MEXC and Payward Signal Intent to Explore Broader Collaboration Ahead of TOKEN2049
Mutsamudu, Comoros, October 5, 2026, MEXC, a pioneer in 0-fee digital asset trading, and Payward, the parent company of Kraken, are in discussions to explore a collaboration as both platforms look at how exchanges can better serve users across evolving global markets. The two companies will bring the conversation to TOKEN2049 Singapore, where MEXC CEO…
Justin Sun Prize’s New Round Honors Human–AI Collaboration on Erdős Problems
Geneva, Switzerland — October 5, 2026 — The Office of Justin Sun today announced the newest recipients of the Justin Sun Prize: independent researcher Wouter van Doorn, mathematics Ph.D. student Quanyu Tang, and mathematics researcher Yanyang Li from Nanjing’s Southeast University, recognized for contributions spanning six Erdős problems. Wouter van Doorn is an independent number…
QNT Reaches Solana Liquidity Through Sunrise And Raydium
TL;DR Quant’s QNT token is now available on Solana through Sunrise infrastructure, with trading available through Raydium. The expansion gives Solana users a route into QNT liquidity without implying that Quant has abandoned Ethereum. The event is a cross-chain market-access expansion, not a migration of the QNT ecosystem away from its existing networks. QNT has…
OpenWorld Begins Nasdaq Trading As VerifyMe Deal Creates Public Tokenization Company
TL;DR OpenWorld and VerifyMe have completed their business combination, with the combined company trading on Nasdaq under OPNW from October 1. Management says the company will focus on institutional-grade tokenization of real-world assets. OpenWorld also intends to pursue a dual listing on Figure OPEN, a blockchain-based trading platform, by November. A new publicly traded company…
Hester Peirce Leaves SEC After Years At The Center Of US Crypto Policy
TL;DR SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce is concluding her tenure at the agency on October 2. Peirce became one of the most visible voices inside the SEC on digital-asset regulation and led the agency’s Crypto Task Force. Her departure comes while major crypto rulemakings on custody, token classification and market structure are still underway. Hester Peirce…
Marex Gives Institutions Long And Short Crypto Exposure Without Holding The Coins
TL;DR Marex has launched a cash-settled OTC rolling spot crypto product for institutional clients. The product allows long or short exposure without clients directly holding the underlying digital assets. Marex is also introducing Neon Crypto inside its existing institutional trading platform. Marex is taking one of crypto’s most familiar trading exposures and wrapping it in…
Crypto Shorts Lose $110M In Ten Minutes As Sudden Rally Forces Traders Out
TL;DR Roughly $110 million in bearish crypto positions were liquidated during a rapid ten-minute rally on October 2. The move was concentrated on short positions, creating the mechanics of a classic short squeeze. No single verified news catalyst explains the burst, so the market event should be read through leverage and positioning rather than an…
Fiserv Puts Stablecoin Banking Platform Live With North Dakota Roughrider Coin
TL;DR Fiserv says its digital-asset platform is now live with financial-institution clients. Bank of North Dakota’s dollar-backed Roughrider Coin is the first live use case, with VersaBank as issuer, Fireblocks providing digital-asset infrastructure and Solana processing transactions. The launch moves stablecoin settlement closer to the core banking systems already used by conventional financial institutions. Stablecoins…
Chainlink And Swift Demo Automated Tokenized-Equity Dividends Across Four Blockchains
TL;DR Chainlink built a Swift Hackathon solution that automated a cash-dividend workflow for tokenized equities across four blockchains. The system used Swift messaging, Chainlink Runtime Environment and ISO 20022 standards to coordinate the process from announcement through payment and reconciliation. It was a hackathon demonstration, not a production-market launch. Tokenized stocks are easy to describe…
Celestia Says Fibre Sustained 3.07 Tb/s In 120-Validator Benchmark
TL;DR Celestia says its Fibre data-availability system sustained 3.07 terabits per second in an end-to-end benchmark across 120 validators. The test covered encoding, distribution, storage, validator signatures and onchain commitment submission. The figure is an experimental benchmark, not proof that Celestia mainnet is currently processing 3.07 Tb/s of live user traffic. Celestia has published one…