Crypto & mining news

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• 6d ago

  Ripple’s RLUSD Gains Standard Chartered Custody on the XRP Ledger

  Eligible institutions can now safeguard Ripple’s RLUSD on the XRP Ledger through Standard Chartered’s digital asset custody service. The launch expands bank-based stablecoin infrastructure, with a planned LMAX integration targeting future use as trading collateral. Standard Chartered Opens Bank Custody for RLUSD Eligible institutions can now place Ripple USD (RLUSD) issued on the XRP Ledger […]

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• 7d ago

  South Korea’s Bitcoin Lending Experiment Begins at Jeonbuk Bank

  South Korea just cracked open the door to bitcoin-backed banking, according to local reports. Jeonbuk Bank has executed the country’s first reported traditional bank loan secured by bitcoin, allowing businesses to borrow Korean won without selling their coins or surrendering ownership to the lender. A Bitcoin Loan Without Touching Bitcoin Jeonbuk Bank, a subsidiary of […]

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• 7d ago

  State of TRON Q3 2026 Report Highlights $2.21 Trillion in Stablecoin Settlement Amid Network Activity Growth

  Geneva, Switzerland, October 12, 2026 — TRON DAO, the community-governed DAO dedicated to accelerating the decentralization of the internet through blockchain technology and decentralized applications (dApps), today highlighted key findings from its State of TRON Q3 2026 ecosystem report. The report examines network activity, stablecoin settlement, liquidity, tokenomics, developer activity,…

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• 7d ago

  XRP Holders Have Now Parked 90 Million Coins in a Single Yield Vault

  Doppler Finance’s XRP Vault has crossed 90 million XRP, worth more than $125 million, as holders keep moving idle tokens into yield products in the same week Evernorth is set to bring 473 million XRP to Nasdaq. The Number Ladder The milestone saw Doppler’s vault cross 90 million XRP in total value locked. At XRP’s […]

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• 8d ago

  Papertrade’s Wild Weekend Ends With 93.7% Open Interest Wipeout

  After a whirlwind of trading activity on Papertrade, the newly launched perpetuals decentralized exchange (DEX) built on Hyperliquid, the platform’s open interest has collapsed by 93.7% over the past 24 hours. The project’s total value locked (TVL) has also taken a substantial hit, shedding $48 million over the same period. Papertrade’s $11 Billion Open Interest […]

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• 9d ago

  Ledger Confirms Hidden Hardware Implant in Affected User’s Wallet

  Ledger confirmed Saturday, Oct. 10, 2026, that a hardware wallet belonging to one affected customer contained an unauthorized implant, lending credibility to suspicions of a supply chain attack involving Southeast Asian reseller CryptoBilis. The discovery follows reports of cryptocurrency losses approaching $93.4 million across hundreds of addresses. Ledger Confirms Physical Tampering as Crypto…

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• 9d ago

  French Committee Approves Tax on Stablecoin Conversions From 2027

  The proposal, which the National Assembly plenary must discuss and approve before it becomes law, would approve a tax on conversions from any cryptocurrency to stablecoins, as legislators rush to plug what they have qualified as a “loophole” in current regulation. Stablecoin Swap Tax Proposal Passed in France By French National Assembly Committee French lawmakers […]

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• 9d ago

  Papertrade Perp DEX Pulls in $118M in 24 Hours With 1,000x Leverage

  This weekend, a new cryptocurrency trading platform built on Hyperliquid, known as Papertrade.xyz, has become a lively topic of conversation across the crypto community. The application allows traders to leverage their positions by as much as 1,000 times their initial investment, an eye-popping proposition that has helped attract more than $100 million in deposits since […]

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• 9d ago

  A Decade-Old XRP Ledger Bug Could Have Minted XRP Out of Thin Air

  The XRP Ledger quietly patched a 2015-era payment engine flaw that could have let an attacker create spendable XRP beyond the network’s fixed supply for just a few hundred XRP in reserves. What Was Actually Broken? The problem sat inside the code that settles payments across the XRP Ledger’s built-in decentralized exchange (DEX). According to […]

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• 9d ago

  Credit Unions Could Face 26 New Stablecoin Reporting Fields

  Credit unions involved with stablecoins could face 26 new federal reporting fields covering custody, issuer exposure, and their own holdings. The proposal seeks more detailed supervision as community institutions explore digital dollar services. Stablecoin Custody and Holdings Face Closer Oversight Federally insured credit unions could have to disclose more about their stablecoin businesses…

