illustration of a stack of blank legal papers with a blue quill, beside a plain gold coin.

    Protocols & Policy

    Circle shareholder sues Trump over $2 billion in UAE-linked crypto deals

    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.

  9. Painted illustration of a phone showing a blank grey profile card, half covered by a closed metal shutter.

    Protocols & Policy

    X hides Polymarket's account from users in India

    X's own account data lists India as the one country where Polymarket's account is withheld; what prompted it is not public.

  10. Pastel 3D illustration of a half-empty glass cube of grey and mint coins beside a wooden gavel.

    Protocols & Policy

    Irish central bank fines Coinbase's e-money arm €3.25 million over customer-money safeguards

    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.

  11. Painted illustration of one tall cypress tree rising above a wide field of short tree stumps.

    Markets

    Most large crypto coins rose with bitcoin on Oct. 20 and 21

    CoinMarketCap data show 62 of 88 large coins rose on Oct. 21 as bitcoin gained 1.29%, four days after 80 of them fell.

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    Markets

    Andreessen Horowitz drops crypto from its crypto fund unit's name

    a16z says a16z Crypto is now a16z Frontier, widening its new fund to other early-stage technology while it keeps investing in crypto.

  13. Painted illustration of an old padlocked mailbox feeding coins through a cracked pipe toward a safe, with some coins spilling onto the ground.

    Markets

    CoinDCX says a deposit transfer failure cost it money, hours after denial

    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.

  14. Pastel 3D illustration of chart tiles, a magnifying glass and a coin stack.

    Markets

    Chart Desk: USDC Supply Falling, ETH Fees, and ETH Burns

    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.

  15. Flat illustration of an open bank vault door leading into a chain of linked hexagon blocks carrying coins.

    Markets

    SoFi puts a bank deposit on-chain and says it is no stablecoin

    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.

  16. Illustration of a balance scale with a large green coin and a padlock on one side and a small stack of gray coins on the other.

    Protocols & Policy

    Kalshi affiliate lends dollars against crypto to back perpetual futures trades

    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.

  17. Painted illustration of a lattice of blue and green crystal blocks sketched in the air above an open toolbox.

    Protocols & Policy

    Starknet holders back study of a quantum-safe network of its own

    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.

  18. Pastel 3D illustration of grey coins pouring into three pale green jars beside four empty ones.

    Markets

    Bitcoin funds pull in $1 billion in three days after a week of withdrawals

    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.

  19. A green coin token glides on a streak of light along a pastel track toward a closed padlock, beside a stopwatch whose hand has barely moved.

    Protocols & Policy

    Solana payments now aim to settle for good in under a second

    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.

  20. Blank cream fund folders, each holding a green glass token, slide from a grey shelf onto a grid of green glass tiles.

    Markets

    Securitize says Solana is now its largest network

    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.

  21. A consultation document under a magnifying glass, with two comment bubbles, next to a network of linked nodes.

    Protocols & Policy

    UK regulator asks how crypto rules apply to code-run finance apps

    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.

  22. A green payment card sends three blue coin tokens along a dashed arc to a mobile phone showing a coin.

    Markets

    Noah says it will power Western Union's stablecoin payouts

    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.

  23. Flat illustration of a dark green bank vault with a wheel handle; a dashed arrow leads from a small padlock window to the vault, with a clock in the corner.

    Markets

    Standard Chartered signs deal to fully own its crypto custodian

    The bank will fold Zodia Custody into the business that safeguards securities for its institutional clients, pending regulatory approval. No price was disclosed.

  24. Abstract flat illustration of a tilted rulebook page with a pen, a struck-through line and a network of linked tokens, with the Le Coin wordmark.

    Protocols & Policy

    France asks Europe to tighten crypto rules for stablecoins and trading platforms

    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.

  25. A green coin token rests on an open checklist notebook beside a fountain pen, a paper clip and a stack of grey folders.

    Protocols & Policy

    Bank regulator sets stablecoin rules that take effect January 18

    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.

