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TL;DR: Pontoro and Archax have announced the launch of an Automated Liquidity Pool on Stellar during Meridian 2026. The strongest market lesson is to separate token supply from genuine tradable liquidity.Pontoro and Archax have announced the launch of an Automated Liquidity Pool on Stellar during Me

TL;DRSolana’s real-world asset (RWA) market reached a record $5.19 billion on October 29, reflecting growing demand for tokenized financial products. The network added more than $2 billion in RWA value over roughly seven months, with accelerated growth throughout 2026. Tokenized Treasuries, private

ChainCatcher report: On October 26, a miner operating via the FutureBit Apollo Solo solution mined Bitcoin block 973,262, earning the full block reward of 3.154 BTC and transaction fees from the 2,477 transactions included in the block. Multiple block explorers, including mempool.space, identified t

Bristol-Myers Squibb delivered third-quarter 2026 earnings and revenue above expectations on Thursday, supported by strong demand for newer medicines. Adjusted earnings came to $1.35 per share, exceeding the analyst consensus of $1.17. Revenue totaled $13.07 billion after increasing 7% from a year e

CoinDesk reports:In the program "Disruption Interruption," Mary Guzman, founder and CEO of Crown Jewel Insurance, explained why companies may overlook valuable trade secrets and how assigning defensible value to proprietary knowledge impacts asset protection, financing, and enterprise value.Tampa Ba

Ares Management CEO Michael Arougheti said on Thursday's third-quarter earnings call that Ares expects US direct lending activity to increase in the coming months. Subdued private equity dealmaking continues to constrain capital deployment. Arougheti said Ares entered the fourth quarter with a recor

CoinDesk reports:Key pointsThe New York Stock Exchange is preparing to launch binary options on major technology stocks.The new contract will provide a fixed return based on the outcome.Options tied to earnings reports still require approval from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.The New Y

Galaxy Digital applied on Thursday for a national trust bank charter, following Ripple's federal approval earlier this week. Galaxy announced that Galaxy Digital LP, a subsidiary, filed the application with the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC). The application proposes establishing Ga

Multicoin Capital partner Shayon Sengupta proposed allowing AI companies to secure stablecoin borrowing with GPUs and future computing revenue. Sengupta's Oct. 8 research note outlined blockchain markets for trading or pledging ownership claims on hardware, future data center capacity and customer p

BNP Paribas analyst Nick Jones reduced Alphabet's price target from $450 to $410 but retained an Outperform rating. Jones cited weaker Search trends and anticipated margin pressure from Alphabet's expansion of third-party bridge capacity. Jones characterized Alphabet's third-quarter performance as m

Galaxy Digital applied on Thursday for a national trust bank charter, following Ripple's federal approval earlier this week. Galaxy announced that Galaxy Digital LP, a subsidiary, filed the application with the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC). The application proposes establishing Ga

The SEC's Director of the Division of Trading and Markets said technological change requires Commission rules to remain neutral toward technology. The director said compliance matters regardless of whether transfer agents conduct operations on-chain or off-chain. The director said transfer agents ma

Quantum computing company Alice & Bob said on Thursday that a quantum computer built from about 30,000 of its cat qubits could crack a Bitcoin private key in roughly an hour.The estimate comes from a preprint the company posted to the IACR Cryptology ePrint Archive, which targets secp256k1, the ...

Key takeawaysDTCC launches tokenization with 34 eligible Wall Street securitiesJPMorgan and Citi join 20 firms accessing blockchain infrastructureCanton goes live while Stellar integration remains scheduled for 2027The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) has launched a blockchain toke...

According to Lookonchain, Bitcoin spot ETFs recorded a net inflow of 1,684 BTC (approximately $135 million) in a single day, while Ethereum spot ETFs saw a net outflow of 9,081 ETH (approximately $21.11 million) over the same period. Both have shown net outflows over the past seven days.