October 20, 2026 @ 11:35 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The US Department of Homeland Security has directed civilian federal agencies to purge Chinese artificial intelligence firm DeepSeek from their information technology environments and to halt all related purchasing. The action, detailed in a Federal Register notice published on October 20, 2026, implements Exclusion and… Read More

October 20, 2026 @ 10:31 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) urged a federal court to dismiss CME Group’s lawsuit challenging the agency’s authorization of perpetual futures contracts on digital assets. The filing, submitted in the US District Court for the District of Columbia, contends that the exchange operator has… Read More

October 20, 2026 @ 9:30 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Tether has pushed back against a recent Senate investigation that portrayed its USDT stablecoin as a major conduit for Iranian financial activity, arguing that the inquiry overlooked the company’s proactive compliance efforts and their measurable impact on reducing related transaction volumes. Last month, Democratic staff… Read More

October 20, 2026 @ 9:22 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Strategy (NASDAQ: MSTR), the publicly traded firm that maintains the largest corporate treasury of Bitcoin, is approaching a technical development on its share-price chart that mirrors a signal Bitcoin itself produced several weeks earlier. The pattern under discussion is a golden cross, defined as the point… Read More

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

On October 19, 2026, iShares Trust, advised by BlackRock Fund Advisors, filed a post-effective amendment to its registration statement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for a proposed new series named the iShares Bitcoin Managed Protection ETF, intended to trade under the ticker… Read More

October 20, 2026 @ 6:23 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Mastercard (NYSE: MA) has launched a new service designed to help banks and other financial institutions better evaluate the risks associated with stablecoin payments. Announced on October 19, 2026, during the Money20/20 USA conference in Las Vegas, the offering—called Stablecoin Security—combines traditional payment insights with… Read More

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