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October 12, 2026
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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…
CANDY Weekly: The Week in Crypto and the CANDY Ecosystem (Oct 5–11, 2026)
News · 2026-10-11
Your seven-day catch-up: 22 stories from Oct 5–11, 2026, from Bitcoin and regulation to security and the CANDY ecosystem, in one five-minute read.
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…
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…
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.
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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…
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…
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,…
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…
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