Archives for October 2026

Payward, the parent company of crypto exchange Kraken, is in talks to become a crypto liquidity provider to U.S. financial giant Wells Fargo (WFC), according to two people with direct knowledge of the matter. Under the potential deal, Wyoming-based Payward would supply liquidity for trading in crypto assets, the people said, speaking on condition of […]

Polygon Labs’ Open Money Stack extended its stablecoin payments and cross-border transfer capabilities by adding support for the TRON network. Open Money Stack is targeting businesses that might want to use TRON for digital-dollar services without the requirement to combine banking access, wallets and other orchestration first, Polygon co-founder Sandeep Nailwal told CoinDesk. “By connecting […]

“We don’t want to stay with a small group of people who are professional at trading,” Han said. “We want to provide this product to a wider range of customers.” The Gate founder said he believes it’s time for all crypto firms to bring in non-crypto users. That’s where the biggest potential for growth is, […]

If someone needs to prove something to a regulator or business partner, they can share a special “viewing key” that unlocks just that information, without handing over control of their money. A full viewing key can reveal incoming transactions and the details of standard outgoing payments to whomever it’s shared with. Disclosure becomes something the […]

Kazakhstan’s central bank is teaming up with stablecoin giant Tether to explore issuing a digital token tied to the country’s currency and putting real-world assets on blockchain rails. The National Bank of Kazakhstan (NBK), Tether and the Alatau City Authority signed a memorandum of understanding to study stablecoins, asset tokenization and decentralized finance, the parties […]

The agency aimed to draw a clear distinction often lost in warnings about quantum computing: the hash functions that help secure a blockchain’s history, including bitcoin mining, remain far more resistant to quantum attacks than the public-key cryptography used to control wallets. “Cryptocurrencies will not collapse due to quantum computing,” Europol said. The immediate concern […]

Ether ETH$2,558.85, the second-largest cryptocurrency, is about to lose one of its most persistent sources of demand as Ethereum-focused digital asset treasury firm Bitmine BMNR$24.46 will soon stop accumulating the token. Bitmine chairman Tom Lee, speaking Wednesday at TOKEN2049 in Singapore, said the firm will stop accumulating ETH once its holdings reach 5% of the […]