StablecoinsEBA designates USDC a significant token under MiCA
The European Banking Authority gave USDC significant e-money token status. The EBA and France's ACPR will share supervision.
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MarketsRobinhood Chain Transactions Fall 42% While Deposits Hold
Robinhood Chain now handles 6.2M transactions a day vs 10.8M in September. Spot -21%, perps +26%, deposits $1.04B. A breakdown of the numbers.
InstitutionalOKX raises funding at $25B valuation from Circle and Ripple
OKX extended its March round at the same $25B valuation, with Circle, Ripple, SC Ventures and Qube joining. The exchange is preparing tokenized stocks with ICE.
InstitutionalEvernorth heads to Nasdaq with 473M XRP
Shareholders approved Evernorth's SPAC merger. XRPN trading on Nasdaq starts October 8, with about 473M XRP on the balance sheet.
AltcoinsBitwise Launches the First US Spot NEAR ETF
Bitwise begins trading NRR on NYSE Arca: 0.75% fee, NEAR held directly and part of the tokens staked.
RegulationSEC: token buybacks do not make a working network a security
New SEC FAQs say announcing a token buyback on a functional network is not a promise of profit under the Howey test. What changed.
InstitutionalPayward Turns Kraken From an Exchange Into Financial Infrastructure
Kraken's parent Payward says it's building unified infrastructure for trading, banking, and assets, not just running a crypto exchange.
InstitutionalARK Invest Tokenizes $1.3B Venture Fund
ARK Invest is moving its ARKVX venture fund onchain via Securitize. The fund holds stakes in OpenAI, Anthropic, and Stripe. Here's what it means.
InstitutionalSolana Foundation Hires Binance's Former Global CMO
Solana Foundation named Rachel Conlan chief strategy officer and Jamal Raees head of payments. The network logged $5 trillion in stablecoin volume in 2026.