October 7, 2026 @ 2:36 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Bitwise Chief Investment Officer Matt Hougan has argued that XRP’s pull with certain institutional investors, especially financial advisors, rests on two plain considerations: confidence that the asset will still exist years from now, and a set of uses those advisors already recognize. The comments appear… Read More

October 7, 2026 @ 1:06 am By Omar Faridi  |  

OpenAI chief executive Sam Altman has argued that society should tolerate certain harms from artificial intelligence in exchange for much larger gains. In a recent interview with Politico’s Decoded, he said the world ought to accept some adverse outcomes because people will generate orders of… Read More

October 7, 2026 @ 12:48 am By Omar Faridi  |  

On October 1, 2026, the Ethereum Foundation’s dAI team and the Open Anonymity Project placed zkAPI on Ethereum mainnet, a payment layer that lets people buy metered API access—especially AI inference—without tying the payer’s identity to the requests themselves. Today’s typical AI key points back… Read More

October 7, 2026 @ 12:34 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Japan has placed the Russian cryptocurrency exchange Garantex under an asset freeze as part of a broader package of restrictions tied to the war in Ukraine, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced on October 2, 2026. The measures were adopted under the Foreign Exchange and… Read More

October 6, 2026 @ 11:45 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Brazilian Fintech focused stocks jumped sharply in US trading on Monday after the first round of the country’s presidential election left Senator Flávio Bolsonaro narrowly ahead of incumbent Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, raising the odds of a rightward policy turn before a runoff set… Read More

October 6, 2026 @ 10:58 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Revolut is focused on its push into Israel by recruiting locally for roles that sit at the heart of a regulated bank, a signal that the British fintech is preparing for more than a light payments presence. Job listings tied to its Israeli operations cover… Read More

October 6, 2026 @ 10:56 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Greek authorities have reportedly taken down a suspected cryptocurrency pyramid that investigators say pulled in roughly eight to nine million dollars by telling participants their deposits would double in about fifty days. Officers from the Katerini Crime Prosecution and Investigation Sub-Directorate led a months-long inquiry… Read More

October 6, 2026 @ 5:59 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Federal securities regulators have filed a civil action against a New York fintech startup and its founder, accusing them of raising millions of dollars with financial records that did not reflect the company’s real results. The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) sued Gökçe Güven and… Read More

October 6, 2026 @ 4:06 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Nasdaq (NASDAQ: NDAQ) is positioning its financial technology arm as a central engine of longer-term expansion, as banks, brokers, and other institutions step up spending on cloud-based market infrastructure, compliance tools, and systems that detect financial crime. The unit mixes recurring and subscription-style income, which… Read More

October 6, 2026 @ 3:52 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Michael Saylor, executive chairman of Strategy (NASDAQ: MSTR), has outlined a three-tier framework in which Bitcoin and instruments built around it can address distinct investor preferences. In a recent post, he argued that the cryptocurrency itself suits those who want straightforward ownership of the asset,… Read More

October 6, 2026 @ 3:36 pm By JD Alois  |  

OKX, a leading crypto exchange, infrastructure provider, and tokenization platform, has extended a funding round at a $25 billion pre-money valuation. As was previously reported, ICE, the parent company of the NYSE, has partnered with OKX to enable 24/7 trading of tokenized assets. The updated… Read More

October 6, 2026 @ 12:01 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

AI busts budgets, creates opportunities: US Bank The new report, U.S. Bank CFO Insights Report: Fall 2026, has nine key findings, including that 51% of companies exceeded their AI budgets. The good news is that 69% said that the rapid growth of AI investment has… Read More

October 6, 2026 @ 11:11 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Digital assets tied to artificial intelligence posted the strongest relative returns of any major crypto category last month, according to research published by Grayscale. In a note dated October 2, 2026, the firm’s head of research, Zach Pandl, reported that Grayscale’s Artificial Intelligence Crypto Sector… Read More

October 6, 2026 @ 11:07 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Webull (NASDAQ: BULL) has entered X’s Cashtag Partner Program, linking conversations about stocks and digital assets on the social platform with a route into the broker’s trading services. The Nasdaq-listed firm disclosed the arrangement on October 2, 2026, framing it as a way to pair… Read More

October 6, 2026 @ 10:51 am By Michael Wong  |  

Stablecoins could put significant pressure on traditional payment companies as their use expands, with financial markets suggesting that the passage of new U.S. rules for digital assets could reduce the value of incumbent payment firms by about $300 billion, an IMF study said. The study,… Read More

October 6, 2026 @ 10:44 am By JD Alois  |  

Yesterday, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) issued proposed rules aiming to support digital asset innovation while protecting investors. Crypto proponents view the digital asset sector as key to the US maintaining its global leadership in financial services. Multiple jurisdictions worldwide have begun or already… Read More

October 6, 2026 @ 10:15 am By JD Alois  |  

Erebor Bank, a Columbus, Ohio-based digital bank, reportedly now holds $7 billion in deposits. This is according to a report by the FT. Erebor was approved for a bank charter in February of this year. According to public filings, Erebor held $4.65 billion in total… Read More

October 6, 2026 @ 8:57 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Blockchain investigator ZachXBT disclosed on October 5, 2026, that he spent weeks inside a Chinese organized crime network he says has moved more than $1 billion in stolen cryptocurrency for North Korea’s Lazarus Group across several exploits. In a 12-part thread on X, he described… Read More

October 6, 2026 @ 8:28 am By Omar Faridi  |  

OKX has introduced a standalone consumer application, OKX Money, aimed at users in selected emerging markets who want simpler access to dollar-denominated savings and everyday payments. The company presented the product as a way to save, send, and spend digital dollars without requiring customers to… Read More

October 6, 2026 @ 8:27 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The US Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) has withdrawn a 2023 proposal that would have treated international crypto mixing as a primary money laundering concern, citing warnings that the measure could discourage lawful privacy use and load banks and other covered firms with heavy… Read More