HSBC has launched its Hong Kong dollar-backed stablecoin, RedCoin, rolling it out to more than 3.3 million PayMe app users starting October 23. The launch makes HSBC one of the first major global banks to bring a retail-facing stablecoin to market at this scale. It arrives approximately six months after
Starknet token holders have given StarkWare and the Starknet Foundation a clear mandate to begin researching a potential transition from an Ethereum Layer 2 into an independent, quantum-resistant Layer 1 blockchain. The non-binding Snapshot poll ran for seven days and closed today, with 93.52% of voting power in favour, across
Cloud platform Railway has disclosed a security incident involving unauthorised access to systems that store customer environment variables. The company detected anomalous activity yesterday and has since paused all deployments while it investigates the full scope of what happened. The core of the disclosure is this: an unauthorised third party
SSV Labs submitted proposal DIP-59 to the SSV Network governance forum on October 21, and the language inside it is more candid than most governance proposals tend to be. Funding has narrowed, and the market conditions and the DAO’s financial position have forced a recalibration. New product development is off
Pudgy Penguins’ PENGU token is currently trading at $0.008101, up by over 8.5%, with volume settling at $127.34 million. The 24-hour range sits between $0.007479 and $0.008204, with the weekly low at $0.007078. The token has been recovering from a prolonged decline. The catalyst would be the recent announcement: PENGU
Crypto exchange MEXC has announced it will discontinue services for users located in Russia or Belarus as part of what the platform describes as its ongoing efforts to strengthen global compliance. The decision marks a significant operational shift for one of the larger centralised exchanges still serving those regions. Significantly,
Kazakhstan’s Astana Financial Services Authority (AFSA) has secured court injunctions against six of the world’s most recognisable crypto platforms, and the order carries teeth. On September 15, 2026, the AIFC Court granted AFSA’s claims and issued a judgment prohibiting the provision, offering, or advertising of digital asset services within the
Bitcoin (BTC) is trading at $82,324, with the volume settling at $26.63 billion. The price has ranged between $80,671 and $83,035 over the past 24 hours and $79,805 to $74,074 across the week. The asset closed the week below approximately $82,500. It marked the May 2026 highs and served as
While the broader market is attempting to recover, Starknet (STRK) is trading around $0.05962 after a sharp 4% decline in value. The current price chart has yet to signal a clear recovery pattern; the next move depends on whether buyers can defend support and drive momentum higher. A sustained move
Between 23:42 UTC on October 17 and 01:26 UTC on October 18, an attacker systematically drained 1,404 Qubic wallets totalling approximately 2.94 trillion QU. The attack window was tight, under two hours, but that was enough time to clear out more than a thousand wallets before the network responded. The
