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The European Banking Authority classified Circle's USDC stablecoin as a significant e-money token under the region's Markets in Crypto Assets framework in a Wednesday notice. The classification grants joint oversight by the EBA and France's Autorité de Contrôle Prudentiel et de Résolution over the s

Strategy's USD Cash reserves fell 60% from $1.61 billion on August 30 to $640.5 million on October 11, according to the company's latest SEC disclosure this week. The Michael Saylor-led BTC treasury firm spent the majority of its cash on buybacks of STRC, its ultra-high yield dividend stock that

Bank of America hired 1,000 external contractors in the second quarter to patch software vulnerabilities exposed by Anthropic's Mythos AI model, CEO Brian Moynihan told CNBC on Wednesday. The deployment came after Mythos was released to a select group of banks, technology firms, and government

QUICK dropped 10.07% in 60 minutes to $0.00688 after trading at $0.00765 earlier. The decline followed a recent high of $0.00772, reflecting a rapid sell-off. The 24-hour trading volume reached approximately $913,076.03, with the token experiencing a 31.47% decline over the past 24 hours. The

Chainalysis reported that Agentic commerce transactions surged from 58.8k in Q3 2025 to 138.5 million in Q3 2026, driven by stablecoin adoption. The blockchain analytics firm attributed this growth to stablecoins' ability to facilitate transactions settling for under a cent, making them more

Bank of America topped a quantitative stock-rating system among major U.S. banks in US Stock Market News, excelling in value, growth, profitability, earnings revisions, and price momentum despite a regulatory settlement charge affecting its latest earnings. Wells Fargo and JPMorgan Chase saw their r

XRP exchange-traded funds recorded $8 million in net inflows this week, extending a positive streak to 13 weeks, while Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Solana funds shed a combined $1.25 billion during the same period. The inflows came from two concentrated trading sessions on October 6 and October 8, with th

YouTube Music announced Wednesday the rollout of a new labeling system aimed at improving transparency around songs created with the help of generative AI. Listeners will be able to identify tracks created using AI, including those involved in composition and vocals. The move comes as AI-generated m

Injective, a Layer-1 blockchain built for financial applications, became the first blockchain registered as an SEC transfer agent on October 12, 2026. The registration enables Injective to maintain securities ownership records on-chain in a compliant manner. As of mid-October 2026, the platform

Google DeepMind unveiled its Gemini 4 Argon model on October 13, 2026, during an internal robotics demonstration where a humanoid robot learned to play cornhole from a single video. The robot, Apptronik's Apollo 2, achieved seven consecutive successful throws after watching one human demonstration a

DTCC Managing Director Nadine Chakar and Chainlink co-founder Sergey Nazarov discussed tokenized market infrastructure at Sibos 2026 in Miami Beach from September 28 to October 1, 2026. The discussion centered on compliance features, interoperability, and round-the-clock operability as DTCC

Bitwise's NEAR ETF held 15,775,804.74 NEAR tokens worth approximately $79.2 million as of October 12, 2026, two weeks after its September 29, 2026 launch on NYSE Arca under ticker NRR. The fund attracted $35.5 million in first-day inflows and reached $52.8 million in cumulative inflows by the end of

Rocket Pool's community approved RPIP-71 through Snapshot votes held in late September and early October 2026, adding new withdrawal liquidity mechanics for rETH holders. The votes also maintained the 4 ETH bond requirement for megapool validators, rejecting alternative proposals to reduce it to 1.5

Richmond Fed President Thomas Barkin stated that investment in artificial intelligence depends heavily on the economy and cannot grow indefinitely. In remarks earlier in 2026, Barkin pointed to nearly $700 billion in AI investments announced in a single week, characterizing the current period as an

Nadine Chakar from the DTCC and Sergey Nazarov from Chainlink discussed the future of tokenization in finance at Sibos 2026. The discussion focused on the need for interoperability and compliance in digital asset management. As tokenization gains traction in financial markets, both speakers

The Federal Reserve released its Beige Book on Oct. 14, revealing mounting price pressures across parts of the United States. Three of the 12 Federal Reserve districts reported strong overall price gains, while eight districts saw modest price increases. The pressure stemmed from rising input

Coinbase joined Joint Disruption Week, an operation held in London to combat fraud rings operating in West Africa. CEO Brian Armstrong confirmed the company's participation in the event, which brought together companies and law enforcement agencies. The operation aimed to disrupt organized fraud

Brooklyn prosecutors and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) disrupted an Eastern European cryptocurrency scam network accused of stealing tens of millions of dollars from Russian-speaking Americans. The operation, carried out last week and announced on Wednesday, resulted in the shutdown of 2

Dubai International Financial Centre Courts began issuing court documents containing nonfungible token (NFT) verification data through the Avalanche blockchain. Cointelegraph reported on October 14 that DIFC Courts introduced a system enabling anyone

Apate.ai deploys AI agents that pose as scam victims to extract fraud intelligence from scammers. The Australian startup founded in 2024 raised $8.15 million in seed funding in August from Lobby Capital, OIF Ventures, Investible, Concept Ventures and Baobab Ventures. The company's agents have