Stablecoins
SAP Pay adds USDC payments, with Circle Mint access required
Tereina’s Circle integration adds a settlement route inside SAP workflows, while institutional checks and regional conditions govern access.
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Trading
Why XRP’s 63 billion circulating tokens don’t tell buyers what’s for sale
An Oct. 8 snapshot counts 21.97 billion XRP in exchange custody, while executable supply depends on sell orders and price tolerance.
Analysis
Citi predicts Bitcoin going back to $113,000. Here’s what the buying data shows
Citi's twelve-month forecast sits below Bitcoin's previous record. Thin trading and a fresh day of ETF outflows complicate the recovery case.
Lending
Aave and Pendle may have found a way to keep yield capital from ever leaving DeFi
A $67 million AUSD maturity will test whether users keep rolling fixed-yield collateral instead of cashing out when each term ends.
Stablecoins
China’s crypto ban Is failing to stop a $176 billion P2P economy
Chainalysis says 59% of activity now happens between personal wallets as stablecoin use accelerates outside exchanges.
Tokenization
Cheap crypto capital hits wall as Bitfinex fee rule binds
Paolo Ardoino’s 80% cost-cutting goal faces a test as Bitfinex Securities charges a $100,000 minimum issuer fee.
Crime
ZachXBT infiltrates $1B crypto syndicate to expose Lazarus Group
His October 5 disclosure describes 2025 trades and private chats that he says helped trace Bybit funds and secure a 442,000 USDT freeze.
Stablecoins
Circle can delay European USDC redemptions if reserves cannot cross borders
Circle’s current terms allow temporary issuer redemption delays during failed reserve rebalancing as it defends cross-border co-issuance under MiCA.
Stablecoins
Circle and Tether find common ground against MiCA’s bank reserve rules
Both issuers argue Europe’s deposit requirements could expose stablecoins to the banking risks regulation is meant to contain.
Exchanges
India’s local crypto exchanges get just 0.7% of inflows, Chainalysis reports
Chainalysis’s new regional chapters separate national crypto participation from domestic exchange business, with Brazil-based platforms receiving 12.5% of inflows.
Hacks
Drift hack recovery opened near one cent per dollar lost
Drift's October 1 launch quote valued DFX near one cent per USDT lost, while redemption ends future pool participation for the tokens burned.
Payments
Vitalik-inspired AI payment system can send expired deposits to its treasury
zkAPI offers an exit without server clearance, but challenged spending states, vault pauses and note expiry can constrain recovery.
