Crypto & mining news

Headlines aggregated from 9 publishers, newest first, with mining and hardware stories tagged so they surface without wading through price chatter. Every entry links straight to the publisher — nothing is rehosted here, and the excerpt is the publisher’s own.

• 1h ago

  XRP Ledger Repairs Its Lending Protocol Before It Goes Live

  XRP developers published a second amendment to repair the ledger’s new uncollateralized lending feature while the original still awaits validator approval.

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• 3h ago

  Mastercard Brings Its Fraud-Fighting Tools to Stablecoin Payments

  Unveiled at Money20/20, the API-based tool combines payment and blockchain intelligence to flag fraud, scams and sanctions exposure before funds move on-chain.

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• 1d ago

  Banks Hold a Lever Over Stablecoin Adoption, BIS Economists Say

  A Bank for International Settlements working paper found that stablecoin growth slows when U.S. banks raise deposit rates, with Circle’s USDC most sensitive.

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• 3d ago

  Circle Plans Push Into 40 Emerging Markets as Stablecoins Go Mainstream, CEO Says

  Circle CEO Jeremy Allaire told Reuters the USDC issuer plans to enter about 40 emerging and developing markets, citing rising demand in Southeast Asia, Latin America, Africa and the Middle East.

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• 4d ago

  Mastercard and BVNK Launch 'Global Money Platform' to Merge Fiat and Stablecoins

  The first major integration since Mastercard’s $1.8 billion BVNK acquisition lets banks, fintechs and enterprises hold, convert, and spend fiat and stablecoins through a single API, with agentic commerce support planned.

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• 5d ago

  Kraken Owner Payward to Buy Lithuania's Saldo Bank in EU Push

  Co-CEO Arjun Sethi says customers want cash, crypto, tokenized stocks and credit in one place, starting with lending and cards.

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• 7d ago

  Standard Chartered Will Hold Ripple's Stablecoin in Dubai—And Let Clients Trade With It Without Moving It

  The bank's Dubai branch now offers custody for Ripple's RLUSD stablecoin and plans a link with LMAX that lets institutions post it as trading collateral while the coins stay put.

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• 7d ago

  Solana Treasury Firm DeFi Development Keeps Buying SOL as CHAD Preferred Stock Hits Record

  The Nasdaq-listed company now holds about 2.59 million SOL, but its weekly purchases keep shrinking.

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• 9d ago

  French Committee Backs Stablecoin Swap Tax and Crypto Exit Tax, Then Rejects the Budget

  A National Assembly committee adopted amendments taxing stablecoin swaps and crypto exits by wealthy holders, then rejected the 2027 budget's revenue section.

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• 11d ago

  Solana DeFi Firms Orca and Loopscale Merge Under New Formation Brand

  Solana DEX Orca and lending platform Loopscale will operate as Formation, a New York company aiming to finance AI, energy, robotics and defense assets and eventually reach regulated U.S. markets.

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• 11d ago

  Samsung Wallet Taps Solana for USDC Transfers on 82M US Galaxy Devices

  Users can send USDC across borders from late October, three months after Samsung teased stablecoin support without naming a blockchain.

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• 12d ago

  Tether Signs Deal With Kazakhstan's Central Bank to Explore a Stablecoin and Tokenized Assets

  Tether, issuer of the USDT stablecoin, will help Kazakhstan's central bank study a tenge-pegged token and put real-world assets on a blockchain.

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• 12d ago

  Bitcoin Dips Below $83K as Oil Shock Rattles Markets: What Happens Next?

  Bitcoin fell sharply as oil topped $101 and the 30-year Treasury yield hit its highest since 2002. The daily chart still leans bullish. The four-hour chart disagrees.

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• 12d ago

  Ledger Launches Bitcoin Loans, Letting Holders Borrow Without Selling

  Unveiled at TOKEN2049 Singapore, the Morpho-powered Crypto Loan feature lets users borrow stablecoins against wrapped Bitcoin while keeping private keys and final approval on their hardware device.

