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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…

Bitcoin faces a tougher interest-rate outlook after US inflation data released Oct. 14 pushed bets on another Federal Reserve hike sharply higher. Rising Treasury yields could weigh on Bitcoin by making interest-bearing dollar assets more attractive.Market-data provider LSEG data shows money markets priced in roughly a 47% chance of another October rate increase after the release, up from closer to 20% beforehand.September consumer prices were 3.7% higher than a year earlier, up from 3.4% in August, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics release. Annual core inflation, which excludes food and energy, increased to 2.6% from 2.4%. Both readings exceeded forecasts…

Kraken’s parent company, Payward, has agreed to acquire a European bank as it expands beyond cryptocurrency trading into traditional financial services.On Oct. 14, the company announced a definitive agreement to purchase Saldo Finance Oy, a Finnish holding company that owns Lithuania-based Saldo Bank.The acquisition would give Payward control of a licensed European banking institution with approximately €163 million ($181 million) in assets, offering deposits, lending and payment services across multiple markets.The transaction, whose financial terms were not disclosed, is expected to close in 2027, subject to regulatory approval.It marks another step in Payward’s effort to build a financial services platform…

Ripple announced partnerships with DriveWealth and Meritz Securities to extend its services across global brokerage and securities markets.The two agreements, announced on Oct. 14, will bring Ripple’s stablecoin, payments, and custody infrastructure into DriveWealth’s brokerage operations while exploring securities tokenization opportunities with South Korea’s Meritz.DriveWealth, which provides investment infrastructure to more than 100 partners worldwide, plans to integrate Ripple’s RLUSD stablecoin into European settlement operations, with potential expansion into the US. Meanwhile, Meritz becomes Ripple’s first Korean securities-firm partner and fourth institutional partner in the country this year. Related ReadingStandard Chartered brings Ripple’s RLUSD into banking custody after $765 million…

ZkSync announced Airbender Prime, a prover that Matter Labs says handled 99% of 7,200 consecutive Ethereum mainnet blocks in under 10 seconds each on a single NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell GPU.The announcement came five days after Starknet said it is actively considering becoming an independent layer-1 (L1) blockchain, targeting full quantum resistance in 2027.The two announcements answer the same deadline from opposite directions, since Ethereum’s own target for L1 quantum resistance across execution, consensus, and data is December 2029.A prover that meets the real-time benchmarkThe Ethereum Foundation defines real-time proving as 99% of mainnet blocks proven in 10 seconds…