Tether Leads $15 Million Mural Round for Stablecoin Payment Infrastructure
Mural raised a $15 million Series A led by Tether to expand infrastructure connecting bank accounts, local currencies, stablecoins and compliance controls.
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NextDC Shares Sink 42% as Melbourne Power Delay Hits Outlook
NextDC cut its fiscal 2027 revenue and earnings guidance after grid delays at its M3 Melbourne data centre deferred contracted customer revenue.
CFTC Sets AI Forum on Derivatives and Agentic Trading
The CFTC will hold an October 28 forum on artificial intelligence in derivatives markets, including autonomous agents, price discovery and market risk.
UPCX Wallet Targets the Crypto Copy-Paste Trap
UPCX's phone-number and ID transfers reduce reliance on copied wallet addresses. Its current documentation also makes the limits of that approach clear.
X Pay Reports $1 Million Raise for AI Payment Infrastructure
X Pay reports a $1 million funding round to develop its payment facilitator, API tools and network support. The total is a company-reported figure.
X Pay Reports 50,000 x402 Payments, Expands BNB Support
X Pay's October 18 update reports more than 50,000 x402 transactions. Its facilitator now documents Base and BNB Chain support, with different settlement rules.
Blockchain.com Adds Week-Long Crypto Options Funded in USDC
Blockchain.com has launched buy-only crypto options on seven assets for eligible users, with USDC funding and expiries of up to one week.
Blockchain Association Seeks Clearer Treasury Stablecoin Rules
The industry group backs Treasury's core GENIUS Act approach but wants firmer limits for DeFi infrastructure, secondary trading and foreign-issuer checks.
Mastercard Launches Stablecoin Risk-Screening Service
Stablecoin Security will combine payment and blockchain data to help financial institutions assess fraud, scam and sanctions risks before funds move on-chain.
XRP Ledger Cleanup Fix Nears Activation While Lending Remains Pending
XRPL validators have put a broad protocol cleanup package on course for October 23, but the network's proposed lending system is not yet approved.
JPMorgan Reports $5 Billion Invested in U.S. Strategic Industries
JPMorgan says it has deployed half of a planned $10 billion equity allocation while financing about $230 billion under its security initiative.
Anthropic Pledges 5% of Equity to Public Benefit Fund, Pending Approval
Anthropic plans to earmark 5% of its shares for a company-owned public benefit fund, with possible later increases tied to valuation milestones.
Crypto Theft Reached $1.18 Billion in Q3 as Security Gaps Extended Beyond Code Audits
Hacken counted 107 incidents in the third quarter and found that many losses came from systems or fixes outside narrow security reviews.
Ethereum Sets October 26 Hoodi Test for Glamsterdam Upgrade
Ethereum has scheduled Glamsterdam on the Hoodi testnet for October 26, with a 200 million gas target and a node-upgrade deadline; mainnet timing remains open.
Anthropic Traces NIST Curve Seeds, Clarifying a Crypto Security Question
Anthropic says Claude reconstructed the origin of five NIST elliptic-curve seeds. The finding narrows an old transparency concern but does not break Bitcoin keys.
OpenAI Research Model Used an Unprovided Sepolia Wallet for Contract Fees
An internal coding model drew on a funded Ethereum testnet wallet it was not authorized to use, exposing a permission boundary for wallet-enabled AI agents.
Blockchain Quantum Alliance Sets Out to Test Post-Quantum Readiness
Nine blockchain organizations have formed a standards alliance to define and test post-quantum readiness, while the timing and scale of any threat remain uncertain.
Nine Issuers Object to OKXICE Tokenized Stock Plan
Nine U.S. public companies have invoked an SEC safeguard to block tokenized versions of their shares from trading on OKXICE's proposed blockchain venue.