Chip-stock bets lost $52 million in 10 minutes with Wall Street shut
A 10-minute flush hit round-the-clock chip-stock contracts while U.S. markets were shut, leaving traders with no real share price to lean on.
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Circle defends USDC economics as stablecoin rivals court its partners with bigger cut
Coinbase, Circle’s largest USDC partner, also backs Open USD, a rival network that passes reserve income to partners after a management fee.
Goldman, Wells Fargo, Morgan Stanley see tokenization as a growth play, not a threat
The largest banks in the world are eyeing new trading opportunities, speeding up payments and a role for advisers as tokenization takes root in Wall Street.
Citrini sees a tokenization boom. The harder question is who profits
The influential research firm says real-world assets could finally give blockchains a clear role in finance. For investors, the next challenge is figuring out which companies, networks and protocols capture the revenue.
Polygon sees Coinme acquisition as entry to payments sector dominated by Visa, Stripe
CEO Marc Boiron said the Coinme acquisition will help Polygon control customer relationships and capture revenue that previously went to payment intermediaries.
Banks could slow stablecoin growth by paying savers more, BIS paper finds
A BIS working paper found a 1 basis point rise in U.S. bank deposit rates predicted slower stablecoin growth, cutting ten-week growth from 15% to 12%.
‘Wow, it’s a real discovery’: Claude cracks a 25-year NSA number mystery
Numbers the spy agency handed over in the 1990s, long suspected of hiding a backdoor, turn out to have come from a basic computer program. Bitcoin was never on that list, and its quantum problem hasn’t gone anywhere.
Satoshi-era bitcoin faces a bigger quantum threat after Google’s new Willow breakthrough
Google says its Willow chip can prepare the special quantum states needed for advanced calculations with about 40 times fewer errors, reducing one of the hardware bottlenecks behind any future attempt to crack bitcoin wallets.
Big Tech's AI auditors will only see what they're shown
If the White House accord's audits are going to be worth anything, auditors should be able to choose what they test, writes Samuel Vance-Law, head of research at the Decentralization Research Center.
Traders will soon be able to bet on whether Coinbase, Robinhood and Marathon will hit their targets
Your day-ahead look for Oct. 16, 2026
Circle targets 40 new markets as stablecoin demand grows globally
The stablecoin issuer’s CEO Jerermy Allaire told Reuters demand for digital dollars is growing across Asia, Africa and Latin America as banks and payment firms.
Quantum Alliance forms amid warnings 6.4 million bitcoin face future quantum threat
Nine crypto companies launched the Quantum Alliance to jointly prepare for quantum attacks, but they disagree on when the threat will arrive and whether vulnerable BTC should be frozen.