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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 America29 Oct 2026ArticleThree crypto rounds of $5M or more raise $31.2M as Luxor takes $16MLuxor Technology, Predicate and Cancore announced the rounds on Oct. 27, while Fireblocks denied a reported $2.5 billion acquisition by Visa that Axios said was in late-stage talks.Mary LaneGlobal29 Oct 2026ArticleBitcoin falls 3.3% to $81,325 as ETFs shed $635.5 million and Fed holdsStrategy bought no bitcoin from Oct. 19 to Oct. 25 while Strive added 6,182, and the Fed held rates at 3.75%-4.00% with two votes for a hike.Mary LaneGlobal28 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 America26 Oct 2026ArticlePerpetuals exchange Grvt burns 1.1 million tokens in first buybackThe burn removed 0.96% of circulating GRVT, worth about $233,000 at Oct. 26 prices, as Grvt prepares to relaunch as an investing app built on tokenized fixed income.—Global23 Oct 2026ArticleWestern Union, Stripe and Marqeta add stablecoin rails to 3 payment productsWestern Union plans USDPT payouts in 200-plus countries and territories, Stripe's stablecoin cards cover 30-plus countries, and Marqeta adds Coinbase settlement on Base, the companies said.Mary LaneGlobal23 Oct 2026ArticleOCC finalizes GENIUS Act rule as stablecoin supply holds at $301.5 billionThe federal stablecoin framework starts Jan. 18, 2027, while Tether and Circle hold 84.7% of a market near $301.5 billion, according to DefiLlama data.Mary LaneGlobal22 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 America22 Oct 2026ArticleTether leads Mural's $15 million Series A as Fission raises $10 millionFive rounds of $5 million or more totaled $48.6 million in the week of Oct. 15-21, with AI-agent and tokenization infrastructure taking 89.7% of it.Mary LaneGlobal22 Oct 2026ArticleBitcoin ETFs draw $997.4 million in five sessions; OCC finalizes stablecoin ruleThe OCC finalized its GENIUS Act stablecoin rule on Oct. 21, and Strategy added 267 bitcoin, lifting its holdings to 848,517 bitcoin as of Oct. 18.Mary LaneGlobal21 Oct 2026ArticleFhenix launches mainnet on 2 chains as tokenized assets top $39BFhenix says its encryption coprocessor is in production on two networks, while its own design post lists narrower DeFi support and visible sender, receiver and timing data.—Global20 Oct 2026ArticlePostquant launches quantum VM running on 3 hardware typesThe Quip Virtual Machine quotes a maximum cost before every run, while Quantinuum's Standard plan on Azure Quantum costs $125,000 a month.—Global20 Oct 2026ArticleGrvt burns 1.1M tokens as RWA perps open interest tops $18BThe token issuer's first buyback comes with four product launches through November, including a yield product targeting up to 11% against a 4.50% 1-year Treasury yield.—Global18 Oct 2026ArticleBitcoin slips 1.3% to $81,960 as spot ETFs lose $228.4 million in a weekStrategy bought 250 bitcoin, and MSCI will publish on Nov. 11 its list of companies at risk of index removal after adopting new rules.Mary LaneGlobal16 Oct 2026ArticleKraken USDC vault gets Firelight cover with 30-day termsFirelight's cover is live on a USDC vault inside Kraken DeFi Earn, which holds more than $800 million in deposits, and the release gives no cover amount.—Global15 Oct 2026ArticleBinance bStocks top $1 billion in assets four months after launchRWA.xyz ranks the product first among tokenized-stock platforms, ahead of Ondo's $873.5 million, in a market it values at $3.27 billion.—Global