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Ripple gets a final go-ahead to launch its own U.S. national trust bank
The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency has approved Ripple National Trust Bank (RNTB), Ripple's CEO Brad Garlinghouse announced on X.
RedotPay weighs confidential US IPO filing by year-end: Bloomberg
The stablecoin payments company previously disputed reports that its US listing had been delayed. Hong Kong-based stablecoin payments company RedotPay is reportedly considering a confidential filing for a US initial public offering by the end of 2026, two months after reports that it had delayed its listing plans amid regulatory and legal hurdles. RedotPay is also in talks with investors about a potential pre-IPO funding round that could value the company at between $4 billion and $5 billion, Bloomberg reported Monday, citing people familiar with the matter. RedotPay says it has more than 8 million users, while data from Paymentscan shows $410.5 million in 30-day stablecoin card transaction volume.
Faster Solana slots fail to stop memecoin bot snipers
Bitquery measured outside buying within roughly 1.3 seconds at 53% versus 52% in samples that predate the final 200ms reduction. Read the full story on CryptoSlate Understand the crypto stories that matter and what to watch next. Get The Catalyst in your inbox
Keystone breach deepens: Hackers stole key used to verify wallets as genuine
Keystone initially disclosed a leak of customer information but has since disclosed that hackers also stole a key that could allow counterfeit wallets to pass authenticity checks. Hardware wallet maker Keystone said an attacker who breached its website last week also stole a key used to verify the authenticity of its devices, widening the scope of an incident initially disclosed as a customer data leak. In a statement Monday, Keystone said the stolen authentication key could allow attackers to produce counterfeit wallets that pass its authenticity checks. “These devices could then be sold or shipped to customers, who might unknowingly use them as genuine products, potentially resulting in asset theft,” Keystone said.
How Optimism’s draft manual silently strips tokenholder elections
The Foundation’s proposed rewrite would end cohort elections and seat nominees unless a veto reaches 20% of active votable OP supply. Read the full story on CryptoSlate Understand the crypto stories that matter and what to watch next. Get The Catalyst in your inbox
Zcash (ZEC) Rallied Hard This Year, But Is the Party Finally Over?
Grayscale's ZEC ETF attracted $41.09 million last week, but the fresh inflow has yet to ease concerns about a potential correction.
Ripple wins final US approval for national trust bank
The approval clears the way for Ripple to manage reserves backing its RLUSD stablecoin and provide digital asset custody. Ripple announced Monday that its national trust bank has secured final approval from the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC). The approval completes the chartering process for Ripple National Trust Bank (RNTB), which received conditional approval from the OCC in December 2025. The federally supervised trust bank is authorized to manage reserves backing Ripple USD (RLUSD), act as collateral trustee for the benefit of RLUSD holders and provide digital asset custody services, according to Ripple.
3 payment rules control Aave’s native Bitcoin market, but only WBTC settles them
Babylon’s proposed direct route can bypass pool funding, while fees, borrower surplus and WBTC-denominated debt retain separate payment requirements. Read the full story on CryptoSlate Understand the crypto stories that matter and what to watch next. Get The Catalyst in your inbox
Crypto traders value Anthropic at $1.9 trillion as investor warns its IPO could mark the top of the AI bubble
Anthropic filed for a Nasdaq IPO Monday, reporting a quarterly operating profit as crypto markets valued it near $2 trillion. The Claude developer submitted its S-1 registration statement to the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Oct. 26, seeking a listing under the ticker ANT. Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley are leading the offering,… Read the full story on CryptoSlate Understand the crypto stories that matter and what to watch next. Get The Catalyst in your inbox
Elon Musk’s Grok AI Predicts When Bitcoin Will Finally Hit its Ultimate Price Target
X and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk’s Grok AI predicts something potentially historic could be brewing for Bitcoin by January 1, 2027. This is not a conventional bullish forecast. In this prediction, Grok assumes a landmark catalyst will hit BTC in Q4 2026, sparking the hypothesized rally.The concept centers on a coordinated decision by the Bank …
Canada’s Draft Stablecoin Rules Cap Redemption Fees at 1% and Ban Yield
Ottawa opened a 60-day consultation on draft rules requiring one-to-one reserves and fast redemption from stablecoin issuers, while keeping the ban on paying holders interest.
OpenAI Launches GPT-6.1 Terra, Its Half-Good AI Model at Half the Price
OpenAI's mid-tier model now operates apps and screens more like a person would, with API prices 50% below GPT-5.6 Terra and an error rate that OpenAI says fell sharply.
US OCC calls on community banks to become payment stablecoin issuers
The announcement followed the banking regulator finalizing its rules for the GENIUS Act, a stablecoin law to be implemented in January The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) has petitioned community banks to enter the payment stablecoin market as part of the regulator’s rules on the Guiding and Establishing National Innovation for US Stablecoins (GENIUS) Act. In a Monday X post, the OCC said that it was “encouraging the development of payment stablecoin capabilities within the community banking sector,” citing its finalized rules for the GENIUS Act. The payment stablecoin law is set to be enforced starting in January, and the OCC finalized its rules for the bill last week. “Interested community banks are encouraged to consider applying to become, or for a subsidiary to become,…
Injective launches onchain futures market tracking Nvidia GPU rental costs
The new index tracks rental prices for five Nvidia GPUs, offering leveraged trading and potential hedging against fluctuations in AI computing costs. Layer-1 blockchain Injective has launched a perpetual futures market tracking the rental prices of five Nvidia GPUs, allowing traders to bet on changes in AI computing costs with up to 10x leverage. The Super Intelligence Compute Index (SICI) tracks rental prices for Nvidia’s H100, B200, H200, A100 and RTX 4090 chips, using data from compute marketplaces compiled by London-based market data firm LO:TECH. According to Monday’s announcement, the index assigns the largest weight to the H100 at 40%, followed by the B200 at 25%. It is updated hourly using a trailing seven-day average of rental prices. Traders can take positions on whether the inde…
Vitalik Buterin Backs Kimi 3.1 Limits on Advanced Cyberattack Tools
Buterin concedes other labs will build top-end offensive cyber tools anyway, so the filter is meant to buy time, not stop them for good.
Unitree Stock Jumps as Investors Bet Chatbot AI Will Finally Give Robots a Brain
Unitree's shares have jumped about 60% in under two weeks as investors bet OpenAI's GPT-6 Astra will give robots the brains they lack, turning the stock into an AI proxy.
August updates block critical private key leak in crypto wallet Vultisig
An already-compromised signer could recover the key through many malicious ECDSA messages when the application ignored a critical stop condition. Read the full story on CryptoSlate Understand the crypto stories that matter and what to watch next. Get The Catalyst in your inbox
Perplexity AI Predicts a Wild Finish to 2026 for XRP
Something potentially significant could happen for Ripple (XRP) by January 1, 2027. This is not a traditional bullish forecast; instead, it presents an intentionally extreme, speculative scenario based on a hypothetical landmark event that isn’t impossible but remains highly unlikely.The scenario revolves around a major strategic partnership in which SWIFT announces a hybrid integration that …
NBA Embraces the CFTC on Prediction Markets as the NFL Fights It in Court
The agreement, which follows similar deals with MLB and NHL, establishes information-sharing to guard against insider trading as sports betting migrates to CFTC-regulated venues.