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  <description>Solana (SOL). Le Coin. News on every corner: crypto, DeFi, and beyond. Every story names a primary source, a time and a hash.</description>
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    <title>J.P. Morgan's asset manager puts two cash funds on Solana</title>
    <link>https://lecoin.news/protocols-policy/2026-10-22-jpmam-mony-jltxx-solana/</link>
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    <description>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.</description>
    <category>Protocols &amp; Policy</category>
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    <pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2026 16:33:35 -0400</pubDate>
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    <title>Solana payments now aim to settle for good in under a second</title>
    <link>https://lecoin.news/protocols-policy/solana-alpenglow-live-2026-10-21/</link>
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    <description>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.</description>
    <category>Protocols &amp; Policy</category>
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    <pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2026 17:25:46 -0400</pubDate>
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    <title>Securitize says Solana is now its largest network</title>
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    <description>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.</description>
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    <pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2026 17:18:28 -0400</pubDate>
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    <title>Evening brief: OCC finalizes its GENIUS Act stablecoin rule, Standard Chartered agrees to buy Zodia Custody, bitcoin ends 2.36% above Tuesday</title>
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    <description>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.</description>
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    <pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2026 16:31:45 -0400</pubDate>
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    <title>Noah says it will power Western Union's stablecoin payouts</title>
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    <description>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.</description>
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    <pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2026 13:13:21 -0400</pubDate>
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    <title>Morning brief: Malaysia's central bank opens a tokenized bond depository as solana's Alpenglow upgrade nears</title>
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    <description>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.</description>
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    <pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2026 09:36:56 -0400</pubDate>
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    <title>Evening brief: FINMA approves Switzerland's first bitcoin ETF, Strive closes $630 million preferred sale, bitcoin ends 0.86% above Monday</title>
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    <description>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.</description>
    <category>Briefs</category>
    <category>published</category>
    <pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2026 16:27:26 -0400</pubDate>
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    <title>More ether than ever is locked up, but the reward keeps shrinking</title>
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    <description>Bitwise counts a record 43.80 million ETH staked, 35.9% of supply, while the yield fell to 2.63%; Solana's slipped too.</description>
    <category>Markets</category>
    <category>published</category>
    <pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2026 13:16:25 -0400</pubDate>
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    <title>Morning brief: JPMorgan's asset arm gives bitcoin a long-term forecast</title>
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    <description>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.</description>
    <category>Briefs</category>
    <category>published</category>
    <pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2026 06:35:04 -0400</pubDate>
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    <title>Evening brief: JPMorgan lists JPM Coin on Ethereum, Mesh and Visa plan wallet spending, bitcoin ends 0.36% above Friday</title>
    <link>https://lecoin.news/briefs/evening-brief-2026-10-19/</link>
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    <description>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.</description>
    <category>Briefs</category>
    <category>published</category>
    <pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2026 18:18:49 -0400</pubDate>
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    <title>Solana's Alpenglow upgrade will shrink its activity numbers by design</title>
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    <description>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.</description>
    <category>Protocols &amp; Policy</category>
    <category>published</category>
    <pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2026 10:14:01 -0400</pubDate>
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    <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</title>
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    <description>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.</description>
    <category>Briefs</category>
    <category>published</category>
    <pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2026 08:01:14 -0400</pubDate>
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    <title>Evening brief: CFTC event-contract rules set for Monday, bitcoin slips 0.98%, Schwab opens crypto to all eligible clients</title>
    <link>https://lecoin.news/briefs/evening-brief-2026-10-16/</link>
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    <description>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.</description>
    <category>Briefs</category>
    <category>published</category>
    <pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2026 16:36:34 -0400</pubDate>
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    <title>Evening brief: PPI jumps 1.3%, bitcoin up 0.69%, stablecoin rails advance</title>
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    <description>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.</description>
    <category>Briefs</category>
    <category>published</category>
    <pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2026 16:45:46 -0400</pubDate>
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    <title>Solana Mobile Names Ledger First Hardware Partner for $849 Ledger Atom</title>
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    <description>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.</description>
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    <category>published</category>
    <pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2026 09:24:51 -0400</pubDate>
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    <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</title>
    <link>https://lecoin.news/briefs/evening-brief-2026-10-14/</link>
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    <description>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.</description>
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    <pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2026 16:29:13 -0400</pubDate>
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    <title>Bastion Demands $3.50 SkyAI Tender Price, Disclosure of Solana Sales</title>
    <link>https://lecoin.news/markets/2026-10-14-skyai-bastion-sol-tender/</link>
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    <description>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.</description>
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    <pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2026 13:16:09 -0400</pubDate>
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    <title>Evening brief: Strategy sets preferred-dividend start dates ahead of the Oct. 28 vote, and Cipher Digital proposes an $850 million convert</title>
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    <description>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.</description>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2026 16:29:09 -0400</pubDate>
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    <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</title>
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    <description>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.</description>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2026 08:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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    <title>Solana</title>
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    <description>Solana is a proof-of-stake blockchain.</description>
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    <pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2026 22:05:12 -0400</pubDate>
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    <title>Morning brief: bitcoin, ether and solana rise into Columbus Day, and the CFTC proposes treating event contracts as swaps</title>
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    <description>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.</description>
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    <pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2026 08:54:16 -0400</pubDate>
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    <title>ICE-Backed Venue Details Tokenized-Stock Trading as Samsung Wallet Plans Stablecoin Transfers</title>
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    <description>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.</description>
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    <pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2026 02:19:01 -0400</pubDate>
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    <title>Securitize's new tokenized stocks are broker-held entitlements, by the company's own account</title>
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    <description>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.</description>
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    <pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2026 19:50:00 -0400</pubDate>
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    <title>Morning brief: bitcoin, ether and solana lower overnight, and the Fed's minutes at 2 p.m. ET</title>
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    <description>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.</description>
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    <pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2026 08:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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