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The two firms are reportedly examining ways to bring round-the-clock tokenized stock trading to crypto users. The New York Stock Exchange and crypto exchange Blockchain.com are reportedly teaming up on a plan to bring tokenized U.S. stocks to crypto users.

Trading of real-world asset perpetual contracts climbed 32% from the prior quarter, with equities driving most activity. Decentralized exchanges offering perpetual futures on real-world assets recorded $365 billion in trading volume during the third quarter. That total represents a 32% jump from the second quarter, based on figures reported by crypto.news and CryptoBriefing.

Reports differ on whether her death came before or after she was due to release evidence against the venture firm. Hsin-Ju Chuang, who had publicly accused venture capital firm Hack VC of wrongdoing, has died. Her death was reported this week, but the circumstances remain unclear.

The crypto payments firm is pushing into regulated securities infrastructure, though specifics of the planned platform remain undisclosed. MoonPay, known primarily as a crypto payments and on-ramp provider, is expanding into regulated securities infrastructure.

A federal court has handed down a lengthy prison term in one of the larger individual theft cases tied to the exchange's customer base. A man from Brooklyn has received a 12-year prison sentence for defrauding Coinbase users of close to $16 million.

Fresh capital into BlackRock's ether product came alongside a $347 million day for Bitcoin ETFs led by the same issuer. BlackRock's spot Ethereum exchange-traded fund attracted $51 million in new client purchases, CryptoBriefing reported. The figure represents a single day of activity in one of the largest asset managers' crypto-linked products.

A federal court found she concealed millions in crypto proceeds linked to her former partner's criminal operation. A California woman has received an 18-month prison sentence for concealing $2.6 million connected to a crypto criminal operation, according to reports from Cryptopolitan and Bitcoin.com News.

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The exchange is developing quantum-resistant safeguards after a cryptographer warned that multi-party computation setups may not hold up against future quantum attacks. Coinbase is working on post-quantum custody protections for the assets it holds on behalf of BlackRock, according to reporting from CoinGape and crypto.news.

Will Papper argues the network's early scaling design might still offer a path to handling large volumes of stablecoin transactions Will Papper, an executive at Cloudflare, has proposed that Ethereum's original sharding design could serve as a foundation for scalable stablecoin payments. His comments were reported by CryptoBriefing and Unchained on September 23.

The interoperability protocol says its infrastructure will help regulated stablecoins move across blockchains for institutional adoption. LayerZero, an omnichain interoperability protocol, has thrown its support behind regulated stablecoins designed for use by banks, according to a report from crypto.news.

The decentralized derivatives platform's open contracts reached a new high, according to two crypto outlets tracking on-chain data. Hyperliquid's open interest has climbed to a record $18 billion, according to reports from crypto.news and CryptoBriefing. Open interest measures the total value of outstanding derivatives contracts that have not yet been closed or settled.

The integration connects Bitpace to Fireblocks' infrastructure network to support cross-border stablecoin payments. Bitpace has agreed to use Fireblocks' infrastructure to process stablecoin settlements, according to reports published Tuesday. The move connects Bitpace to a digital asset network that The Cryptonomist described as valued at $200 billion, primarily built for institutional custody and transfer…

A delegation feature aimed at institutional users could activate on October 5 after an earlier attempt stalled. The XRP Ledger is retrying an upgrade designed to let banks split payment execution from compliance duties, according to reporting from CoinDesk and crypto.news.

The exchange is restructuring its account system, with the Funding Account becoming a Stocks Account as crypto holdings shift to Spot Binance has confirmed plans to overhaul its account structure, with changes set to take effect in September 2026.

The regulator says tokenized assets and round-the-clock trading could reshape American finance within a decade. CFTC Chair Selig has called on U.S. financial markets to prepare for a future defined by mass tokenization.

The executive argues Bitcoin's market has matured to a point where explosive past-cycle rallies are unlikely to repeat. CryptoQuant's chief executive has offered a more restrained outlook for Bitcoin's next bull cycle. He expects gains in the range of three to five times current levels, according to reporting from Coinfomania, BeInCrypto and crypto.news.

The proposed change would slash confirmation times from roughly 12.8 seconds to a fraction of a second. Solana has begun testing a network upgrade aimed at dramatically shortening the time it takes for transactions to become final. According to CoinDesk, the goal is to cut finality from roughly 12.8 seconds down to about 150 milliseconds.