Payments
Institutional

Tether Reports $1.5 Billion Q3 Operating Profit, $7.95 Billion Reserve Buffer

Treasury bills and reverse repos drove earnings, while BDO’s attestation covered the September-end report rather than activity throughout the quarter.…
Oct 30, 2026
Markets

Crypto Biz: Bitcoin’s quantum threat is becoming an economic problem

Bitcoin faces mounting quantum security concerns as Ripple secures a US banking charter, USDC gains ground in Europe and VanEck…
Oct 30, 2026
Payments

Circle to Cut Legacy USDC Crosschain Limits From Oct. 31

Pending transfers are intended to finish before a Dec. 1 contract pause, while Noble holders face a separate January exit…
Oct 30, 2026
DeFi

Curve Volume Jumps to $847 Million as 3pool Tilts Further Toward USDT

Trading in the DAI/USDC/USDT pool climbed to $343 million, while its USDT balance increased and holdings of the other two…
Oct 30, 2026
Payments

Circle starts cutting legacy USDC app transfer limits on October 31

Legacy USDC integrations face shrinking capacity ahead of Dec. 1, while Circle plans to keep pending redemptions available during the…
Oct 30, 2026
Payments

Coinbase Files to Keep Operating Under Brazil’s New Crypto Rules

Starting Nov. 6, Brazilian banks and payment firms can’t carry out crypto operations with providers that aren’t authorized, and the…
Oct 29, 2026
Markets

Bitcoin Price Slides Below $79,000 as Binance Loses $5.8 Billion in Massive Hack

Bitcoin Magazine Bitcoin Price Slides Below $79,000 as Binance Loses $5.8 Billion in Massive Hack Bitcoin price fell below $79,000…
Oct 29, 2026
Payments

Binance Drained of $5.5 Billion in Suspected Hack, Tether and Circle Freeze $1.8 Billion

An on-chain tally puts the suspected Binance drain at $5.57 billion across three blockchains, as Tether and Circle froze $1.8…
Oct 29, 2026
Infrastructure

MetaMask Makes Stellar a Default Network on Mobile and Extension

Existing multichain accounts gain recovery-phrase-derived Stellar addresses, with support for XLM, USDC and Soroban tokens. Read Full Story at Thedefiant.io…
Oct 29, 2026
Infrastructure

Polygon Extends Its Stablecoin Payments Infrastructure to Solana

The expansion gives Solana businesses one integration to connect bank funding, embedded wallets, cross-chain transfers and global payouts, with cross-border…
Oct 29, 2026