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Stablecoin payments grew 45% year over year to $482 billion through September 30, driven by surging card spending and integration from major payment networks even as total token supply barely changed.
World has rolled out an identity verification bundle targeted at banks and financial institutions, while making its World ID for Zoom deepfake detection tool generally available.
Layer 1 network Qubic halted transactions after an attacker exploited weak wallet seed generation to siphon 2.94 trillion QU—worth about $1.4 million—from 1,404 accounts.
Goldman Sachs, Wells Fargo, and Morgan Stanley highlighted tokenization as an avenue for business growth on their third-quarter earnings calls, addressing developments from wealth advisory to real-time payments.
At least 47 large US data center projects have been delayed, blocked, or withdrawn in 2026 as grid bottlenecks, local pushback, and financing strains cause Bernstein to question the credibility of nearly two-thirds of the planned pipeline.
Michael Saylor teased another potential Bitcoin acquisition for Strategy after posting that the company has found room for more orange.
Artificial intelligence startup Anthropic announced the launch of the Anthropic Public Benefit Fund with an initial commitment of 5% of company shares to support public-good initiatives, including mitigating AI job disruption.
Nvidia has reportedly asked Samsung, SK Hynix, and Micron to manufacture base dies for custom high-bandwidth memory using TSMC's 3nm process, with Samsung agreeing in its first collaboration with the rival foundry.
Uniswap generated $14.81 million in protocol revenue in September 2026, marking its highest monthly total since activating its fee switch, with Robinhood Chain providing 53% of the total.
Cysic halted its cross-chain bridge after an attacker exploited a vulnerability on BNB Chain to mint 10 million unbacked CYS tokens and transfer roughly $727,000 to Ethereum.
El Salvador's national Bitcoin holdings have surpassed 7,800 BTC, reaching 7,807 coins valued at over $620 million on Oct. 18, 2026, as reports highlight ongoing friction with the International Monetary Fund.
Thai police have arrested a Chinese national in Bangkok who is accused of conducting cryptocurrency and foreign-currency exchanges across more than 133 accounts for an international crime network that allegedly moved $75 million.
BitTorrent has permanently burned 21.62 trillion BTT tokens valued at $7.6 million using third-quarter revenue from decentralized services, marking the network's first quarterly buyback.
Microsoft has terminated its agreement to serve as anchor tenant at Nscale's planned Essex data center and rent 23,000 Nvidia AI chips, dealing a significant blow to the startup's planned initial public offering.
Bitcoin, Ethereum, and tokenized stock perpetual contracts experienced a sharp weekend flash crash on Hyperliquid before quickly recovering, triggering more than $51 million in liquidations.
Foreign investors hold the overwhelming majority of geolocated tokenized U.S. Treasuries in personal wallets, with Italy, Portugal, and Singapore combining for 66.9% compared to 10.5% in the U.S.
U.S. crypto exchange-traded funds posted heavy weekly redemptions, led by roughly $320 million in Ethereum withdrawals and nearly $229 million in spot Bitcoin ETF outflows.
Yuga Labs has rolled out Mudwater, a trading card collection pairing physical cards with Solana NFTs, while opening claims for Bored Ape and Mutant Ape holders.
A report from Fidelity's research arm FCAT finds Solana has maintained an unbroken two-year uptime record, but warns that concentrations in stake, hosting, and client software pose systemic challenges.
Pump.fun has added a 0.45% trading fee to its mobile app after months of zero-fee trading on Solana, redirecting all generated revenue toward referral incentives and Callout Rewards.
