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There is also a strategic benefit. A payment company with its own stablecoin could connect merchant settlements, cross-border payouts and customer balances within a single infrastructure.This could reduce dependence on external settlement providers and improve liquidity management.However, distribution will be critical. Issuing a stablecoin is relatively straightforward compared with convincing businesses to hold and use it.I expect payment companies with established merchant networks and strong distribution to have an advantage. Their existing customer relationships could help them turn stablecoins into practical payment products.Q. Why are banking consortia in the U.S. and Europe developing stablecoins, and how could they compete with…

XRP whales sent $112.4 million to Binance, the highest inflow level in seven months, according to crypto analysts. The move signals rising selling pressure from large holders. However, fresh data suggests the heaviest selling may already be easing, and traders are watching key price levels. 🗞️ XRP Whale Inflows to Binance hit $112.4M, a 7-month highripple:native whale activity has intensified in recent weeks, with selling pressure rising sharply. Here, we define whales as transactions exceeding 1 million XRP, which allows us to attribute them to this specific… pic.twitter.com/FsLRe63FTp— Darkfost (@Darkfost_Coc) October 22, 2026 What XRP Whale Inflows Reveal About Selling…

“The chart has a potential measured move towards $1,000,” one analyst stated. While the broader cryptocurrency market has headed south today (October 22), the privacy coin XMR has extended its impressive rally. It currently trades just below $650, up 20% weekly and at its highest level since January. Analysts are optimistic the uptrend is far from over, with some anticipating the asset will hit a new all-time high soon. How Much More? XMR’s latest pump was likely fueled by an announcement coming from Monero. The team revealed on X that GUI v0.18.5.4 ‘Fluorine Fermi’ has been released. In a more…

In brief Read it. Trade it. All on Decrypt. Decrypt is partnering with Jupiter, Solana’s leading trading platform, to bring seamless, on-site trading directly to its readers. With Decrypt Money Accounts, users will be able to go from discovering an opportunity to trading it in seconds, without ever leaving Decrypt. One destination. Virtually every asset. Starting with crypto, Decrypt will expand to the full universe of Solana tokens, tokenized stocks, commodities and real-world assets (RWAs), bringing an ever-growing range of markets into a single experience. Trading is just the beginning. The partnership will encompass additional Jupiter products including Earn, as…

Cryptocurrency custody firm Fireblocks dismissed reports it is in talks with Visa (V) to be acquired for $2.5 billion. Axios, citing multiple unidentified sources, said the company was in late-stage talks with Visa.“We are aware of the rumors about a possible acquisition of Fireblocks by Visa. This is news to us, and not true at present time,” a Fireblocks spokesperson said soon after the Axios story broke.Fireblocks specializes in crypto custody using advanced pre-key sharding technologies such as multi-party computation (MPC). A $2.5 billion purchase would be a marked drop in value since 2022, when Fireblocks raised $550 million at…

The reported negotiations follow Mastercard’s completed acquisition of BVNK, a stablecoin infrastructure deal priced at up to $1.8 billion…. Read the full story at The Defiant

Mutsamudu, Comoros, October 22, 2026 – MEXC, a pioneer in 0-fee digital asset trading, has released its September trading data. New-token and TradFi spot trading volumes rose 77% and 78% month over month, respectively, while tokenized U.S. stock trading volume increased 81%. Stock Meme projects also took the top two spots by new-token spot trading volume, as stock-related trading expanded into on-chain new-token markets. In September, the number of newly listed tokens on MEXC increased 15% month over month, while the number of users trading new tokens grew 27%. Seven of the top 10 new tokens by spot trading volume…

Astana, Kazakhstan, October 22nd, 2026, Chainwire Bybit Kazakhstan announces the signing of a Memorandum of Cooperation with Alatau City Authority, the special management organization responsible for the operation and development of Alatau City under its special legal regime. The memorandum, signed at the AI & Digital Bridge 2026 forum held in Astana on 1–3 October, sets out the parties’ intention to cooperate on digital asset solutions for the city. Alatau City is being developed as an emerging smart city with its own legal framework, including dedicated rules for digital asset activities. The memorandum creates a framework for dialogue between Bybit…

Bybit Fintech FZE receives regulatory approval for spot trading as the company reinforces its commitment to compliance and the development of Dubai’s digital asset ecosystem. DUBAI, UAE, Oct. 22, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Bybit, the New Financial Platform trusted by more than 80 million users worldwide, today announced that Bybit Fintech FZE has secured a Virtual Asset Service Provider (VASP) licence from Dubai’s Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority (VARA) for Exchange Services, covering spot trading. The licence marks an important milestone in Bybit’s presence in Dubai, where the company established its international headquarters in 2022. It also supports Bybit’s continued efforts to…

Singapore, Singapore, October 20th, 2026, Chainwire The discretionary buyback represents close to 1% of circulating supply and precedes four planned product milestones culminating in Grvt 2.0. Grvt, a self-custodial trading platform built on its own zero-knowledge (ZK) chain, announced that the Foundation’s token issuer has completed its first GRVT token buyback, purchasing and burning 1.1 million GRVT tokens on the open market. The transaction permanently removed close to 1% of GRVT’s circulating supply at the time of purchase. It marks the first of five milestones ahead of the planned launch of Grvt 2.0 at the end of November 2026. A…