Author: 行政
Chainalysis counted more than 138 million x402 transactions on Base in the 12 months to 1 July 2026. Over 87% of x402 payments in the 16 months to September were worth between a hundredth of a cent and US$0.10. US-linked wallets sent 88.1% of the geolocated payments for AI model inference, Chainalysis found. More than 138 million payments had gone through the x402 protocol on Coinbase’s Base network by 1 July, according to research Chainalysis published on Wednesday. The count comes from the North America chapter of the firm’s 2026 Geography of Crypto report. The firm calls Base the most…
The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency’s Oct. 14 debanking findings identify historical restrictions on digital asset issuers, exchanges, and administrators, often attributed to financial crime considerations.The findings review crypto banking decisions across policies at the nine largest national banks the agency supervises.For smaller crypto businesses, an individual bank’s risk assessment remains an important gate to access. Comptroller Jonathan Gould is preserving objective customer decisions while challenging improper exclusion.The consequential test is how the OCC distinguishes financial, operational, or compliance constraints from disapproval of a lawful business, and whether its scrutiny produces usable banking services.The functions at stake extend…
USDC became the EU’s first e-money token classified as significant under MiCA, triggering enhanced EBA supervision from 12 November 2026. The designation is not a licence or penalty, but reflects USDC’s growing systemic importance within the European market. The EBA will oversee areas including capital, reserves, liquidity, recovery and redemptions, while France’s ACPR retains other supervisory duties. A 37-bank European consortium behind Qivalis has secured an Electronic Money Institution licence ahead of its planned euro stablecoin launch. The European Banking Authority (EBA) has placed Circle’s USDC in the “significant e-money token” category under the Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCA). On…
The European Banking Authority announced on Oct. 14 that USDC issued by Circle Internet Financial Europe SAS is the European Union’s first significant e-money token under the EU’s Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCA).The designation sets up a Nov. 12 transfer of key supervisory responsibilities from France’s financial regulator to the EBA.The authority said USDC is the first token to receive that classification among 45 e-money tokens notified under the EU’s crypto regulation. France’s Autorité de Contrôle Prudentiel et de Résolution (ACPR) will retain other responsibilities.The handover also gives fresh relevance to Circle’s earlier push to change the reserve framework. In its…
Bank-backed company Qivalis said on Oct. 14 that it has received an electronic money institution (EMI) license from De Nederlandsche Bank (DNB), the Dutch central bank.The authorization meets a licensing condition for its planned token, and the issuer said 37 European banks across 15 countries back it. It plans to begin issuing euro-denominated electronic money tokens (EMTs) “within the next months,” subject to applicable requirements under the EU’s Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCA) and publication of its white paper.Qivalis has not yet begun issuing electronic money or providing payment services to the public, according to its website disclosure updated Oct.…
Existing depositors in Firelight, a DeFi cover protocol on Flare, now supply capital that can be used to pay losses at covered vaults. Its Oct. 6 activation automatically moved their staked Flare’s XRP (FXRP) into the coverage phase, bringing pooled slashing exposure and a longer wait to withdraw.The change gives XRP-linked collateral a fee-funded role, but separates the end of income from the end of risk. Firelight’s current rules describe 30-60-day exits and stop new vault reward accrual when unstaking begins, while claims tied to the earlier backing period can still reduce the assets returned.Firelight’s launch announcement names Sentora’s USD…
A CoinNews photo of the Philadelphia Mint one of several US Mint production facilities The Philadelphia Mint is giving visitors an opportunity to meet the people behind America’s coins and medals through three special events celebrating the nation’s 250th anniversary. Beginning Thursday, Oct. 15, the public can speak directly with U.S. Mint employees involved in manufacturing coinage dies, producing collector coins and medals, and safeguarding the historic facility. The Semiquincentennial Meet-and-Greet Series will feature a different Mint division each month through December, offering a closer look at the specialized work involved in coin production. All three events will take place…
Solana will replace its blockchain’s consensus system on Oct. 21, targeting transaction finality in approximately 150 milliseconds.On Oct. 13, Anza, the blockchain network’s core developer, announced the mainnet activation date, setting the stage for one of the most significant infrastructure changes in Solana’s history.The upgrade, known as Alpenglow, will replace TowerBFT, the mechanism that currently takes approximately 12.8 seconds to finalize transactions. If successful, the change would reduce finality times by nearly 99%, bringing the network closer to instantaneous settlement.The planned overhaul follows Solana’s recent reduction in block-production times to about 200 milliseconds, another improvement designed to speed up transaction…
Philippine crypto platform Coins.ph said users’ funds were safe and that it was working to restore affected services in an Oct. 14 statement.The response follows news reports about offshore gaming transactions and the company’s engagement with the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP), the Philippine central bank.A separate, undated company advisory on internal controls said the BSP directed Coins.ph to introduce enhancements to those controls. Coins.ph said it is working with the central bank to meet requirements within the regulator-set timelines.Coins.ph’s assurances come as it acknowledges that it still needs to restore affected services. For customers, the message addresses the status…
The Bitcoin Fog appeal upheld expert testimony based on proprietary wallet tracing, with explained methods and corroboration supporting its admission. Roman Sterlingov’s effort to obtain the software’s source code failed on the record presented to the courts.Blockchain analysis company Chainalysis drew attention to that result in October 13 commentary, presenting it as further validation of its Reactor software. The judgment itself came on September 25, when the D.C. Circuit affirmed Sterlingov’s convictions and 150-month sentence for operating Bitcoin Fog, a service that mixed users’ bitcoin to obscure transaction trails.The decision matters because it explains how proprietary analysis became usable courtroom…