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Coinbase, Marqeta expand partnership for enterprise stablecoin cards

Coinbase and Marqeta are extending their partnership to stablecoin-backed payment cards for enterprises, Crypto Briefing reported. No volume or revenue figures were disclosed.

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News BriefDeFiYesterday

Lido adds direct ETH staking from four L2s to its main interface

Lido announced on October 15, 2026 that Arbitrum, Base, Linea and Optimism users can stake ETH from stake.lido.fi and receive wstETH. Chainlink CCIP coordinates the flow, which builds on a 2024 design.

Blockchain Academics Research2 min read

News BriefRegulationOct 14, 2026

Kraken parent Payward agrees to buy Lithuania's Saldo Bank for EU licence

Payward, Kraken's parent company, announced on Oct 14, 2026 an agreement to acquire Saldo Bank's Finnish holding company, Saldo Finance Oy, which owns Lithuanian lender Saldo Bank UAB. The price is undisclosed and closing is expected in 2027, pending regulatory approvals.

Blockchain Academics Research3 min read

News BriefMarketsOct 13, 2026

Strive discloses 3,311 BTC purchase, lifting holdings to 32,773 BTC

Strive's October 13 Form 8-K shows it bought 3,311 bitcoin from October 5 to 9 at about $84,500 each. Holdings now total 32,773 BTC, fifth among public companies per Bitcoin Treasuries data cited by The Block.

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Deep DiveRegulationOct 13, 2026

MiCA Dollars and Onchain Vaults: Licensed Perimeter, Tiny Scale, Real Plumbing

AllUnity's USDAU and GSR's Hare vaults landed seven days apart, but they are different things. USDAU is a licensed EU-perimeter dollar token with no reported supply yet, while Hare is DeFi vault infrastructure on existing assets. The gap between regulatory positioning and measured scale is the story.

Blockchain Academics Research15 min read

Deep DiveMarketsOct 13, 2026

Staked ETH Is Concentrating in Owners, Not Yet in Operators

Bitmine's 6,016,414 ETH and 5,067,309 staked ETH make institutional capital central to Ethereum staking. The evidence shows concentrated ownership, not proven operator centralization, and Bitmine's reported yield sits near the network base rate. Lido's share is falling, validator consolidation is shrinking the validator set, and MEV and builder data remain a gap.

Blockchain Academics Research18 min read

Deep DiveDeFiOct 13, 2026

GSR's Hare Is a $100M Bet on Onchain Credit Curation, Not Yet Proof of Demand

GSR's Hare shows a major market maker will put its own balance sheet behind onchain credit curation on Aave. But the first vaults are not open, the deployed amount is undisclosed, and the capital is GSR's own. GSR's CEO has said tokenized-asset supply is ahead of demand, and the IMF separately flags legal, interoperability and settlement-asset obstacles to tokenized-market growth.

Blockchain Academics Research16 min read