About Vishal
Vishal 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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Latest from Vishal (260)
More Than a Whitepaper: 4 CANDY Products You Can Use Today
Article · 2026-10-12
Forget the roadmap for a minute. Cardaxo, CandyRush, Claimo and SugarPen are CANDY products you can explore right now: payments, games, communities…
Bitcoin Meets Banking: Jeonbuk Bank Launches South Korea's First Won Loan Backed by Bitcoin
News · 2026-10-12
Jeonbuk Bank now lets businesses pledge Bitcoin for Korean won loans, a first for the country's banks. Pricing details are still unknown, but the…
More Bitcoin for Strategy? Saylor Hints at a Purchase With a Sunday Chart, but Confirmation Is Pending
News · 2026-10-12
Michael Saylor posted his familiar Sunday chart with 117 purchase markers and "room for more orange." No buy has been confirmed, and a holiday may…
Ledger Confirms Hidden Implant in Reseller-Sold Wallet as CryptoBilis Halts Sales During Probe
News · 2026-10-12
Ledger says one user's device carried an unauthorized hardware implant. The units came through a Southeast Asian reseller, and losses remain…
Tokenized Stocks Are 1.5 Times as Volatile as the Real Thing, IMF Warns as Off-Hours Trading Booms
News · 2026-10-12
The IMF says tokenized equities have found real users, many trading fractions of a share after hours, but thin liquidity makes them about 1.5 times…
XRP Ledger Bug That Could Have Minted XRP Past Its Supply Cap Was Patched Quietly, Then Disclosed
News · 2026-10-12
A decade-old overflow flaw in XRPL's payment engine could have created XRP from nothing. It was fixed on Sept. 25, and RippleX says there's no sign…
One Coin, a Connected Ecosystem: Why CANDY Is More Than a Whitepaper
Article · 2026-10-12
Payments, games, communities, AI tools, predictions and tokenized rewards, all running on one coin and one chain. Here is what the CANDY ecosystem is…
Candy RWA Is Coming: Rewards Tokenized in Phase 1, With Real Estate to Follow
News · 2026-10-09
Candy RWA (rwa.candychain.io) will turn gift card value into branded tokens backed 1:1, plus CANDY rewards. Phase 1, rewards tokenization, is coming…
CandyWorld Is Coming: Rush Swapping, a New World in Your Pocket
Blog · 2026-10-08
CandyWorld, a new CANDY ecosystem app coming soon to the App Store and Google Play, lets you swap between CANDY and RUSH, the CandyRush gaming token,…
Bitcoin Falls Below $83K as Oil and Yields Rise and Crypto Retreats
News · 2026-10-08
Bitcoin slid to about $82,783 as Brent crude moved towards $102, the 10-year Treasury yield held above 5.3% and more than $550 million in crypto bets…
Cointelegraph Denies Sale Report, Says CoinDesk Story Contains Factual Errors
News · 2026-10-08
CoinDesk reported that Cointelegraph is looking for a buyer after a Google penalty hit its traffic. Cointelegraph says it is not for sale and has…
Ethereum Tests a Bigger Block Budget as Sepolia Gas Limit Approaches 200 Million
News · 2026-10-08
Ethereum developers are pushing the Sepolia testnet's gas limit towards 200 million, more than triple its old level, to stress-test the Glamsterdam…
Orca and Loopscale Merge to Become Formation, Uniting Trading, Credit and Vaults
News · 2026-10-08
Solana DEX Orca and lender Loopscale have merged into Formation, led by CEO Luke Truitt, with plans to support assets from issuance and financing…
Tether and Kazakhstan Explore a Tenge-Linked Stablecoin and Asset Tokenization
News · 2026-10-08
Tether has signed an MoU with Kazakhstan's central bank and the Alatau City Authority to study a tenge-backed stablecoin pilot and tokenization. It's…
Bitcoin Slips Below $84K as Oil and the Dollar Rise and Crypto Retreats
News · 2026-10-07
Bitcoin fell below $84,000, dropping about $2,000 in minutes, as oil jumped above $101 after reported tanker attacks and a firmer dollar and higher…
Cardano Builds for Regulated Assets as CIP-0113 Brings Issuer Controls to Supported Tokens
News · 2026-10-07
The Cardano Foundation has launched CIP-0113, a token standard that lets issuers of stablecoins, funds and bonds restrict recipients and freeze or…
Abstract Announces December 15 Shutdown, Urging Users to Move Assets Before Closure
News · 2026-10-07
Abstract, the Ethereum Layer 2 built by Pudgy Penguins parent Igloo, will shut down on Dec. 15. Funds left on the chain after that date will be lost.
