BlackRock, SBI Holdings and blockchain infrastructure company Startale Group have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to explore connecting tokenized money market funds with JPYSC, a yen-denominated stablecoin, as Japan looks to expand the use of blockchain technology in traditional financial markets. Announced on October 27, the agreement brings together...
Solana LAUNCH Token Goes Live on MEXC Meme+
Solana launchpad token LAUNCH has joined MEXC's Meme+ Trading Zone. The LAUNCH token MEXC listing expands access through a centralized exchange interface. MEXC scheduled spot trading for October 26, 2026, at 12:10 UTC, with withdrawals opening six hours later. Exchange users can reach the token without a separate Web3 wallet....
XRP Price Falls After $1.294 Daily Support Break
XRP price falling below its $1.294 daily support left the token near $1.28 on Saturday, weaker than Bitcoin after Friday's close. CoinMarketCap showed XRP down 2.83% over 24 hours. Traders are watching the $1.28 to $1.25 zone next. If buyers defend it, XRP could stabilize. If not, the October low...
Aviva Tokenized Sterling Fund Gets £50M Share Class on XRPL
Aviva Investors has launched an Aviva tokenized sterling fund share class on the XRP Ledger, seeded with £50 million ($66 million). This is its second tokenized money-market class after the July 2026 US dollar Liquidity Fund listing. Per Aviva Investors' October 26, 2026 announcement, Ripple is the blockchain partner on...
Bitcoin ETF Outflows Hit $137.9M as Ether Funds Gain $4.4M
U.S. Bitcoin ETF outflows hit $137.9 million on Friday, October 23. Ethereum funds attracted $4.4 million. Farside Investors' figures showed Bitcoin funds extending withdrawals into a second consecutive session. BlackRock's IBIT led the losses. Bitcoin ETFs still finished the week with positive net flows. Ethereum's modest inflow offered limited relief...
BlackRock IBIT Inflows Keep Bitcoin ETF Week Positive
US spot Bitcoin ETFs finished the week ending October 23 with $301.2 million in net inflows. BlackRock IBIT inflows of $565.7 million carried the entire gain, per Farside Investors. Fidelity's FBTC and ARK 21Shares' ARKB posted net weekly outflows, so demand stayed in one fund. That is the stake: the...
PEPE Jumps 9% in Four Hours on Heavy Short Liquidations
PEPE jumps 9% in four hours to about $0.00000502 on the October 23, 2026 spot tape. The frog-themed memecoin outran a softer Bitcoin bounce near $81,700. CoinGlass showed more than $2.4 million in 1000PEPE short liquidations over the prior day, so shorts were the ones getting squeezed. Memecoins and smaller...
Bitcoin Steadies Near $81,700 After $635M ETF Outflows
Bitcoin recovered toward $81,700 on Friday after Thursday's tech-led selloff. U.S. spot Bitcoin ETF outflows hit about $635 million on Thursday, per SoSoValue, after three sessions that had pulled in more than $1 billion combined. Bitcoin was up about 0.5% since midnight UTC on that rebound. Oil near multi-month highs...
Bit2Me Launches Bit2Shield for Police Crypto Seizures
Spain’s Bit2Me turned years of police help into a unit that traces, holds, and liquidates seized crypto. Bit2Me Group said on September 8, 2026 that it formed Bit2Me Bit2Shield. The firm is registered as CryptoShield S.L. It will help public bodies and banks with crypto seizures, on-chain tracing, and court-ready...
Arc Stablecoin Supply Jumps 33.51% While Totals Slip
Arc stablecoin supply rose 33.51% over the past week to about $830.34 million. That figure comes from DefiLlama’s Arc tracker. The global stablecoin float slipped in the same window. Almost all of that Arc balance is Circle’s USDC. The chain is growing dollar inventory as the wider market sheds it....