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Japan’s three megabanks, Mizuho, MUFG and SMBC, announced on October 16 that they completed a joint yen stablecoin pilot for cross-border payments, conducted in July. The test points to a new model for bank-issued digital money, with real transactions targeted…
Elon Musk lost his Guinness ranking crown, and the Coinbase CEO who finished last now offers the winner a younger liver via his biotech NewLimit.
More than 5,000 attendees from over 130 countries, 150+ exhibitors and 120+ speakers came together at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre on Oct. 8-9, turning two days of industry discussions into new opportunities across trading, fintech and financial…
Firelight’s first major exchange integration brings programmatic onchain cover to a Kraken USDC vault. Firelight, an onchain cover-enablement protocol for DeFi, today announced its integration with Kraken Protected Strategies USDC on Kraken DeFi Earn, bringing built-in protection to one of…
Trading is no longer a solo journey, according to several key cryptocurrency opinion leaders (KOLs) who took part in an exclusive talk show hosted by Bitunix, a cryptocurrency exchange, and BeInCrypto at TOKEN2049 Singapore. The interviews were recorded on October…
Bitcoin (BTC) wallets holding between 10 and 10,000 BTC have climbed to 20,338, an all-time high, according to Santiment. The count has risen sharply since mid-July, even as BTC’s price swung repeatedly through the same stretch. Bitcoin’s Deep-Pocketed Wallets Keep…
A suspected scammer who lost roughly $4.8 million in a Ledger wallet drain has become the unlikely face of the wider $100 million Ledger theft. The twist is that the stolen money was itself stolen, turning a scam story into…
The Solana Shanghai event stalled as officers blocked entry for over an hour. CZ says the same thing happened in China less than a year ago.
DAC Head of Innovation Davide Costa joins discussions on quantum computing and blockchain security at the Digital Innovation Forum 2026, ahead of a major milestone in Italy’s quantum technology ambitions. DAC, a quantum-resistant Layer-1 blockchain project, has highlighted the growing…
September was the month crypto took three hits that were supposed to break it and kept climbing anyway. A Federal Reserve rate hike, a failed Senate vote on the CLARITY Act, and the worst month for hacks of 2026 all…
Bitcoin Google searches sank to a 6-year low. Willy Woo calls it a buy signal, but traders now drive the data.
BlackRock CEO Larry Fink has flagged a different risk in the artificial intelligence (AI) boom. He warns that government deficits and tech-heavy private demand are competing for limited capital, which could make borrowing more expensive for homebuyers and businesses. In…
