Binance is exploring ways to give users exposure to leading stocks in markets including Hong Kong, South Korea, Taiwan, and Brazil as it accelerates a shift beyond crypto. Binance Moves Beyond Crypto as Exchange Model Expands Binance is looking well beyond bitcoin. The world’s largest crypto exchange is considering adding stock exposure from Hong Kong, […]

South Korean investment firm Meritz Securities has struck a partnership with the Canton Foundation to explore bringing tokenized Korean financial assets into international institutional markets. The announcement shared with Bitcoin.com News explains that the agreement targets domestic securities, cross-border liquidity, and blockchain-based collateral. Canton Network Sets Sights on Korean Capital Markets With Meritz Securities Deal […]

Earlier this week, the Solana-focused research and development firm Anza revealed that Solana’s highly anticipated upgrade Alpenglow is scheduled to activate on Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2026. According to developers and Solana documentation, Alpenglow is expected to make finality roughly 99% faster. Solana Prepares for Its Biggest Consensus Overhaul “It’s time,” Anza wrote on the social […]

BetMGM CEO Adam Greenblatt said on Tuesday that the CFTC’s latest moves to keep casino-style products out of its remit have not removed the risk from prediction markets, calling what is happening “cosmetics in pursuit of survival.” He expects the Supreme Court to side with the states.   A Rule That Can Be Undone On […]

Google has announced a major quantum computing breakthrough, demonstrating a technique that reduces errors by a factor of 40 and could help make powerful quantum computers more practical. The advance comes as researchers increasingly warn that future quantum machines could undermine the cryptography securing bitcoin and other digital assets. Google’s Latest Quantum Breakthrough Google Quantum […]

Bastion Trading, which owns about 9.99% of SkyAI, is opposing the company’s planned $3-per-share tender offer and questioning the sale of roughly 70% of its solana treasury. The investor wants more disclosure, board changes, and a higher tender price of at least $3.50 before it will participate. SkyAI’s $3 Tender Draws Pushback SkyAI’s plan to […]

On Thursday, a spokesperson for Cross River Bank told Bitcoin.com News that it is teaming up with Ripple to make it easier for businesses to send money using Ripple’s dollar-backed stablecoin, RLUSD, without having to build or manage their own blockchain technology. The bank is adding the stablecoin RLUSD directly to its existing banking system, […]

Binance US is reportedly seeking up to $100 million in fresh capital at a valuation of roughly $1 billion, a striking reversal from its $4.5 billion pre-money valuation in 2022. Bloomberg reports that the exchange wants to rebuild its American business after years of regulatory trouble, shrinking market share, and banking disruptions, with expansion plans […]

Bitcoin staged a rapid recovery Thursday, climbing back above $82,000 to trade slightly higher over 24 hours with a market cap near $1.65 trillion. BTC Rebounds Above $82K After CPI Volatility Bitcoin appeared to recover from a morning rout Thursday after it reclaimed $82,000 just hours after sliding below $80,000. The reversal erased most of […]

Charles Schwab has completed its retail rollout of direct bitcoin and ether trading, bringing cryptocurrency access to eligible investors across a brokerage overseeing $13.33 trillion. During the firm’s Oct. 15 webcast, CEO Rick Wurster confirmed that crypto transfers are being introduced and three additional cryptocurrencies are coming before year-end. Wurster also identified crypto trading as […]

The commission seeks to test how decentralized ledger technologies can modernize the issuance, operation, and management of securities by implementing market rules and regulations as smart contract logic on the program’s underlying platforms. Brazil Launches Experimental Tokenization Sandbox Program Brazil is taking another step into tokenization, albeit at an experimental stage. On Tuesday, the Comissão […]

Ripple has opened the door for institutional traders to gain around-the-clock exposure to more than 100 traditional financial markets—including stocks, oil, gold, and currencies—through perpetual swaps that keep trading even when Wall Street closes for the weekend. Ripple Opens 100+ Traditional Markets to 24/7 Crypto Trading Ripple announced Thursday that its institutional brokerage division, Ripple […]