  26. Blank cream certificates ride a looping green track over pastel hills, under a sun-to-moon arc, beside a chain of green cubes.

    Protocols & Policy

    Malaysia's central bank moves bond settlement onto round-the-clock digital rails

    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.

  27. Flat illustration of a desk at dusk: a teal desk lamp, a potted plant, an open newspaper, two stacks of gold coins and a closed book, under a lilac sky with a crescent moon and the sun setting behind clouds.

    Evening brief · Tue. Oct. 20, 4:27 p.m. ET

    Evening brief: FINMA approves Switzerland's first bitcoin ETF, Strive closes $630 million preferred sale, bitcoin ends 0.86% above Monday

    FINMA approves Switzerland’s first exchange-traded fund that holds bitcoin directly.

  28. Flat illustration of a white desk at sunrise: a steaming cup of coffee, a stack of papers and a few gold coins, with the sun rising over soft green hills.

    Morning brief · Thu. Oct. 22, 7:18 a.m. ET

    Morning brief: Bitcoin funds take in $524.8 million as Starknet holders back a post-quantum study

    Starknet holders back research into a separate post-quantum chain.

  29. Flat illustration of a desk at dusk: a teal desk lamp, a potted plant, an open newspaper, two stacks of gold coins and a closed book, under a lilac sky with a crescent moon and the sun setting behind clouds.

    Evening brief · Wed. Oct. 21, 4:31 p.m. ET

    Evening brief: OCC finalizes its GENIUS Act stablecoin rule, Standard Chartered agrees to buy Zodia Custody, bitcoin ends 2.36% above Tuesday

    The OCC finishes its GENIUS Act rule for stablecoin issuers, effective Jan. 18, 2027.

  30. Flat illustration of a white desk at sunrise: a steaming cup of coffee, a stack of papers and a few gold coins, with the sun rising over soft green hills.

    Morning brief · Wed. Oct. 21, 9:36 a.m. ET

    Morning brief: Malaysia's central bank opens a tokenized bond depository as solana's Alpenglow upgrade nears

    Bank Negara Malaysia launches SSDS+ for tokenized bonds and sukuk.

  31. Flat illustration of a white desk at sunrise: a steaming cup of coffee, a stack of papers and a few gold coins, with the sun rising over soft green hills.

    Morning brief · Tue. Oct. 20, 6:35 a.m. ET

    Morning brief: JPMorgan's asset arm gives bitcoin a long-term forecast

    JPMorgan’s asset manager gives bitcoin its first long-term return forecast.

  32. Flat illustration of a desk at dusk: a teal desk lamp, a potted plant, an open newspaper, two stacks of gold coins and a closed book, under a lilac sky with a crescent moon and the sun setting behind clouds.

    Evening brief · Mon. Oct. 19, 6:18 p.m. ET

    Evening brief: JPMorgan lists JPM Coin on Ethereum, Mesh and Visa plan wallet spending, bitcoin ends 0.36% above Friday

    JPMorgan lists its JPM Coin deposit token as issued on Ethereum, not only Base.

  33. Arched glass skylight and coffered stone vault inside the Utah State Capitol.

    Protocols & Policy

    Utah sues Kalshi and Susquehanna, calling its contracts illegal gambling

    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.

  34. A smartphone with a blank green screen lies on a pale desk beside a small brass clamp holding an endless loop of green ribbon.

    Markets

    Webull will let U.S. customers trade bitcoin contracts that never expire

    Starting in November, the broker will offer leveraged, no-expiry crypto contracts listed and cleared by Kalshi, beginning with bitcoin.

  35. A stack of blank share certificates and a plain gold coin linked by a looping green arrow.

    Markets

    Companies have bought nearly 136,000 bitcoin with high-yield shares, Fidelity says

    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.

  36. A white robotic arm holds a blank card above a small white payment terminal on a wooden desk, beside a tray of green tiles stopped by a clear glass divider.

    Markets

    Mastercard lets AI agents pay for services within a set budget

    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.

