Securitize, with more than $4B in assets on its platform, now mints and redeems stablecoins directly with Anchorage Digital Bank, Anchorage said Oct. 20.

President Trump is set to highlight a crackdown on overseas cryptocurrency fraud at a White House event Wednesday, citing FBI data on billions in scam losses.

Western Union picked Noah to power Receiver Redirect, which will soon let customers in eligible markets receive money transfers in its Solana-based USDPT.

Polkadot said Fearless Wallet's extension had been leaking private keys since February 2025; eight users reported unauthorized transfers totaling 17,286 DOT.

Grayscale expanded in-kind access across 10 crypto ETFs on Wednesday, letting eligible investors swap Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Solana directly for shares.

The OCC issued its final GENIUS Act rule for stablecoin issuers, covering reserves, redemption and custody, with the law and rule taking effect Jan. 18, 2027.

Solana's Alpenglow upgrade went live Wednesday with a 150-millisecond finality target, and SOL rose about 2% with Bitcoin as US Solana funds saw more outflows.

Bitcoin rose about 2.8% to near $83,700 on Wednesday as Nasdaq futures climbed on SpaceX's results, even with Brent crude holding above $110 a barrel.

Bank Negara Malaysia launched SSDS+, a new platform for tokenized bonds and sukuk that settles the matching bond payments in central bank money via RENTAS+.

The SEC's comment period on Regulation Crypto Assets closed Oct. 20, with SIFMA, Davis Polk, and crypto firms asking the agency to revise the proposal.

1inch is discontinuing its 1inch Card and has closed sign-ups, telling cardholders to withdraw or spend their balances by Dec. 18, 2026, at the latest.

MEXC will end services for users in Russia and Belarus to enhance compliance, with affected users to be notified individually of withdrawal timelines.

Bitcoin treasury firm Strive closed its upsized IPO of 7 million SATS preferred shares at $90 each and listed the 15% stock on Nasdaq under the ticker SATS.

France’s National Assembly voted 38-37 to tax crypto-to-stablecoin conversions as sales from 2027, ending deferral for USDC and EURC swaps.

A US federal court ordered EminiFX and founder Eddy Alexandre to pay over $288M after the court found the crypto and forex commodity pool was a Ponzi scheme.

: Kazakhstan’s AIFC Court barred Coinbase, BingX, HTX, BitMart and WEEX from offering unlicensed crypto services; Google and Apple ordered to restrict app access.

FINMA approved Switzerland’s first retail Bitcoin ETF, citing BTC’s trading history as its reason for granting a risk diversification exemption under Swiss law.

Mastercard opened early access to Agent Pay for Machines, which lets AI agents pay for digital services via x402, after pilots with Coinbase, Base and BVNK.