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Kraken Parent Payward Buys Lithuania’s Saldo Bank in EU Push

Payward, the parent company of crypto exchange Kraken, is set to acquire Saldo Bank, a Lithuania-based lender licensed across the European Union. The deal,...

Qivalis secures Dutch EMI license for bank-backed euro stablecoin

Qivalis, a European banking consortium now spanning 37 lenders across 15 countries, has secured an Electronic Money Institution (EMI) license from De Nederlandsche Bank...

SkyAI’s $201M buyback offer fails if Solana slides below $100

On Nasdaq, SkyAI announced on October 11, 2026 a cash tender offer of up to $201 million for its shares and pre-funded warrants. The...

Sanctioned A7 launches USDT-SWIFT payment bridge amid US crackdown

A7 International, the cross-border settlement platform backed by Russian bank PSB, launched on October 13, 2026 a new service allowing foreign invoices to be...

London High Court Applies Chinese Law to 61,000 Seized Bitcoin

The UK High Court ruled on Monday, October 12, 2026 that Chinese law must determine whether thousands of victims of a massive fraud can...

Ledger Hack: Two Tampered Devices Found in Germany, No Recall Yet

Two tampered Ledger wallets have been discovered in Germany at MediaMarkt within 48 hours, found by the same buyer. But Ledger has not, at...

Sberbank secures Russian central bank approval for crypto exchange operations

Sberbank, Russia's largest bank by assets, has become one of the few financial institutions in the country officially authorized to operate as a cryptocurrency...

Microsoft Maia 300: The inference chip challenging Nvidia on efficiency

Microsoft officially unveiled its Azure Maia 300 inference accelerator on October 12, 2026, at the OCP Global Summit 2026 in San Jose. This third-generation...