DriveWealth Picks Ripple's RLUSD for Europe Settlement
DriveWealth is integrating Ripple's RLUSD stablecoin to settle money in Europe, with custody and payments to follow.
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XRPDriveWealth is integrating Ripple's RLUSD stablecoin to settle money in Europe, with custody and payments to follow.
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Richard Heart, founder of Hex and PulseChain, was detained in Istanbul with his wife on an Interpol Red Notice, Turkish media report.
Perpetuals.com, run by former FTX Europe head Patrick Gruhn, is the second venue to use the SEC's five-year exemption for onchain trading of US stocks, after
SBF's counsel asked the Supreme Court to review his conviction and $11 billion forfeiture. The legal question, the timeline, what it means for FTX creditors.
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Payward, Kraken's parent, has signed a deal to buy Lithuania's Saldo Bank, an ECB-licensed lender, adding deposits, loans and cards in the EU.
Ripple's first Korean securities partnership, with Meritz, lands as Chainalysis data shows won-denominated trading moving from XRP to AI tokens.
The Philippine central bank has blocked incoming InstaPay and PESONet transfers to Coins.ph's wallet arm since 29 September, so peso cash-ins are down.
September CPI rose 3.7% year over year, above the 3.6% forecast, and core inflation beat on both measures. Bitcoin fell within minutes of the release.
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French lawmakers want swaps into MiCA-regulated stablecoins treated as taxable disposals from January 2027. The measure still needs a full Assembly vote.
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Qivalis, backed by 37 European banks, has a Dutch e-money licence to issue a MiCA-compliant euro stablecoin. The white paper, and issuance, are still to come.
A UK software engineer is suing BitMEX operator HDR Global Trading in London's Commercial Court for 324.8 BTC, arguing the trades were unregulated.
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South Korea's FSC says 16 financial firms were hit around the Shinhan Bank breach, including GOPAX operator Streami.
Ripple and Meritz Securities will explore bringing Ripple Custody and tokenization to Korea's capital markets, starting within current rules.
BitGo's Stablecoin-as-a-Service bundles custody, reserve management and minting for issuers, and the company is pitching it as built to follow the GENIUS Act.
Payward, Kraken's parent, says it has full VARA approval to serve UAE clients with dirham pairs, staking and tokenized equities, starting in coming weeks.
Hester Peirce's exit left the SEC with two commissioners and the CFTC with one. Seven of ten seats are vacant and no nominees had been announced as of Oct. 13.
ASIC proposes extending its CFD product intervention order to 2037 and widening it to cover contracts settled in digital assets.
Charlie Scharf said on Wells Fargo's third-quarter call that US stablecoin use cases remain unclear, while its 21-bank consortium targets a 2027 launch.
Kalshi wants the full Sixth Circuit to rehear the September 25 ruling that let Ohio and Tennessee enforce gambling laws against its sports contracts.
The High Court in London decided that Chinese law governs victims' claims to 61,000 BTC seized from Zhimin Qian, a ruling that helps the UK keep the coins.
Tether blacklisted 37 addresses after the CryptoBilis Ledger drain, leaving $10 million in USDT stuck. Bitquery now counts $102 million taken from 324 wallets.
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IBKR clients can now stake Ethereum through Zero Hash. Its risk disclosure shows who holds your ETH, why you can't check it on-chain and how long exits take.
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DRW and Marex traded the first OTC swap on Canton, referencing a tokenized S&P iBoxx index, as Derivnex launches its on-chain derivatives platform.
Evernorth's October 13 SEC filing lists who holds its Nasdaq stock XRPN: SBI Holdings, Chris Larsen, Ripple Labs and the Arrington XRP sponsor fund.
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