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DeFi

JUST Completes 5th JST Buyback & Burn: Over 170M Tokens (~$23.53M) Burned Ahead of Major Deflationary Upgrade

On October 17, JUST, the leading DeFi infrastructure in the TRON ecosystem, announced the completion of its fifth buyback and…
Oct 18, 2026
DeFi

Two Aave stablecoin backstops shrank $12.4 million as reward rates rose

Two tracked Ethereum V3 Umbrella stakes fell 9.7%, while their implied annualized reward run rate stayed near $2 million. Read…
Oct 18, 2026
DeFi

Poetic Justice: Scammer Lost $5M in Bitcoin After Being Targeted by Ledger Thieves

Bitcoin Magazine Poetic Justice: Scammer Lost $5M in Bitcoin After Being Targeted by Ledger Thieves Chainalysis has revealed that a…
Oct 17, 2026
Industry News

Visa and Mastercard adopt USDC payouts across 200 countries

Visa’s Inyo rollout and Mastercard’s BVNK platform give businesses stablecoin funding routes, subject to eligibility and rollout limits. Read the…
Oct 17, 2026
Industry News

Visa Direct moves USDC prefunding into commercial production with Inyo Global

Visa Direct has brought USDC prefunding into commercial production with Inyo Global as its first commercial enabler. Read the full…
Oct 16, 2026
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XRP Ledger patched decade-old bug that could create billions of dollars in XRP from nothing

Researchers demonstrated how a payment could create spendable XRP without the sender funding it, prompting an emergency software release. Read…
Oct 10, 2026
Industry News

HSBC, Ant Digital test AI-agent payments using tokenized deposits

The technical trial showed how AI agents could discover services and make micropayments using HSBC’s tokenized deposits, with real-time settlement…
Oct 9, 2026
DeFi

Bitcoin ETFs Suffer Worst Loss Since June as Uptober Turns Red

Investors yanked $484.9 million out of spot Bitcoin ETFs in a single day. Oil is near $100, bond yields are…
Oct 8, 2026
Industry News

Swift blockchain ledger requires key internal layers, Taurus co-founder warns

Banks need their own permissioned ledger, wallet tools and smart-contract capabilities before they can use Swift’s tokenized-deposit network, Taurus’s Lamine…
Oct 7, 2026
DeFi

Bitcoin keeps getting rejected at $87,000 as stocks hover near records

BTC fell back to about $85,600 after sellers turned it away from $87,000 for the third time since Sept. 23,…
Oct 6, 2026