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Charles Schwab has completed its retail rollout of direct bitcoin and ether trading, bringing cryptocurrency access to eligible investors across a brokerage overseeing $13.33 trillion. During the firm’s Oct. 15 webcast, CEO Rick…

Ripple has opened the door for institutional traders to gain around-the-clock exposure to more than 100 traditional financial markets—including stocks, oil, gold, and currencies—through perpetual swaps that keep trading even when Wall…

Crypto casino and sportsbook Gamdom lost more than $3 million in an Oct. 13 hot-wallet breach, according to founder Felix Romer, although independent blockchain analysis places the damage closer to $4.2 million. The attack involved…

On Wednesday, the banking giant managing nearly $1 trillion in assets, Standard Chartered, revealed it is making new moves inroads in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The bank explained that it is making it possible for wealthy clients in…

America’s largest national banks face fresh scrutiny after federal regulators discovered that all nine maintained policies that could restrict financial services based on political beliefs, religious affiliations, or lawful business…

Bitcoin’s price tapped an intraday low of $81,500 per coin on Wednesday, Oct. 14, as hotter-than-expected U.S. inflation data rattled financial markets and triggered a wave of leveraged liquidations. Roughly $331 million in…

A British software engineer wants 324.8 BTC back from Bitmex, claiming the cryptocurrency exchange had no legal authority to offer him derivatives trading in the United Kingdom. His demand, worth approximately $26 million using…

Coinbase, which says it safeguards roughly 5% of all bitcoin, has laid out the technical and operational hurdles bitcoin must clear before quantum-resistant security can become practical. Its message is clear: swapping in a new signature…

Dubai, United Arab Emirates, October 13th, 2026, Chainwire. Bybit Co-founder and CEO Ben Zhou has outlined the latest stage of the company’s expansion from a crypto exchange into The New Financial Platform, highlighting new products and…

Kraken’s parent company, Payward, is buying its way into European banking, striking a deal to acquire Lithuania-licensed Saldo Bank and its five-market footprint. The purchase would bring deposit accounts, lending, payment services,…