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Ethereum Glamsterdam on Sepolia: What 200M Gas Means Next
Ethereum's Glamsterdam upgrade is live on Sepolia with in-protocol PBS, parallel validation and a near-200M gas limit, over 3x mainnet's current 60M.
Samsung Wallet USDC: How 82M Galaxy Phones Will Send Money
Samsung Wallet will let US users send USDC across borders over Solana from late October 2026, reaching about 82 million Galaxy devices at launch.
How Stablecoins Work: Reserves, Redemption and Sending Money
How do stablecoins work? Our guide explains the 4 types, how USDC reserves and 1:1 redemption work, and how to send a stablecoin transfer abroad safely.
Cardano CIP-0113: How Programmable Compliance Tokens Work
Cardano CIP-0113 is live, letting stablecoin and bond issuers build KYC, sanctions and transfer rules into native tokens with no hard fork. Here is how.
Solana DvP: How Atomic Settlement Works for Institutions
Solana DvP is an audited, MIT-licensed escrow program that settles both trade legs in seconds, built with input from J.P. Morgan. Here is how it works.
OKXICE Tokenized Stocks: How 24/7 Trading Would Work
OKXICE filed to offer 24/7 trading of 60+ tokenized US stocks on X Layer under the SEC exemption, with soulbound-token wallets. Here is the design.
SEC Crypto Custody Proposal: What It Means for Advisers
The SEC proposed crypto custody rules on Oct 1 letting advisers and funds use state trust companies and self-custody. Public comments run for 60 days.
Evernorth XRPN Nasdaq Debut: Inside the 473M XRP Treasury
Evernorth won its SPAC vote and plans to list on Nasdaq as XRPN on October 8, holding about 473 million XRP backed by over $1 billion in funding.
Roughrider Coin: How 90+ North Dakota Banks Settle on Solana
Fiserv's digital asset platform is live with Roughrider Coin: a dollar-backed stablecoin linking 90+ North Dakota banks on Solana. Here is how it works.
Ethereum zkAPI: Pay for AI APIs Without Revealing Identity
The Ethereum Foundation's zkAPI is live on mainnet: deposit ETH or USDC once, then pay for AI APIs with zero-knowledge proofs instead of your identity.
Coinbase Clearing Settles Derivatives in USDC, 24/7
Coinbase Clearing LLC is now a CFTC-registered clearinghouse that accepts USDC collateral and settles fully collateralized derivatives around the clock.
Lloyds and Visa Settle $750K in USDC in Under an Hour
A seven-day pilot let Lloyds and Visa settle $750,000 in USDC across the Atlantic in under an hour, even over a weekend, using two different blockchains.
Open USD Goes Live as the Default Stablecoin on Stripe
Open USD (OUSD) went live September 30 on four chains, and Stripe made it the default stablecoin across its products for 200+ network partners.
Citi Coinbase Stablecoin Payments: How Spring by Citi Works
Citi and Coinbase expand their deal: Spring by Citi lets businesses accept stablecoin payments from 150M+ holders and settle in fiat, starting in the US.
Chainlink CCIP 2.0: How Custom Cross-Chain Verifiers Work
Chainlink CCIP 2.0 lets institutions run their own cross-chain verifiers beside a 16-operator committee. See what changes for $84B in secured value.
Reap and Visa: How Stablecoin Card Programs Can Expand
Reap and Visa plan stablecoin-linked card programs across more than 100 markets. See what the issuing platform does and how settlement is different.
Ledger and Payward: What Clear Signing Adds to Kraken
Ledger and Payward plan closer Kraken wallet connections, including Clear Signing and buy, sell and swap access starting in Europe and the UK.
IBM Swift Integration: What Tokenized Deposit Beta Does
IBM adds a beta Swift ledger connection and on-premises Digital Asset Haven deployment, letting banks test tokenized deposits with ISO 20022 messages.
Coinbase Fixed-Rate Bitcoin Loans Arrive via Morpho Midnight
Coinbase now offers fixed-rate USDC loans against bitcoin through Morpho Midnight on Base, adding certainty to a lending business with $1.4B in loans.
Tokenized CAD Deposits: Canada's Big Six Banks Team Up
Canada's six largest banks are jointly exploring tokenized Canadian-dollar deposits, starting with transfers between banks. Here's how the plan works.
Cardano x402 Support: What It Means for AI Agent Payments
Cardano joins the official x402 SDK, letting AI agents pay per API request in ADA over HTTP 402, with a TypeScript release now and Python next.
ECB Pontes Settles Tokenized Assets in Central Bank Money
The ECB's Pontes platform went live September 21 with 13 institutions onboarded, and the ECB plans to invest part of its own funds in tokenized bonds.
Solana 250ms Slot Times Are Live on Mainnet
Solana cut its target slot time from 300ms to 250ms at epoch 1037, lifting block production to four slots a second on the way to a 200ms target.
XRP Ledger Batch Bundles Eight Transactions Into One
The XRP Ledger's Batch V1.1 amendment groups up to eight transactions with all-or-nothing settlement, with activation expected shortly after September 29.