BITCOIN

Canton Enters South Korea as Meritz Eyes Tokenized Finance Deals

Key Takeaways Canton Foundation and Meritz Securities signed an MoU on Oct. 15 to explore tokenization in Korea. Meritz Securities

Bastion Opposes SkyAI Tender After 70% of Solana Treasury Sold

Key Takeaways Bastion Trading opposes SkyAI’s $201M tender and questions the sale of roughly 70% of its SOL. The 9.99%

Brazil’s CVM Tests Tokenized Securities Market in New Pilot Program – Bitcoin News

Key Takeaways Brazil’s CVM launched Resolution 249 to test simulated tokenized stock trading on blockchain networks. The trial aims to

Bitcoin, Ether ETFs Lose $391M as Single-Day Rebound Vanishes

Bitcoin ETFs Shed $261M as Fidelity, BlackRock Reverse Course Tuesday’s institutional rebound lasted less than a day. Bitcoin ETFs lost

Mastercard Brings Stablecoins to Millions of Retail Checkouts

Key Takeaways Mastercard’s new platform connects stablecoin balances to hundreds of millions of merchant locations. BVNK and Mastercard combine fiat

Tether Paid a Firm Owned by a Former White House Crypto Official, WSJ – Bitcoin News

Key Takeaways Tether reportedly paid approximately $6.3 million to Nxum, a consulting firm partly owned by Bo Hines. Bo Hines

CRYPTO

Bitcoin Could Jump 50% If Developers Agree on Quantum Plan: Capriole CEO

Bitcoin developers have a six-to-12-month window to establish a quantum-security plan before the threat weighs more heavily on value.

Ripple signs Cross River deal to bring RLUSD into core banking

Ripple has signed an agreement with Cross River Bank to connect its RLUSD stablecoin to a single banking platform for

STRK Holders Weigh Starknet’s Post-Quantum Future

Starknet asked STRK holders, through a community pool, whether the network should explore becoming an independent post-quantum Layer 1 (L1);

ALTCOINS

Under-the-Radar Altcoins Cap, Grass and Starknet Witness Surge in Network Growth, Topping All Crypto Projects: Santiment

Three under-the-radar altcoin projects outpaced the rest of the digital asset sector in terms of recent network growth, according to

Crypto Wallet Ledger Now Lets Users Borrow Stablecoins Against Their Bitcoin Without Giving Up Self-Custody

Crypto hardware wallet maker Ledger is rolling out a new feature that lets users borrow stablecoins against their Bitcoin (BTC)

America’s Sixth-Largest Bank Launches Dollar-Backed Stablecoin for Cross-Border Transfers

A major billion-dollar bank is executing a live pilot of its proprietary dollar-backed stablecoin on a public blockchain to move

CoinEx Crypto Exchange Is Shutting Down Three Years After Exiting US Market – Here’s the Deadline for Withdrawals

A cryptocurrency exchange is closing its doors after nearly a decade in business. CoinEx, which has its operating headquarters in

Visa Says Bank-Level Fraud Protection and Deposit Insurance Could Unlock US Stablecoin Adoption

Visa is releasing a new report showing how bank-level protections could significantly boost American interest in using stablecoins to send

Stablecoin Cross-Border Flows Surge 78% to $220,300,000,000 Amid Crypto Bear Market

Cross-border stablecoin transfers are surging nearly 78 percent over the past year even as the broader crypto market experiences a

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