Crypto wallet providers have brought trading, lending, and payments into their apps, with Phantom charging 0.85% on most swaps and MetaMask advertising up to 4% variable annual yield through Money Account. MetaMask, Phantom and Jupiter describe products that combine self-custody…
Crypto wallets expand into DeFi hubs as swaps and yield move in-app
XRPL Commons has announced early access to the XRP Ledger’s proposed native lending tools at its Oct. 24–25 New York hackathon, with more than 400 builders registered for the 36-hour event while validator voting continues. XRPL Commons, the Paris-based nonprofit…
XRP Ledger builders to test native lending before validator approval
OpenAI says Third Moment Research builds long-running AI agents using GPT-6 models for cybersecurity and workflow improvement. (Read More)
Third Moment Research says its agents can run for 36+ hours
ZEC tests $1,140 after a 31% decline from its peak ZEC traded near $1,163 on October 14 at 15:22 UTC, according to the ZEC/USD daily chart on TradingView. Its intraday low near $1,145 brought it close to the 38.2% Fibonacci retracement at $1,140. Zcash tests support below 50-day SMA. The Fibonacci levels track the advance from $250 to $1,690. ZEC is now approximately 31% below that
Zcash Price Falls 4.4%, Tests Support After 50-Day SMA Break
Key Takeaways: Ripple is in a partnership with DriveWealth, to secure the integration of the RLUSD settlement, cross-border payment capabilities, digital asset custody and institutional equity financing. With the initial rollout of stablecoins set to begin in Europe, then the USA. Ripple has a video conference with over 100 partners worldwide and will be introducing it to the Driv
Ripple Taps DriveWealth to Bring RLUSD Settlement to 100+ Global Investing Partners
Uniswap (UNI) Labs has launched VolatilePair Hook on Ethereum mainnet for ETH/USDC, using dynamic fees that adjust with market moves. (Read More)
Uniswap (UNI) launches VolatilePair Hook for ETH/USDC on mainnet
Another successful Ukrainian drone attack deep inside Russia, the country that has invaded Ukraine, has produced an unexpected victim: transactions involving A7A5, a stablecoin designed to evade Western sanctions, have collapsed. On the night of Oct. 7-8, Ukrainian drones struck a Yandex—or “Russia’s Google”—data center in Sasovo, sending shock waves across Russia. One of those […]
Ukraine’s ‘Kinetic Sanctions’ Disrupt Russian A7A5 Stablecoin Services: Elliptic
The SEC’s Small Business Capital Formation Advisory Committee will meet October 27 to continue IPO modernization talks and discuss crowdfunding policy. (Read More)
SEC committee sets October 27 meeting on IPO modernization, crowdfunding
Pi Network price has slipped below $0.08 ahead of its Oct. 16 Protocol 28 mainnet upgrade, with daily momentum weakening and the 4-hour trend still pointing lower. TradingView’s OKX PI/USDT daily chart showed PI at $0.07894 on Oct. 14, compared…
Pi Network price loses $0.08 ahead of upgrade: Can PI reverse its slide?
The D.C. Circuit upheld admission of Chainalysis Reactor evidence in United States v. Sterlingov, extending a prior district court Daubert ruling. (Read More)
D.C. Circuit Upholds Chainalysis Reactor Evidence in Sterlingov Case
Strive just leapfrogged MARA in the corporate bitcoin rankings, snapping up another 2,822 BTC for $235 million, barely a day after revealing a $280 million purchase. The back-to-back buying spree pushed its holdings to 35,595 BTC, worth nearly $3 billion. Strive Adds 6,133 Bitcoin in Days, Claims Fourth Place Strive isn’t wasting much time climbing […]
Strive Buys $235M in Bitcoin, Knocks MARA Out of Fourth Place
Apia, Samoa, October 14, 2026 – The crypto market saw a notable rally in the just-concluded third quarter. It was also the quarter in which HTX turned 13. Over the past 13 years, the industry has weathered multiple bull and bear cycles, and HTX has stood alongside users worldwide throughout them. Resilience in navigating market cycles has been a defining characteristic of HTX over
HTX Publishes Its Q3 2026 Scorecard: Cumulative TradFi Trading Volume Approaches $6B Amid 13th Anniversary Celebration
The asset manager's crypto assets surged 63% to $79.6 billion as investors returned, but holdings remain 23% below year-ago levels.
BlackRock's crypto ETF assets surge 63% but remain far below 2025 peak
Newly public Evernorth is preparing to deploy its 473 million XRP treasury through institutional strategies with Ripple, Coinbase, Kraken, and Bitgo. Nasdaq-Listed Evernorth Activates 473M XRP Treasury Evernorth is wasting little time turning its massive XRP balance sheet into an active investment strategy. The Nasdaq-listed digital asset treasury company has named Ripple, Coinbase