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Greece has proposed a 10% tax on individual cryptocurrency capital gains, with annual gains of up to €500 exempt from tax under a new draft law released for public consultation. The proposal was published by Greece’s Ministry of National Economy and Finance on October 7, 2026, as part of a
October 8, 2026 2 mins read
Polygon Labs has added TRON support to its Open Money Stack, allowing businesses to build payment products around USDT on TRON and connect those transactions with bank accounts, cards, cash and other blockchain networks. Polygon announced the integration on October 8, saying businesses can now run a full stablecoin payment
October 8, 2026 2 mins read
Key Takeaways Russia has registered its first cryptocurrency exchange operators and digital depositories under the country’s new legal framework for digital currencies and digital rights. The Bank of Russia added four cryptocurrency exchange operators and five digital depositories to its official registers on October 6, marking the first registrations under
October 7, 2026 2 mins read
Key Takeaways The largest U.S. based cryptocurrency exchange, Coinbase has completed its integration with Deribit, bringing the two platforms together as Coinbase Global Exchange and creating a single trading infrastructure for spot, perpetuals, dated futures and options. Coinbase announced the development on October 7, saying the combined platform will connect
October 7, 2026 2 mins read
The Cardano Foundation has launched its programmable token standard, CIP-0113, on the Cardano mainnet, giving issuers a way to build compliance rules directly into tokens designed for regulated assets. Announced on October 7 at TOKEN2049, the standard allows issuers of stablecoins, tokenized funds, bonds and other regulated assets to add
October 7, 2026 2 mins read
BitGo and HashKey Cloud have signed a strategic partnership agreement covering staking, institutional trading, custody and real-world asset (RWA) tokenization as the two companies expand their work with institutional clients in Asia. The agreement was signed in Singapore during TOKEN2049 week and expands a staking collaboration the companies began in
October 6, 2026 2 mins read
Ethereum is preparing to test a 200 million gas limit on the Sepolia testnet as the Glamsterdam upgrade moves to its next testing stage today. The latest change comes from Prysm v7.2.1, released by Offchain Labs on October 5, which adds the Sepolia gas-limit schedule and makes 200 million the
October 6, 2026 2 mins read
The Solana Foundation has launched Solana DvP, an open-source settlement program designed to help financial institutions settle tokenized assets and payments on the Solana blockchain. The Foundation announced the program on October 6, 2026, describing it as a “reusable” standard for delivery-versus-payment settlement. Solana DvP is built around atomic settlement,
October 6, 2026 2 mins read
Zcash has activated its NU7 network upgrade on public testnet, moving the protocol closer to a planned mainnet rollout in November. The upgrade went live at block 4,465,026 on October 4, ahead of the previously expected October 6 activation. NU7 reduces Zcash’s target block time from 75 seconds to 25
October 5, 2026 2 mins read
Payward, the financial infrastructure company behind Kraken, has partnered with Singapore Gulf Bank (SGB) to provide 24/7 settlement for institutional digital asset markets, according to an announcement on October 5, 2026. Under the partnership, Payward has integrated SGB Net, SGB’s real-time, multi-currency clearing network. The tie allows eligible institutional clients
October 5, 2026 2 mins read