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• 10d ago

  Your Bitcoin or Crypto AI Agent Might Upsell You: Here’s How to Fix It

  Giving an artificial intelligence (AI) agent access to your bitcoin, stablecoin or other crypto asset wallet might cost you in an unexpected way. If the agent thinks you’re wealthy, it might upsell you. Similarly, access to your other financial information could work against you. There are trivial ways to reduce this risk: don’t give the […]

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• 10d ago

  Kyrgyzstan Shuts Stablecoin USDKG, Burns 50M Tokens After UK Sanctions

  Kyrgyzstan is winding down USDKG, its state-backed gold stablecoin, and liquidating both its issuer and the country’s first state-owned crypto exchange. Kyrgyzstan Pulls Plug on USDKG and State-Owned Crypto Exchange Kyrgyzstan is pulling the plug on one of the crypto industry’s more unusual sovereign experiments. The government has ordered the liquidation of EVA, issuer of […]

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• 10d ago

  Hyperliquid Behind the Scenes: How to Build a Perpetual DEX

  Offering traders worldwide the ability to open leveraged positions on virtually any asset, without going through a licensed broker: this is the promise of perpetual DEX platforms. With the massive success and traction of names such as Hyperliquid and GMX, one may wonder: how do these companies operate, behind the scenes? LegalBison is a global […]

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• 10d ago

  82 Million Galaxy Devices Will Support USDC Transfers This October

  USDC is set to become Samsung Wallet’s default dollar stablecoin as Coinbase expands its partnership with the smartphone maker. The U.S. rollout will let eligible Galaxy owners hold digital dollars and send money internationally within the app. Samsung Wallet Puts USDC in the Default Dollar Slot Samsung Wallet users in the United States will gain […]

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• 10d ago

  IMF Report Details Why Tokenized Finance Is Struggling to Scale

  A new International Monetary Fund (IMF) report says tokenization could transform global capital markets, but warns that fragmented infrastructure, thin liquidity and financial stability risks continue to hinder widespread adoption. Small Scale, Niche Dominance Tokenization holds the promise of transforming global capital markets through 24/7 trading, fractional ownership, and compressed…

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• 11d ago

  Banking Giant Standard Chartered Expands Crypto Custody to Singapore

  Standard Chartered is preparing to bring institutional crypto custody to Singapore, expanding its digital asset operations into another major financial center. Announced on Thursday, the proposed service would cover selected cryptocurrencies, stablecoins, and tokenized real-world assets (RWAs) for institutional and accredited corporate clients. The bank already operates digital asset…

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• 11d ago

  XRP Expands DeFi Role as Firelight Activates Vault Protection

  XRP is backing protection for decentralized finance vaults as Firelight activates coverage on Flare. The deployment embeds risk management into investment products, connecting the token’s expanding financial uses with safeguards against specified technical and economic failures. XRP Gains a Role in Funding Exploit Recovery Depositors in selected Sentora products now inherit safeguards against…

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• 12d ago

  Moody’s Gives Sky Protocol Its First Stablecoin Credit Rating

  Moody’s has given Sky Protocol a B3 rating with a stable outlook, marking the agency’s first rating of a stablecoin protocol. But the report carries a sting: Sky held only about $90 million in tangible common equity against roughly $10 billion in tangible managed assets as of September, leaving the former MakerDAO with what Moody’s […]

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• 12d ago

  Kazakhstan Taps Tether to Explore a New Tenge Stablecoin Model

  Kazakhstan already has a tenge stablecoin in a central-bank sandbox. Now it has brought Tether into the room to study another one. Tether, the National Bank of Kazakhstan, and the Alatau City Authority signed an exploratory memorandum on Wednesday covering a possible tenge-pegged stablecoin, asset tokenization, and decentralized finance (DeFi). No coin has been approved, […]

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• 12d ago

  Solana Hits 14M Stablecoin Holders as Card Volume Tops $1B

  Solana’s stablecoin footprint has expanded to more than 14 million holder addresses, alongside over $15 billion in supply and $1 billion in cumulative stablecoin card volume. Solana Stablecoin Use Sees Massive Growth in Two Years Solana’s stablecoin economy is reaching a new scale just as the blockchain makes a bigger push into institutional settlement. More […]

