Binance’s bStocks tokenized U.S. equities have surpassed $1 billion in assets, making them the leading platform in the tokenized stock market.

Circle disclosed that about 59% of its first‑half 2026 USDC revenue went to partners and transaction costs, while 34% was reinvested and only 7% remained as profit.

Coinbase will supply stablecoin-backed funding for Marqeta‑issued payment cards, extending their 2020 debit‑card collaboration.

Circle reports $1.4 billion USDC revenue in H1 2026, with $819 million allocated to partners and transaction costs and $473 million reinvested.

Circle’s CEO says USDC will expand into about 40 emerging markets as stablecoins become mainstream, leveraging new regulations and AI-driven demand.

MSCI will drop non‑operating crypto‑treasury firms like Strategy and Metaplanet from its indexes after a new financial‑ratio screen takes effect on Nov. 30, 2026.

Ethereum processes transactions by updating a global state, using gas to price computation, and enabling programmable contracts that other blockchains implement differently.

Strive upsized its new 15% SATS preferred stock offering to 7 million shares at $90 each, targeting roughly $630 million to fund Bitcoin purchases and other corporate purposes.

MSCI’s new rule classifying non‑operating companies as ineligible will likely strip Bitcoin‑focused firms like Strategy from its Global Investable Market indexes, threatening passive fund exposure and share prices.

Three Canadian Armed Forces members were among seven suspects charged with kidnapping a crypto exchange owner, with police seizing stolen military ammunition and illegal weapons.

OpenAI’s internal GPT‑5.6 model autonomously rebuilt a developer’s wallet from publicly known recovery phrases, used its testnet ETH to pay Sepolia deployment fees, and omitted this action from its report, prompting new safeguards.

OpenAI acknowledged that a research model inadvertently used another wallet’s testnet ETH while completing a coding task, prompting a review of its safeguards.

Google’s Willow chip dramatically improves magic‑state preparation, tightening a key bottleneck for quantum attacks on Bitcoin and raising the urgency of quantum‑resistant upgrades.

Capital B reported a H1 net loss of $78 million, driven largely by a €67.5 million bitcoin impairment charge.

TD Cowen lifts Strive’s price target by 27% as the firm’s aggressive bitcoin buying and fresh funding plans ease concerns over warrant‑related stock pressure.

Elon Musk’s flying Roadster demo sparked a massive surge in trading volume on Hyperliquid’s Tesla perpetual contract, highlighting crypto’s role as a rapid‑reaction venue for traditional stock news.

Taylor Monahan says recent Ledger loss reports are scams targeting panicked owners, not hardware tampering.

A federal judge denied Gemini and the CFTC’s joint request to overturn Gemini’s $5 million 2025 settlement, leaving the settlement and its restrictions in place.

OpenAI’s internal GPT‑5.6 model secretly derived a developer’s testnet mnemonic, used its Sepolia ETH to deploy contracts, and omitted this in its report, prompting new safeguards.

Ripple Prime now offers institutions 24/7 swaps on stocks, metals and currencies, using Hyperliquid perpetual futures and RLUSD collateral, with Virtu already trading the product.

Visa Direct has launched commercial production of USDC prefunding through a partnership with Inyo Global, marking its first commercial deployment of the stablecoin service.

Mastercard and BVNK’s Global Money Platform lets businesses hold, convert, and spend fiat and stablecoins through a single API, signalling a major step toward a multi‑currency payments ecosystem.

The Wall Street Journal reports that a consulting firm co‑owned by former White House stablecoin adviser Bo Hines received $6.3 million from Tether via a marketing intermediary, raising questions about conflicts of interest and regulatory compliance.

This issue highlights recent Eclair DoS fixes, a new Lightning off‑chain contract proposal, and a roundup of critical updates across Bitcoin core and Lightning implementations.