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The Federal Reserve maintained interest rates as expected, while crypto infrastructure saw significant developments including Solana's Alpenglow upgrade targeting faster finality and Google's announced bank-grade custody tool. Regulatory activity intensified with the OCC proposing new stablecoin reporting requirements and multiple companies objecting to OKX's tokenized stocks offering.
Solana shipped new validator and SDK releases following the Alpenglow upgrade, which targets 150-millisecond finality for the network. The upgrade represents a technical advancement in Solana's performance infrastructure.
Google is debuting a custody solution built on split-key technology for secure digital asset storage. The tool is designed to meet institutional-grade security standards.
The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency proposed new weekly and quarterly reporting forms for stablecoin issuers. This marks increased regulatory oversight of stablecoin operations.
Centralized exchange and DeFi protocol losses accounted for the majority of crypto hacks in 2026, despite notable hardware wallet security failures also occurring. The data reflects continued vulnerability across multiple infrastructure layers.
Coinbase integrated Ripple's RLUSD stablecoin across its retail platform, exchange, and Prime institutional offering. The addition expands stablecoin options available to Coinbase users across all service tiers.
The Federal Reserve left rates unchanged Wednesday in a 10-2 vote, with Governor Lisa Cook and Cleveland Fed President Beth Hammack favoring a hike.
The Federal Reserve left rates unchanged Wednesday in a 10-2 vote, with Governor Lisa Cook and Cleveland Fed President Beth Hammack favoring a hike.
ORE has dropped computational proof of work. Here is how it works, and the case for and against it as a store of value.
Treating crypto as a political battleground only makes it harder to build the secure, transparent, American-made financial system that most Americans say they want, argues DeFi Education Fund’s Jennif
The largest Bitcoin treasury company will begin daily dividend payments on STRC in November, with three other preferred securities following in January 2027.
A rate hike in December remains likely as the U.S. central bank continues to focus on inflation, which remains well above its 2% target.
The Solana Foundation’s latest engineering roundup lists new validator and developer-tool releases alongside work prompted by Alpenglow activation.
Bitcoin Magazine Centralized Exchange and DeFi Losses Dominate 2026 Crypto Hacks Despite Hardware Wallet Failures Lightning.news data shared with Bitcoin Magazine puts net 2026 crypto hack losses at
The first full Helios lease quarter left Data Centers with a $435,000 loss, while Treasury & Corporate drove Galaxy’s recovery. Read the full story on CryptoSlateUnderstand the crypto stories that
Professional analysts went along with their AI agent’s hidden opinion 86% of the time, and few credited it.
Bitcoin Magazine Google Debuting a Bank-Grade Crypto Custody Tool Built on Split Keys: Report Google is previewing a crypto custody system that splits private keys across separate environments, with
Bernstein sees Robinhood’s crypto business shifting toward infrastructure as new products like prediction markets and perps gain ground.
The FEC reported an “electronic filing system outage” on Tuesday as groups are expected to ramp up spending before the US midterm elections.
Coinbase faces a key earnings test as analysts debate the strength of its trading rebound following a sharp drop in Robinhood's crypto revenue.
Solana activated the Alpenglow consensus protocol on mainnet on October 21, marking a substantial change in how its validators reach finality.
Bitcoin failed to move past its 50-day simple moving average as market participants awaited the outcome of the FOMC meeting and key tech earnings.
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The crypto wallet’s new integration offers CFTC-regulated event contracts through Kalshi, as prediction markets face growing legal challenges in the US.
Former Aptos advisor "Buzz” has left the crypto project and is turning his attention to Facebook's parent company Meta—here's why.
Galaxy Research found that nine hedge funds and banks cut 68,000 BTC worth of spot ETF exposure as the cash-and-carry trade dried up, while wealth platforms and sovereign funds added.
Bitwise's bear case puts bitcoin at $130,686 by 2036, while its bull case reaches $3.67 million over the next decade.
The largest card networks now sit in the top governance tier of x402, the standard that AI agents use to pay for things online. Albert Castellana of GenLayer Labs explains why that standard has no way
The OCC has published revised reporting forms intended to let supervisors monitor the financial condition and activity of permitted payment-stablecoin issuers.
RLUSD is live on Coinbase with 1:1 USD conversion on XRP Ledger, Ethereum and Base, capping a big week of news for Ripple.
Teku and Besu Docker releases fix certificate trust, while binary users need to check their separately installed Java runtime. Read the full story on CryptoSlateUnderstand the crypto stories that matt
Bitcoin Magazine Strategy (MSTR) Shareholders Approve Daily Dividends on Four Preferred Stocks Strategy (MSTR) shareholders approved paying daily dividends on four of its preferred stocks. This post
The Federal Reserve decides today at 2 p.m. ET and traders see a hold as near certain. Here's what it means for Bitcoin and stock markets.
Bitcoin Magazine Bitwise Raises Bitcoin Target to $1.6 Million as Institutions Keep Buying Bitwise raised its 2036 bitcoin price target to $1.6 million, projecting 34.3% annual growth on institutiona
Seven more companies, including JPMorgan Chase, Coca-Cola and Dell, have objected to trading of their shares on the planned OKX-ICE tokenized stock venue, bringing the total to 33.
Avail launched ShieldTX, a Hyperliquid privacy tool that creates a separate wallet for each perpetual futures position.
The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency has issued a final rule implementing key portions of the GENIUS Act for stablecoin issuers under its jurisdiction.
Post-Clarity Act, the crypto sector could find itself navigating a very different political landscape under a new Congress.
Laevitas’s Oct. 26 snapshot showed a 9.2-point implied-versus-realized premium, putting buyers’ exposure after policy decisions in focus. Read the full story on CryptoSlateUnderstand the crypto storie
Bitcoin Magazine U.S. Treasury Says U.S. ‘Will Win in the Digital Asset Stack’ as Clarity Act Stalls Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said that U.S. leadership in digital assets could reinforce
Coinbase has warned retail users in the European Economic Area to withdraw affected non-MiCA-compliant stablecoins by October 30, 2026.
Google Cloud has detailed its preview MPC service for institutional Bitcoin custody as it holds a New York symposium focused on digital asset security.
Bitcoin Magazine Brazilian Banking Giant Itaú Formalizes Crypto Role as Brazil Closes Its Licensing Window Itaú has formally registered with Brazil’s central bank to intermediate and custody crypto a
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James Comer warned the proposed "AIC" could shield AI firms from liability, and asked Delaware's governor for documents by November 9.
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Traders can now buy, sell, and provide liquidity for ZEC while keeping their identity, portfolio, and trading strategies confidential. Shield has launched the first confidential onchain trading pair f
The post-trade market infrastructure provider said the tokenization services will create a “practical path” for tokenized securities adoption.
DTCC's tokenization service went live on Canton Network and private chain Besu, with JPMorgan, Citi and Morgan Stanley among 20 firms signed up.
Birch Hill, founded by Goldman Sachs and BlackRock alumni, raised $4 million in a seed round led by Multicoin Capital to build a regulated path for bringing U.S. loans onchain.
Ripple expects a $900M annualized product revenue run rate by end of 2026, as RLUSD reaches $2.5B and payments near $150B in lifetime volume.
C2FO and Ripple say their Instant Pay initiative will use the XRP Ledger and RLUSD to settle financing associated with approved supplier invoices.
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