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• 12d ago

  US Senate Findings Put GCC Stablecoin Transactions Under Spotlight

  The U.S. Senate findings linking stablecoins, particularly tether, to Iran’s shadow banking network could increase compliance pressure on licensed VASPs across the Gulf region. Legal expert Soham Jethani warns that receiving local currency does not shield merchants from sanctions exposure, as liability can arise at multiple points in a transaction. US Senate Inquiry Heightens Sanctions […]

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• 12d ago

  Startale Bond Puts a Yen Stablecoin to Work in Corporate Finance

  Startale Japan has launched a digital corporate bond that will pay both interest and principal in JPYSC, a yen-denominated stablecoin issued by SBI Shinsei Trust Bank. The company describes it as the first digital corporate bond in Japan to use a yen-denominated trust-type stablecoin for both types of payments, based on the firm’s research as […]

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• 13d ago

  Conduit Sues Tether Over a $2.76M USDT Wallet Frozen for a Year

  Conduit Technology has sued Tether after the stablecoin issuer froze $2.76 million in the company’s USDT and allegedly kept it locked for more than a year. The stranger part is why. Conduit says Brazilian police never asked Tether to freeze its treasury wallet and that Tether’s own financial crime unit selected the address using criteria […]

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• 13d ago

  Hyperliquid Brings 24/7 Perps to Bloomberg as HYPE Eyes Fresh High

  Hyperliquid’s 24/7 perpetual futures are now visible on the Bloomberg Terminal, giving institutional users real-time access to prices across crypto, commodities, equities, indexes, and FX. At the same time, a new USDC yield mechanism has delivered its first $14.58 million payment to the protocol’s HYPE-buyback fund. Bloomberg Opens Hyperliquid Markets to Institutional Desks Hyperliquid has […]

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• 13d ago

  Visa Targets APAC Market as 46% of Consumers Plan Stablecoin Use

  A Visa-commissioned study found that stablecoin adoption has room to grow in the APAC region, with nearly 50% of those polled being open to using these digital assets in the next five years. Nonetheless, awareness of what stablecoins really are and how they work is low. Visa Survey Finds Rising Interest in Stablecoins in APAC […]

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• 13d ago

  Ripple Targets Turkey’s $200 Billion Crypto Market Amid Lira Pressure

  Turkey’s large crypto market is creating opportunities for bank custody and dollar-backed stablecoins, according to Ripple. The company ties its local strategy to currency pressure and evolving regulations as institutions follow consumers into digital assets. Turkey’s $200 Billion Market Meets Evolving Banking Rules Turkish consumers and businesses are gaining access to crypto storage and…

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• 14d ago

  S&P Global Targets $10B Crypto Lending Market With New Risk Framework

  S&P Global Ratings has introduced a new framework for assessing onchain lending vaults after deposits in the sector surged to $10 billion. S&P Global Brings Wall Street Risk Ratings to DeFi Vaults S&P Global is pushing deeper into crypto markets with a new framework designed to assess the risks of blockchain-based lending vaults. The firm’s […]

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• 14d ago

  Metaplanet Sells 10,000 Bitcoin, Buys 11,000 Back to Prove Liquidity

  Metaplanet sold 10,000 BTC and subsequently bought 11,000 BTC during the third quarter, using the unusual round trip to demonstrate that its bitcoin treasury can be converted into cash when needed. Metaplanet Ends Q3 With 44,000 BTC After Liquidity Test Metaplanet has answered a question hanging over corporate bitcoin treasuries: what happens when creditors want […]

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• 14d ago

  French Executives Propose Taxing Crypto-to-Stablecoin Conversions

  Three executives of crypto-linked companies proposed taxing exchanges between cryptocurrencies and stablecoins directly, stressing that this treatment would accelerate the use of crypto as a means of payment and reduce the complexity of calculating these taxes for users. French Crypto Executive Trio Proposes Crypto-to-Stablecoin Exchange Tax A proposal to develop a new crypto taxation regime […]

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• 15d ago

  Latam Cartels Tap Crypto to Expand Their Illicit Workflows

  A recent report highlights that criminal groups are not only using crypto to launder money, but are actively leaning into crypto investments to generate profits. In addition, cryptocurrencies are facilitating the integration of native groups with foreign actors, providing liquidity and assistance. Crypto Adoption in Latam Gives Criminals Extra Tools The rise of cryptocurrencies in […]

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