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Standard Chartered signed definitive agreements on 21 October to acquire 100% of Zodia Custody, subject to regulatory approvals. Zodia’s custody business, with entities in Australia, Singapore, Hong Kong, the UAE and Luxembourg, will join the bank’s Securities Services unit. Zodia’s software arm will become Zodia Solutions under SC Ventures, with investors including NAB Ventures and Northern Trust. Standard Chartered has signed definitive agreements to buy Zodia Custody, a crypto custodian its venture arm agreed to launch with Northern Trust in 2020, including the custodian’s Australian business. The bank announced the agreements on 21 October, after Zodia’s shareholders and noteholders accepted…

Elon Musk said on 20 October that Tesla and SpaceX have each formed a committee of independent directors to consider a merger, with no terms agreed. BitcoinTreasuries puts the two companies’ combined holdings at 30,221 BTC, worth US$2.54 billion (AU$3.61 billion) at 30 September. Analyst Dan Ives estimates a merged company would be valued close to US$5 trillion (AU$7.1 trillion), and Musk said a deal needs the backing of half of all Tesla shares. Elon Musk said Tesla and SpaceX have each formed a committee of independent directors to weigh a merger, a deal that would put both companies’ Bitcoin…

SideSwap, a swap provider on the Liquid Network, has reopened conversions from the synthetic Bitcoin token L-BTC into Bitcoin.Direct withdrawals from the Liquid Federation, which manages the network’s Bitcoin reserves, remain restricted. SideSwap’s payouts can still queue during refills of its own Bitcoin wallet.In its Oct. 21 update, SideSwap said users had made about 600 peg-outs, and it had paid more than 60 BTC since reopening on Oct. 20.In Liquid’s Sept. 23 assessment, Blockstream said an Elements verification-cache flaw created approximately 4,000 unbacked L-BTC and led to Bitcoin leaving Liquid’s reserve through SideSwap.What holders receive, and why they may waitUnder…

The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) outlined a waiver route on Oct. 21 for existing US payment stablecoin issuers awaiting its approval, warning that an application alone will not authorize continued issuance after the GENIUS Act takes effect on Jan. 18, 2027.Under the new waiver guidance, the OCC generally expects to grant requests to waive prior approval for existing issuers operating in the US that submit substantially complete applications before the effective date. It can still deny a request if its review identifies more compelling reasons to do so.As of Oct. 21, the OCC’s application page said…

A Bitcoin wallet linked to convicted Irish drug dealer Clifton Collins moved about $41.5 million after a decade of inactivity.Blockchain analytics firm Arkham Intelligence reported that 500 BTC moved on Oct. 20 from an address associated with Collins to a wallet it identifies as a Coinbase Prime deposit.The transfer marks the fifth movement of 500 BTC from Collins-linked wallets this year, bringing the total to 2,500 BTC, worth approximately $208 million at Bitcoin’s price of around $83,157.The development leaves roughly 3,500 BTC, valued at $291 million, in wallets Arkham associates with the former drug dealer, raising questions about whether the…

Bitcoin Lightning developer ACINQ urged node operators to upgrade Eclair after patching security flaws that malicious peers could exploit.The company released Eclair version 0.14.5 on Oct. 20, its second security-focused update in five days, warning that some of the newly addressed vulnerabilities could be exploited by hostile nodes. The software powers Bitcoin Lightning nodes that maintain payment channels and route transactions across the network.The developers credited security researchers Nuhiat-Arefin and mptfire with responsibly disclosing problems addressed in the update.The warning places renewed pressure on Lightning node operators, who maintain Bitcoin-funded payment channels used to transfer funds across the network. Vulnerabilities…

A first-time 100 XRP deposit through Xaman’s Flare yield route would return about 99.38 XRP after a year in an illustrative calculation using the wallet’s published fees and a constant 2.25% net annual return.Xaman, a wallet for the XRP Ledger, puts the break-even point at about 15.4 months for that deposit in its hypothetical scenario. The calculation assumes a 2.25% annual return after vault fees and includes the separate entry and redemption costs. For 10,000 XRP, its estimate falls to about 4.5 months. The fixed setup charge takes a larger share of a small deposit, alongside percentage fees on entry…

Elon Musk confirmed that Tesla and SpaceX are exploring a merger that could combine their existing Bitcoin holdings under one company.Speaking during SpaceX’s Oct. 20 earnings call, Musk said both companies had established special committees of independent directors to evaluate a potential combination.Musk described the merger as a good idea but said he would not participate in negotiations because of his ownership interests in both businesses. He also cautioned that the committees had not yet agreed on transaction terms and might never reach an agreement.The potential deal would combine SpaceX’s aerospace, satellite communications and AI operations with Tesla’s electric vehicles,…

US banks warned that proposed SEC crypto exemptions could drain deposits as investment managers pushed for broader access to digital assets.The competing demands emerged as the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) Oct. 20 comment deadline for its proposed Regulation Crypto Assets expired, exposing divisions over how far regulators should go in easing restrictions on cryptocurrency fundraising and investment.The proposal, published Aug. 21, would allow qualifying crypto projects to raise up to $5 million over four years or $75 million annually without registering their investment-contract offerings under the Securities Act. Issuers would remain subject to disclosure requirements and federal antifraud provisions.It…

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