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USDC's reserves can't easily cross borders when a run hits

FSB's G20 note flags multi-issuer stablecoins like USDC and PYUSD-style structures: trapped reserves, 24/7

A Korean bank lent won against bitcoin. It never touches the

Jeonbuk Bank's first won loan backed by bitcoin: corporate-only, third-party custody, court-enforced default and

Hashi's $500M is a pledge, not a deposit. Watch this number

Hashi's $500M is partner commitments, not deposits. How native BTC collateral on Sui works, who is backing it, and

Thai brokers can't lend a baht to buy these bitcoin ETFs

Thailand's SEC rules for bitcoin and ether ETFs on the SET take effect Oct 16: passive, single-asset, local custody,

Tether froze 93% of THORChain's Tron USDT, then undid it

Tether blacklisted four THORChain Tron vaults holding ~1.45M USDT, then lifted it hours later. What happened and why

Sepolia's 200M gas limit isn't automatic. Validators must

Glamsterdam is live on Sepolia. How validators opt in to a 200M gas limit, what the 18 core EIPs change, and what it

Bitcoin ETFs took $119M in while BTC fell below $84K

Spot Bitcoin ETFs added $119M on Oct 6 as BTC slid under $84K, while Ether ETFs lost $408M over six sessions.

Strategy swung from an $8B loss to a $21B gain in one quarter

Strategy's October 8-K shows a $20.91B Q3 2026 gain on digital assets, 848,000 BTC holdings, and a $70.82B carrying

Arbitrum just bought a stake in its own stablecoin float

Paxos' USDG stablecoin goes live on Arbitrum as a DAO proposal seeks 100M ARB for DRIP to seed USDG liquidity and

Strip out stablecoins and Bitcoin's real share jumps to 64%

Bitcoin dominance sits near 59%, but stripping out $300B+ in stablecoins puts BTC's real market share closer to 64%.

SEC calls it self-custody. You still can't hold your own keys.

The SEC's October 2026 proposal would let advisers self-custody client crypto under strict, conditional rules.

One ETF soaked up 81% of Bitcoin's $6.3B Q3 inflows

US Bitcoin ETFs added $6.3B in Q3 2026 as BTC rose 43%; BlackRock's IBIT captured about 81% of inflows.