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ASTANA, Kazakhstan, October 14th, 2026, Chainwire Bybit Kazakhstan announces the signing of a Memorandum of Cooperation with AIFC Markets Ltd., the Programme Office of the Astana International Financial Centre’s Investment Tax Residency Programme (ITRP). Under the memorandum, qualified investments in digital assets made by Programme participants through Bybit Kazakhstan’s licensed platform will be verified and recognised by the Programme Office. The ITRP is an AIFC initiative that allows eligible foreign investors to obtain Kazakhstan tax residency and an investor visa in exchange for investing through the AIFC infrastructure. The Programme already recognises in-scope investments in digital assets made through AFSA-licensed…

Some of the biggest losers over the past 24 hours include TIA, M, CRV, and RENDER. Although bitcoin’s price has remained relatively sluggish on a 24-hour scale, without any significant moves in either direction, its dominance over the alts has risen to 60% on CMC. The reason for this is that most alts are still in the red, especially the mid-cap ones. BTC Dominance Reaches 60% BTC was rejected at $87,000 on a couple of occasions at the start of the previous business week, and the second was particularly painful as it began a more profound leg down. It culminated…

Reason to trust Strict editorial policy that focuses on accuracy, relevance, and impartiality Created by industry experts and meticulously reviewed The highest standards in reporting and publishing Strict editorial policy that focuses on accuracy, relevance, and impartiality Morbi pretium leo et nisl aliquam mollis. Quisque arcu lorem, ultricies quis pellentesque nec, ullamcorper eu odio.   Geneva, Switzerland, October 12, 2026 — TRON DAO, the community-governed DAO dedicated to accelerating the decentralization of the internet through blockchain technology and decentralized applications (dApps), today highlighted key findings from its State of TRON Q3 2026 ecosystem report. The report examines network activity, stablecoin…

An agent requesting paid data, for example, can receive a payment request, authorize payment and obtain the data once that payment is verified. Software can pay for each request without a person opening a checkout page every time.CoinDesk asked the XRP Ledger Foundation about applications using the integration and for data showing how much payment activity on the network comes from AI agents.The announcement comes as developers report a sharp rise in such transactions on the XRP Ledger.RippleX Head of Engineering J. Ayo Akinyele said on X last week that the network had processed more than 13 million agent payments…

Ethereum layer-2 network Starknet has launched a wallet privacy feature that lets users interact with decentralized finance (DeFi) apps without publicly linking activities to their main wallets. StarkWare, the team behind Starknet, said that its new Shadow Accounts feature creates separate, persistent addresses for individual applications. Users can fund the accounts using shielded balances held in the network’s STRK20 privacy pool. This allows them to maintain lending, trading or other DeFi positions under different onchain identities. The new privacy feature obscures the connection between the shadow account and the wallet funding it. However, balances, transactions and positions of these shadow accounts remain…

Coinbase wants to move nowSuch efforts need to begin immediately, largely because Bitcoin’s decentralized design, often praised as an advantage over centralized institutions, also makes implementing changes difficult.As the exchange put it, “Bitcoin consensus changes, and ecosystem migrations can take years.” That’s why work needs to start “well ahead of any CRQC announcement.”Bitcoin developers are already considering proposals to build quantum defenses.Measures proposed by CoinbaseSeparating the “container” from the signatureIn simple terms, Bitcoin should be designed such that its transaction format can support new post-quantum signature types without needing to rebuild the whole system. That would make it easier to…

Bank of America received a $1.2 billion bill from the US Treasury a day before its earnings report. On Tuesday, the Treasury hit the second-largest US bank with more than $1.21 billion in anti-money-laundering and sanctions penalties. The bank said the charge will cut third-quarter net income by about 17 cents per share. A $1.2 Billion Bill Lands on the Eve of Bank of America’s Q3 Earnings The penalties total more than $1.21 billion and come from three Treasury agencies. $1.2 billion from FinCEN: The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network’s penalty is the third-largest in Treasury history. $750 million from the…

Ripple has partnered with Privy, a Stripe-owned company, to bring AI-driven payments and embedded wallets to the XRP Ledger in a move that expands agentic commerce. The deal points to a future where software agents pay for services without manual approval. Broadening access to XRPL, from everyday payments to agentic commerce.We’re partnering with @privy_io, a Stripe company, to bring embedded wallets to the XRP Ledger. Developers will be able to build payment experiences with XRP, RLUSD and other digital assets on XRPL directly… https://t.co/eJXsm5bHIZ pic.twitter.com/rIu4HiN6tc— Ripple (@Ripple) October 13, 2026 How the XRP Ledger Fits Into AI Payments Agentic commerce…

Dubai, United Arab Emirates, October 13th, 2026, Chainwire Bybit Co-founder and CEO Ben Zhou has outlined the latest stage of the company’s expansion from a crypto exchange into The New Financial Platform, highlighting new products and collaborations across traditional and digital markets.  The updates were presented during Bybit’s latest biannual “Keynote with Ben” session titled “Make Your Move”, where Ben discussed the convergence of financial markets and the company’s approach to building for that shift. Held outside the usual studio format, in a gathering with a live audience, the keynote brought Ben together with selected guests to discuss changes in…

Moscow, Russia, October 13th, 2026, Chainwire A7 International enables businesses and individuals to pay invoices with digital assets, while recipients receive a regular bank transfer, reflecting A7’s international positioning and expanding the geography of settlements available to foreign clients. In two years of operation, A7 has become one of the key players in the international settlements market. Founded in 2024 to serve the foreign economic activity of Russian businesses, it currently serves around 15,000 companies, processing 10+ trillion roubles in 2025 alone. The services A7 offered domestically sparked interest among businesses from other countries, prompting the company to come up…