Samsung integrates USDC to overhaul cross-border remittances for 82 million Galaxy users
Eligible users will be able to send USDC abroad or send localcurrency payouts to bank accounts in more than 60 countries, starting late October. Source:CoinDesk
Crypto investment firm Deus X Capital shuts down as backers pursue separate strategies
CEO Tim Grant will lead AI venture TensorX, while CIO Stuart Connolly stays to oversee the firm’s formal unwind in January. Source:CoinDesk
Ripple is earning fees financing leveraged stock bets, a business long run by banks
The crypto company's $1.25 billion acquisition of Hidden Road has opened a corner of Wall Street where funds pay to amplify daily moves in stocks such as…
Bitcoin loans are paying for tuition and working capital, not just trades, lenders say
Bitcoinbacked lending is evolving into a mainstream source of credit, with borrowers using BTC to access liquidity without selling. Source:CoinDesk
Ethereum’s Glamsterdam test runs near 200 million gas per block after upgrade
The Sepolia rehearsal has raised its processing budget more than threefold, but sampled blocks used less than half that allowance. Source:CoinDesk
Bitcoin breaks below $83,000 as oil jumps on Iran strike-plan report
Bitcoin has slipped under a level FxPro says opens a "quick path to $80,000." Brent crude climbed above $102 and pushed Treasury yields back toward their…
Crypto news site Cointelegraph seeks buyer after web traffic plunges
The amount of money the crypto media firm has been shopping itself for was not revealed. Source:CoinDesk
Wells Fargo in talks with Kraken parent Payward for crypto trading liquidity
The discussions would see Payward supply liquidity for crypto trading as major banks deepen their involvement in digital assets. Source:CoinDesk
Polygon taps TRON’s $94 billion stablecoin supply for seamless cross-border transfers
Polygon said businesses can also move the world’s largest stablecoin USDT between TRON and EVM networks without connecting to a wallet provider, bridge or…
Gate bets all-in-one money app is crypto’s biggest consumer trend this year and next
Gate rebrands around Gate Money, which combines accounts, asset conversion, savings and card payments as the exchange broadens beyond its trading base.…
Crypto Long & Short: Zcash and the case for privacy in the age of AI
AI has made it cheap to link wallet addresses to the people behind them, and the permanence of the blockchain means records don’t age out. Michael Zhao of…
Tether tapped by Kazakhstan’s central bank to explore stablecoin and tokenization
The National Bank of Kazakhstan said it will study a local currencylinked stablecoin and tokenized realworld assets with Tether. Source:CoinDesk