Tag: October 2026

Bybit says its Dubai entity has secured a VARA virtual-asset service provider licence covering spot exchange activity; derivatives permission remains ...

BTCC Reports $387 Billion In Futures Trading As TradFi-Linked Contracts Grow

Crypto exchange BTCC says quarterly futures volume reached $387 billion and its TradFi-linked trading category increased to $16.3 billion, based ...

Bitdeer Reports 1,355 Bitcoin Mined In September While Building AI Capacity

Bitdeer says its September Bitcoin production reached 1,355 BTC, highlighting the miner’s expanding hash rate alongside separate data-center and AI-service ...

NIP Group Signs Bitcoin Miner Purchase To Add 4.47 Exahash Of Capacity

NIP Group has agreed to purchase already deployed Bitcoin mining machines with about 4.47 EH/s of hash rate, subject to ...

JPMorgan Expands Tokenized Money Market Funds To Solana

J.P. Morgan Asset Management says qualified U.S. investors can now access MONY and JLTXX tokenized money market funds on Solana ...

Bitwise Dogecoin ETF Reaches Scheduled Liquidation As Holders Face Cash Redemption

Bitwise’s BWOW Dogecoin ETF reached its announced October 22 liquidation distribution date, with remaining shareholders due cash based on the ...

Swiss Regulator Approves First Domestic Spot Bitcoin ETF Under Fund Law

Switzerland’s FINMA has authorized a Bitcoin ETF structured as a Swiss-law public investment fund; the approval differs from older exchange-traded ...

Solayer Pay Adds Five Blockchain Networks For Direct Stablecoin Card Deposits

Solayer Pay says its card app now accepts supported stablecoin deposits from Solana, Ethereum, Arbitrum, BNB Chain and Base without ...

CMCC Global Plans Tokenized Bitcoin Funds With Tether And Bitfinex Securities

CMCC Global is bringing two existing fund strategies into tokenized securities issued through Tether’s Hadron infrastructure and Bitfinex Securities under ...

US Senator Questions Tether Over Reported Payments Linked To Former Crypto Adviser

Senator Richard Blumenthal has demanded records from Tether and consultancy Nxum over reported payments and potential ethics concerns; the inquiry ...

Crypto Industry Group Pushes Congress For Small-Payment Tax Relief And Clearer Rules

The Blockchain Association has asked congressional leaders to advance bipartisan crypto tax changes, including a de minimis exemption and revised ...

Starknet Vote Backs Research Into A Post-Quantum Layer-1 Future

A non-binding Starknet governance poll ended with 93.52% supporting research into an independent post-quantum L1; no chain migration has been ...

Dune Adds Real-Time Spot And Perpetual Trade Feeds Across On-Chain Markets

Dune has launched normalized real-time feeds for spot and perpetual DEX trades, designed to help institutional desks compare fragmented blockchain-market ...

Uniswap Starts Routing External DEX Liquidity Through V4 Aggregator Hooks

Uniswap has switched on Aggregator Hooks in its web app and API across Ethereum, Base and Robinhood Chain, bringing outside ...

Irish Central Bank Fines Coinbase Unit €3.25 Million Over Customer Fund Safeguards

Ireland’s central bank imposed a €3.25 million penalty on Coinbase Ireland over electronic-money safeguarding and outsourcing failings, subject to High ...

SoFi Launches Yield-Bearing Tokenized Bank Deposit With Stablecoin Conversion

SoFi says its new SOFIE tokenized deposit represents money held at SoFi Bank, advertises 4.40% APY subject to terms, and ...

Ethereum Delays Glamsterdam Test On Hoodi Over Smart Contract Compatibility Questions

Ethereum developers have removed the planned October 26 Glamsterdam activation on Hoodi while they investigate EIP-8037 interactions with existing contracts; ...

Chainlink And LG CNS Target South Korean Banks With Digital Asset Infrastructure Deal

Chainlink and LG CNS are partnering on oracle and cross-chain infrastructure aimed at South Korea’s financial institutions; the announcement is ...

HSBC Brings Hong Kong Dollar Stablecoin To PayMe As Retail Rollout Begins