October 20, 2026 @ 2:51 pm By JD Alois  |  

Cross River has announced an agreement to acquire Accrue, a Fintech company that offers a branded wallet that supports rewards and loyalty programs. The acquisition is described as another milestone in Cross River’s efforts to grow its embedded finance offerings. Terms of the deal were… Read More

October 20, 2026 @ 2:41 pm By JD Alois  |  

Online investment platform Republic has inked a partnership with Grayscale to offer access to crypto funds. While Grayscale offers publicly listed digital asset funds these are private offerings. The partnership will see three Grayscale products available on Republic’s DeFi Fund (exposure to protocols like UNI,… Read More

October 20, 2026 @ 2:28 pm By JD Alois  |  

CoinShares (Nasdaq:CSHR) says the affluent are investing in crypto. According to a CoinShares survey of 502 investors with net worth over $500,000, 70% say they already own digital assets, and 64% are “extremely likely” to increase their crypto exposure. Additionally, 93% want to increase their… Read More

October 20, 2026 @ 2:18 pm By JD Alois  |  

Anchorage Digital and Securitize (NYSE:SECZ) have revealed a partnership regarding stablecoins. Anchorage Digital is a federally regulated bank. Securitize is a leading tokenization platform that enables digital securities. According to a release, Securitize will support the direct minting and redemption of stablecoins powered by Anchorage…. Read More

October 20, 2026 @ 1:05 pm By JD Alois  |  

Fintech funding for private ventures remains robust, but it is not immune to market shifts, especially as dollars compete for the hot artificial intelligence (AI) sector. So far, several reports indicate that global Fintech funding has dropped in 2026, and Crunchbase is now throwing its hat in… Read More

October 20, 2026 @ 12:45 pm By Michael Wong  |  

Stablecoins are emerging as an alternative to traditional cross-border payment systems, according to a working paper by the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) titled Competing Rails for Cross-Border Payments: Banks, Fintechs, and Stablecoins. The paper, written by researchers Wenxin Du, Catherine Huang, and David Scharfstein,… Read More

October 20, 2026 @ 11:27 am By Omar Faridi  |  

zerohash announced the launch of AUTH by zerohash, an onchain authentication and account-linking product. The tool is designed to improve the usability of moving digital assets—including cryptocurrencies, stablecoins, and tokenized securities—by allowing transfers between linked accounts without requiring users to copy alphanumeric wallet addresses or… Read More

October 20, 2026 @ 9:33 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Thai immigration authorities have taken a 37-year-old Chinese national into custody in Bangkok following a multi-year search linked to an alleged transnational criminal operation. Officers from Immigration Division 3 located and detained the man, identified in Thai media reports as Wu Chaoshuai, at a luxury… Read More

October 20, 2026 @ 9:12 am By Omar Faridi  |  

A group of core market-infrastructure firms has formed a working group to push tokenized public stocks that stay legally tied to the companies that issue them. On September 24, 2026, Bullish and Equiniti announced the Issuer Sponsored Token Coalition, with Alpaca, Apex Fintech Solutions, and… Read More

October 20, 2026 @ 9:07 am By Michael Wong  |  

Australia’s government has released draft legislation to introduce new tax reporting requirements for crypto asset transactions, seeking to improve transparency and strengthen the exchange of tax information involving digital assets. The proposed measures would incorporate the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development’s (OECD) Crypto-Asset Reporting… Read More

October 20, 2026 @ 7:59 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The Blockchain Association submitted a detailed 26-page comment letter on October 19, 2026, responding to the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s proposed regulations implementing Section 3 of the Guiding and Establishing National Innovation for U.S. Stablecoins (GENIUS) Act. Section 3 establishes the core framework for… Read More

October 20, 2026 @ 7:56 am By Omar Faridi  |  

J.P. Morgan Asset Management (NYSE: JPM) has, for the first time in the three-decade history of its annual Long-Term Capital Market Assumptions (LTCMA), assigned explicit return projections to Bitcoin. In the 31st edition of the report, released on October 19, 2026, the firm’s base-case estimate… Read More

October 20, 2026 @ 3:42 am By Michael Wong  |  

Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Ltd (HKEX) has launched a joint index with S&P Dow Jones Indices combining Hong Kong-listed technology companies with large-cap US stocks, according to an announcent. The index offers investors exposure to both markets through a single benchmark. The S&P 500… Read More

October 20, 2026 @ 3:13 am By Omar Faridi  |  

In a Toronto courtroom this month, a senior forensic accountant from the Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) laid out bank records showing that self-described “Crypto King” Aiden Pleterski directed roughly $16.3 million of the $36.3 million he collected from investors between 2020 and 2022 toward his own… Read More

October 20, 2026 @ 1:15 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Hong Kong police have recently documented more than 110 complaints of unauthorized credit card charges tied to pre-orders of Apple’s (NASDAQ: AAPL) new foldable iPhone Duo. The reports began arriving after online reservations opened on Friday evening at 8 p.m., with the single largest transaction… Read More

October 20, 2026 @ 12:19 am By Michael Wong  |  

Dutch development finance institution FMO plans to provide a $20 million subordinated facility to Ecuadorian lender Banco de la Producción SA (Produbanco) to strengthen its capital base and support financing for renewable energy, energy efficiency, and other eligible green projects. Under the proposed transaction seen… Read More

October 19, 2026 @ 10:28 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Tron has established a clear lead in blockchain network revenue over the most recent 30-day period, generating more than $23 million and ranking first among all tracked chains. On-chain data compiled by DefiLlama and highlighted by the analytics account Lookonchain show Tron recording approximately $23.41… Read More

October 19, 2026 @ 9:26 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

A recent nationwide survey reveals that a clear majority of US adults oppose the use of prediction markets for wagering on elections and other government-related events, even as these platforms expand rapidly and draw regulatory scrutiny. The research findings, from a Reuters/Ipsos poll, highlight bipartisan… Read More

October 19, 2026 @ 8:09 pm By Michael Wong  |  

Multilateral development banks (MDBs) are stepping up efforts to attract private investment into emerging markets and increase their lending capacity as developing economies face mounting debt pressures, economic uncertainty, and climate-related disasters. The heads of the world’s major multilateral lenders met at the Asian Development… Read More

October 19, 2026 @ 6:24 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Qubic’s layer-1 blockchain suspended all transaction processing after an attacker drained 1,404 user wallets of roughly 2.94 trillion QU tokens in under two hours. The project’s own incident update places the theft between 23:42 UTC on 17 October and 01:26 UTC on 18 October 2026…. Read More