German Savings Banks Begin Crypto Trading Rollout Inside Sparkassen App
Germany’s Sparkassen savings-bank group is beginning a phased cryptocurrency-trading rollout inside its existing banking app, taking an asset class it once treated cautiously into a familiar retail-finance setting. TL;DR: The first participating Sparkassen banks are offering crypto trading from October 19. The rollout is gradual, with 30 to 40 institutions expected to join each month,…
Kraken Parent Payward Moves Into European Banking With Saldo Deal
Payward, the company behind crypto exchange Kraken, has agreed to acquire Lithuania-based Saldo Bank, taking a route into European banking that goes beyond obtaining another exchange registration. TL;DR: The proposed acquisition would give Payward an existing licensed banking operation in Europe. The deal remains subject to regulatory approval and is expected to close in 2027.…
South Korea Faces Fresh Push To Delay Crypto Gains Tax Until 2029
South Korea is approaching another decision point on its long-delayed cryptocurrency gains tax, with exchanges and policymakers preparing to discuss whether the January 2027 start date is realistic. TL;DR: The country’s planned crypto tax has already been deferred three times. A new proposal would push implementation toward 2029, but no additional delay has been enacted.…
Robinhood Chain Now Accounts For More Than Half Of Uniswap Revenue
TL;DR: Uniswap generated approximately $14.81 million in protocol revenue during September, with Robinhood Chain contributing about 53% of the total. Tokenized-stock trading is changing where the exchange earns its fees. Uniswap’s strongest reported revenue month has come from an unexpected direction: a relatively new network associated with a mainstream brokerage. September protocol revenue reached approximately…
Aave’s Native Bitcoin Plan Moves Forward, But Governance Has Questions
TL;DR: Babylon Labs has advanced a proposal to bring native Bitcoin collateral to Aave V4 without requiring wrapped BTC or a central custodian. The plan still faces community review, risk analysis and governance votes. Bitcoin could become collateral for Aave loans without first being handed to a custodian or converted into a freely traded wrapped…
Bitcoin’s Quantum Transition Won’t Stop at Bitcoin
HONG KONG, October 18, 2026 – As quantum computing advances, the challenge extends beyond Bitcoin’s cryptography to the financial infrastructure built around it. Quantum computing is emerging as one of Bitcoin’s long-term security challenges. A sufficiently powerful quantum computer could theoretically compromise the digital signatures protecting Bitcoin transactions, potentially exposing funds associated with vulnerable public…
DSA Joins Nacha Payments Innovation Alliance Fall Meeting to Discuss the Future of Digital Payments
Washington, D.C., October 18, 2026 — The Digital Sovereignty Alliance (DSA), a nonprofit organization dedicated to advancing clear and ethical public policy, research, and education related to emerging technologies, participated in Nacha’s Payments Innovation Alliance Fall Meeting, where DSA Senior Policy Advisor Molly Woodman joined industry leaders to discuss emerging technologies, regulatory developments, and the…
JUST Completes 5th JST Buyback & Burn: Over 170M Tokens (~$23.53M) Burned Ahead of Major Deflationary Upgrade
Over the past year, JUST has completed five consecutive large-scale buyback-and-burn rounds, permanently removing 1.88B JST tokens from circulation and pushing cumulative deflation toward 19%. Following this milestone, the buyback and burn mechanism is set to undergo a comprehensive upgrade. On October 17, JUST, the leading DeFi infrastructure in the TRON ecosystem, announced the…
BitTorrent Ushers in Next-Gen Web3 Infrastructure with Strategic Rebrand and Inaugural BTT Burn
The first round of BTT repurchased with decentralized service revenue has been completely burned, as BitTorrent leverages its reimagined architecture to pivot toward Web3 and AI infrastructure. BitTorrent, a cornerstone of decentralized infrastructure in the TRON ecosystem, entered a new phase of growth driven by dual engines: the rollout of its long-term BTT buyback-and-burn…
Fidelity Sees A Stronger Solana Network, With Concentration Risks Still In View
TL;DR: Fidelity’s technology research team says Solana has operated for more than two years without a major mainnet outage, while maintaining roughly 99.7% vote success. It also warns that validator and infrastructure concentration remain important concerns. Solana’s reputation was once shaped by how often the network stopped. A new assessment from Fidelity’s Center for Applied…