Circle Defends USDC Financial Model as Competitors Target Partners
Oct 17, 2026, 9:06 p.m. EDT 2 min read (Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk) Summary Circle noted it retained roughly 7 cents of net income per revenue dollar…
StarkWare Introduces OffMarket to Enhance Privacy for Polymarket Traders
Operating in a restricted early rollout since August, the tool utilizes Starknet’s collective privacy pool and enforces a $1,000 USDC funding cap. StarkWare has rolled…
Ledger Debuts Atom Android Phone Featuring Solana Mobile Integration and Anti-Tamper Safeguards
The security-oriented hardware will accommodate Solana Mobile’s Seeker application, AI-agent approvals, alongside standard Android utilities, with shipments scheduled for the summer of 2027. Ledger introduced…
London Stock Exchange Partners with Payward to Tokenize Major UK Stocks
Traditional finance’s appetite for tokenization shows no signs of slowing down. On Tuesday, the London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) alongside Payward, the parent company of…
Live updates: Bitcoin ETFs resume buying as ether funds stretch streak to 11 days
Reporting concluded on September 1, 2026, at 5:00 p.m. EDT. Bitcoin exchange-traded funds brought in $217 million on Monday, immediately following a single session of…
Strategy Invests $635M to Repurchase STRC as Perpetual Preferred Stock Stays Below $100 Par
Summary Strategy has invested $635.2 million in buying back STRC, which includes its most recent $151.8 million acquisition at a mean price of $97.48. SATA…
Bitcoin consolidates near $78,000 as Arbitrum surges 30% on Robinhood Chain revenue
Bitcoin is trading around $78,270, down 0.4% since midnight UTC and approximately 0.7% over the previous week as the market consolidates following a short squeeze…
Turkey Confirms Hex Founder Richard Heart Arrested, Police Seize $7.15 Million and Six Cold Wallets
The justice minister of Turkey noted that the spouse of Heart alongside three security personnel were also taken into custody, adding that inspections recovered firearms,…
CoreWeave, Broadcom, and Verizon Among Nine Firms Rejecting OKXICE Stock Tokenization
Applied Optoelectronics pointed to concerns regarding volatility, valuation uncertainty, and liquidity, while Nasdaq announced it will decline to have its own equities tokenized within the…
Singapore Proposes 100% Reserves and a Ban on Yields for Stablecoin Issuers
Sep 1, 2026, 6:35 a.m. EDT 2 min read Singapore’s financial authority opened up a stablecoin consultation that ends on Oct. 16 that seeks to…