BlackRock, SBI and Startale Eye Tokenized MMF Link to Yen Stablecoin
Akash Opens Vote to Move AKT From Cosmos to Solana
Ripple National Trust Bank Wins Final OCC Approval for RLUSD Reserves
Mochatrade Raises $5.56M to Offer US Stock Perpetuals to Indian Traders
Keystone to Scrap 18,835 Wallets After Attacker Steals Device Key
Hyperliquid Plans Payward as First HIP-3 Deployer Regulated by the CFTC
NBA Signs CFTC Prediction Market MOU, Names Kalshi and Polymarket
Bitmine Buys Back $45.9M of Shares While Adding 10,452 ETH
Canada Opens 60 Day Stablecoin Consultation, Keeps Ban on Yield
Anthropic Files S-1 for Nasdaq IPO Under Ticker ANT
Strategy Skips Bitcoin Buy, Spends $205M on STRC Buybacks
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Akash Opens Vote to Move AKT From Cosmos to Solana
Ripple National Trust Bank Wins Final OCC Approval for RLUSD Reserves
Mochatrade Raises $5.56M to Offer US Stock Perpetuals to Indian Traders
Keystone to Scrap 18,835 Wallets After Attacker Steals Device Key
Hyperliquid Plans Payward as First HIP-3 Deployer Regulated by the CFTC
NBA Signs CFTC Prediction Market MOU, Names Kalshi and Polymarket
Bitmine Buys Back $45.9M of Shares While Adding 10,452 ETH
Canada Opens 60 Day Stablecoin Consultation, Keeps Ban on Yield
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BlackRock, SBI and Startale Eye Tokenized MMF Link to Yen Stablecoin
BlackRock, SBI Holdings and Startale will explore linking tokenized money market funds with JPYSC, Japan's first trust-type yen stablecoin. The MOU covers tech, distribution and regulation, but no integration has been confirmed.
Akash Opens Vote to Move AKT From Cosmos to Solana
Akash Network's Proposal #346 asks AKT holders to approve a one-way move from its sovereign Cosmos chain to Solana, converting AKT 1:1 to an SPL token. Early tallies show about 98% support; voting closes November 2, and the marketplace move needs a separate vote.
Ripple National Trust Bank Wins Final OCC Approval for RLUSD Reserves
The OCC has granted final approval to Ripple National Trust Bank, completing a process that began with a conditional approval in December 2025. The New York-based trust bank will manage RLUSD reserves and offer enterprise custody, but will not take deposits or make loans.
Mochatrade Raises $5.56M to Offer US Stock Perpetuals to Indian Traders
CoinFund led a seed round in Mochatrade, bringing total funding to $5.56 million. The Y Combinator startup lets Indian traders fund in rupees via UPI and trade leveraged perpetual futures on US stocks such as Nvidia, Tesla and Apple.
Regulation
Hyperliquid Plans Payward as First HIP-3 Deployer Regulated by the CFTC
Hyperliquid intends to make Kraken parent Payward the first CFTC-regulated deployer on HIP-3, with Bitnomial deploying and NinjaTrader Clearing carrying accounts. Permissioned allowlists are live on testnet; approval, KYC design and launch timing remain open.
Canada Opens 60 Day Stablecoin Consultation, Keeps Ban on Yield
Draft regulations under Canada's Stablecoin Act would require non-bank issuers to register with the Bank of Canada, hold reserves equal to tokens and redeem at par within three business days, while barring yield. The 60-day consultation closes December 23.
Bank of Korea to Amend Forex Law to Regulate Stablecoins as Payments
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DeFi
Dolomite Adds $100 Million in Concrete BTCcx Bitcoin Collateral
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Researchers Flag Inflated swETH and rswETH Rates After Swell Key Compromise
Security researcher Spreek reports an unidentified actor took control of Swell DAO hot keys, raising swETH and rswETH rates 1% per hour with no new ETH. Four malicious upgrades could reach about 2,513 ETH, though Swell says no ETH has moved.
France Proposes Liability for Crypto Platforms That Offer DeFi Access
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Dogecoin Labs Launches to Unite MyDoge, DogeOS and Such App
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Technology
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Nvidia stock jumped 7% in premarket trading Thursday after posting an earnings beat and announcing a $12.9 billion acquisition of Hugging Face. Nasdaq futures climbed 1.1% on the news, arriving ahead of the Federal Reserve's Jackson Hole Economic Symposium.
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Inception Labs' Mercury 2 Outperforms Google's DiffusionGemma in AI Showdown
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Quantinuum Surges 13% on Nasdaq IPO Debut, Raising $1.68B
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