  37. Flat illustration: envelopes arc from a stack of white cards marked with a bank-column icon and from a stack of green cards marked with a chain-link icon into an open tray on a grey desk.

    Protocols & Policy

    Banks and crypto firms split on stablecoin copies in Treasury comments

    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.

  38. Pastel 3D illustration: a sealed glass jar packed with mint-green gems sits beside a small watering can letting only a few drops fall into a shallow dish, suggesting more locked up and a thinner reward.

    Markets

    More ether than ever is locked up, but the reward keeps shrinking

    Bitwise counts a record 43.80 million ETH staked, 35.9% of supply, while the yield fell to 2.63%; Solana's slipped too.

  39. A stack of gold bars on white marble, with a line of green glass tiles, each holding a small gold flake, stretching away from it.

    Markets

    Tokenized gold has grown fivefold to about $6 billion, industry body says

    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.

  40. Rows of grey tiles marked with green flags, a few left blank, beneath a translucent tile waiting above a dotted line.

    Protocols & Policy

    Microsoft, Alphabet and Goldman Sachs join objectors to tokenized stock copies

    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.

  41. A faceted green gem sits under a glass dome topped with a white check-mark handle, on a white pedestal in front of soft pastel-green hills with snowy peaks.

    Protocols & Policy

    Switzerland approves its first bitcoin ETF, a fund that holds the coins

    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.

  42. A cream piggy bank, a smartphone with a plain green screen, a small potted plant and a paper coffee cup sit on a light wooden counter in a bright room with large windows.

    Protocols & Policy

    Germany's savings banks start rolling out crypto trading in their banking app

    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.

  43. Flat illustration: a robotic claw lowers a glossy green hexagon into the last open slot of a long tray, past grey tiles showing cube and leaf icons.

    Markets

    JPMorgan's asset manager gives bitcoin a long-term forecast for the first time

    The 2027 Long-Term Capital Market Assumptions add a bitcoin return forecast but keep it out of the main portfolio math, citing unstable correlations.

  44. A green glass ball hangs just above a slack rope net strung between two wooden posts in a bright, sunlit white room.

    Markets

    BlackRock files for a bitcoin ETF built to limit losses

    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.

  45. A massive round steel bank vault door stands open behind a polished metal guard rail, its spoked locking wheel facing the camera, in a brightly lit room.

    Protocols & Policy

    Ramp seeks a crypto custody charter as bankers sue to block such charters

    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.

  46. Pastel 3D courtroom: an empty judge's bench with a gavel faces two lecterns, one holding a staircase of green blocks and the other a ribbon-tied bundle of folders.

    Protocols & Policy

    CFTC says CME's own volumes sink its suit over crypto perpetuals

    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.

  47. Flat illustration of a shop counter: a dotted green line runs from a wallet icon on a phone screen to a plain card payment terminal beside a grocery bag.

    Markets

    Mesh partners with Visa to make wallet crypto spendable at checkout

    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.

  48. A steel bank vault door stands open, and a row of green glass tiles leads out from it across a bright floor, with a brass key on a tile in the foreground.

    Markets

    JPMorgan puts its JPM Coin deposit token on Ethereum's main network

    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.

  49. A robotic arm lifts grey tiles off the top of a stack into a tray beside it, leaving the solid green tiles below in place, next to a blank ruler.

    Protocols & Policy

    Solana's Alpenglow upgrade will shrink its activity numbers by design

    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.

  50. A soft pastel balance scale holding a stack of pale blue blocks on one side and a stack of mint-green discs on the other, with two blank cards and a small speech-bubble shape in front.

    Protocols & Policy

    Hyperliquid-backed group urges SEC to adopt its crypto token-sale rules, with five changes

    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.

  51. A network of round nodes linked by lines, a few filled green, with three simple boxes on the left cabled into the two largest nodes.

    Markets

    Tron Inc. and BNB Standard say they will help run crypto networks

    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.

