Circle, the USDC stablecoin issuer, is acquiring IBM's blockchain patent portfolio — nearly 1,000 patents across 680+ families — ahead of its planned IPO.
South Korea's KB Kookmin Bank is launching USD cross-border payments on JPMorgan's Kinexys blockchain, targeting import/export businesses across 10 countries.
Sanctioned Sberbank aims to launch crypto trading infrastructure by December 1 as Russia's crypto bill advances — raising serious secondary-sanctions questions.
Storj has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy while keeping its decentralized storage network live and pursuing a novel court-approved equity conversion for STORJ tokenholders.
Total crypto market cap recovers to $2.31T with Ethereum up 3.5% in 24 hours, but a Fear & Greed Index of 30 keeps the bounce tentative. Full market wrap.
Alpaca Finance custodies $1.5B in shares backing 94% of tokenized equities — exposing a deep irony as the DTCC prepares its own tokenization service.
