Shinhan, SBI test yen stablecoins for tourists
@ShinhanCard and @sbivctrade will test yen stablecoin payments for travelers and trade between South Korea and Japan, including card and wallet payments and fraud checks. #Update #Stablecoins
Crypto News
General category for all types of news related to the cryptocurrency world.
Tom Lee’s Bitmine Locks Up $390 Million in Ether
@BitMNR staked another 159,728 $ETH worth $390.6M on Oct. 21, bringing its staked total to 5.23M $ETH, or 86.5% of its holdings. #Update #Staking $ETH (+4) ↗
ZachXBT: Over $20M Illicit Funds Through FreedomXMR
@zachxbt says over $20 million tied to hacks, ransomware and fraud passed through @FreedomXMR, accounting for more than 87% of its funds. #Update #Crypto
Mastercard Offers AI Agents Early Payment-System Access
@Mastercard opens early access to Agent Pay for Machines, letting AI agents buy digital services within company-set budgets. Developers can access payment APIs and a sandbox. #Update #Payments
Injective-BDACS MOU Seeks Exclusive KRW1 Won Settlement
@Injective signed a memorandum of understanding with @BDACS to make KRW1 the exclusive Korean won settlement asset for tokenized real-world assets on its network, subject to regulatory approval. #Update #RWA $INJ
Human-Guided Robot Finds Four New Asymmetric Reactions
A Polish Academy of Sciences lab robot found four previously unknown asymmetric reactions in 30 days, using reinforcement learning to choose experiments. Chemists set the search space and verified the products. #Update #Chemistry
Malaysia Central Bank Launches Tokenized Bond Platform
Bank Negara Malaysia (@BNM_OFFICIAL) launched SSDS+, a platform for issuing and holding tokenized bonds, including sukuk, linked to central-bank payments. It disclosed no issuances or volumes. #Update #Tokenization
Micro-Roughness Cut Wing Drag 43%
@TohokuUni researchers report that patterned micro-roughness cut drag by up to 43.6% in wind-tunnel tests by delaying turbulence. Full-scale performance and durability remain untested. #Update #Aviation
Tech giants target eight eMudhra certificates
@Mozilla, @Google, @Apple and @Microsoft have blocked eight weak eMudhra certificates that could let attackers impersonate websites. Some apps may remain exposed. #Update #Cybersecurity
Microsoft, McDonald’s Push Back on OKX-ICE Tokenized Stocks
@Microsoft and @McDonalds formally objected to @OKX’s plan to tokenize their shares through its venture with Intercontinental Exchange, using an issuer opt-out allowed by the Securities and Exchange Commission. #Update #Tokenization
Musk calls SpaceX-Tesla merger a good idea
@SpaceX and @Tesla have formed independent committees to discuss a merger. Elon Musk supports the idea but says no deal is assured, even as AI leads SpaceX’s revenue. #Update #Merger
Crypto thieves hijack Ngrave alerts, steal $2.56M
Attackers hijacked @NGRAVE app alerts, tricking customers into revealing recovery credentials and stealing $2.56 million from 70 wallets. The company says its hardware remained secure. #Update #Security
People Vibe-Code Ads Out of Smart TVs
A developer used @ClaudeAI to disable unwanted apps on a Xiaomi TV; his open-source @cleanyourtv project now lists tested setups for 107 models, with changes users can reverse. #Update #SmartTVs
OpenAI Buys Orchestra Bio to Automate Drug-Development Tasks
@OpenAI acquired @OrchestraBio and will fold its AI agents into Rosalind to help drug teams track setbacks and plan responses. Terms were not disclosed. #Update #AI