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Japan’s three megabanks, Mizuho, MUFG and SMBC, announced on October 16 that they completed a joint yen stablecoin pilot for cross-border payments, conducted in July. The test points to a new model for bank-issued digital money, with real transactions targeted for fiscal 2026. How the Yen Stablecoin Pilot Worked Three major Japanese megabanks and two partners took part in the pilot project. The banks issued one shared yen token, which the group tested end to end. BREAKING: 🇯🇵 Japan’s three largest banks completed their first cross-border stablecoin payment test.MASSIVE! 🚀— Crypto Rover (@cryptorover) October 16, 2026 The partners split the…

Reason to trust Strict editorial policy that focuses on accuracy, relevance, and impartiality Created by industry experts and meticulously reviewed The highest standards in reporting and publishing Strict editorial policy that focuses on accuracy, relevance, and impartiality Morbi pretium leo et nisl aliquam mollis. Quisque arcu lorem, ultricies quis pellentesque nec, ullamcorper eu odio. Mutsamudu, Comoros, October 16, 2026 — MEXC, a global cryptocurrency exchange, released its AI Trading Report, based on a survey of 3,708 crypto traders. The report examines how respondents use AI, how much trading authority they would delegate, and what protective measures they expect from platforms.…

Strategy conditionally declared daily dividends on STRC, which continued to hover below its $100 par value.

The FCA just wiped four names off its banned list. Colin Bermingham, Philippe Moryoussef, Jonathan Mathew, and Christian Bittar are no longer prohibited from working in UK financial services — because the Court of Appeal threw out their convictions, and the regulator had no legal ground left to stand on. Why It MattersThe lifting of the bans on these four traders underscores the evolving landscape of regulatory scrutiny within the UK financial services sector. It highlights the potential for legal challenges to overturn regulatory actions based on criminal convictions, which may influence how regulators approach enforcement in the future. This…

Ethereum NFT marketplace Blur will shut down its website on November 12, 2026, and stop arranging new loans through Blend, marking another setback for a platform that once dominated NFT trading.The announcement, made on October 12, follows a prolonged decline in NFT activity and comes just ten days after Blast, an Ethereum layer-2 network developed by the same founding team, announced its closure.Blur’s trading volume has fallen more than 99% from its 2023 peak. The news also sent its native BLUR token down more than 30% within 24 hours.Despite the shutdown, Blur’s underlying marketplace protocol will remain operational on Ethereum,…

New York, New York, October 16th, 2026, Chainwire The three-month championship brings Hyperliquid and Decibel traders together for cash prizes and exclusive Ferrari Formula 1 experiences at Suzuka, as tokenization expands access to global financial markets. Tria, the self-custodial financial platform unifying trading, yield, and payments, today announced the launch of the Tria Grand Prix, a three-month global perpetual futures trading competition featuring $120,000 in prizes and an extraordinary grand prize: three-day Ferrari F1 Paddock Club experiences for the competition’s two top eligible traders at the 2027 Formula 1 Japanese Grand Prix. Running from October 16, 2026, through January 16,…

Mutsamudu, Comoros, October 16, 2026 – MEXC, a pioneer in 0-fee digital asset trading, has released its October 2026 Proof of Reserves (PoR) report. Independently audited by Hacken, the report confirms that the platform’s reserves continue to fully cover user holdings across all major reserve assets. As part of its commitment to putting users first, MEXC publishes monthly reserve data that users can independently verify, reinforcing user trust through transparency. According to the audit report, MEXC’s reserve ratios stand at 294% for BTC, 122% for USDT, 115% for USDC and 111% for ETH. All four reserve ratios exceed the 100%…

Elon Musk showed off a flying Tesla Roadster at SpaceX’s McGregor test site in Texas on Thursday. “Turns out the future does have flying cars,” the Tesla CEO posted on X afterward. Yet the flight system comes only with the invite-only Rocket version. Even the non-flying Thrust model requires $250,000 upfront before Tesla names a price. What Can the Flying Tesla Roadster Actually Do? During Tesla’s livestream, a fan suction system held the car upside down. Thrusters borrowed from SpaceX then flipped it through the air before it landed. Turns out the future does have flying cars pic.twitter.com/6fexPp6SXI— Elon Musk…

Panama City, Panama, October 15th, 2026, Chainwire Pixagram announces free account creation for up to 250 new members daily through the end of 2026. Built on the standalone Layer-1 Pixa blockchain, Pixagram is an anti-hierarchy social network where every post, vote, and comment is recorded as a signed on-chain transaction, with no ads and no cryptocurrency purchase required to get started. Pixagram will cover the 20 PIXA network fee for up to 250 new members daily through the end of 2026. New members can claim a free @username at Pixagram.com and join the platform’s on-chain community for creators. ► Quit…

Kingstown, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, October 15th, 2026, Chainwire On October 15, with the help of independent security researchers, we found a vulnerability affecting one of the integrations used on the ChangeNOW website. The vulnerability has now been fixed. We currently have no evidence that it was exploited. But we also can’t assume that the researchers who reported it were the only ones to find it. Because of that, we’re looking at the different possible scenarios and warning clients about the information that could potentially have been exposed. This may include email addresses and transaction details. Please note ChangeNOW’s…