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Ripple and Meritz Securities Partner on South Korea Tokenization Plans
Ripple has partnered with Meritz Securities to explore institutional digital asset custody and tokenization in South Korea, marking its first collaboration with a Korean securities firm. The agreement will initially...
Higher Bank Rates Are Slowing Stablecoin Growth, With USDC Hit Hardest: BIS
Rising US deposit rates are slowing stablecoin growth, and Circle’s USDC is feeling the squeeze far more than Tether’s USDT, according to a working paper released this month by the...
Bitcoin Holds Above $83K as US and Asian Stocks Face Renewed Selling
Bitcoin held near $83,000 as sharp losses across Asian equities and renewed pressure on US technology stocks raised questions about the direction of global risk markets. The contrast has drawn...
CLARITY Act: Lummis Slams Democrats Over Digital Commodity Protections
U.S. Senator Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) has criticized Senate Democrats for abandoning the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act (CLARITY Act), despite the bill incorporating several of their demands. According to Lummis,...
24 Hour Crypto Recap: Here’s What Happened in the Market
The global crypto market cap rose 1.2% to $2.91 trillion over the past 24 hours. Bitcoin traded at $83,349.20, up 2.3% on the day and down 2.7% over the past...
CFTC Seeks Public Input on New Framework for Leveraged Crypto Trading
The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) is asking the public how federal commodities laws should apply to leveraged crypto trades and digital asset trading platforms. A proposal published in...
Bank of England’s Sarah Breeden Says There’s No Rush for Digital Pound
The Bank of England sees no immediate need to introduce a digital pound, with Deputy Governor for Financial Stability Sarah Breeden pointing to stablecoins and tokenized bank deposits as potential...
Finance Minister Rules Out Immediate STT Cut: Will India’s Budget Give Active Traders Relief?
On October 13, 2026, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman declined to commit immediately to cutting the Securities Transaction Tax (STT) or changing the Long-Term Capital Gains (LTCG) tax, while acknowledging the...
Crypto Backlash Grows Over French Proposal for €100K Wallet Reporting
The French government proposed a law that would make crypto holders report any self-custody wallet holding €100,000 ($112,000) or more. This sparked backlash from people in the crypto world, who...
Is XRPN the Next Catalyst for XRP — or Just Another Way to Gain Exposure?
Evernorth Holdings began trading under the ticker XRPN on October 12 after merging with Armada Acquisition Corp. II. The company entered the market holding about 473 million XRP and raised...
Ledger Reveals How CryptoBilis Wallet Implants Stole Recovery Phrases
Ledger has revealed how an unauthorized hardware implant inside crypto wallets sold by Southeast Asian reseller CryptoBilis could capture users’ 24-word recovery phrases and transmit them over cellular networks. The...
Reddit Activity Fell Amid Yandex Strikes — Russian Bots or Coincidence?
Reddit activity declined across several platforms following Ukrainian drone strikes on Russian data centers operated by Yandex, prompting claims that the attacks disrupted Russian disinformation bots. However, data shared by...
International Day for Failure (Oct 13th): Bitcoin’s Journey From Less Than a Cent to $126K Proves Why Trying Was Never a Failure
Over the last couple of years, Bitcoin has had a remarkable journey, having travelled far from its early days, when it was just a few cents. It has survived major...
Crypto Trader Realist Loses $800,000 in Shocking UK Home Invasion
Crypto trader Realist on X said armed robbers broke into his home in the UK, tied him up with tape, and forced him to hand over about $800,000 in crypto...
Standard Chartered Adds RLUSD Custody, Plans LMAX Collateral Support
Standard Chartered announced that eligible institutional clients can now keep RLUSD, issued on the XRP Ledger, in its digital asset custody. The service runs through the bank’s branch in the...
South Korea Extends Crypto Crackdown From Apps to Websites, Blocking 27 Exchanges
South Korea has cut domestic access to 27 crypto exchange websites that never registered with its financial intelligence regulator. MEXC, KuCoin, Phemex, XT.com and Bitrue are on the list, along...
95% of India’s Crypto Trading Is Offshore: Can Tax Reforms Bring It Back?
India’s crypto tax rules are under fresh scrutiny as more trading takes place on offshore platforms. A new report from the TIOL Knowledge Foundation says that the offshore exchanges accounted...
US Dollar Demand Rises as Fed’s Hammack Warns Inflation May Persist
The US dollar has climbed to its highest level since April 2025, with investors weighing geopolitical risks and the possibility of tighter Federal Reserve policy. The Dollar Index (DXY) reached...
India’s Bond Yields Hit 3-Year High: Will Inflation Pressure RBI?
India’s benchmark 10-year government bond yield has climbed to a three-year high of 7.391%, rising despite the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) hiking its repo rate to 5.50%. Rising inflation...
24 Hour Crypto Recap: Here’s What Happened in the Market
The global crypto market cap fell 1.1% to $2.87 trillion over the past 24 hours. Bitcoin traded at $82,847.56, down 0.8% on the day and 3.2% over the past week....
Australia Seeks 10-Year CFD Curbs After Traders Lose $458 Million
Australian retail traders lost more than $458 million on contracts for difference (CFDs) in the 2023–24 financial year. The losses have prompted the country’s financial regulator to seek another 10...
Aptos Launches Encrypted Mempool to Curb MEV and Protect Transactions
Aptos has launched an encrypted mempool on its mainnet to reduce maximal extractable value (MEV), which allows bots to profit by exploiting pending blockchain transactions. Announced on October 12, the...
Polkadot Puts dotUSD at the Center of Its User Growth Strategy
Polkadot is prioritizing user adoption through a new strategy proposed in its OpenGov governance system on October 12. The plan places dotUSD at the center of efforts to attract users,...
U.S. Midterm Elections Are Approaching: What Does This Mean for Bitcoin?
Bitcoin is approaching a potential market bottom in October as investors assess economic conditions ahead of the U.S. midterm elections. The U.S. midterm elections, scheduled for November 3, could influence...
Morgan Stanley’s $10T RWA Forecast: Which Cryptos Will Benefit by 2030?
Morgan Stanley’s head of digital asset strategy, Amy Oldenburg, expects the tokenized real-world asset (RWA) market to hit somewhere between $3 trillion and $10 trillion by 2030. Her forecast points...