  52. Blank green-bordered certificates spread across a light wooden desk, a few set aside under a black binder clip, beside a brass stamp and a fountain pen.

    Markets

    Nine companies block tokenized copies of their shares before launch

    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.

  53. A large green arrow carries blank certificates from a tall stack back into an open cardboard box.

    Markets

    Strategy raises its preferred stock buyback to $3 billion, filing shows

    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.

  54. A row of green glass tumblers rising in height beside a white ceramic jar and a small brass weight, on a linen table in morning light.

    Markets

    Higher deposit rates slow stablecoin growth, BIS paper finds

    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.

  55. Flat illustration of a white desk at sunrise: a steaming cup of coffee, a stack of papers and a few gold coins, with the sun rising over soft green hills.

    Morning brief · Mon. Oct. 19, 8:01 a.m. ET

    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

    The CFTC’s casino-style carve-out takes effect today, and comments on it and the event-contract proposal are due Nov. 18.

  56. A pastel pink clay capsule machine full of pastel balls has its little hatch open, spilling plain gold coins, while a mint lever with a yellow knob tilts up on its side, on a peach background.

    Markets

    Pump.fun opens Hyperliquid perpetual futures to its memecoin traders

    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.

  57. Flat illustration of a desk at dusk: a teal desk lamp, a potted plant, an open newspaper, two stacks of gold coins and a closed book, under a lilac sky with a crescent moon and the sun setting behind clouds.

    Evening brief · Fri. Oct. 16, 4:36 p.m. ET

    Evening brief: CFTC event-contract rules set for Monday, bitcoin slips 0.98%, Schwab opens crypto to all eligible clients

    CFTC’s event-contract proposal and casino-style rule set for Monday’s Federal Register.

  58. Flat illustration of a smartphone on a pale desk showing a padlock and a closing door, with a dotted trail of gold coins leading to an open moving box that holds more coins and a blank key tag.

    Protocols & Policy

    Cobo will charge 2% monthly on coins left in its closing app

    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.

  59. Five small pastel vault-door tokens in mint, peach, lilac, blue and yellow are linked by one continuous green ribbon, under a sky that shifts from a morning sun to a crescent moon.

    Markets

    Jack Henry plans to bring tokenized deposits to banks via Google's ledger

    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.

  60. A teal tray full of plain gold coins sits on a pale oak table beside a stack of blank cream certificates, with a short line of loose coins leading toward it.

    Markets

    Schwab opens crypto accounts to all eligible retail clients

    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.

  61. Flat illustration of a white desk at sunrise: a steaming cup of coffee, a stack of papers and a few gold coins, with the sun rising over soft green hills.

    Morning brief · Fri. Oct. 16, 9:14 a.m. ET

    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

    MSCI names Strategy and Metaplanet among five companies it may delete under its new screen.

  62. A blank white card with a coin-ridged edge is joined by a curved green ribbon to two pastel-green coins on a pale mint background.

    Markets

    Marqeta and Coinbase team up on stablecoin-backed cards for businesses

    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.

  63. Three plain white tokens stand in a single stack on a pale wood table, between blank envelopes and an unlabeled pale-blue map.

    Protocols & Policy

    Japan's three megabanks finish a joint yen stablecoin payments test

    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.

  64. A small brass key on a loop of twine rests between a white ceramic dish and a sage-green one on a lavender surface.

    Protocols & Policy

    Network School is acquiring Farcaster, nearly nine months after Neynar bought it

    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.'

  65. A printed table with one row highlighted in yellow lies on a light oak desk beside reading glasses, a black pen and a cup of coffee.

    Markets

    MSCI adopts screen that could push Strategy out of its global indexes

    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.

  66. Pastel clay bar columns rise beside a rounded monitor showing a wavy line, with a magnifying glass, on a mint background.

    Markets

    The Chart Desk: BitMine staking, miners selling, and stablecoin supply

    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.

  67. Flat illustration of a desk at dusk: a teal desk lamp, a potted plant, an open newspaper, two stacks of gold coins and a closed book, under a lilac sky with a crescent moon and the sun setting behind clouds.

