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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.

FTX’s crypto mining venture is now used to advance AI
The defunct exchange acquired a 20% stake in Genesis Digital Assets before FTX declared bankruptcy in November 2022.

SWI Turns FTX’s Former Bitcoin Mining Infrastructure Toward AI Boom
Genesis Digital Assets, once one of Sam Bankman-Fried’s largest crypto investments, is being repurposed for the artificial-intelligence boom after SWI Group took majority control. SWI has now raised about $896 million to expand the former bitcoin miner’s data-center footprint for

CFTC’s new crypto framework could face 2028 election deadline, says TD Cowen
Newly proposed rules for leveraged and margined crypto trading may be too late as the 2028 election cycle looms, according to TD Cowen.

Meta's New Muse Wonder Finally Puts Zuckerberg in the Frontier AI Race
Meta's new flagship beats GPT-6 Astra and Claude on memory, legal and marathon coding tests, but independent rankings still put Anthropic's Opus 5.5 on top.

From GTA V on iPhone to Free Photoshop: This AI Tool Is Upending Software
REA, a free toolkit that hands AI agents the keys to reverse engineering, crossed 100,000 GitHub stars in a week as AI-decompiled game mods, console ports, and Adobe clones flood the internet.

Who Pays and Who Gains as Ledger Drama Fuels Multisig Adoption
As bitcoin and crypto hardware wallet manufacturers and users increasingly face security challenges, the fallout could lead to higher device sales and more costly short-term but more secure long-term wallet setups for users. Technically savvy bitcoiners have been using multivendo

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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.

IMF Warns $65 Billion Tokenization Market Has a Dangerous Catch
Tokenized assets have climbed to $65 billion, but the technology promising to make Wall Street faster and cheaper carries an uncomfortable twist. The same instant settlement, automated trading and interconnected markets that eliminate financial friction could accelerate the next

Crypto PACs report $2.7M spending blitz on House races as midterms loom
With just 22 days until the US midterm elections, a crypto-aligned committee has announced another major ad expenditure to support “pro-crypto” candidates in 2026.

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 ecosyste

Binance launches AI trading tool after 150,000-user beta
Binance rolled out Binance AI, a free generative-UI trading interface, to all English-language users after a beta with about 150,000 testers.

US accounting overhaul could make stablecoins more attractive to corporations: Tempo
A Tempo report examines how proposed US accounting rules could change corporate stablecoin holdings, with direct redemption rights determining which tokens qualify as cash.

Bitcoin Price Faces CPI Reckoning as Analysts Eye $81,300 Support
Bitcoin’s price is hovering near $82,400 on Monday afternoon as Wall Street delivers a mixed performance across major indexes. Investors remain decidedly cautious ahead of pivotal U.S. inflation data scheduled for release later this week, including the consumer price index (CPI)

Ripple-Backed Evernorth Hits Nasdaq Holding 473 Million XRP Worth Far Less Than It Paid
Evernorth's XRPN shares began trading Monday after its SPAC merger closed, but 80% of SPAC investors cashed out first and its XRP stash is worth roughly 40% less than at signing.

Cryptobilis Founder Reveals Company Was Sold Months Before Exploit
Arravind Prabu, founder of Cryptobilis, disclosed that the company had been acquired by an undisclosed party earlier this year. While Prabu acknowledged he assisted the current management team in some events, he denied having any operational visibility into the company’s day-to-d

Polymarket Whale Loses $147K Eagles Bet After a Last-Second 57-Yard Kick
A Polymarket trader who put about $146,700 on the Philadelphia Eagles was eight seconds from a $623,449 payout on Sunday. Then the Jacksonville Jaguars returned a kickoff 53 yards, and Cam Little made a 57-yard field goal as time expired to win 19-17 in London. A 23-Cent Bet That

StoneX raises Securitize price target 50% as tokenized stock platform opens new revenue stream
StoneX lifts SECZ price target to $18 from $12, citing new revenue from the Securitize Stocks tokenized trading platform on Solana.

Bitcoin miners face widening AI financing costs as lenders scrutinize deals
The Bitcoin mining industry needs roughly $50 billion to complete planned AI infrastructure projects, with IREN, Riot Platforms and HIVE Digital facing major funding gaps.

Bitcoin Spooked? Crypto Fear and Greed Index Drops to Pre-Rally August Lows
The Crypto Fear and Greed Index has dropped to 56 from an August peak of 82, as oil, bond yields, and ETF outflows hit Bitcoin in October.

Ontology Halts L1 Blockchain for 41 Hours Over an Unknown Threat
Ontology pulled the emergency brake on its blockchain for nearly two days, freezing block production after a security warning involving an unnamed ecosystem project. By Monday, Oct. 12, the network was running again, with operators reporting zero network-level losses. Security Wa

Ledger Says All Confirmed Cases in Suspected $87M Drain Tied to Reseller CryptoBilis
The wallet manufacturer said its own systems and direct sales are unaffected, and that the reseller has stopped selling hardware wallets.

Bitcoin drops 2.2% as Ukraine, Iran strikes send oil toward one-month high
Bitcoin price action stayed rangebound after failing to sustain above $84,000 into the Wall Street open on rising oil prices.