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Kevin is the editor of CandyPulse, covering crypto markets, regulation and the CANDY ecosystem. Based in Dubai, he focuses on clear, fact-checked explainers that help everyday readers understand what is really happening in crypto.
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Create What's Next: CandyChain Studio Brings No-Code Token Creation to CandyChain (In Development)
News · 2026-11-03
CANDY is building CandyChain Studio, a no-code tool for creating tokens on CandyChain. It's in development with no launch date yet. Here's what it's…
Banking Goes 24/7: Standard Chartered Launches Tokenized Deposits in Hong Kong
News · 2026-11-03
Standard Chartered has launched tokenized deposits for corporate clients in Hong Kong on the HKMA's EnsembleTX platform, with round-the-clock…
tZERO Agrees to a $350 Million SPAC Deal With FG Imperii, Targeting a NYSE American Listing
News · 2026-11-03
Tokenization firm tZERO plans to go public by merging with blank-check company FG Imperii at a $350 million valuation, with shares set to trade on…
Strategy Adds 811 Bitcoin for $65.5 Million, Bringing Its Holdings to 849,327 BTC
News · 2026-11-03
Strategy bought 811 bitcoin at an average of $80,846 each between Oct. 26 and Nov. 1, lifting its total to 849,327 BTC. It also bought back $208.2…
Mercado Bitcoin Pauses Withdrawals After a Reported Breach of More Than $40 Million
News · 2026-11-03
Brazil's Mercado Bitcoin halted deposits and withdrawals after a security incident. Security firm Hypernative estimates more than $40 million moved…
Morgan Stanley Downgrades Coinbase and Cuts Its Price Target 53% to $120
News · 2026-11-03
Morgan Stanley cut Coinbase to Underweight and slashed its price target from $258 to $120, citing weaker crypto trading, low volatility and doubts…
CANDY Token (CANDY): Price, Presale, Utility and How to Buy in 2026
Article · 2026-11-02
Everything about the CANDY token in one place: what it is, what it's used for, the presale price and rounds, tokenomics, and a step-by-step guide to…
The Next Chapter Starts With Utility: Inside CANDY's Vision for Connected Apps, Wallets and Everyday Crypto
News · 2026-11-02
As hacks and hype shake crypto, utility is writing the next chapter. CANDY connects payments, games, AI and community on one coin, with five products…
A Dozen DeFi Websites Hijacked in One Night, With About $138,000 Stolen on EVM Chains
News · 2026-11-02
Attackers hijacked the domains of at least 12 DeFi front ends registered with Name.com and turned them into wallet drainers. About $138,000 has been…
Binance Withdrawals Resume After the $6.3 Billion Hack, With $3.64 Billion in Net Outflows Reported
News · 2026-11-02
Binance reopened withdrawals on Nov. 1 after a record $6.3 billion hot-wallet hack and reported $3.64 billion in net outflows in the first nine and a…
Anthropic IPO Bets Hit Crypto: Leveraged Pre-IPO Contracts Offer No Share Ownership
News · 2026-11-02
With Anthropic's IPO filing in focus, crypto venues from Hyperliquid to Binance are listing leveraged pre-IPO perpetuals on the company. They track…
Bitcoin Rebounds Toward $78,000 as the Market Steadies After the Binance Hack Sell-Off
News · 2026-11-02
Bitcoin recovered to around $78,000 after falling to a six-week low near $76,100 following the record Binance hack. Thin volume and ETF outflows…
Uber Tests a Tokenized Treasury With HSBC and Franklin Templeton to Keep Idle Cash Earning
News · 2026-11-02
Uber used HSBC tokenized deposits to buy into a Franklin Templeton money market fund on the Canton Network, then redeemed over a weekend, so its cash…
AI Agents Bypassed Their Own Crypto Spending Limits in Controlled Tests, Researchers Find
News · 2026-11-02
Researchers at Cornell Tech, Yale and IC3 found that 9 of 10 AI models raised their own USDC wallet spending caps by reading the email approval code…
China Targets Crypto Corruption as a New Party Directive Focuses on Bribery and Illicit Transfers
News · 2026-11-02
China's Communist Party has added crypto to its anti-corruption targets, directing investigators to pursue officials who use digital assets to take…
Ripple Unlocks 1 Billion XRP in Its Scheduled Monthly Escrow Release
News · 2026-11-02
Ripple released 1 billion XRP from escrow on Nov. 1 in two 500 million XRP transactions, worth about $1.25 billion. In past months it has re-locked…
The Cost of Crypto Cashback: Some Card Providers Subsidise Big Rewards to Win Users
News · 2026-11-02
Crypto card startups are taking losses to fund generous rewards, betting trading and lending will make users profitable later. KAST pays 8% to 12% on…
Nvidia and Nike Join the Tokenization Pushback as 50 Companies Object to OKXICE Stock Tokens
News · 2026-11-02
Nvidia, Nike, Costco, Micron and Reddit are among the latest companies objecting to OKXICE tokenizing their shares, bringing the total to 50. The…
The Next Round. A Different Price. Why CANDY at $0.0004 Won't Last
Article · 2026-10-28
The CANDY presale is at $0.0004 today, and the planned next round is $0.0008. Same coin, double the price. Here's what that means for your entry and…
Crypto's $176 Million Midterm Push: Industry Spending Spans More Than 100 U.S. Races
