
Kraken parent Payward links with Singapore Gulf Bank for round-the-clock dollar rails
Payward's connection to SGB Net enables 24/7 US-dollar funding in eligible jurisdictions, with customer-trade pricing planned for the coming months.
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Payward's connection to SGB Net enables 24/7 US-dollar funding in eligible jurisdictions, with customer-trade pricing planned for the coming months.

The Tokyo-listed firm says up to 15% of total assets could go to strategic investments intended to support its Bitcoin accumulation.

OKXICE, formed by OKX and NYSE parent ICE, has filed to launch round-the-clock tokenized U.S. equities under the SEC's new innovation exemption.

A report on Lido's proposed staking design says a larger entry bond cuts collateral per ETH at full balance, with fee efficiency hinging on funding and operator profiles.
The Independent Community Bankers of America has filed a lawsuit challenging the OCC's authority to grant national trust bank charters to non-fiduciary crypto firms.
The Independent Community Bankers of America alleges the OCC lacks the authority to charter crypto firms as national trust banks when they act outside a fiduciary role.

A September 29 ruling ended the LIBRA/M3M3 district-court case after the suit failed on continuity, pleading and jurisdiction grounds.

Bitcoin pushed back toward $87,000 on Friday after sellers around $85,000 were absorbed, according to Glassnode, with weaker US employment data in the background.

Bitcoin pushed back toward $87,000 on Friday after sell-side orders around $85,000 were absorbed, with weak US jobs data also in the mix.

The zero-knowledge system lets users fund an Ethereum vault and authorize spending without tying their identity to individual API requests.

DogeOS has introduced a DeFi testnet for Dogecoin, but its applications currently rely on selected operators rather than the network's miners.

Firms have a five-month window to apply under the UK's incoming crypto framework, which is slated to take effect in October 2027.

Reuters reports the prediction market is negotiating a round that would value it at $40 billion, up from $22 billion four months ago.

The brokerage says customers will soon be able to let an AI agent place trades around the clock and trade leveraged crypto perpetual futures.

Citi is tapping Coinbase infrastructure for stablecoin settlement, while Coinbase Virtual Accounts gain automatic fiat conversion through the bank.
WOO X has gone live with WOO X EU, a trading platform built for Europe's MiCA regime, backed by a collaboration with Payward Services.
In a September 27 blog essay, Ethereum's co-founder said work after next year's upgrade will center on advanced cryptography and quantum-safe designs.

The Zano network restarted its chain at the block height just before Hard Fork 6, undoing about a month of history after an exploit tied to Gateway Addresses.

Visa's expanded address labeling reduced its adjusted stablecoin dollar volume, while the adjusted transaction count dipped less than 2% and payment use stays unmeasured.

New SEC staff guidance says a buyback announcement on a functional network isn't a promise that turns a token into a security, a reading one attorney says makes securities law look 'opt-in'.

Mantle reports 1,473 tokenized assets on its network, up from 71 at the start of the year, with distributed asset value near $476 million.

Prosecutors say wallets tied to Trung Nguyen Van received about $53.3 million linked to 'pig butchering' scams targeting US victims.

Kraken parent Payward is consolidating trading, payments, asset management and institutional services onto shared infrastructure, co-CEO Arjun Sethi said.

A MiCA review response points to crypto firms' market access routes, while any new lending obligations remain a future legislative option rather than settled policy.