    Evening brief · Thu. Oct. 15, 4:45 p.m. ET

    Evening brief: PPI jumps 1.3%, bitcoin up 0.69%, stablecoin rails advance

    Visa Direct moves USDC prefunding from pilot to production, with Inyo Global first.

  68. A blank brass coin stands on its edge beside a brass metronome and a small spirit level on grey linen in soft daylight.

    Markets

    Bitcoin's volatility fell to 43% over the past year, Grayscale says

    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.

  69. A white tray of plain blue and white coins with thin paper strips fanning out around it on a turquoise-to-gold background.

    Markets

    Visa Direct takes USDC prefunding live, with Inyo Global first

    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.

  70. A pale blue frosted glass pebble beside a short stack of plain silver coins and a sprig of lingonberries on a white background.

    Protocols & Policy

    Sweden's Riksbank asks lawmakers to prepare for a possible digital krona

    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.

  71. A plain green coin stands on a curved teal toy rail where it meets three straight rails in orange, coral and blue, on a pale-yellow background.

    Markets

    Cross River Bank adds Ripple's RLUSD stablecoin as a payment rail

    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.

  72. A green seedling grows from a terracotta pot topped with coins, beside four stacks of plain coins that rise in height on a pale grey background.

    Protocols & Policy

    Arbitrum Foundation offers ARB incentives to apps that adopt USDG

    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.

  73. Five plain coins in coral, yellow, green, blue and lilac sit in a row under a blank white card on a coral-to-teal background.

    Markets

    Stripe expands stablecoin-backed cards to five currencies, Plasma signs on

    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.

  74. Empty oak display shelves in a bright shop, with a single parcel wrapped in brown paper and twine on the counter.

    Protocols & Policy

    Ledger orders resellers to keep wallets off shelves after implant attack

    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.

  75. A phone-shaped slab split in two, with colored squares on a dark half and a gold chip on a teal metal half, on a lilac-to-mint background.

    Markets

    Solana Mobile names Ledger first hardware partner for $849 Ledger Atom

    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.

  76. Blank gold discs sit along a stepped teal track that leads to three softly lit frosted cubes on a light grey background.

    Markets

    Tether invests in AIsa, a payments platform for AI agents

    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.

  77. A round disc of white and pale-blue tiles with thin white threads running from its edge to a small brass ball, on a light-blue background.

    Markets

    Ripple Prime opens real-world-asset perpetual swaps to institutions, Virtu among clients

    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.

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    Markets

    Mastercard and BVNK launch a single platform for fiat and stablecoins

    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.

  79. A long, empty oak hearing table with a stack of bound documents and a single desk microphone, lined with pale chairs in a bright white room.

    Protocols & Policy

    Australia's ASIC proposes custody, trading and capital rules for crypto platforms

    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.

  80. Flat illustration of a white desk at sunrise: a steaming cup of coffee, a stack of papers and a few gold coins, with the sun rising over soft green hills.

    Morning brief · Thu. Oct. 15, 7:59 a.m. ET

    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

    Riot moves its digital-asset and cash custody from NYDIG to BitGo.

  81. A row of red-orange glass tiles on a sunlit cream surface, with two loose tiles waiting at one end.

    Markets

    Tron Inc. sets up $200 million at-the-market stock sale with Clear Street

    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.

  82. A level brass balance scale on sage-green fabric, with plain coins wrapped in a chain and an open padlock in one pan and a sealed white envelope in the other.

    Markets

    Metaplanet sells zero-coupon converts to shrink its bitcoin-backed loan

    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.

  83. A stack of clear pale-blue glass discs on a light-grey surface, with one disc lifted away above it.

    Markets

    VanEck withdraws filing for its Lido Staked Ethereum ETF

    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.

  84. A row of clear glass jars of stacked pastel tiles on a pale stone counter, with a thin brass rail running in front of them.