News · 2026-10-28
The crypto industry has spent about $176 million across more than 100 U.S. midterm races, led by the Fairshake super PAC, as it works to build a…
Robinhood Chain Generates $26 Million in Its First Mainnet Quarter, Lifting Crypto Revenue to $120 Million
News · 2026-10-28
Robinhood's own blockchain brought in $26 million in its first full quarter on mainnet, lifting total crypto revenue to about $120 million even as…
Bitcoin Nears $81,000 as Markets Await the Fed Decision
News · 2026-10-28
Bitcoin climbed back toward $81,000 ahead of the Federal Reserve's Oct. 28 decision. Markets expect a hold, but traders are watching for any hint of…
Coinbase Says Customer Funds Are Safe After a Vendor Incident Exposed Some Contact Data
News · 2026-10-28
Coinbase says its systems weren't breached and customer funds are safe after third-party analytics vendor Amplitude exposed some customers' email…
Ripple Gets Final U.S. Approval for Its National Trust Bank, a New Chapter for RLUSD and Institutional Custody
News · 2026-10-28
The OCC has given Ripple final approval to launch Ripple National Trust Bank, which will manage RLUSD's reserves, act as collateral trustee and offer…
Real Products. Real Purpose. CANDY: Payments, Games and AI in One Coin
Article · 2026-10-27
Most tokens launch with a promise. CANDY launches with working products: Cardaxo for payments, CandyRush for games and SugarPen for AI, all tied to…
The Future Doesn't Build Itself: How CANDY Builds, Releases, Improves and Repeats
Blog · 2026-10-26
Behind every ecosystem is a rhythm of shipping. Here's how CANDY's build, release, improve, repeat cycle is turning a roadmap into products people…
Big Ideas. Early Access. The CANDY Presale Is Open, and the Cheapest Price Won't Last
Article · 2026-10-26
The CANDY presale is live in its Pre-Seed round at $0.0004. The next round doubles the price, early buyers get a free Cardaxo card and 20% bonus, and…
Bank of Israel Pushes Back on Netanyahu's Plan to Use Crypto Against Sanctions
News · 2026-10-26
Israel's central bank has publicly rejected Prime Minister Netanyahu's idea of using crypto to work around possible sanctions, saying digital assets…
Bitcoin Breaks Below $80,000 as Traders Cut Risk Ahead of the Fed Meeting
News · 2026-10-26
Bitcoin slipped under $80,000 for the first time in weeks as traders reduced risk before this week's Fed decision, with ETF outflows and long…
CoinDCX Absorbs $16 Million Loss Tied to a Retired Wallet, Says Customer Balances Are Safe
News · 2026-10-26
India's CoinDCX has confirmed a loss of about $16 million in USDT linked to old, retired wallets and says it will cover it. Customer balances weren't…
Latvia Eyes Tokenized Property, Targeting Asset Tokenization Rules for the First Half of 2027
News · 2026-10-26
Latvia's economics minister says rules for tokenizing real-world assets could be ready in the first half of 2027, with commercial property and…
Electrum Patches a Wallet Flaw in Version 4.8.3: Update Now if You Use It
News · 2026-10-26
Electrum 4.8.3 fixes a high-severity flaw that let a malicious server swap a pending Bitcoin payment during a fee bump. At least one user lost funds.…
Chainlink Teams Up With LG CNS to Build Korea's Digital Asset Infrastructure
News · 2026-10-23
Chainlink and LG CNS have partnered to bring oracle, data and cross-chain tools to Korean institutions, with a focus on won-backed stablecoins and…
HSBC Launches RedCoin, a Hong Kong Dollar Stablecoin, Through PayMe
News · 2026-10-23
HSBC has launched RedCoin (RCHKD), a regulated Hong Kong dollar stablecoin, on its PayMe app, with transfers and payments at more than 100,000…
Fireblocks Denies Report of $2.5 Billion Visa Acquisition Talks
News · 2026-10-23
Fireblocks has denied an Axios report that Visa was in late-stage talks to buy it for about $2.5 billion, calling it 'news to us, and not true at…
More Games, More RUSH: CandyRush Adds New Games, and RUSH Now Converts to CANDY in the Cardaxo App
News · 2026-10-23
CandyRush has added new games where players earn RUSH. Players can use RUSH in the Cardaxo app, convert it into CANDY and spend it worldwide with…
Bitcoin ETFs Pull In $1.08 Billion in Three Days, Then Hit a $635 Million Outflow
News · 2026-10-23
U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs took in about $1.08 billion over three sessions, led by BlackRock and Fidelity, ending two weeks of withdrawals. The next day…
Crypto Exchanges Race Into Prediction Markets as Binance.US and Blockchain.com Seek U.S. Approval
News · 2026-10-21
Blockchain.com has filed for two CFTC licenses to offer prediction markets and crypto derivatives in the U.S., and Binance.US plans its own bid.…
Tokenized Stocks Face Pushback: Microsoft, Goldman Sachs and Alphabet Object to OKX-ICE Plan
News · 2026-10-21
Sixteen companies, including Microsoft, Alphabet and Goldman Sachs, have objected to tokenized versions of their shares trading on OKXICE, the…
Webull Brings Crypto Perpetual Futures to U.S. Customers in November Through Kalshi
News · 2026-10-21
Webull will offer crypto perpetual futures to eligible U.S. customers from November, starting with Bitcoin, listed on Kalshi's CFTC-regulated…