October 11, 2026 @ 4:34 pm By Michael Wong  |  

Hong Kong’s exchange-traded product (ETP) market has expanded sharply, with daily turnover rising 3.6 times since 2023 to account for nearly one-fifth of trading on the stock exchange’s Main Board, Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) Chief Executive Julia Leung said. The growth reflects efforts to… Read More

October 11, 2026 @ 4:15 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

As artificial intelligence focused executives, including Elon Musk, Sam Altman, and Anthropic’s leadership, have pressed world governments to approach the accelerating pace of AI development with greater restraint and foresight, a senior European official has expressed confidence that existing continental regulations can manage the risks… Read More

October 11, 2026 @ 11:33 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Ledger, the maker of hardware wallets, is investigating a serious incident involving one of its official partners in Southeast Asia. The company has urged customers who bought devices from the Malaysian reseller CryptoBilis in the past three months not to set them up, and those… Read More

October 11, 2026 @ 11:00 am By Michael Wong  |  

Banks and other financial institutions are increasingly looking to external providers to upgrade their wealth management and brokerage services, as legacy technology and rising competition complicate efforts to modernise, according to a study commissioned by Saxo. Half of 332 senior decision-makers surveyed across Europe, the… Read More

October 11, 2026 @ 10:00 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Ethereum’s long-running split between its base layer and its rollups took a concrete step toward closing on October 5, 2026, when Eduardo Antuña Díez, a core contributor to the Ethereum Economic Zone (EEZ), published evidence of an atomic Layer 1 to Layer 2 transaction settled… Read More

October 11, 2026 @ 9:57 am By Michael Wong  |  

The International Finance Corporation (IFC), the World Bank’s private-sector investment arm, has proposed an equity investment of up to $10 million in a private equity fund targeting financial institutions that provide sustainable finance to small businesses and individuals in India. ECF Fund III LP is… Read More

October 11, 2026 @ 2:02 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin has urged holders not to rush digital-wallet migrations, even as he treats faster AI-driven mathematical research as a genuine risk to the cryptography that secures wallets and chains. His comments, posted on X on October 7, 2026, came in reply to… Read More

October 10, 2026 @ 6:53 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Approved claimants in a class-action settlement involving Cash App and its parent company, Block Inc. (NYSE: XYZ), are expected to receive compensation during October 2026. The official settlement website, updated in late September, states that the review of claim deficiencies and appeals is complete and that… Read More

October 10, 2026 @ 6:53 pm By Michael Wong  |  

Catalyst, a San Francisco-based artificial intelligence startup developing automated trading tools for retail investors, has raised $30 million in a Series A funding round led by Sequoia Capital. The round also drew participation from SF1, Selini Capital, Jump Trading, Peak XV Partners, Lux Capital, AntiFund,… Read More

October 10, 2026 @ 12:28 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Blockchain.com, a long-established digital asset platform, has moved to secure regulatory clearance that would allow it to expand into US prediction markets and cryptocurrency derivatives trading. The company informed CNBC that it has submitted applications for two licenses from the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC),… Read More

October 10, 2026 @ 11:28 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Bitcoin’s (BTC) overall volatility has declined sharply in 2026, yet significant extreme price movements have occurred more often than during the full 2018 bear market. At the same time, Bitunix analysts have highlighted $82,800 as a critical technical level while US spot Bitcoin ETF demand… Read More

October 10, 2026 @ 11:25 am By Michael Wong  |  

Stord, a commerce fulfilment and technology company, has secured a $400 million credit facility led by Citi, with Morgan Stanley, JPMorgan, First Citizens, Citizens, and KeyBank also participating, to expand its logistics operations and accelerate investments in artificial intelligence and robotics. The facility was oversubscribed… Read More

October 10, 2026 @ 11:24 am By Omar Faridi  |  

New York Attorney General (NYAG) Letitia James has reached a settlement that permanently bars Alex Mashinsky, co-founder and former chief executive of the cryptocurrency lending platform Celsius Network, from the securities, commodities, and cryptocurrency industries while securing up to $35 million in conditional payments from… Read More

October 10, 2026 @ 1:26 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Investors seeking exposure to Evernorth’s planned XRP treasury through public markets will wait slightly longer than first indicated after the company adjusted its merger and listing timetable. In an October 6 statement, Evernorth said an administrative delay had shifted its expected schedule, while emphasizing that… Read More

October 9, 2026 @ 5:22 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH) slid with the rest of the digital asset market this week as risk appetite cooled across major tokens. The decline was not confined to ether. Solana (SOL), Binance Coin (BNB), and Cardano (ADA) all gave back ground in a broad… Read More

October 9, 2026 @ 5:20 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Stripe is weaving operational logistics data, digital dollar payments, and rules for software agents into a broader push to simplify how smaller firms buy, sell, and borrow. FedEx Dataworks and Stripe disclosed a multiyear collaboration on October 6, 2026, aimed at lowering barriers in cross-border… Read More

October 9, 2026 @ 11:53 am By JD Alois  |  

Artificial intelligence portfolio manager Pave Finance says it has extended its Series A round, raising an additional $5 million. The firm shares that the funding round now totals $20 million Pave says it will put the funding to work immediately as it begins hiring more… Read More

October 9, 2026 @ 11:39 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The United Kingdom on 8 October 2026 added 38 new entries to its Russia sanctions list, with a portion of the package aimed at cryptocurrency exchanges and payment services suspected of helping Moscow route funds around existing restrictions. The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office said… Read More

October 9, 2026 @ 11:37 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Bitmine Immersion Technologies (NYSE: BMNR) is nearing the end of a buying program that turned the listed firm into the largest corporate holder of Ethereum. Speaking at the Token2049 conference in Singapore on October 7, 2026, chairman Tom Lee said the company will stop accumulating ether… Read More

October 9, 2026 @ 11:31 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Cardano’s (ADA) recent stretch has mixed technical progress with public friction. Founder Charles Hoskinson has argued that the privacy-focused Midnight network could eventually surpass Zcash, pressed Gemini (NASDAQ: GEMI) to list ADA again, and pushed back against critics who say years of building haven’t translated into stronger token performance. At… Read More