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• 13d ago

  Tether Hit With Lawsuit Over $2.76 Million Stablecoin Freeze

  The payments firm alleges Tether froze its treasury wallet on its own initiative over a Brazilian investigation it has no connection to—and has profited from the reserves while refusing to release the funds for more than a year.

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• 13d ago

  Flash Loan Attacks Drained $1.2B From DeFi Between 2020 and 2024: Study

  Attacks grew more sophisticated and less predictable over the period, according to researchers who scanned more than 20 billion transactions.

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• 14d ago

  DeFi Development Corp Adds $3 Million in Solana as SOL Buys Slow

  Nasdaq-listed DeFi Development Corp's latest SEC filing shows its Solana stash grew 1%, to about 2.56 million SOL and SOL equivalents—roughly half the prior week's gain and well below mid-September's pace.

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• 14d ago

  OKX and NYSE Owner ICE Plan 24/7 Tokenized Stock Trading Under SEC Exemption

  Filed under the SEC's new Innovation Exemption, the notice lists more than 60 stocks, including Nvidia and SpaceX, paired with stablecoins.

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• 17d ago

  Circle Pushes Back on MiCA's Bank-Deposit Mandate for Stablecoins

  The USDC issuer told the European Commission that MiCA's reserve mandates and concentration caps keep the largest global stablecoins outside Europe's perimeter—siding with the ECB in calling for more flexible rules.

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• 19d ago

  Dogecoin Is Getting Apps as DogeOS Opens Its Public Testnet

  The team behind the MyDoge wallet opened a public test of DogeOS, a layer that lets developers build lending platforms and games on top of the meme coin network.

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• 20d ago

  Ethereum Gets Another Privacy Boost as Aztec Brings Back zk.money

  Aztec Labs relaunched its self-custodial zk.money wallet on Aztec Network, letting users make private stablecoin payments using readable tags.

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• 20d ago

  Bitwise Launches First US Spot Near ETF After Token Nearly Triples Since August

  Bitwise's NRR began trading on NYSE Arca Tuesday, giving brokerage accounts NEAR exposure and staking rewards as the AI-focused token soars.

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• 20d ago

  Morning Minute: Citi and Coinbase Just Made Stablecoins Invisible

  Plus, crypto majors rebound as oil and yields fall and Saylor’s Strategy returns to buying Bitcoin.

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• 21d ago

  Citi Clients Can Now Take Stablecoin Payments Through Coinbase—Without Touching Crypto

  Coinbase and Citi expanded an existing deal so Citi's institutional clients can accept stablecoin payments, while Coinbase business accounts run on Citi's banking rails.

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• 21d ago

  Tom Lee's Bitmine Buys Another $47M of ETH, Taking It to 4.9% of Ethereum Supply

  Bitmine has staked 84% of its tokens, a position it projects will generate some $358 million a year in staking rewards.

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• 24d ago

  Circle and Tether Freeze Stablecoins Tied to Bitget Hack—But Most Funds Slip Away

  The two stablecoin issuers blacklisted a wallet labeled "Bitget Exploiter 8," locking about $318,000 in USDC and USDT—but the attacker swapped most funds into unfreezable ETH before they could act.

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• 25d ago

  Federal Reserve Unveils Stablecoin Rules on Reserves and Capital

  The central bank opened two proposals for comment under the GENIUS Act, requiring issuers it supervises to back tokens fully with safe assets and creating an application process for banks seeking to issue stablecoins.

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• 25d ago

  US Aims to Turn Stablecoins Into a Weapon for Dollar Dominance

  Washington may fund private stablecoin ventures abroad to protect the dollar's reserve status and prop up Treasury demand.

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• 26d ago

  Borrow Against Your Bitcoin at a Fixed Rate: Coinbase Expands Morpho Loans

  The product lets users lock in their rate and repayment date when borrowing USDC against Bitcoin, marking the first enterprise-scale deployment of Morpho Midnight and a shift away from on-chain lending's variable-rate norm.

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• 26d ago

  Americans Would Use Stablecoins—If They Came With Bank Protections, Visa Study Finds

  A Visa survey found U.S. willingness to use stablecoins for cross-border transfers rises from 36% to 56% when paired with hypothetical bank-level fraud protection and deposit insurance.

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