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- 6dCryptoBitget Says Customer Funds Remain Safe as It Ends Services…Bitget will discontinue services for a subset of users in a one-time account closure, notifying affected customers individually while saying assets are safe and platform operations continue.
- Oct 16CryptoCoinbase to power stablecoin-backed cards for Marqeta customersMarqeta is extending its six-year tie-up with Coinbase so business clients can issue cards funded by customers' stablecoin balances, with Coinbase handling custody and conversions.
- Oct 16CryptoBlofin Crypto Exchange Review: Fees, Supported Coins,…Blofin offers spot and perpetual futures with 0.10% base spot fees, futures fees from 0.020%/0.060%, up to 150x leverage and optional KYC for basic trading.
- Oct 16CryptoBinance’s SAFU Fund: Why the Secure Asset Fund Was…Binance has finished moving its SAFU user-protection reserve entirely into Bitcoin. The fund now holds roughly 15,000 BTC worth about $1 billion, with a pledged $800 million floor.
- Oct 16Crypto“Users No Longer Think About Their Financial Lives in Separate Boxes”: Bybit and Alpaca CEOs on the Convergence of Crypto and EquitiesBybit CEO Ben Zhou and Alpaca CEO Yoshi Yokokawa say users no longer split their finances by asset class, as Bybit offers US stocks and ETFs funded with USDC and executed by Alpaca.
- Oct 16CryptoUS federal judge denies joint Gemini-CFTC bid to undo $5 million settlementA New York federal judge rejected a joint CFTC-Gemini motion to set aside a January 2025 consent order imposing a $5 million penalty and a permanent injunction on the crypto exchange.
- Oct 16CryptoBinance.US Seeks Up to $100 Million at $1 Billion Valuation…Binance.US is in talks to raise as much as $100 million at a valuation of about $1 billion, a steep discount to its 2022 round, as it works to rebuild its American business.
- Oct 16CryptoLedger unveils Atom smartphone with built-in hardware crypto walletLedger has introduced Atom, a smartphone with an integrated hardware crypto wallet. Pre-orders are open at €849, with shipping planned for summer 2027.
- Oct 15CryptoBinance.US Seeks Up to $100 Million in Funding at $1…Binance.US is reportedly negotiating a private raise of up to $100 million at roughly a $1 billion valuation, well below the $4.5 billion pre-money mark it secured in April 2022.
- Oct 15CryptoHyperliquid’s Jeff Yan Wants US Regulators to Police…Hyperliquid founder Jeff Yan told Bloomberg that US regulation should fall on the firms operating markets on his blockchain, not on the network itself, as Kraken parent Payward prepares regulated US perpetual futures.
- Oct 15CryptoBinance Claims Fastest $1 Billion Sprint in bStocks With $6 Billion in Share ConversionsBinance reported that its bStocks tokenised equity product passed $1 billion in assets, supported by $6 billion in conversions with underlying shares and $40 billion in cumulative volume since June.
- Oct 15CryptoRipple Prime Connects Institutions to Hyperliquid’s 24/7 Markets Through SwapsRipple Prime now lets institutional clients take swaps referencing more than 100 traditional-asset perpetual markets on Hyperliquid, with itself as counterparty and cross-margin against other positions.
- Oct 15CryptoRipple Prime adds RWA swaps referencing perpetual futures listed on HyperliquidRipple Prime has rolled out real-world asset perpetual swaps for institutional clients, referencing more than 100 markets via Trade.xyz futures on Hyperliquid, with RLUSD usable as collateral.
- Oct 15CryptoKraken Parent Payward to Acquire Saldo Bank OwnerPayward, Kraken's parent, has agreed to buy Saldo Finance Oy, owner of Lithuania-licensed Saldo Bank, to add regulated EU banking. Terms were undisclosed and closing is expected in 2027.
- Oct 14CryptoBingX EU Secures Austrian MiCA Licence to Enter 29 EEA MarketsBingX EU, operated by MEGE zweite GmbH, has obtained a MiCA licence from Austria's Financial Market Authority, opening the door to regulated crypto services across 29 EEA countries.
- Oct 14CryptoUK Trader Targets 1,053 Losing BitMEX Trades in £20 Million ClaimLewis Barber is seeking 324.8 Bitcoin, worth about £20.4 million, from BitMEX operator HDR Global Trading, arguing the exchange lacked UK authorisation for the perpetual swaps he traded.
- Oct 14CryptoKraken Parent Payward to Acquire European BankPayward, the parent of crypto exchange Kraken, has agreed to acquire Finnish holding company Saldo Finance Oy, owner of Lithuania-licensed Saldo Bank, in a deal expected to close in 2027.
- Oct 14CryptoEvernorth taps Ripple, Kraken, Coinbase and BitGo to put $648 million XRP treasury to workEvernorth named Ripple, Kraken, Coinbase and BitGo as the first partners for its XRP treasury strategy, which will begin deploying in the fourth quarter from a 473 million token holding worth about $648 million.
- Oct 14CryptoCoinbase, Custodian of 5% of Existing Bitcoin, Outlines…Coinbase published recommendations for hardening Bitcoin against future quantum threats, covering flexible signature schemes, hybrid spending and migration of vulnerable coins.
- Oct 14CryptoCoinbase lays out flexible designs as key priority for Bitcoin’s post-quantum migrationCoinbase published technical priorities for Bitcoin's post-quantum migration, urging early preparation and favoring flexible output designs, hybrid spending paths and MPC-compatible signature schemes.
- Oct 14CryptoAptos Launches Encrypted Mempool to Stop Sandwich BotsAptos has deployed an encrypted mempool on mainnet, hiding transaction details until validators lock their block position and shielding users from MEV bots.APTUSD
- Oct 13CryptoSwapSpace CEO Ties RWA Growth to Distribution as Binance…Binance's bStocks leads tokenized equities at $930.5M across 91 listings, while RWA holders rose 21.5% even as monthly transfer volume fell 71.6%.
- Oct 13CryptoSouth Korea Blocks 27 Crypto Exchange Websites, Including KuCoin, BitMartSouth Korea's Financial Intelligence Unit has won approval to restrict access to 27 websites run by unregistered offshore crypto exchanges, extending a years-long crackdown from apps to the open web.
- Oct 13CryptoBinance to shut down mining pool, cloud mining and related servicesBinance will close Binance Pool, Pool Savings, Cloud Mining and Transaction Accelerator on Nov. 10, while expanding into AI trading tools and traditional-finance products.