Crypto Showcase

Curve moves beyond EVM with Stellar launch Curve launched StableSwap on Stellar mainnet on October 29, its first native deployment outside the Ethereum Virtual Machine ecosystem. The trading interface is live in beta. ➡️ What is live 🟡 Users can browse pools, swap assets and supply liquidity. 🟡 StableSwap is designed for assets with closely matched prices, such as two dollar stablecoins. ➡️ What is still coming 🟡 Pool creation is permissionless, but self-service deployment through the inter…

💳 Visa’s stablecoin settlement pace jumps 10x Visa says its stablecoin settlement volume has passed a $25 billion annualized pace, ten times the level a year earlier. The company is expanding both blockchain settlement and cards linked to stablecoin balances. ➡️ What changed 🟡 Visa now supports settlement across 10 blockchains, more than double last year’s count 🟡 Its stablecoin-linked card programs have grown beyond 225, covering around 5 million cards in more than 50 countries ➡️ What the …

🌏 Three Asian central banks join forces to make stablecoin payments work across borders Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand are taking a closer look at how digital money could move between countries. Their latest cooperation brings banks, payment giants and crypto companies together under one initiative. ➡️ What happened 🟡 Malaysia's and Thailand's central banks have joined Singapore's BLOOM initiative 🟡 The project focuses on cross-border payments using regulated stablecoins and tokenized bank …

🇨🇭 Switzerland approves its first spot Bitcoin ETF for retail investors Switzerland has taken another step toward bringing Bitcoin into traditional finance. Regulator FINMA has approved the country's first spot Bitcoin ETF available to retail investors, with trading expected to begin in November. ➡️ What happened 🟡 BIT Asset Management received approval for its Bitcoin Fund ETF (BBIT) 🟡 The fund will hold Bitcoin directly and is expected to list on the SIX Swiss Exchange ➡️ What makes it dif…

🏦 Deutsche Bank prepares crypto custody launch with Asia expansion in sight One of Europe’s largest banks is preparing to enter digital asset custody. Deutsche Bank plans to offer institutional clients secure storage of Bitcoin, Ether and selected stablecoins, with a possible expansion into Asia in 2027. ➡️ What is planned 🟡 The bank aims to introduce its custody service in Germany in 2026, subject to regulatory requirements 🟡 Initial supported assets include BTC, ETH, USDC, EURC and EURAU ➡…

⚡️ Solana’s reliability improves, but Fidelity spots hidden risks Solana has gone roughly two years without a reported mainnet outage, according to research from Fidelity’s Center for Applied Technology. But network stability does not automatically mean every decentralization problem has been solved. ➡️ What improved 🟡 Fidelity highlighted progress in Solana’s performance, network resilience and economic security 🟡 Low transaction costs, fast confirmations and strong staking participation con…

🏛 Tokenized stocks hit an unexpected obstacle: the companies themselves The push to bring Wall Street equities onchain is facing resistance. Nine US-listed companies have objected to having tokenized versions of their shares traded through OKXICE, the joint venture between OKX and the NYSE’s parent company. ➡️ Who is pushing back 🟡 Broadcom, Verizon, UnitedHealth and CoreWeave are among the companies that filed objections 🟡 Nasdaq has also opted out of tokenized trading for its own shares und…

💸 Stablecoin transfers could cost 84% less than traditional remittances A new Borderless.xyz report puts numbers behind one of crypto’s biggest real-world use cases: moving money across borders without the usual banking costs and delays. ➡️ What the data shows 🟡 Sending $200 through stablecoin-funded payment rails costs a median of $2, or 1% 🟡 Traditional remittances cost an estimated $12.72, or 6.36%, using World Bank comparison data ➡️ Speed matters too 🟡 Stablecoin-funded payouts through…

📉 Strategy faces a new risk — and it is not Bitcoin’s price Michael Saylor’s Strategy may face pressure from traditional stock-market rules rather than crypto volatility. Index provider MSCI has adopted a new methodology that could remove certain digital asset treasury companies from its global indexes. ➡️ What changed 🟡 MSCI’s new rules can exclude companies classified as “non-operating” businesses 🟡 Strategy, Metaplanet and Upexi are among the companies previously identified as potential de…

