Standard Chartered has launched institutional custody for Ripple USD (RLUSD) on the XRP Ledger (XRPL), giving eligible clients access to the stablecoin through the bank’s digital asset custody services. The bank announced the launch on October 12, 2026. The service is available through Standard Chartered’s Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC)
Hong Kong’s spot Solana ETF market is about to get more competitive. Pando Finance is set to list its Pando Solana ETF, ticker 02831, on HKEX on October 13, with subscriptions open from October 6 through October 12. Entry is set at HK$800 per unit, with each trading unit comprising
Kraken is preparing to launch in the United Arab Emirates after its parent company, Payward, received Full Market Approval from Dubai’s Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority (VARA). VARA’s public register shows that Payward’s licence was issued on October 6, 2026, authorizing it to serve institutional, qualified and retail investors. Payward publicly
The Sui Foundation is investing $30 million in DATA Network as the AI data protocol prepares to move to the Sui blockchain and retire its independent network. The investment will make Sui Foundation DATA Network’s largest institutional holder, according to an announcement on October 12, 2026. The partnership also brings
Jeonbuk Bank, an affiliate of JB Financial Group, has launched South Korea’s first won-denominated loan program backed by Bitcoin. The product is currently limited to corporate clients, with Bitcoin as the only accepted collateral. The loan proceeds are restricted to business operating funds, covering payroll, supplier payments, and day-to-day operations.
Two firms affiliated with market maker DWF Labs, DWF Maas and Falcon Digital, have filed a $141 million lawsuit against crypto custodian BitGo in London’s High Court. The claim centres on a straightforward but serious allegation: BitGo sold tokens it was supposed to be holding under agreed lock-up restrictions, before
Binance has announced significant changes to how it operates in Brazil, driven by new crypto asset regulations issued by the Central Bank of Brazil. The changes take effect from October 27, 2026, with full user migration to a local Brazilian entity completing by October 29. Binance is restructuring how it
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has called on national regulators to ensure that crypto-asset service providers (CASPs) stop offering services tied to stablecoins that do not comply with the Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCA). In addition, the firms must address remaining client exposures as soon as possible and
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
The government of Kyrgyzstan has ordered the shutdown of USDKG, its state-backed gold stablecoin, and instructed the Ministry of Finance to liquidate EVA, the company that issued it, along with Coin Nomad Exchange, the country’s first state-owned crypto trading platform. The official explanation is optimising state participation and improving the
