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Summary Coinbase Ireland faces a €3.25 million fine for breaching customer fund safeguarding requirements and failing to oversee outsourced operations properly. Regulatory investigations unco
The documented position: the bank network for which Quant is supplying the technology is to process its first real transactions in the second quarter of 2027. That is 163 days away. This arti
The documented position: anyone holding their own bitcoin keys at the end of October will be credited the coin from the ECX split without having to do anything. Anyone whose bitcoin sits at a
A lobbying group for US banks has weighed in on the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency’s (OCC’s) recently finalized rules on payment stablecoin issuance and custody, arguing that the r
The Central Bank of Ireland has fined Coinbase’s Irish e-money arm €3,252,618 for failing to protect customer money and for leaning too heavily on its US parent to run those controls. This is
The Financial Conduct Authority has released draft guidance aimed at clarifying when user-facing decentralised finance interfaces serving UK customers may fall within the regulatory authorisa
Kingstown, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, October 15th, 2026, Chainwire On October 15, with the help of independent security researchers, we found a vulnerability affecting one of the inte
Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino said on October 19 that the company’s actions had cut Iran-linked stablecoin volumes by 94%, pushing back against a U.S. Senate investigation that found USDT was over
Utah Attorney General Derek Brown filed a state-court lawsuit against Kalshi and affiliated companies on October 20, seeking to stop the platform from offering event contracts to Utah residen
Mastercard opened early access to Agent Pay for Machines on October 20 with buyer- and seller-side APIs, a developer toolkit, a sandbox and documentation. According to Mastercard, the release
BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT) recorded $665.16 million in net inflows on Monday, October 19, 2026, its largest single-day intake since October 7, 2025, according to The Block. For
Bybit says it has secured a Virtual Asset Service Provider (VASP) licence from Dubai's Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority (VARA), a step towards a permanent regulated presence in the emirate