    Markets

    Federated Hermes picks Prometheum broker-dealers to distribute tokenized funds

    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.

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    Markets

    Riot Platforms moves crypto custody from NYDIG to BitGo Bank

    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.

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    Evening brief · Wed. Oct. 14, 4:29 p.m. ET

    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

    EBA classifies Circle’s USDC as the EU’s first significant e-money token under MiCA.

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    Protocols & Policy

    EU banking regulator names USDC first significant e-money token

    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.

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    Protocols & Policy

    Brooklyn prosecutors and FBI dismantle crypto scam network aimed at Russian speakers

    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.

  89. A gold coin locked in a clear glass cube on a white platform beside a second, empty platform.

    Protocols & Policy

    Babylon proposes native bitcoin as collateral on Aave V4

    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.

  90. A brass balance scale weighing a basket of groceries against stacks of gold coins on a peach surface.

    Markets

    Hot September CPI lifts hike odds as bitcoin and ether slide

    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.

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    Protocols & Policy

    Coins.ph says Philippine central bank ordered tighter controls; peso deposits shut

    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.

  92. A ring of silver coins around a single gold coin on a blue surface.

    Markets

    Bank-backed Qivalis says it won Dutch e-money licence for euro stablecoin

    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.

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    Protocols & Policy

    Ledger pulls devices in seven Asian markets, finds no tampering in Germany

    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.

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    Markets

    Bastion demands $3.50 SkyAI tender price, disclosure of solana sales

    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.

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    Markets

    Standard Chartered launches bitcoin and ether trading through UAE bank accounts

    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.

  96. A frosted-glass screen partly hiding a stack of gold coins beside two blank white dice on a periwinkle surface.

    Protocols & Policy

    StarkWare's OffMarket lets Polymarket traders hide which wallet funds their bets

    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.

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    Markets

    DriveWealth taps Ripple's RLUSD for settlement, starting in Europe

    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.

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    Protocols & Policy

    Perpetuals.com files notice for 24/7 tokenized-stock venue under SEC exemption

    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.

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    Markets

    Binance adds BlackBerry, MongoDB, Penguin and Ultra VIX bStocks to spot and margin collateral

    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.

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    Protocols & Policy

    Polygon Labs completes Coinme purchase, gaining 37 U.S. money-transmitter licences

    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.

  101. A pile of plain silver coins spread out into several neat stacks on a pale-yellow surface.

    Markets

    Evernorth names Ripple, Kraken, Coinbase and BitGo to deploy XRP treasury

    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.

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    Markets

    Kraken parent Payward signs deal to buy Lithuania's Saldo Bank

    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.

  103. A clear glass box of mixed gold, silver and copper coins with a brass key beside it on a sky-blue surface.

    Protocols & Policy

    Cboe BZX opens a generic path for options on multi-crypto trusts

    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.

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    Protocols & Policy

    Amber scraps WhaleFin deal; Hong Kong exchange licence bid to be withdrawn

    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.

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    Protocols & Policy

    OCC says all nine largest banks had debanking policies, crypto among targets

    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.

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    Markets

    Strive buys 2,822 bitcoin; warrant exercises expected to raise $369.2 million

    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.

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    Markets

    BlackRock digital-asset ETFs draw $7.9 billion in third-quarter net inflows

    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.

  108. Flat illustration of a white desk at sunrise: a steaming cup of coffee, a stack of papers and a few gold coins, with the sun rising over soft green hills.

    Morning brief · Wed. Oct. 14, 8:00 a.m. ET

    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

    Strive files a $500 million, 15% preferred to buy bitcoin.

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    Markets

    Cipher Digital prices $850 million zero-coupon convertible notes at 35% premium

    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.

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    Protocols & Policy

    CFTC opens comment on rules for leveraged retail crypto trading

    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.

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    Evening brief · Tue. Oct. 13, 4:29 p.m. ET

    Evening brief: Strategy sets preferred-dividend start dates ahead of the Oct. 28 vote, and Cipher Digital proposes an $850 million convert

    Strategy sets preferred-dividend start dates; voting closes Oct. 27.

