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Former CalPERS portfolio manager and Strive CEO Matt Cole expects government intervention in US bond markets to cause a major dollar decline, creating ideal macro conditions for Bitcoin over the coming years.
BlackRock, SBI Holdings and blockchain company Startale will explore connecting tokenized money market funds with SBI’s yen-pegged stablecoin, JPYSC. The agreement is exploratory: it does not announce a live product, launch date or confirmed technical design.
Canada has opened a 60-day public consultation on draft rules for stablecoins issued by non-financial institutions, as it considers implementing its Stablecoin Act. The proposal would require one-to-one reserves and prompt redemption, cap redemption fees at 1%, and bar issuers from paying holders interest.
Injective has launched an onchain futures market tied to rental prices for five Nvidia GPUs. The contracts offer leveraged exposure to AI computing costs and may let users hedge against price changes, though the announcement does not specify contract terms or how the index is calculated.
The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency is encouraging community banks to develop stablecoin payment services as new federal licensing requirements near. The message gives smaller lenders a reason to assess their options now, though the available details do not specify a deadline or a particular service model.
Solana security researchers must now permanently burn 1 SOL for each bug report they submit, after a monthlong contest received 809 reports. AI is believed to have helped generate or write nearly all of them, prompting a financial barrier intended to discourage low-quality submissions.
Keystone has expanded its breach disclosure: alongside customer information, hackers stole a key that may let counterfeit wallets pass the company's authenticity checks. The disclosure raises a product-verification risk, but the supplied information does not say whether any fake devices have been used or whether customer funds were affected.
Ripple has received final approval from the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency to launch Ripple National Trust Bank, according to CEO Brad Garlinghouse. The bank is expected to manage reserves for RLUSD, Ripple’s $2.6 billion stablecoin, and provide custody services under federal supervision.
Ethereum developers fixed a flaw in the upcoming Glamsterdam upgrade that could have sent staking deposits to block builders instead of their intended destination. They first rejected the change, then reconsidered it as testing delays gave them more time to inspect the issue.
1. OVERNIGHT MOVES The watchlist remains under pressure, but no single-asset move is decisive: BTC fell 0.7% to $79,766, ETH lost 0.8% to $2,310.74, and SOL…
10T Funds founder Dan Tapiero details his strategy of investing in mature crypto equity, highlighting MoonPay's agentic AI pivot and the eventual tokenization of illiquid global assets.
During a Q&A session at the Bitcoin for Corporations 2026 conference, Strategy leaders Michael Saylor and Phong Le discussed digital credit, corporate adoption, regulatory outlooks, and internal AI deployment.
Hong Kong has designated a Nasdaq-listed company focused on Solana as a strategic enterprise. The company says it plans to set up Solana validator operations in the city, though the announcement does not specify a launch date or further details about the designation.
U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs recorded about $301 million in net inflows for the week, ending a two-week run of net withdrawals. The comeback came despite heavy outflows late in the week, and October remained in the red, according to reporting by Decrypt.
UK banks received 10,000 complaints in three months related to restrictions on cryptocurrency purchases. The figures highlight a tension between the UK’s stated ambition to become a crypto hub and customers’ reported difficulties using banks to buy crypto.
Aviva Investors has launched a tokenized share class of its Sterling Liquidity Fund on the XRP Ledger. The fund has about $29 billion in assets, and this is Aviva’s second tokenized fund listing as it works with Ripple to bring more funds onto the network.
Strive bought 6,182 bitcoin for $511.4 million, paying an average of $82,732 per BTC and lifting its holdings to 43,000 BTC. The company also lined up a $1 billion at-the-market share offering, which could provide funding for further bitcoin purchases but may dilute existing shareholders.
A flaw in a Bitcoin wallet let malicious servers substitute fake transactions when users tried to raise fees and speed up a payment. At least one person lost bitcoin before developers patched the vulnerability.
CoinDCX says it lost $16 million because of an internal process failure involving a retired wallet, and that the exchange—not its customers—will absorb the loss. The disclosure followed initial reports of suspicious outflows that CEO Sumit Gupta had called a likely “false alarm.”
1. OVERNIGHT MOVES The watchlist was mixed to flat: BTC held at $80,288, ETH at $2,328.81, and SOL gained 1.0% to $101.67.
The Bank of Korea told lawmakers it plans to draft a foreign-exchange law amendment this year covering stablecoins used as a means of payment. The proposal points to tighter oversight of cross-border transfers, not recognition of stablecoins as legal tender.
HSBC has activated its Hong Kong dollar stablecoin, RedCoin, inside PayMe, the bank’s payments app with more than 3 million users. The move tests whether a bank-issued digital token can work in familiar everyday payment settings, rather than remaining a product mainly for crypto or financial institutions.
Malaysia and Thailand are joining Singapore’s BLOOM initiative to explore cross-border settlement using stablecoins and tokenized bank deposits. The expansion brings three Southeast Asian central banks into the project, alongside industry participants including Ripple, Visa and Mastercard.
Blockstream is launching institutional consulting services, offering its engineering expertise to banks and asset managers from a new office in Lugano, Switzerland. The announcement signals a direct effort to work with traditional financial firms, though the report does not specify the service’s projects, pricing or launch timeline.