October 2026

Securitize has launched Securitize Stocks, initially offering Solana-based security entitlements tied to 12 U.S. equities for eligible investors. The company says the tokens are backed 1:1 by underlying shares and settle in USDC.
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Kraken has added AKT/USD to margin trading on Kraken Pro, offering up to 3x leverage and stated long and short limits of 72,000 AKT.
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Samsung Electronics America says Samsung Wallet will add USDC stablecoin functionality for eligible U.S. Galaxy users in the last week of October 2026, with transfers to compatible wallets and qualifying bank accounts in more than 60…
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Ethereum Foundation researcher Justin Drake has urged crypto holders to consider controlled preparations for a hypothetical threat to wallet cryptography from advances in AI-generated mathematics.
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Tether, the National Bank of Kazakhstan and the Alatau City Authority have signed an MoU to examine a tenge-pegged stablecoin, real-world asset tokenization and a possible pilot in Alatau City.
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Polygon Open Money Stack has added TRON support, allowing businesses to accept and hold USDT on TRON, route funds to supported EVM networks and connect payment flows with fiat ramps and payout methods.
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Kraken Pro is running a trading competition for eligible users of the OURAx and MOONSHOTx perpetual contracts, with a $10,000 USDG prize pool.
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The Solana Foundation’s October 1 engineering changelog lists Alpenglow as a notable Devnet feature gate and records releases across core clients, developer tools and program SDKs.
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Abstract, an Ethereum layer-2 network backed by Pudgy Penguins parent company Igloo Inc., will wind down on December 15, 2026. Users have been told to bridge assets off the network before the deadline.
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Germany’s BaFin has rejected futurum bank AG’s MiCAR authorization application. Bitcoin Group SE says it is assessing an objection or a new filing while preparing an alternative model for Bitcoin.de with a regulated German partner.
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