Bitcoin.de Seeks a New Way Forward as MiCA Rejection Prompts Plans for Regulated Partners
News · 2026-10-07
BaFin has rejected a MiCA licence for futurum bank, the bank behind Bitcoin.de. Parent Bitcoin Group plans to restart trading within weeks with…
India Loves Crypto. So Who Gets the Business? The Local Exchange Puzzle
Blog · 2026-10-05
Indians sent about $88.4 billion to crypto exchanges in a year, but local platforms got just 0.7%. Here's why the business went offshore, and what…
No ETH for Gas? No Problem. How Smart Wallets Are Changing Crypto
Blog · 2026-10-05
Stuck with tokens but no ETH to pay fees? Smart wallets let you pay gas in other tokens, get sponsored transactions and recover your account. Here's…
Why Is ETH Waiting in Line? Inside Ethereum's Staking Queues
Blog · 2026-10-05
Around 1.5 million ETH is queuing to start staking, with a wait of nearly a month. Here's why Ethereum's staking queues exist, how they work and what…
The Quiet Power of Stablecoins: Beyond Trading, Into Everyday Life
Blog · 2026-10-05
Stablecoins rarely make headlines, but they're quietly changing how money moves: paying for groceries, sending money home and protecting savings.…
You Bought the Token. Do You Own the Stock? Tokenized Stocks, Explained
Blog · 2026-10-05
Some tokenized stocks make you a real shareholder. Others just follow the price. Here are the three types, what rights each gives you and five…
Tokenized Stocks Round the Clock? OKX and ICE File for a 24/7 U.S. Stock Venue
News · 2026-10-05
OKXICE, a joint venture of OKX and NYSE owner ICE, has filed with the SEC to launch 24/7 trading of tokenized shares in 63 U.S. companies, with…
1.5 Million ETH Waiting to Stake as Ethereum's Entry Queue Stretches to Roughly 25 Days
News · 2026-10-05
Nearly 1.5 million ETH is lined up to become staked on Ethereum, with a wait of about 25 days. Meanwhile the exit queue has jumped after MetaMask…
Zcash Shifts Into Fast Mode as 25-Second Blocks Reach the NU7 Testnet
News · 2026-10-05
Zcash's NU7 upgrade has gone live on testnet, cutting block times from 75 to 25 seconds. Developers will decide on mainnet activation on Oct. 20,…
Bitcoin Tests $87K, Sellers Push Back as BTC Retreats After Approaching $86,950
News · 2026-10-05
Bitcoin pushed towards $87,000 again but ran into selling, retreating from near $86,950 as ETF inflows cooled and traders took profits.
Safe Governance Under Pressure as Greenfield Files Swiss Supervisory Complaint
News · 2026-10-05
Early Safe investor Greenfield Capital has filed a complaint with Switzerland's foundation supervisor, seeking independent board oversight at the…
El Salvador Wins $138 Million IMF Approval as Bitcoin-Related Waivers Accompany Funding
News · 2026-10-05
The IMF approved a $138 million disbursement for El Salvador, granting waivers after the country missed a condition on bitcoin accumulation, citing…
Russia's Digital Ruble Reaches Payroll as Finance Ministry Pays First Salaries
News · 2026-10-04
Russia's Finance Ministry has paid some staff salaries in digital rubles for the first time, a voluntary step that marks the CBDC's first use for…
India's Crypto Boom, Local Exchanges' Gap: Domestic Platforms Capture Just 0.7% of Exchange Value
News · 2026-10-04
India-based users sent $88.4 billion to crypto exchanges in a year, but Chainalysis says Indian platforms received only 0.7% of it, with taxes a…
Japan Adds Russian Exchange Garantex to Its Sanctions List
News · 2026-10-04
Japan has added Garantex, a Russia-linked crypto exchange tied to more than $96 billion in transactions, to its asset-freeze list as part of expanded…
Clarity Act Stalls, Dealmakers Keep Going: Bankers See Crypto Acquisitions Continuing
News · 2026-10-04
The CLARITY Act's Senate defeat hasn't stopped crypto M&A. Disclosed deal value hit a record $9.7 billion in the first half of 2026, and bankers…
Claimo: Your Next Call Starts Here. Share Your Take, Make a Prediction, Find Your Community
Article · 2026-10-03
Claimo (claimo.live), part of the CANDY ecosystem and now in beta testing, brings social feeds, prediction markets and communities together, so your…
Drift Opens Recovery Claims, With Initial Redemption Value of Just Over 1% of Losses
News · 2026-10-03
Victims of April's $295 million Drift hack can now claim DFX recovery tokens, one per dollar lost. Each is initially redeemable for about $0.0104,…
Blast to Wind Down Its Ethereum Layer 2, Citing Unsustainable Operating Costs
News · 2026-10-03
Paradigm-backed Blast says running its Ethereum Layer 2 now costs more than it earns. Users should move assets to Ethereum mainnet by October 26 to…
Banks Take Crypto Charters to Court: ICBA Challenges the OCC in a New Lawsuit
News · 2026-10-03
The Independent Community Bankers of America has sued the OCC, arguing it overstepped its authority by letting crypto firms obtain national trust…
$3.8 Million Returned: NEAR Intents Says All Stolen Assets Are Back
News · 2026-10-03
Two days after an exploit drained about $3.8 million, NEAR Intents says the attacker has returned the full amount following an ultimatum and on-chain…
Bitcoin Topped $87K as Weak U.S. Jobs Data Fuelled Friday's Rally
News · 2026-10-03
Bitcoin briefly reached about $87,200 on Oct. 2 after the U.S. added just 29,000 jobs in September, well below forecasts, cooling rate-hike fears and…
Unlock the CANDY Ecosystem: One Coin, Connected Possibilities
Blog · 2026-10-03
Open up CANDY and you find much more than a coin: payments, games, rewards and AI, all connected on one blockchain. Here's what's inside.