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    Markets

    Wells Fargo helps form bank stablecoin venture as peers talk tokenized deposits

    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.

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    Markets

    BitMine says it holds 4.9% of all ether, 84% of it staked

    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.

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    Protocols & Policy

    Ondo says it passed $3 billion in tokenized Treasuries as its USDY edges past BlackRock's BUIDL

    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.

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    Protocols & Policy

    NFL tells Supreme Court Kalshi's sports contracts are not swaps, backing New Jersey

    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.

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    Protocols & Policy

    Strategy says big-bank bitcoin adoption rose to 34% in its own index

    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.

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    Protocols & Policy

    Kraken says it has full market approval from Dubai's crypto regulator

    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.

  118. A wooden judge's gavel resting beside a gold coin on a white marble surface.

    Markets

    UK court rules Chinese law governs claims to more than 61,000 seized bitcoin

    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.

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    Markets

    Citi cuts Securitize to neutral, raises target to $14, The Fly reports

    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.

  120. A clear glass funnel on a white surface with gold coins spilling out of its spout.

    Markets

    Fidelity and ARK drove last week's $679 million bitcoin-fund outflow as BlackRock's fund ended flat, Farside data show

    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.

  121. A small brushed-steel vault capsule closing over a single gold coin on a mint-green surface.

    Protocols & Policy

    Justin Drake calls for a 'bunker mode' move to fresh crypto addresses, citing AI math gains

    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.

  122. A stacked cream-coloured cone shape, like a skep, on a teal background.

    Protocols & Policy

    Le Coin analysis: A credit card routing bill could give banks a reason to pick a stablecoin lane, or a lane nobody uses

    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.

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    Markets

    Strategy spent $176.3M buying back STRC last week, against $28.7M on bitcoin

    The company added 334 BTC to reach 848,000, bought back its own preferred stock, and called a vote on daily dividends.

  124. A manila file folder with a red stripe being pulled from a grey metal filing cabinet.

    Protocols & Policy

    FinCEN withdraws pending crypto reporting proposals on unhosted wallets and mixers

    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.

  125. Designed card with the words Library and Arbitrum.

    Learning Hub

    Arbitrum

    Arbitrum is a family of Ethereum layer-2 (L2) chains and the software that runs them.

  126. Designed card with the words Library and Chainlink.

    Learning Hub

    Chainlink

    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.

  127. Designed card with the words Library and EigenLayer.

    Learning Hub

    EigenLayer

    EigenLayer is a set of smart contracts on Ethereum that lets people "restake" assets to secure other services.

  128. Designed card with the words Library and Ethereum.

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    Ethereum

    Ethereum is a public blockchain that runs smart contracts, which ethereum.org defines as programs that run on the Ethereum blockchain.

  129. Designed card with the words Library and Hyperliquid.

    Learning Hub

    Hyperliquid (core)

    Hyperliquid is a layer-one blockchain built around an onchain exchange.

  130. Designed card with the words Library and HIP-4.

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    Hyperliquid HIP-4: outcome markets

    HIP-4 is the fourth Hyperliquid Improvement Proposal.

  131. Designed card with the words Library and LayerZero.

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    LayerZero

    LayerZero is a messaging protocol that lets smart contracts on one blockchain send messages to contracts on another.

  132. Designed card with the words Library and NEAR.

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    NEAR Protocol

    NEAR Protocol is a proof-of-stake layer-1 blockchain.

  133. Designed card with the words Library and Robinhood Chain.

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    Robinhood Chain

    Robinhood Chain is an Ethereum layer-2 (L2) blockchain built by Robinhood Markets using Arbitrum technology.

  134. Learning Hub

    Bitcoin, explained: the rules in its code and who can change them

    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.

  135. Learning Hub

    Tokenized Treasuries, explained: fund shares with a blockchain register

    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.

  136. Learning Hub

    Tether's USDT: what backs the dollar token and who can redeem it

    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.

