Stablecoins
Coinbase sets 3-day MiCA deadline for USDT, PayPal and Trump-linked stablecoins
European customers holding 14 restricted crypto assets face automatic conversions on Oct. 30, while deposits made afterward could become unrecoverable.
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Stablecoins
Coinbase to drop this Japanese yen stablecoin years after its price crash sparked investor lawsuits
The roughly $13 million yen-backed stablecoin is nearing the end of its wind-down, following a 2021 trading controversy and a $6.75 million settlement with its issuer.
Stablecoins
Stablecoins moved $891 billion in a quarter after exchanges and bots were excluded
Coinbase-commissioned research measures filtered transfers, while its separate after-hours statistic covers a different period and includes automation.
Quantum
Quantum-proof Bitcoin signatures would clog network nodes with 10x larger data
Coinbase’s Bitcoin quantum preparation push puts SHRINCS recovery and signing counters under scrutiny, with larger fallback signatures.
Exchanges
Kazakhstan shuts down mobile access to 6 major crypto exchanges
September orders bind Apple and Google upon service and target unauthorized services in the AIFC.
Stablecoins
Tether loses nearly $5 billion across crypto exchanges as USDC and RLUSD rivals pay to win liquidity
Major trading venues are shifting stablecoin balances as issuers offer increasingly lucrative incentives, even as USDT retains 84% of measured payment activity.
Derivatives
SEC approves Coinbase earnings bets that stay settled when the numbers change
Cboe's rules cover Coinbase trading volume and MARA Bitcoin output, with separate procedures for missing or delayed figures.
Exchanges
84 million XRP added to exchange wallets as price slipped toward $1.30
The same 699 tracked wallets added 83.94 million XRP across the October 12–15 snapshot window, an increase of about 0.38%.
Liquidations
Machi loses $269,000 on ETH, then opens another long seven minutes later
Hyperliquid force-liquidated 1,650 ETH early on Oct. 15, and the tracked wallet held a new 2,500 ETH long by 13:16 BST.
AI
AI agents keep coming back for crypto as x402 wallet refill rate surges to 89%
Chainalysis reports rising repeat funding among active wallets, while median time to first payment has collapsed from 73 days to just 18 minutes.
Stablecoins
US deposit rates choke USDC adoption, and a BIS model reveals why
Historical estimates point to stronger USDC growth sensitivity to deposit repricing, while exchange rewards complicate adoption forecasts.
AI
Newer AI models missed more payment fraud in Coinbase’s benchmark
A fixed historical replay found weaker fraud coverage across three model upgrades, while GPT’s precision improved.
