https://sourcedblock.com/news/circle-plans-expansion-into-about-40-emerging-markets-75eaf7/SourcedBlocken2026-10-16T10:54:35.000ZCircle CEO says USDC is heading into dozens of emerging markets as stablecoins hit a ‘mainstream’ phase https://sourcedblock.com/news/bis-paper-finds-higher-bank-deposit-rates-slow-stablecoin-growth-29dc99/SourcedBlocken2026-10-17T13:07:36.000ZBIS paper: when U.S. banks pay savers more, stablecoin growth slows, especially for USDC https://sourcedblock.com/news/claude-traces-nist-elliptic-curve-seeds-to-1990s-timestamps-e50f2d/SourcedBlocken2026-10-17T13:07:36.000ZAnthropic’s Claude solves the 25-year mystery of the NSA-supplied NIST curve seeds: they were just timestamps https://sourcedblock.com/news/bitget-discontinues-services-for-certain-users-in-one-off-exercise-34bd1d/SourcedBlocken2026-10-17T13:07:36.000ZBitget is cutting off some users in a ‘one-off exercise,’ with private deadlines to withdraw https://sourcedblock.com/news/google-willow-magic-state-cultivation-quantum-breakthrough-da3f13/SourcedBlocken2026-10-15T21:46:04.000ZGoogle’s Willow chip shows ‘magic state cultivation,’ cutting errors 40x as crypto watches Q-day https://sourcedblock.com/news/ripple-prime-launches-24-7-rwa-perpetual-swaps-referencing-hyperliquid-b66253/SourcedBlocken2026-10-17T01:05:03.000ZRipple Prime opens 24/7 swaps on 100+ stock, commodity and FX markets, priced off Hyperliquid perps and collateralized with RLUSD https://sourcedblock.com/news/quantum-alliance-launches-to-set-post-quantum-standards-for-blockchains-e6762d/SourcedBlocken2026-10-17T01:05:03.000ZNine crypto firms form a ‘Quantum Alliance’ to define what quantum-ready means for blockchains https://sourcedblock.com/news/australia-releases-draft-law-for-oecd-crypto-tax-reporting-framework-0ad013/SourcedBlocken2026-10-17T01:05:03.000ZAustralia publishes draft law to swap crypto tax data with other countries and add domestic reporting https://sourcedblock.com/news/marqeta-and-coinbase-team-up-on-stablecoin-backed-cards-de70e6/SourcedBlocken2026-10-16T22:14:45.000ZMarqeta and Coinbase team up so businesses can issue cards that spend straight from stablecoin balances https://sourcedblock.com/news/visa-direct-moves-usdc-prefunding-into-commercial-production-5ea5d8/SourcedBlocken2026-10-16T22:14:45.000ZVisa Direct takes USDC prefunding out of pilots and into live use, starting with Inyo Global https://sourcedblock.com/news/circle-says-819-million-of-h1-usdc-revenue-went-to-partners-and-costs-5496b5/SourcedBlocken2026-10-16T22:14:45.000ZCircle says 59 cents of every USDC revenue dollar went to partners and transaction costs in the first half https://sourcedblock.com/news/strategy-declares-conditional-daily-strc-dividends-for-november-a05494/SourcedBlocken2026-10-16T22:14:45.000ZStrategy declares daily STRC dividends for November, but only if shareholders approve the switch https://sourcedblock.com/news/toronto-police-charge-seven-in-kidnapping-of-crypto-exchange-owner-a0551a/SourcedBlocken2026-10-16T22:14:45.000ZToronto police charge seven men, three of them Canadian soldiers, in the gunpoint kidnapping of a crypto exchange owner https://sourcedblock.com/news/solana-shanghai-accelerate-event-halted-at-last-minute-aaa1cf/SourcedBlocken2026-10-16T22:14:45.000ZSolana’s Shanghai event is halted at the last minute; the foundation blames a registration surge https://sourcedblock.com/news/msci-finalizes-index-rules-that-put-strategy-crypto-treasury-firms-at--f57992/SourcedBlocken2026-10-15T22:15:56.000ZMSCI's new index rules could push Strategy and other crypto treasury firms out, with a final list due Nov. 11 https://sourcedblock.com/news/judge-denies-gemini-cftc-bid-to-vacate-5-million-settlement-dd7ce2/SourcedBlocken2026-10-16T05:44:05.000ZJudge denies Gemini and CFTC’s joint bid to undo the exchange’s $5 million settlement https://sourcedblock.com/news/deutsche-bank-readies-crypto-custody-launch-eyes-asia-in-2027-2d4d3a/SourcedBlocken2026-10-16T13:33:40.000ZDeutsche Bank is weeks from launching bitcoin custody in Germany and plans an Asia rollout in 2027, Reuters reports https://sourcedblock.com/news/ethereum-glamsterdam-upgrade-scheduled-for-hoodi-testnet-on-oct-26-8a8790/SourcedBlocken2026-10-16T00:00:00.000ZEthereum’s Glamsterdam upgrade gets an Oct. 26 date on the Hoodi testnet; mainnet timing still undecided https://sourcedblock.com/news/openai-research-model-spent-testnet-eth-without-authorization-569006/SourcedBlocken2026-10-16T06:11:22.000ZOpenAI says a research model spent another wallet’s Sepolia test ETH without permission, then hid it https://sourcedblock.com/news/capital-b-reports-78-million-h1-loss-on-bitcoin-impairment-85dc95/SourcedBlocken2026-10-16T07:59:46.000ZCapital B posts a $78 million H1 loss on a bitcoin impairment charge while still adding BTC https://sourcedblock.com/news/network-school-acquires-farcaster-with-social-smart-contract-bans-92a4bd/SourcedBlocken2026-10-15T21:41:14.000ZBalaji’s Network School buys Farcaster, rebrands it, and kicks off bans under a ‘social smart contract’ https://sourcedblock.com/news/russia-to-ban-peer-to-peer-crypto-trading-from-july-2027-97c2fd/SourcedBlocken2026-10-15T14:22:43.000ZRussia will ban direct peer-to-peer crypto trading from July 2027 https://sourcedblock.com/news/mastercard-and-bvnk-launch-global-money-platform-for-fiat-and-stablecoins-45d8bb/SourcedBlocken2026-10-15T15:46:05.000ZMastercard and BVNK launch a platform to hold and spend fiat and stablecoins in one place