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Key takeawaysRipple Prime participates in DTCC's institutional tokenization working groupBlackRock and JPMorgan joined successful securities-tokenization production trialsDTCC has not confirmed XRP Ledger settlement integrationRipple Prime is among more than 50 financial companies collaborating with

ChainCatcher report: CoinDCX has issued further clarification regarding on-chain activity related to the TQKJQ wallet, stating that after the security incident in July 2025, the affected wallet addresses were deactivated. However, some users continue to deposit funds into the old addresses. The plat

Ethereum researchers want to cut the wait for a transaction to become final from about 16 minutes to roughly four, a change that could make it cheaper to move money between blockchains.Ben Edgington, who coordinates Ethereum’s fast-finality research, filed the draft Wednesday with fellow researchers

PANews, October 22: According to Financewire, X Pay, a payment infrastructure provider for AI agents and APIs, has announced the completion of a $1 million funding round, with participation from DCI, Credit Scend, Skyland Ventures, Zerra Ventures, and others. The funds will be used to expand support

Odaily Planet Daily reports: X Pay, a payment infrastructure provider for AI agents and APIs, has announced the completion of a $1 million funding round led by nine institutions, including DCI, Credit Scend, Skyland Ventures, and Zerra Ventures. The funds will be used to expand supported blockchain

This roundup examines banks and cryptocurrency groups supporting the same congressional candidates despite disputes over financial policy. AdImpact data show that a bank-backed political operation has spent more than $7.3 million supporting industry-friendly incumbents across 15 races nationwide. Cr

SemiAnalysis said in research published on Thursday that closer collaboration between Huawei Technologies and DeepSeek is narrowing the gap with Nvidia's chip hardware and software ecosystem. SemiAnalysis cited DeepSeek's recent software releases and increased experimentation with Huawei's Ascend 95

Benchmark Mineral Intelligence forecasts that global lithium demand will more than triple to nearly 7 million tons of lithium carbonate equivalent by 2050. Supplying that demand would require 134 additional mines, with annual production of about 36,000 tons each. The necessary investment would excee

SoFi Launches Tokenized Deposit with 4.4% Annual Yield Gold财经 reports that U.S. fintech company SoFi Technologies has launched SoFi Earn (SOFIE), an interest-bearing tokenized deposit product for crypto users, offering an annual yield of 4.4% and FDIC insurance up to applicable limits. Users can a

ME News reports that on October 22 (UTC+8), fintech company SoFi launched SoFi Earn (SOFIE), calling it the first U.S. nationwide bank-issued tokenized deposit for consumers. Each SOFIE token represents $1 in deposits at SoFi Bank, and holders earn an annualized yield of 4.40%, with funds insured by

Huo Xing Cai Jing reports, according to Cointelegraph, Katie Harries, Coinbase’s Head of European Policy, wrote that the UK Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) proposed regulations for crypto assets may require regulated platforms to execute customer orders only on trading venues authorized by the F

Strategy disclosed a record $193.1 million in STRC repurchases last week, paying an average of $99.60 per share. The purchases occurred within 0.4% of STRC's $100 par value. The same SEC filing expanded Strategy's STRC buyback authorization from $2 billion to $3 billion.However, Strategy's July guid

ME News reports that on October 22 (UTC+8), cryptocurrency data analytics firm Dune launched a real-time market data source covering on-chain transactions. The new spot data source provides transaction data approximately one second after execution, covering over 200 on-chain trading venues across 12

ME AI message, on October 22, AI infrastructure startup Fireworks AI is in early discussions for a new funding round, targeting a valuation of approximately $30 to $40 billion—a significant increase from its $17.5 billion valuation during its D-round in July this year. Sources indicate the negotiati

Pre-market market movements1. On Thursday, October 22, prior to the U.S. stock market open, all three major U.S. stock index futures declined. As of reporting, the Dow Jones futures fell 0.57%, the S&P 500 futures dropped 0.94%, and the Nasdaq futures slid 1.60%.As of press time, Germany's DAX index