October 28, 2026
The crypto financial services firm swung to a quarterly profit and authorized a new buyback program, lifting investor sentiment. Galaxy Digital reported a $323 million profit for the third quarter, according to disclosures covered by The Block and Bitcoin.com News. The figure represents a swing to profitability for the diversified crypto financial services firm.
October 28, 2026
Three pairs of outlets covering the same event give conflicting numbers, and no primary document is in hand to settle any of them. Three pairs of outlets covering the same event give conflicting numbers, and no primary document is in hand to settle any of them.
October 27, 2026
Election week is here, and the hottest slogan in American politics has a coin. Americans vote in the midterms on November 3, and the message heading into the final stretch is the one Donald Trump put on a hat himself: America Is Back.
New polling data shows a 22-point gap between general support for financial innovation and support for cryptocurrency. A recently published survey has found that American support for financial innovation in general significantly outpaces support for cryptocurrency as a specific category. The gap between the two measures was reported at 22 percentage points, according to crypto.news.
October 27, 2026
The number of companies objecting to having their shares represented as tokenized assets on the OKX-ICE venue has reached 26. IBM, Oracle, and Intel have added their names to a list of companies objecting to tokenized representations of their stock on a venue tied to crypto exchange OKX and Intercontinental Exchange, known as ICE.
The regulator wants smaller lenders to prepare stablecoin applications ahead of a formal filing window. The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency is encouraging community banks to consider becoming stablecoin issuers. The push comes under the GENIUS Act, the federal law that created a formal regulatory framework for dollar-pegged digital tokens.
The annual Solana developer conference expands its London lineup with former UK political leaders and financial industry figures. Solana Breakpoint, the Solana Foundation's flagship annual conference, has confirmed new additions to its 2026 speaker list for the London edition.
The exchange moves to comply with Brazil's central bank rules while filing for a local crypto license ahead of a Friday deadline. Binance has scaled back its operations in Brazil, restricting eight services and delisting 22 tokens for local users, BlockchainReporter reported.
Conflicting data on large-holder behavior complicates the picture as XRP trades in a tight range. XRP has spent recent trading sessions parked near $1.29 to $1.30, showing limited volatility even as on-chain data points in different directions.
Despite a negative monthly close, market watchers and Galaxy Digital argue the downturn may already be fading. Bitcoin is heading toward a negative close for October, a month traders have long nicknamed 'Uptober' for its historically strong returns.
October 27, 2026
U.Today and Coindoo both cover Ripple's final OCC bank approval but give different years for the earlier conditional approval it followed. U.Today and Coindoo both cover Ripple's final OCC bank approval but give different years for the earlier conditional approval it followed.
October 27, 2026
The gold-backed token will use Chainlink's interoperability protocol to move across multiple blockchains The Hong Kong Gold Exchange has connected its XGZ gold-backed token to Chainlink's Cross-Chain Interoperability Protocol, known as CCIP. The integration allows XGZ to transfer across different blockchain networks using Chainlink's infrastructure rather than a single proprietary bridge.
U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs regained ground after a sharp $774 million outflow, while Ether products kept bleeding capital. U.S. spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds took in $110 million in net new money, according to data reported by CryptoBriefing and Cointelegraph.
The asset manager joins a Japan-based initiative connecting tokenized money market funds with the JPYSC stablecoin. BlackRock has entered into a collaboration with SBI Holdings and Startale focused on connecting tokenized money market funds with JPYSC, a yen-pegged stablecoin, according to reports from CoinGape and Bitcoin.com News.
The bank's analysts say the rise of autonomous AI payment agents could pressure the stablecoin issuer's core business model. Mizuho has told clients that Circle could face a revenue risk of up to 20% tied to the growth of AI agents operating in payments and commerce.
October 27, 2026
On-chain data shows fewer recent buyers sitting on gains, a pattern Glassnode links to reduced selling pressure. Glassnode's latest on-chain analysis shows that the percentage of Bitcoin short-term holders sitting on unrealized profit has fallen to roughly 70%. Short-term holders are typically defined as wallets that have held coins for less than 155 days.
October 27, 2026
Large holders are reportedly adding short positions on ETH as exchange-traded fund flows turn negative, raising questions about near-term support. Ethereum's price action has drawn renewed attention as it hovers near a closely watched band between $2,300 and $2,350. Two separate reports on October 27 highlighted different but related pressures facing the asset.
October 27, 2026
CryptoBriefing and crypto.news both cover Sean Bowe's proposal to redirect Zcash's 8% grant subsidy to a reserve, but they name different network upgrades as the one that would implement it. CryptoBriefing and crypto.news both cover Sean Bowe's proposal to redirect Zcash's 8% grant subsidy to a reserve, but they name different network upgrades…