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29 Oct 2026ArticlePolygon opens its 48-state payments stack to Solana businessesKira is among the first users as Polygon routes Solana stablecoins to U.S. bank accounts, less than three months before federal stablecoin rules take effect.—North America28 Oct 2026ArticleBitGo, with $11.9 billion staked, adds a Jupiter validator for SOLInstitutional clients gain another way to earn Solana protocol rewards without moving tokens out of regulated custody at a firm with $65.2 billion in platform assets on June 30.—North America28 Oct 2026ArticleMeta falls 10.67% while Tesla gains 9.03% and the S&P 500 edges up 0.13%Meta reported $34.91 billion of quarterly capital spending and priced a stock sale, while Tesla and Broadcom rallied into the Federal Reserve decision due Oct. 28.Daniel BrooksNorth America26 Oct 2026OpinionOpinion: Tokenized stocks need consent, as 22 OKXICE objections showWith 19 of the 62 roster companies already out, the SEC should stop treating issuer silence as consent and let issuer-sponsored tokens lead the onchain stock market.—North America23 Oct 2026ArticleBloomberg airs Schwarzman as Blackstone's AUM hits $1.37 trillionLeaders with Francine Lacqua, back for a six-episode second season, hosts the Blackstone chief a day after the firm reported $228.9 billion of dry powder.—North America22 Oct 2026ArticleLSEG agrees $3.5 billion Octus deal as Nasdaq, ICE reportLSEG raised its 2026 revenue guidance and agreed to buy credit-data firm Octus, while Nasdaq's recurring revenue reached $3.4 billion.—Europe22 Oct 2026ArticleNew proof-of-work design targets idle AI GPUs with 32 GiB datasetCypherium says COLOSSUS-X would let data centers mine blockchain rewards between AI jobs, as one survey put average GPU use near 5% before optimization.—North America20 Oct 2026ArticleNasdaq falls 3.0% in a week as chip selloff hits CoreWeave and MicronTSMC guided fourth-quarter revenue to $52.3 billion to $54.3 billion on Oct. 15, while Strategy lost more than 9% on Oct. 16 over MSCI index rules.Daniel BrooksNorth America