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Tether Signs Deal With Kazakhstan's Central Bank to Explore a Stablecoin and Tokenized Assets

Tether, issuer of the USDT stablecoin, will help Kazakhstan’s central bank study a tenge-pegged token and put real-world assets on…
Oct 7, 2026
Institutional

Russia’s Sberbank Given Green Light to Custody Bitcoin 

Bitcoin Magazine Russia’s Sberbank Given Green Light to Custody Bitcoin  Russia’s largest bank has announced it is the first in…
Oct 7, 2026
AI

Crypto Long & Short: Zcash and the case for privacy in the age of AI

AI has made it cheap to link wallet addresses to the people behind them, and the permanence of the blockchain…
Oct 7, 2026
Institutional

Tether tapped by Kazakhstan’s central bank to explore stablecoin and tokenization

The National Bank of Kazakhstan said it will study a local currency-linked stablecoin and tokenized real-world assets with Tether. Read…
Oct 7, 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
Institutional

Muneeb Ali Pledges IP Transfer to Stacks Endowment in CEO Plan

The Stacks Labs chief also promised a two-year roadmap covering Bitcoin privacy and post-quantum technology, plus a public holder call…
Oct 7, 2026
Institutional

Open USD supply hits $666 million as 10 wallets trap most tokens

Crystal’s October 5 snapshot found $396 million unmoved in eight Tempo wallets, while customer activity inside custody accounts remains unknown.…
Oct 7, 2026
Institutional

Payments Firm Says Tether Froze $2.76 Million Brazilian Police Didn’t Flag, Forcing Layoffs

In a New York lawsuit, Conduit says Tether’s financial-crime unit added its treasury wallet to freezes tied to a Brazilian…
Oct 6, 2026
Institutional

Bitcoin rally delivers $4.1 billion tax windfall for Strategy

Strategy’s October filing shows an accounting consequence. ETF cost estimates measure fund holdings, while redemptions determine how Bitcoin leaves. The…
Oct 6, 2026
Institutional

THORChain Co-Founder Will Ask Its Treasury About Refunding Fees From Stolen Crypto

Chad Barraford said on Unchained he will raise with THORChain’s Treasury the idea of sending some of THORChain’s developer fund…
Oct 6, 2026