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Kraken’s parent company, Payward, has connected to Singapore Gulf Bank’s SGB Net clearing network, opening round-the-clock US-dollar funding for selected institutional clients in Asia and the Gulf.The companies say participating clients in eligible jurisdictions can deposit cash with Payward and use it immediately.In their release dated Oct. 5, the companies describe an initial dollar settlement offering. SGB also plans to use Payward markets to price digital asset trades for its own customers over the coming months, giving the partnership a live funding service and a separate planned trading component.Through SGB Net, participating SGB clients can fund Payward accounts at any…

US corporate credit spreads widened beyond the weakest borrowers from September 25 to October 1, creating a broader test of whether tighter financing and reduced institutional risk-taking could pressure Bitcoin. The largest increase remained concentrated in CCC-and-lower debt, while investment-grade bonds showed a much smaller rise.These option-adjusted spreads measure the premium over a Treasury curve. Their widening shows investors demanding more compensation to hold corporate debt. A borrower’s total interest cost also depends on the Treasury component.The ICE BofA CCC credit spread climbed from 11.28% to 12.15%, an increase of 87 basis points. Over the same dates, the broad high-yield…

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) is offering US crypto exchanges a federal route to retail leverage as Congress remains stalled on market-structure legislation.On Oct. 5, the financial regulatory agency opened rulemaking for Regulation Crypto Asset Transactions (CTX) and Regulation Crypto Asset Markets (CAM), which would create a national framework for platforms offering retail customers margined, leveraged, or financed crypto trading.Participation would remain optional for ordinary spot exchanges because the agency acknowledges it cannot compel the broader crypto market onto CFTC-regulated venues without congressional action. The incentive is access to leveraged products that state money-transmitter licensing alone does not provide.The…

Blockchain investigator ZachXBT said he infiltrated a Chinese laundering syndicate by posing as a cryptocurrency client and funding repeated stablecoin trades.In an Oct. 5 disclosure, he alleges the network laundered more than $1 billion across exploits for Lazarus Group.He said he fronted 349,700 USDC to build a relationship with a contact using the alias Jimmy Green. According to his account, the repeated exchanges led to private conversations about moving funds stolen from Bybit in 2025.He reported tracing a cluster involving more than $12 million in Bybit funds and a later 442,000 USDT freeze by Tether.Becoming a clientZachXBT said the investigation…

Aave’s Ethereum Core market lists a 4.5% borrowing rate for GHO, aligning the stablecoin’s borrowing cost with the savings rate TokenLogic reported on Oct. 2.The next test is whether the change brings USDC or USDT into the reserves available to savers who choose to convert withdrawn GHO into USDC or USDT.Aave describes its savings token (sGHO) as redeemable instantly into GHO, so a holder who wants USDC needs a separate conversion. A higher borrowing rate can change the incentive to repay, but the route used to acquire that repayment GHO determines whether stablecoins enter the reserves.The DAO service provider reported…

Strategy (formerly MicroStrategy) made its smallest positive Bitcoin purchase of 2026 even as a 43% quarterly rally in the cryptocurrency helped generate a $20.9 billion gain on its digital-asset holdings.In an Oct. 5 filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the Michael Saylor-founded company said it bought 334 Bitcoin for $28.7 million between Oct. 1 and Oct. 4 at an average price of $85,838.80, taking its holdings to 848,000 BTC. The acquisition fell below the previous yearly low of 520 BTC bought in June.The slowdown contrasts with the performance of Strategy’s existing Bitcoin position. Bitcoin gained about 43%…

Metaplanet sold 10,000 Bitcoin and later bought back 11,000 BTC to strengthen its credit profile and expand beyond accumulation during the third quarter.The Tokyo-listed company said it converted enough Bitcoin into cash during the third quarter to exceed the outstanding principal of its bonds, borrowings, and other interest-bearing debt. It subsequently rebuilt the position at a higher Bitcoin price, ending Sept. 30 with 44,000 BTC, up a net 1,000 for the quarter.The transaction forms part of a broader attempt to convince rating agencies and fixed-income investors that Metaplanet’s Bitcoin reserves can be monetized when obligations come due.The company plans to…

Intercontinental Exchange and OKX are preparing an always-open market where tokenized US stocks could keep repricing after Wall Street closes.On Oct. 4, OKXICE, the companies’ 50-50 joint venture, notified the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) that it intends to launch a Tokenized Securities Venue under the regulator’s new Innovation Exemption. The proposed platform would initially support 63 securities, including Nvidia, Tesla, Apple, Microsoft, JPMorgan, Goldman Sachs, Coinbase and Circle.The structure would create a parallel trading venue for some of America’s most actively traded companies that remains open 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Tokenized shares could continue absorbing…

Coinbase says it can now complete a support-testing cycle of roughly 90 cases in 30–45 minutes, work that previously took one to two weeks of manual setup and execution. The figure, disclosed by its engineers on Sept. 21, gives Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong’s push for an AI-native company a concrete example of automation reducing repetitive work.The system, called Autopilot, tests the procedures that support bots follow when handling customer problems. It also retains human approval before procedure changes reach production. The next test for Armstrong’s operating model is whether faster procedure development produces reliable support and accountable actions on customer…

The G7’s emergency diesel plan has created a near-term test of whether cheaper energy can ease pressure on Bitcoin.Leaders on Oct. 2 agreed to accelerate releases from emergency fuel reserves, including a substantial amount of diesel within 20 days, as governments try to contain shortages and elevated prices that have added to inflation pressures.The group said the International Energy Agency would make 100 million barrels available over four months, beginning immediately. It did not specify how much of the initial release would be diesel or how supplies would be divided among countries.For crypto markets, the significance lies less in the…