The XRP Ledger’s fixCleanup3_4_0 amendment has been delayed until November 4 after a temporary decline in validator support interrupted its mandatory two-week approval period, less than two days before the upgrade was expected to activate.Support fell to 26 of the network’s 35 default trusted validators at approximately 12:54 UTC on Wednesday, October 21, below the
SoFi Technologies (NASDAQ: SOFI) has launched an interest-bearing tokenized deposit offering a 4.40% annual percentage yield and federal deposit insurance, introducing a bank-backed alternative to stablecoins that allows customers to earn interest before moving funds into cryptocurrency markets.The product, called SoFi Earn (SOFIE), represents dollar deposits held at SoFi Bank. Each SOFIE unit corresponds to
The Central Bank of Ireland has imposed a €3.25 million ($3.65 million) penalty on Coinbase Ireland Limited after finding that failures in customer-fund safeguarding, outsourcing oversight and internal controls left its designated safeguarding accounts underfunded for at least 18 months.The October 22 enforcement announcement covers breaches between November 1, 2020, and August 19, 2025. The
TSLA stock fell 3.62% to $372.48 in pre-market trade on Thursday, extending the decline that began when Tesla’s third quarter numbers landed after Wednesday’s close. The shares had risen 3.41% to $386.47 during the session before the print, after closing at $373.71 on Tuesday ahead of the results. The headline number was a beat, and
GoBTC Pay, the on-chain Bitcoin payment service developed by GoMining, has launched an official WooCommerce plugin, allowing online merchants to accept Bitcoin payments directly through their WordPress stores.The plugin has been approved and published in the official WordPress Plugin Directory, making it available for free to merchants using WooCommerce.The integration allows store owners to add
Solana completed its Alpenglow consensus upgrade on October 21, 2026, replacing the TowerBFT system that had governed transaction finality since the blockchain launched in 2020. The upgrade targets finality of approximately 150 milliseconds, compared with the previous benchmark of 12.8 seconds, representing a potential improvement of more than 98%.However, an early reading from the Solana
US-listed spot cryptocurrency exchange-traded funds attracted approximately $541 million in net inflows on Wednesday, October 21, 2026, as Bitcoin investment products rebounded sharply and Ethereum funds returned to positive territory.Data from Farside Investors shows Bitcoin ETFs received $524.8 million, Ethereum funds attracted $14.9 million and Solana ETFs added $600,000.The three categories generated combined inflows of
South Korea’s National Tax Service (NTS) plans to finalize its draft administrative notice on cryptocurrency taxation by October 30, 2026, as the government weighs whether to proceed with the long-delayed tax regime scheduled to begin on January 1, 2027.According to local reports published October 22, the tax authority intends to request a preliminary regulatory review
SSV Labs, a core development contributor to Ethereum staking infrastructure protocol SSV Network, has proposed substantially reducing its development commitments as financial pressures force the project’s decentralized autonomous organization (DAO) to reconsider spending priorities.The proposal, designated DIP-59 and submitted on October 21, 2026, seeks to revise the existing development agreement and extend SSV Labs’ engagement
The US Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) has finalized regulations implementing the GENIUS Act, establishing a federal supervisory framework for payment stablecoin issuers as Washington seeks to strengthen its position in the global digital asset industry.Announced on October 21, 2026, the final rule establishes requirements covering reserve backing, redemption, custody, risk management