NFT marketplace Blur has announced it will shut down the blur.io frontend on November 12, 2026. The closure affects the main interface that professional NFT traders have used for bidding, listing, portfolio management, and liquidity. Significantly, the underlying marketplace protocol will remain operational on-chain. The BLUR token will continue to
Singapore Gulf Bank has expanded its USD payment capabilities through a partnership with BNY. It gives both corporate and retail clients the ability to settle qualifying USD payments at any time, including weekends and U.S. public holidays. The service runs through BNY’s 24/7 USD Book Transfers solution, and SGB is
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
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
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
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
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