🔐 Ledger unveils $849 wallet after tampered devices found in Asia Ledger has introduced Atom, a new hardware wallet designed to protect against physical tampering. The announcement comes just days after malicious implants were discovered in Ledger devices sold through a reseller in Asia. ➡️ What makes Atom different 🟡 The $849 device combines crypto wallet security with a smartphone-like design and everyday apps 🟡 Android apps are separated from sensitive wallet operations to reduce security …

📊 Bitcoin’s “Uptober” thesis is still alive, according to onchain data Bitcoin’s October rally has been under pressure from bond yields, oil prices and weaker ETF flows, but new onchain signals suggest the market may be forming a local bottom. ➡️ What CryptoQuant sees 🟡 Bitcoin exchange reserves are still 1.7% lower than in mid-September 🟡 Whale holdings remain above 3 million BTC, showing large investors have not rushed to sell ➡️ Why this matters 🟡 Lower exchange reserves often suggest le…

🏦 BIS says digital cash can offer cash-like privacy — but risks remain The Bank for International Settlements says digital cash could be designed with privacy similar to physical cash, but the technology is not ready for full production yet. ➡️ What happened 🟡 BIS published a new Project Aurum report focused on privacy-preserving digital cash 🟡 The prototype aims to balance user privacy with the ability to prevent full anonymity in the system ➡️ What BIS found 🟡 Digital cash can offer “cash…

🟠 Strategy adds more Bitcoin as holdings reach 848,250 BTC Michael Saylor’s Strategy bought another 250 BTC last week, bringing its total Bitcoin holdings to 848,250 BTC while keeping a large cash reserve for debt and preferred stock obligations. ➡️ What happened 🟡 Strategy bought 250 BTC for $21.5 million 🟡 The purchase was funded mostly through common stock sales, with a small part covered by existing cash ➡️ Why the pace matters 🟡 This was the second straight week of smaller Bitcoin purc…

🌏 Asia’s crypto market is moving fast despite restrictions New data shows how quickly crypto adoption is changing across Asia: China’s peer-to-peer stablecoin activity is surging, South Korea now leads East Asia by crypto economy size, and major hubs are preparing new rules for tokenized assets. ➡️ China and stablecoins 🟡 P2P stablecoin wallets in China grew 43x between Q1 2024 and Q2 2026 🟡 Chainalysis recorded $104.1 billion across 18.1 million transfers involving China’s self-custodied sta…

🇺🇸 US government moves another $1B in seized Bitcoin A wallet linked to US government-seized crypto moved more than 12,267 BTC, worth over $1 billion, just hours after another major transfer to Coinbase Prime. ➡️ What happened 🟡 Blockchain data shows more than 12,267 BTC moved from a wallet tied to seized US government funds 🟡 The transfer followed earlier government-linked moves totaling about $770 million in BTC to Coinbase Prime ➡️ Where the Bitcoin came from 🟡 Arkham Research linked the…

💰 Capital may be rotating back from AI into crypto Real Vision founder Raoul Pal says crypto could get a stronger push if the US dollar weakens and the AI stock rally pauses, allowing capital to rotate back into digital assets. ➡️ What Pal is watching 🟡 A weaker dollar could become a “green light” for more upside in crypto 🟡 High bond yields and a strong dollar are still limiting how freely liquidity can move ➡️ AI and crypto flows 🟡 Pal says AI stocks have been competing with crypto for in…

🇨🇳 ZachXBT says Chinese crime network laundered over $1B for Lazarus Blockchain investigator ZachXBT says he infiltrated a Chinese laundering network that allegedly helped North Korea’s Lazarus Group move more than $1 billion in stolen crypto. ➡️ What happened 🟡 ZachXBT said he posed as a paying customer after the $1.5 billion Bybit hack 🟡 He claims the network operated across Hong Kong and mainland China, helping process funds from multiple crypto exploits ➡️ How he traced it 🟡 ZachXBT sai…