Crypto casino and sportsbook Gamdom lost more than $3 million in an Oct. 13 hot-wallet breach, according to founder Felix Romer, although independent blockchain analysis places the damage closer to $4.2 million. The attack involved unauthorized access to an automation server, prompting the company to shut down operations and transfer remaining assets into cold storage. […]

Binance’s tokenized U.S. securities offering surpassed $1 billion in assets under management (AUM) in roughly four months, making it the first tokenized equity product to hit that milestone.   Rapid Growth and Parity Conversions Binance announced Oct. 15 that its tokenized U.S. securities offering has surpassed $1 billion in assets under management. According to onchain […]

U.S. crypto ETF flows swung sharply back into negative territory on Wednesday, with bitcoin and ether funds shedding a combined $390.97 million. The reversal erased Tuesday’s improvement and pushed the two largest ETF categories to roughly $341 million in combined outflows for the week so far. Bitcoin ETFs Shed $261M as Fidelity, BlackRock Reverse Course […]

U.S. wholesale inflation delivered a nasty surprise on Oct. 15, with September producer prices climbing 1.3% monthly and 6.3% annually, both substantially above forecasts. Energy costs led the advance, including a 20.3% monthly increase in gasoline prices. Yet despite consecutive inflation shocks, Polymarket traders still assigned a 72% probability to the Federal Reserve leaving interest […]

Ledger has unveiled Atom, an $849 Android-powered security device that integrates Solana Mobile’s Seeker ecosystem, artificial intelligence (AI)-agent transaction controls and physical tamper detection. Announced Oct. 15, 2026, the device arrives as Ledger investigates modified hardware wallets linked to an unverified $93 million in cryptocurrency losses. Atom promises stronger defenses against hardware manipulation, but customers […]

Mastercard is opening its global payments network to stablecoin spending through a new platform built with BVNK, allowing customers to use digital dollar balances at hundreds of millions of merchant locations. Announced Oct. 15, the service combines traditional currencies and stablecoins through one integration, with card issuing across more than 130 countries and bank payouts […]

Circle’s USDC has become the first stablecoin classified as a significant e-money token by the European Banking Authority (EBA), separating it from 44 other notified e-money tokens in the European Union. Beginning Nov. 12, 2026, the designation places USDC under dual regulatory supervision, with the EBA assuming oversight of financial safeguards while France’s banking regulator […]

The U.S., a global supplier of USD-pegged stablecoins, has once again “imported” more bitcoin than it “exported,” becoming a net importer for the first time since 2022, according to blockchain analysis firm Chainalysis. The firm reached this conclusion by analyzing data for the year ending in June 2026. “Transfers under $10,000 ran net outbound every […]

A Wall Street Journal investigation alleges that Tether paid approximately $6.3 million to a consulting firm partly owned by Bo Hines while he served as a senior White House cryptocurrency official. Hines helped advance the GENIUS Act, legislation with major implications for Tether, before leaving government to become the stablecoin issuer’s U.S. chief executive. His […]

Stack Infrastructure is reportedly seeking an A$8.6 billion ($6 billion) loan to finance a data center project in Melbourne, as investors grow more cautious about the borrowing underpinning the artificial intelligence infrastructure boom. This article first appeared in The Energy Mag. The original article can be viewed here. The Energy Mag (formerly The Miner Mag) […]

Bitcoin’s price hovered near $81,200 on Oct. 15, 2026, at 5 a.m. Eastern time, after falling as low as $80,154, leaving the $80,000 threshold squarely in traders’ sights. Short-term moving averages remain bearish, while longer-term indicators offer some encouragement. Meanwhile, Asian technology stocks suffered steep losses, with South Korea’s Kospi down nearly 8% and Japan’s […]

The Africa Blockchain Festival (ABF) is bringing its second annual gathering to Nairobi, Kenya on October 15–17, 2026, with a target of 3,000+ attendees and a programme built around three pillars: Capital, Code, and Continuity. After a successful inaugural edition in Kigali, Rwanda — which drew over 2,000 attendees, featured 60+ speakers — ABF is […]

