Blockchain.com has applied to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) for two specific licenses that would allow the digital asset platform to offer event contracts and crypto derivatives to U.S. customers. The filing marks a significant expansion for the company, which currently provides these services only to international clients. Application Details The
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Seed Round Funded by NextBlock Soda Labs has raised $3 million in a seed round to develop privacy infrastructure for public blockchains. The Luxembourg-based venture firm NextBlock funded the entire round, supporting two and a half years of development work by the startup. The company is building a system based on garbled
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82 Million Devices to Receive Stablecoin SupportThe Solana Foundation announced on Wednesday, October 8, 2026, that Samsung Wallet and Samsung Pay will support transfers of Circle's USDC stablecoin on the Solana blockchain. The feature is set to launch in the last week of October 2026 for users in the United
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Hard Cap Announced at Token2049 Tom Lee, Chairman of BitMine Immersion Technologies, announced on Wednesday that the company will cap its Ether (ETH) holdings at 5% of the cryptocurrency’s total supply. Speaking during a keynote at Token2049 in Singapore, Lee stated that the firm will not accumulate past this threshold, effectively
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RLC Token Rallies 128% in 24 HoursThe iExec RLC token recorded a 128% price increase over the past 24 hours, reaching new highs for 2026. This sharp upward movement coincided with a dramatic expansion in trading activity, with daily volume reaching $193.33 million. This volume figure represents a 13,829% increase
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Public Vote Selects BeInCrypto for GBA Honor BeInCrypto has been recognized as the winner of the Government Blockchain Association's (GBA) 2026 Annual Achievement Award for Best Organization. The announcement took place on October 2 during the Future of Money, Governance, and the Law (FoMGL) summit, held at the United Nations Headquarters
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Whales Accumulate PUMP Tokens Cryptocurrency whales purchased roughly $3.6 million worth of PUMP tokens in the last 24 hours, according to on-chain analysis firm Lookonchain. The data identifies two large wallets that accumulated a combined 572.56 million PUMP tokens during the period. One of the wallets, identified by the username “netherlol,” purchased
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Enterprise Integration Partner Announced The Cardano Foundation announced on October 2 that Pacific Meta has been named its Enterprise Integration Partner in Japan. The partnership is designed to assist Japanese companies in identifying specific business problems where Cardano technology can provide solutions and in building the necessary systems to address them. Under
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Automated workflow spans four networks Chainlink developed a solution for the 2026 Swift Hackathon that automated a cash-dividend workflow for tokenized equities. The demonstration operated across four distinct blockchains, utilizing Swift messaging and the Chainlink Runtime Environment to coordinate the process. The project was selected as runner-up in the Swift Hackathon
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Regulators Scrutinize Exemption Usage The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) and national regulators in France, Germany, and Greece are examining how Binance continues to serve users in the European Union after failing to secure a license under the Markets in Crypto-Assets (MiCA) framework. The investigation centers on the exchange’s reliance
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