  137. Learning Hub

    Wallets and custody, explained: who holds the keys

    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.

  138. Learning Hub

    Rollups, explained: how Base settles on Ethereum

    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.

  139. Learning Hub

    Aave and lending risk, explained: how loans get liquidated

    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.

  140. Learning Hub

    Polymarket and Kalshi side by side: how two prediction markets work

    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.

  141. Learning Hub

    Uniswap and AMMs, explained: trading against a formula

    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.

  142. Learning Hub

    Staking, explained: running a validator alone or through a pool

    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.

  143. Learning Hub

    Ethena's USDe, explained: a dollar token built from hedged crypto

    How Ethena says its synthetic dollar holds its value, where the backing sits, and the risks Ethena itself lists.

  144. Learning Hub

    MEV explained: who profits from the order of Ethereum transactions

    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.

  145. Learning Hub

    How Ethereum upgrades happen: from proposal to hard fork

    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.

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    Solana

    Solana is a proof-of-stake blockchain.

  147. Designed card with the words Library and USDC.

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    USDC

    USDC is a dollar token issued by Circle Internet Financial, LLC, and runs on many blockchains.

  148. Flat illustration of a white desk at sunrise: a steaming cup of coffee, a stack of papers and a few gold coins, with the sun rising over soft green hills.

    Morning brief · Wed. Oct. 7, 8:00 a.m. ET

    Morning brief: bitcoin, ether and solana lower overnight, and the Fed's minutes at 2 p.m. ET

    The SEC’s order on 3x bitcoin and ether funds is in today’s Federal Register.

  149. Flat illustration of a white desk at sunrise: a steaming cup of coffee, a stack of papers and a few gold coins, with the sun rising over soft green hills.

    Morning brief · Tue. Oct. 13, 8:00 a.m. ET

    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

    CFTC crypto ANPRM publishes; Dec. 14 comment clock is live.

  150. Flat illustration of a white desk at sunrise: a steaming cup of coffee, a stack of papers and a few gold coins, with the sun rising over soft green hills.

    Morning brief · Mon. Oct. 12, 8:54 a.m. ET

    Morning brief: bitcoin, ether and solana rise into Columbus Day, and the CFTC proposes treating event contracts as swaps

    CFTC proposes event contracts as swaps.

  151. Flat illustration of a desk at dusk: a teal desk lamp, a potted plant, an open newspaper, two stacks of gold coins and a closed book, under a lilac sky with a crescent moon and the sun setting behind clouds.

    Evening brief · Mon. Oct. 12, 4:53 p.m. ET

    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

    Evernorth closes its first Nasdaq session as Evernorth at $16.91 after touching $19.38.

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    Protocols & Policy

    Kalshi and Polymarket US self-certify new contracts without prior CFTC approval

    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.

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    Markets

    Figure's loan marketplace volume rose 20% in Q3, by its preliminary count. YLDS outstanding fell 9%.

    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.

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    Markets

    Securitize's new tokenized stocks are broker-held entitlements, by the company's own account

    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.

  155. A small black hardware device beside a broken silver padlock, its shackle snapped off, on a white table.

    Protocols & Policy

    Ledger confirms implant in CryptoBilis-sold device as Bitquery counts $93.2 million stolen

    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.

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    Markets

    ICE-backed venue details tokenized-stock trading as Samsung Wallet plans stablecoin transfers

    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.

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    Markets

    Standard Chartered starts custody of Ripple's dollar stablecoin and plans an LMAX collateral link, bank says

    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.

  158. An ornate share certificate on an orange background with a trail of copper coins.

    Markets

    Bybit starts selling real US shares for a dollar stablecoin through Alpaca, exchange says

    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.

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    Protocols & Policy

    DTCC says its tokenization service for a depository holding over $114 trillion is due this month

    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.

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    Protocols & Policy

    Bank of Korea governor says won-stablecoin issuers will be bank-led, with banks holding 50% plus one, 'as agreed'

    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.