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The network overhaul aims to sharply reduce the time it takes transactions to become irreversible on Solana. Solana developers have scheduled October 21 as the rollout date for the Alpenglow upgrade. The update is designed to bring transaction finality down to approximately 150 milliseconds.

The central bank is stepping back from direct stablecoin issuance as Seoul tightens oversight of crypto trading platforms. The Bank of Korea has decided against issuing its own stablecoin, according to crypto.news. The central bank's position marks a clear signal about how it views its role in the country's fast-growing digital asset sector.

The exchange's new product will let users trade stock-linked tokens around the clock, though holders will not own actual shares. Bybit has announced plans to launch mStocks next month, a new offering that brings tokenized equity trading to its platform.

The asset manager's fixed-income fund now trades yield directly on the Pendle protocol under the FLHYon ticker. Franklin Templeton has launched a tokenized high-yield bond ETF on Pendle under the ticker FLHYon, according to reports from CryptoBriefing, Coinfomania, and The Cryptonomist.

The hardware wallet maker says tampered units secretly transmitted private keys over a mobile network. Ledger has detailed a security incident involving devices sold by a vendor identified as CryptoBilis, which allegedly contained covert components capable of transmitting cryptocurrency wallet keys over a mobile network.

A London court decision strengthens the British government's position over roughly 61,000 seized Bitcoin worth close to $5 billion. A UK court has issued a ruling that complicates efforts by Chinese fraud victims to claim the full market value of roughly 61,000 Bitcoin seized by British authorities.

The closure adds to mounting evidence that the NFT trading boom has faded. Blur, the NFT marketplace that rose to prominence by courting high-volume traders with token rewards, is winding down operations. According to crypto.news and Decrypt, the platform will shut down its website and stop originating new loans through its Blend lending product next…

Regulators in Seoul target unregistered trading platforms as officials weigh whether the move will redirect capital to licensed domestic exchanges. South Korean regulators have taken steps to block access to 27 cryptocurrency exchanges that lack proper registration in the country.

Officials reportedly worry that artificial intelligence tools could become a trigger for the next financial crisis. US financial regulators are increasing their scrutiny of artificial intelligence deployment across the banking sector, according to reporting from CryptoBriefing.

The incident adds to a growing list of physical attacks targeting crypto holders over their digital wealth. A crypto trader based in the United Kingdom has reported being robbed of approximately $800,000 during a violent home invasion.

Onchain data shows a wallet untouched since the 2020 market crash has resumed activity, reviving questions about long-term holder behavior. A Bitcoin wallet that had shown no activity for six years has moved approximately $378 million worth of BTC, according to onchain data cited by The Block and CoinDesk.

CryptoBriefing describes KB Kookmin Card and SBI Holdings as pursuing separate, unlinked initiatives, while crypto.news reports the two companies signed a four-party MOU together with Everspin and SBI Everspin. CryptoBriefing describes KB Kookmin Card and SBI Holdings as pursuing separate, unlinked initiatives, while crypto.news reports the two companies signed a four-party MOU together with Everspin…

The Layer-1 network has deployed a new transaction privacy layer aimed at blocking common forms of on-chain exploitation. Aptos has introduced an Encrypted Mempool, a new system built to protect users from frontrunning and sandwich attacks on its network. The feature was reported by Cointelegraph and crypto.news within hours of each other on October 13.

The exchange is winding down its crypto mining pool business, according to reports from CryptoBriefing and crypto.news. Binance is set to discontinue Binance Pool and its associated mining services on November 10, according to reports from CryptoBriefing and crypto.news.

The bank's Dubai-based custody rollout for Ripple's dollar-pegged stablecoin comes alongside Evernorth's Nasdaq debut under the XRPN ticker. Standard Chartered has gone live with custody services for RLUSD, the U.S. dollar-pegged stablecoin issued by Ripple. Reports describe the rollout as centered in Dubai, positioning the bank as a custodian for institutional holders of the token.

A Gulf licensing cluster and a French wallet-reporting proposal cleared independent corroboration today; the week's ETF outflow figure and most of the rest did not. A Gulf licensing cluster and a French wallet-reporting proposal cleared independent corroboration today; the week's ETF outflow figure and most of the rest did not.

Across four published stories, outlets disagree on a date, a confirmation, a corporate name and a percentage, and no correction has resolved any of them. Across four published stories, outlets disagree on a date, a confirmation, a corporate name and a percentage, and no correction has resolved any of them.

The bank's digital asset strategy head says tokenized equities remain on the roadmap but will not arrive until early next year. Morgan Stanley will not offer support for tokenized equities until the first quarter of 2027, later than previously expected.