Topic: #finance
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Stripe taps Privy CEO Henri Stern to lead its crypto and stablecoin strategy
Stripe has put Privy co-founder and CEO Henri Stern in charge of its crypto and stablecoin strategy, Crypto Briefing reported, as its stablecoin card programs hit about $1.2 billion in monthly spending.
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Kaiko: EUR stablecoins take 7.46% of euro crypto volume as fiat pairs dominate
Kaiko's European market report, as covered by Crypto Briefing, found that EUR-backed stablecoins made up just 7.46% of euro trading volume on centralized exchanges. Plain EUR fiat pairs carried most of the €362 billion traded in 2025.
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Stripe plans stablecoin card expansion to more than 100 countries by year-end
Stripe expects its stablecoin card programs to reach more than 100 countries by year-end, crypto lead Henri Stern told CoinDesk, as card spending in stablecoins tripled year over year, per Paymentscan.
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Draper Associates leads Xverse round to build self-custodial Bitcoin neobank
Xverse, a Bitcoin wallet and web3 gateway, raised an undisclosed strategic round led by Tim Draper's Draper Associates to build a self-custodial Bitcoin neobank, the company said Monday.
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Metaplanet adds net 1,000 bitcoin in Q3 after sell-and-rebuy, now holds 44,000 BTC
Metaplanet added a net 1,000 BTC in the third quarter to reach 44,000 BTC ($3.8 billion). It got there by selling 10,000 BTC and then buying back 11,000 at higher prices, according to CoinDesk.
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Kraken parent Payward plugs into Singapore Gulf Bank network for 24/7 USD settlement
Payward, the company behind Kraken, integrated Singapore Gulf Bank's real-time clearing network so select institutional clients in Asia and the Gulf can settle U.S. dollar crypto transactions around the clock.
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21Shares, Canary file new SEC amendments for proposed Injective ETFs
21Shares and Canary Capital filed fresh SEC amendments in September for proposed US ETFs tied to Injective's INJ token. Canary's fund targets staking at least 90% of holdings, while 21Shares keeps staking optional.
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Greenfield Capital files Swiss regulator complaint over Safe foundation governance
Early Safe investor Greenfield Capital has filed a complaint with Switzerland's foundation supervisor over governance at the Safe Ecosystem Foundation, alleging board shortfalls and conflict-of-interest concerns.
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Ethereum order-book depth falls to 35–45% of Bitcoin's, CoinGecko data shows
A CoinGecko analysis of eight major exchanges, reported by Crypto Briefing, found Ethereum's market depth fell to 35–45% of Bitcoin's, down from above 60% a year earlier, as Bitcoin's order books deepened.
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Bitwise launches PAPY-USDC vault on Circle's Arc for RWA-backed lending
Bitwise brought its Premium RWA Vault (PAPY) to Circle's Arc on September 16, lending USDC on Morpho against tokenized real-world assets with a 5-6% variable APY target, Crypto Briefing reported.
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Tempo stablecoin supply jumps 161% in a week after Open USD launch
Stablecoin supply on Tempo, the Stripe- and Paradigm-incubated Layer 1, rose about $450 million (161%) in one week to roughly $729 million after Open USD launched, per DefiLlama data.
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Stacks Labs CTO outlines PoX-6 plan for blind auctions and protocol-set BTC yields
Stacks Labs CTO Adriano Di Luzio laid out plans for PoX-6, which would replace Endowment-curated staking settings with blind auctions and protocol-set yields, Crypto Briefing reported. The design hasn't been ratified.
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CryptoJobsList postings hit 2026 high of 1,241 in September as applications fall
Job postings on CryptoJobsList rose from 382 in July to 1,241 in September while applications fell about 27%, according to the platform's Q3 2026 hiring trends report cited by Crypto Briefing.
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DefiLlama data shows 399 of 558 blockchains earned zero fees in 24 hours
DefiLlama's chain fees dashboard tracked 558 blockchains on October 3, 2026, and 399 of them (roughly 71%) generated zero fees over 24 hours, Crypto Briefing reported. Only seven chains cleared $100,000.
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BlackRock-built Ondo portfolios point to tokenization's next phase, CoinDesk says
A CoinDesk analysis says tokenization is moving from single assets to whole portfolios, citing BlackRock's Intelligent Portfolios with Ondo Finance and Bitwise's Automated Token Portfolios.
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Hyperliquid's first $14.58M USDC yield payment awaits transfer for HYPE buybacks
Hyperliquid's first AQAv2 yield payment, about $14.58 million in USDC, was pending transfer to its Assistance Fund as of October 3, 2026. The fund uses that money to buy and burn HYPE, Crypto Briefing reported.
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Grayscale's Zcash ETF ZCSH sheds $93.56 million in a week, Crypto Briefing reports
Grayscale's spot Zcash ETF, ZCSH, lost $93.56 million to outflows in a single week, according to Crypto Briefing, though the fund remains net positive on cumulative inflows since its August debut.
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XRP Asia launches to push XRP Ledger adoption, led by ex-Hedera exec Tachdjian
XRP Asia has launched to promote XRP Ledger adoption across Asia under President Sabrina Tachdjian, formerly of the Hedera Foundation, with a Seoul session set for Korea Blockchain Week, Crypto Briefing reported.
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Blockworks launches public dashboard tracking OlympusDAO's revenue and solvency
Blockworks launched a free analytics dashboard on October 2, 2026 that tracks OlympusDAO's financials, supply, backing and solvency. Weekly protocol revenue sits near $65,000, Crypto Briefing reported.
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Absa launches Ripple-powered digital-asset custody for South African institutions
Absa launched an institutional digital-asset custody platform in South Africa on September 21, 2026. It's built on Ripple technology and supports Bitcoin, Ether, XRPL assets and USDC, Crypto Briefing reported.
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NEAR Protocol proposal would cut max token issuance to 1.6% over 24 months
A NEAR governance proposal from SVRN CEO Sal Ternullo would lower the network's maximum annual issuance from 2.5% to 1.6% over 24 months. A House of Stake vote is tentatively set for mid-October.
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Bitwise and Franklin Templeton XRP ETF clients buy $7.24 million in XRP
Clients of the Bitwise and Franklin Templeton spot XRP ETFs bought another $7.24 million of XRP, Crypto Briefing reported Oct. 2, as total inflows across XRP ETFs reached around $1.79 billion.
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Thai exchange Bitkub adds Aptos-native USDT for deposits and withdrawals
Bitkub, a Thai exchange with more than 5 million registered users, began supporting Tether's USDT on Aptos on September 30, giving users a baht on-ramp and off-ramp, Crypto Briefing reported.
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RWA Foundation report tracks 10,322 tokenized assets; stablecoins near $301.4B
The RWA Foundation's latest monthly report tracks 10,322 real-world assets onchain and puts stablecoin market cap at about $301.4 billion across 193 assets, according to Crypto Briefing.