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London, United Kingdom, October 2nd, 2026, ChainwireCOINPAYMENTS, the global digital assets payments infrastructure provider, has announced the appointment of founder Alex Alexandrov as Group CEO. Alexandrov founded the company in 2013 and has served as Chairman for much of its growth.Since its laun
Nearly three-quarters of major UK financial institutions expect tokenization to reshape financial services, as banks and asset managers increasingly explore blockchain-based infrastructure for payments, settlement and liquidity management.The finding comes from an annual survey by Lloyds Banking Gro
New York, New York, October 2nd, 2026, ChainwireUmia launches projects together with the legal wrapper, noncustodial treasury and decision-market governance they run on after the sale. Slop Cash, the first project revealed from the opening cohort launching on Umia, pays open-source contributors only
Blast, a crypto network that held $2.24 billion in June 2024, is shutting down. In the past day, it earned $110 in chain revenue.Blast is a Layer 2 (L2), a cheaper side network that runs on top of Ethereum. It paid interest on deposits and promised a token reward. The money came for the reward. The
Ethereum Layer 2 Blast said it will wind down its network because operating costs exceed revenue and it sees no credible path to economic sustainability.The project now has a little over $32 million in total value locked, according to DeFiLlama, down sharply from more than $2 billion in TVL ahead of
MetaMask Staking is precautionarily exiting roughly 17,000 Ethereum validators, representing about $1.4 billion in staked ETH, from the Lido protocol after an infrastructure compromise. The final validators are scheduled to exit by the end of October 7, 2026, with ETH returning gradually over a peri
IoTeX's Zanzibar hardfork (v2.5.0) is scheduled to activate at block 53,533,081, estimated for October 19, 2026, at 02:00 UTC. The upgrade moves staking rewards fully on-chain under IIP-59, tightens EVM gas precision, and requires BLS proof-of-possession for candidate registration and update operati
SMBC Nikko is building a new trading venue on Uniswap, with an onchain launch planned for mid-2027. Compliance will run inside a hook so each pool is built to Japan's regulatory requirements for investors. Uniswap Labs is advising on liquidity for the venue.The venue could channel regulated Japanese
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By Kenneth CorbinMany investment advisors have been reluctant to engage with clients looking to invest in cryptocurrencies in part due to the nebulous regulatory framework surrounding digital assets. The Securities and Exchange Commission is looking to change that.On Thursday, the SEC released a pro
1343 ET [Dow Jones]--Chicago Fed President Austan Goolsbee said that the labor market has been steady, and the inflation side of the central bank's dual mandate is still where the problem is. In an interview with Fox Business, Goolsbee said there is "plenty of room for anything to be on the table" w
El Salvador's Bitcoin reserve is worth $618 million, and every coin remains visible on-chain. The country has held Bitcoin since 2021, despite the conditions attached to its loan program with the International Monetary Fund.The reserve held between 7,760 and 7,792 BTC as of late September to early O