Wed, October 21

Polygon Adds TRON Support to Open Money Stack for USDT Payments

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

Samsung Wallet’s Sui Push Brings USDC Closer to Everyday Galaxy Users

Samsung Wallet is integrating Sui as its blockchain infrastructure partner, bringing USDC support directly to Galaxy device users across the United States. The rollout covers 82 million eligible U.S. Galaxy devices, not a new app to download, not a separate crypto wallet to set up.  The Samsung Wallet is already

October 8, 2026 2 mins read

FNB Steps Into Crypto as Demand for Digital Assets Grows in South Africa

First National Bank, part of South Africa’s second-largest banking group by assets, has launched a crypto investing service for its customers in partnership with licensed local exchange VALR. The move puts BTC, ETH, XRP, SOL, and USDT directly inside FNB’s existing share-trading platform, available around the clock from as little

October 7, 2026 2 mins read

Russia Registers First Crypto Trading and Custody Firms Under New Rules

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

Bitcoin (BTC) Support Band Moves Up as Price Faces a Crucial Retest

The largest and dominant asset, Bitcoin (BTC), is entering a critical phase after slipping below the $85,000 mark and losing roughly 2% over the past 24 hours. The token is currently trading at around $84,035, with its daily trading volume settled at $32.867 billion. In the past 24 hours, Bitcoin

October 7, 2026 3 mins read

Coinbase Completes Deribit Integration to Expand Global Crypto Derivatives

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

Hyperliquid and MAS Clash Over Singapore’s Regulatory Reach

Hyperliquid Labs has confirmed that it is based in Singapore. Corporate documents reviewed by the FT list Singapore as its registered headquarters. Job postings cite the city-state as its office location. By every paper measure, this is a Singapore company. The Monetary Authority of Singapore disagrees, and that disagreement is

October 7, 2026 3 mins read

Cardano Launches CIP-0113 for Compliant Tokenized Assets 

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 Sign Strategic Agreement Across Trading, Staking and Custody

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

OKX Targets the Mass Market With New Stablecoin-Focused Money App

OKX has launched OKX Money, a standalone app that lets users save, send, and spend dollar-backed stablecoins. Significantly, it includes USDG, USDC, and USDT. The app supports over 50 funding currencies and virtual and physical cards for everyday payments. Besides, this offers up to 10% APY on eligible USDG balances

October 6, 2026 2 mins read