Blockchain
Polygon Adds TRON to Open Money Stack for USDT Payments
Polygon adds TRON to Open Money Stack for USDT payments, wallet services and fiat payouts. Supported routes still depend on availability and local rules.
Blockworks Opens Its Crypto Data to ChatGPT and Claude With an MCP Server
Blockworks launched a hosted MCP server that lets ChatGPT, Claude and other AI assistants query its crypto market, onchain and research data.
Open USD Goes Live as Stripe Aims to Make It Its Default Stablecoin
Open USD, the dollar stablecoin backed by Coinbase, Mastercard, Shopify, Stripe and Visa, went live on Sept. 30. On the same day Stripe said businesses running on Stripe can now…
OFAC Sanctions Tren de Aragua ATM Network, Lists Seven Tron Addresses
The US Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) on Sept. 30 sanctioned the financial network behind an ATM “jackpotting” scheme it ties to Tren de Aragua, the Venezuelan gang…
DogeOS Opens Public Testnet for EVM Smart Contracts on Dogecoin
DogeOS has opened a public testnet that lets developers run Ethereum-style smart contracts on a new layer built on top of Dogecoin. The project, from the team behind the MyDoge…
Base Activates Cobalt Upgrade With Conditional Transactions and a B20 Seize Function
Base, the Ethereum layer-2 network incubated by Coinbase, switched on its Cobalt upgrade on 30 September. According to the Cobalt overview in Base’s documentation, the upgrade extends the chain’s B20…
Petrobras Uses Cardano to Track Green Claims on Jet Fuel and Diesel
Brazil’s state-controlled oil company Petrobras is using the Cardano blockchain to keep track of who can claim the climate benefit of its cleaner fuels. The Cardano Foundation announced on 30…
Sivar App Brings $2 Stablecoin Transfers to El Salvador as Bitcoin Office Rules Out State Wallet
El Salvador has a new app for sending money home. On 29 September, the government and the Palo Alto company Modveon announced the national launch of Sivar, which combines identity-verified…
HSBC Names Its Hong Kong Dollar Stablecoin RedCoin, Launch Due by Year-End
HSBC has picked a name for its Hong Kong stablecoin. On 30 September the bank announced HSBC RedCoin, a Hong Kong dollar token it plans to launch in the second…
SEC Tokenized Stock Exemption: First Venues Expected Next Quarter
Nearly two weeks after the SEC Innovation Exemption took effect, no platform has been reported to have filed to run a tokenized stock venue under it, and the agency’s own…
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