Ledger Lets Bitcoin Holders Borrow Without Selling
Ledger (@Ledger) has added Crypto Loan to its wallet app, letting users borrow stablecoins against wrapped Bitcoin $BTC without selling their holdings. Eligible users can pledge $WBTC or $cbB
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HSBC Launches RedCoin, Its First Hong Kong Dollar Stablecoin, for 3.3 Million PayMe Users
HSBC began rolling out RedCoin, its first Hong Kong dollar stablecoin, to more than 3.3 million PayMe users on 23 October, opening a licensed, bank-issued digital token to retail payments acr
Battle Town Presale: Inside the BTOWN Gaming Ecosystem
Battle Town Presale: Gameplay, Tokenomics, and Future Plans The Battle Town Presale puts a pixel-art tank game and a fixed-supply token into one offer, and the numbers deserve a slow read bef
China targets 2030 for its national blockchain network buildout
China has set a 2030 target for largely completing a national blockchain network under a five-year digital development plan published Friday. The 15th Five-Year Plan for National Informatizat
CLARITY Act: Lummis says Democrats blocked tougher rules against crypto crime
Senator Cynthia Lummis has renewed her criticism of Senate Democrats over the stalled CLARITY Act, accusing them of rejecting tougher cryptocurrency penalties and investor protections they ha
AKEDO Price Prediction Today: Can Bulls Break $0.037 Resistance?
Why would a token that sank for weeks suddenly jump while Bitcoin goes nowhere? Traders keep asking. Some call it a trap, others call it a reset, and last month's AKEDO price prediction spark
Ripple and Arf Target $10B Payment Market With RLUSD as XRP Ledger Lending Awaits Validator Approval
Key takeaways Ripple partners with Arf, which handles $10B annually RLUSD will finance cross-border payments through short-term credit Native XRPL lending still requires validator approval be
Ethereum Glamsterdam Upgrade Delayed as Contract Risks Emerge
TLDR Ethereum developers postponed the October 26 Glamsterdam activation on the Hoodi testnet. ChainSecurity identified 13 real-world cases of potential smart contract security risks. The pos
What is Tether (USDT)? What backs the stablecoin and where MiCA limits it
Tether is the largest stablecoin in the world: a token called USDT that is meant to track the value of one US dollar and is issued by a private company. On October 22, 2026, according to Coin
A Missing Input Check Cost the WAX Multi-Chain Bridge $90,500
DeFiLlama’s hacks tracker recorded a $90,500 exploit of the WAX Multi-Chain Bridge on October 22, 2026 The tracker classifies the root cause as missing input validation, meaning the bridge’s
XRP Holders Reach Record 8.24 Million as Network Growth Hits Six-Month High
In Brief: XRP Ledger holders reached a record 8.24 million wallets, reflecting sustained network expansion despite XRP trading near the $1.36 level. Santiment recorded 4,772 new XRP wallets i
Ripple, Visa Join Rivals in Asia’s Digital Money Push
Key Takeaways 1Nine new participants, including Ripple and Visa 2Existing members include Coinbase, J.P. Morgan and DBS 3Three workstreams: acceptance, interoperability and programmable contr