Itaú Unibanco, Brazil’s largest private lender, has formally registered its cryptocurrency brokerage and custody operations with the Banco Central do Brasil (BCB), the country’s central bank…
The strongest-supported overnight items are a wallet integration and a perpetuals launch, not the exchange-leak or chip-supply stories carrying more apparent weight. The strongest-supported overnight…
TL;DR: The XRP Ledger Foundation confirmed the official addition of Flare Networks to its recommended list of validators on October 28, 2026. The inclusion places Flare within the set of recommended…
Ripple is approaching a projected $900 million annualized product revenue run rate as institutional custody and payment channels expand around XRP. Its growth strategy combines payments, trading…
Traders pulled nearly 15,000 BTC off exchanges as Bitcoin price climbed back toward $81,000 around the Federal Reserve's rate decision. Bitcoin price gained ground on October 28 as blockchain data…
Reports point to customer data exposure at major crypto and financial firms, though accounts of which companies were affected vary. Reports emerging this week describe data leaks tied to…
The new product offers up to 5x leverage as offshore exchanges continue to dominate perpetual futures volume. OG.com and Crypto.com have introduced crypto perpetual futures contracts designed for…
A deal would mark OpenAI's first major shift toward Google's custom Tensor Processing Units for large-scale AI training and inference. OpenAI is reportedly exploring a purchase of Google's artificial…
The move folds regulated event contracts into a crypto wallet, underscoring a shift toward all-in-one finance apps. Phantom, one of the most widely used crypto wallets, has added prediction markets…
TL;DR: Y Combinator issued its Crypto Request for Startups (CRFS) call focusing on stablecoins, AI-assisted fundraising, and institutional infrastructure. Records compiled by DeFiLlama as of October…
Two unrelated reports this cycle show the same quote attributed to two different dates, which is not a crypto story so much as a sourcing one. Two unrelated reports this cycle show the same quote…
TL;DR: Japan Bitcoin Industry closed a private share placement for 800,043,580 yen paid entirely in Bitcoin, with a settlement date set for November 2, 2026. The funds come from Fulgur (the Japanese…
Brazil’s defeated presidential candidate Flávio Bolsonaro has left the country for the U.S. after ignoring a Supreme Court order to surrender his passports. The order was issued in a money-laundering…
TL;DR Morpho’s real-world asset (RWA) lending markets recorded $2.145 billion in deposits and $894.18 million in outstanding loans on October 28. Private credit represented approximately 58% of RWA…
For two and a half years, the quiet machinery of Wall Street settlement — the ledger where America’s stocks, exchange-traded funds and Treasury securities sit in street name — has been preparing for…
TL;DR: The Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs dismantled five cryptocurrency exchange platforms linked to money laundering originating from the Darknet. Police officers secured records for more…
Onchain credit platform Ibis has launched out of stealth, securing a $250 million credit facility from FalconX alongside a closed pre-seed round. Funding and Strategic Backing Onchain credit platform…
TL;DR: The Phantom wallet integrated Kalshi event markets for eligible users in the United States on October 28, 2026. The feature offers CFTC-regulated event contracts, including 15-minute Bitcoin…
