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Users can discuss investment ideas with the AI, research assets and give it instructions that involve putting funds to work. Unlike an assistant that stops after producing research or a trade idea, Virtuals said its system can continue monitoring information and act when predefined conditions are met. One example shared by the project instructed an agent to open a $1,000 leveraged position whenever Ether moved 2% within five minutes and close it following a specified social media post. Virtuals presented the example as a demonstration of how natural language instructions can be converted into ongoing trading rules. Virtuals App lets…

Acquisition Announcement and Timeline On June 25, SBI Holdings disclosed that it had finalized a basic agreement together with a share transfer agreement designed to turn Bitbank into a fully owned subsidiary. From the outset, the company projected a completion date around October, and the SBI Holdings crypto expansion plan landed almost exactly on that schedule. That kind of precision matters in M&A circles, where crypto-related deals have sometimes dragged out over regulatory or valuation disputes. Transaction Structure and Share Transfers The ¥46.7 billion price tag didn’t come from a single transaction. Instead, SBI structured the deal in three distinct…

Market Pulse As of now, the market shows a lack of significant price movements for Coinbase, with trading volume remaining unreported. However, the influx of $4.7 million in tokenized stocks signifies a key development for Coinbase as it ventures into the DeFi space. This could have implications for future trading strategies and user engagement on Aave and similar platforms, attracting more liquidity and participation in the tokenized market. Coinbase is a leading cryptocurrency exchange that offers various services, including trading and custody of digital assets. With the recent launch of tokenized stocks, Coinbase aims to bridge traditional financial instruments with…

The research found strong interest in using stablecoins for online purchases, travel, overseas shopping and moving money across borders. Yet the survey showed a large knowledge gap, with only 6% of respondents demonstrating what Visa described as an accurate understanding of how stablecoins work. Stablecoin interest is running far ahead of actual use Across the 14 markets, 46% of respondents said they were likely to use stablecoins during the next five years. Only 16% reported using them during the previous 12 months. Visa did not disclose in its release what those existing users had used stablecoins for. The 16% figure…

His work before Zcash includes: DigiCash: He worked with David Chaum on this early digital cash system in 1996. Zooko’s triangle: A 2001 model that relates three desirable properties of network identifiers. BLAKE2 and BLAKE3: Hash functions he helped design. A hash function turns data into a fixed-length fingerprint. How Did Zcash Start? In 2013, a group of scientists set out to fix Bitcoin’s lack of privacy. Their first design, Zerocoin, was a proposed Bitcoin extension. They later built a standalone protocol instead. ECC formed in 2015 with Wilcox as CEO, and Zcash launched in October 2016. How Zcash Privacy…

The Philippine Payments Management Inc. notified financial institutions through PPMI Advisory, requiring the restriction to be implemented across the payment network. Meanwhile, the order blocks DCPay from receiving incoming credit transfers through InstaPay and PESONet. This means users cannot currently cash in to affected Coins.ph peso wallets from external banks or other e-wallets through these channels. Philippine Central Bank Curbs Bank Transfers to Major Crypto Platform Coins phCoins ph, one of the Philippines’ leading homegrown crypto platforms, is facing restrictions on local-bank deposits after the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas partially suspended inbound InstaPay and… pic.twitter.com/DfeLFygX6v — Wu Blockchain (@WuBlockchain) October…

Source: Bitbo However, most of the returns came from just a few days. Removing the top 5 days caused returns to fall to 95%, removing the top 10 days made returns dwindle to 27%, and removing the top 15 days led to an 11% loss. Bitcoin $BTC 3-year return: 225%Nasdaq 3-year return: 109%Remove $BTC’s 5 best trading days, and that return falls to 95%. Those days can’t be predicted, which is why consistent long-term exposure matters for an asset like Bitcoin.Read more on The Stack:… pic.twitter.com/ee84IzwV1b — Grayscale (@Grayscale) October 5, 2026 Quarterly returns and current price analysis Coinpedia previously…

“As more capital moves onchain, protection needs to be as transparent and scalable as the markets it supports.” The backing comes from FXRP, a representation of $XRP on Flare, a blockchain supporting smart contracts, or programs that execute predefined rules. Through Flare Smart Accounts, a supported $XRP Ledger wallet can authorize the creation and deposit of FXRP in one flow. Participants receive stXRP, a receipt for the funds they commit to backing claims, while the pooled holdings sit outside the applications receiving cover. $XRP Returns Depend on Fees and Loss Exposure Participating $XRP holders earn a share of protocol rewards…

The flexibility matters for state-qualified payment stablecoin issuers with no more than $10 billion in consolidated outstanding payment stablecoin issuance. They may opt for state regulation if the state regulator certifies that its regime meets Treasury’s substantial-similarity criteria and the Committee unanimously approves it as meeting or exceeding the standards and requirements in section 4(a) of the $GENIUS Act. Treasury’s separate proposal on substantial similarity addresses the standards used to compare state and federal regimes. The September procedural rule does not finalize those principles. How a filing reaches substantive review A conditional filing can be amended at any time. It…

Bybit Bitcoin and Ethereum user holdings increased Bitcoin balances held for users rose 0.24% from the Aug. 26 snapshot to roughly 56,100 $BTC. Despite the increase in customer holdings, Bybit’s Bitcoin reserve ratio remained at 104%. Ether recorded a larger change, with user holdings rising 2.96% to nearly 551,900 $ETH. Bybit reported 570,018 $ETH in wallets against those customer balances, lifting the reserve ratio by one percentage point to 103%. The latest figures follow earlier changes in exchange balances during 2026. In June, Bybit and OKX users increased their Bitcoin holdings while $USDT balances declined, with Bybit’s $BTC user assets…