Samsung Electronics has announced a partnership with the Solana Foundation to introduce stablecoin transfers directly within Samsung Wallet, extending blockchain-based financial services to approximately 82 million compatible Galaxy devices in the United States.The integration, announced on October 7, 2026, is scheduled to launch during the final week of October. It will initially support USD Coin
Cryptocurrency news publisher Cointelegraph has denied reports that it is seeking a buyer after rival outlet CoinDesk reported a substantial decline in its website traffic, raising questions about the financial pressures facing specialist digital-asset media companies.CoinDesk reported on October 7, 2026, that Cointelegraph was exploring a sale, citing an anonymous person familiar with the matter.
Wells Fargo is reportedly in discussions with Payward, the parent company of cryptocurrency exchange Kraken, over a potential agreement to provide liquidity for digital-asset trading, according to an October 7 report by CoinDesk. The discussions were disclosed by two people familiar with the matter who requested anonymity because negotiations remain private. Neither Wells Fargo nor
Ledger has introduced Bitcoin-backed cryptocurrency loans directly inside its Ledger Wallet application, allowing eligible users to borrow stablecoins without selling their Bitcoin exposure. The feature, called Crypto Loan, was unveiled on October 7, 2026, during the TOKEN2049 conference in Singapore. It integrates decentralized lending infrastructure from Morpho through technology provider Yield.xyz, bringing borrowing and collateral
BitMine Immersion Technologies plans to stop purchasing Ethereum once its holdings reach 5% of the cryptocurrency’s circulating supply, Chairman Tom Lee announced on October 7, marking a significant change in the company’s digital-asset treasury strategy. Speaking at the TOKEN2049 conference in Singapore, Lee described the threshold as a firm limit on further accumulation. BitMine currently
The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission is moving ahead with cryptocurrency regulation despite Congress’s failure to enact comprehensive digital-asset legislation, proposing a federal framework for certain crypto trading platforms under its existing statutory powers. On October 5, CFTC Chairman Michael Selig announced an advance notice of proposed rulemaking covering retail cryptocurrency transactions involving leverage, financing
Hyperliquid Labs has begun distributing 3.75 million HYPE tokens valued at approximately $330 million under a previously disclosed over-the-counter agreement, completing the first stage of one of the largest team-token releases in the network’s history.Onchain monitoring reported that 1.875 million HYPE, representing half the allocation, was transferred to five wallets on October 7. Each address
Hunter Biden has called on an unnamed market maker involved in the launch of his LAPTOP memecoin to buy back and burn tokens after a forensic review found that only about $5,200 of $500,000 supplied before launch was initially deployed into the token’s main liquidity pool.The report, prepared by intelligence consultancy Groom Lake and released
Federal prosecutors are using a new appeals court ruling involving cryptocurrency mixer Bitcoin Fog to strengthen their opposition to Tornado Cash developer Roman Storm’s bid for acquittal, arguing that even limited use of a mixing service within a judicial district can be enough to establish venue.In an October 5 filing in the Southern District of
Kazakhstan’s central bank is working with Tether and the Alatau City Authority to explore a tenge-backed stablecoin and tokenized real-world assets, extending the country’s push to bring blockchain-based financial instruments inside a regulated national framework.The National Bank of Kazakhstan (NBK), Tether and the Alatau City Authority signed a memorandum of understanding on October 7 covering