Researchers who revisited the long-forgotten Silvicultural Systems Project plots at Tanjil Bren in Victoria, Australia, found that heavily thinned mountain ash stands grew trees about 20% larger in diameter than unharvested controls and, within 30 years, recovered all carbon removed in the 1987 harvest. The findings, published July 1, 2026 in Forest Science, also reported […]

Binance founder Changpeng Zhao (CZ) took a swipe at Bank of America on Wednesday after the banking giant was slapped with more than $1.21 billion in federal penalties for anti-money laundering (AML) and sanctions violations. Regulators found the bank failed to timely report more than $5 billion in suspicious transactions, yet no executives faced criminal […]

In 1997, Intercontinental Exchange founder and CEO Jeffrey Sprecher bought the near-bankrupt Continental Power Exchange from Warren Buffett’s utility, MidAmerican Energy, for $1,000 and assumed its debt. ICE was founded in 2000 and later bought NYSE Euronext in 2013, making it the owner of the New York Stock Exchange; as of January 2026, ICE’s market […]

An attacker turned a tiny leftover token position into an $86,000 payday by exploiting UNCX Network’s shared vesting contract. The Oct. 14 breach exposed a bookkeeping flaw in a system designed to lock assets, with $3.25 million still inside. How an $86,000 Exploit Turned a Token Lock Into a Liability On Wednesday, blockchain security firm […]

Ripple’s Korean partnerships now connect cross-border business payments, bank-managed digital asset wallets, and blockchain-based settlement of government bonds. Its cooperation with Meritz Securities extends that strategy into capital markets, where regulated firms are preparing to use digital assets. Four Korean Deals Take Ripple Beyond Cross-Border Payments Cross-border payments and government bond settlement anchor Ripple’s growing […]

Institutional ownership and changes in crypto financing may reduce bitcoin’s vulnerability to severe downturns, Siebert Financial analyst Brian Vieten argues. He sees expanding stablecoin payments as a catalyst for the cryptocurrency’s next advance. $175K Bitcoin Outlook Linked to Institutional Ownership Broader ownership and access to capital have strengthened bitcoin’s resilience since the crypto lending failures […]

More than 100 DriveWealth partners, including fintechs and digital wallets, could gain greater flexibility to fund investments outside bank transfer windows. A new Ripple partnership targets capital tied up by cross-border delays as trading extends beyond regular market hours. Ripple Targets the Gap Between Trading Hours and Bank Transfers Financial platforms offering U.S. market access […]

Bitcoin could advance toward $90,000 once near-term economic uncertainty clears, according to 21shares strategist Matt Mena. He points to last week’s selling and historically positive returns after hotter core inflation prints as support for his outlook. Bitcoin’s $90K Forecast Faces an $85K Test Bitcoin could regain $85,000 and move toward $90,000 after upcoming economic releases, […]

Evernorth’s 473 million XRP treasury took the spotlight at Nasdaq’s closing bell. The ceremony highlighted a corporate investment model that connects stock ownership with actively managed cryptocurrency holdings. Nasdaq Ceremony Highlights Publicly Traded XRP Exposure Stock investors’ access to an actively managed XRP treasury took the spotlight as Evernorth Holdings Inc. (Nasdaq: XRPN) rang the […]

On Wednesday, Brooklyn prosecutors disclosed that they have dealt a major blow to an international cryptocurrency scam that stole tens of millions of dollars from Russian-speaking Americans, including many residents of the New York borough. Brooklyn Prosecutors and FBI Dismantle 241 Scam Websites and 112 Servers According to the Brooklyn District Attorney’s Virtual Currency Unit […]

Polymarket whales are setting up a titanic clash for Thursday night’s game between the Denver Broncos and the Seattle Seahawks. The top earner of the week, with $2.13 million in profit, has bet about $214,000 on the Broncos to win, while a trader down more than $700,000 this week put $290,000 on Seattle.   Massive […]