
Franklin Templeton adds $150 million in fund shares to XRP Ledger, all in one wallet
Two subscriptions on Thursday nearly quadrupled the fund’s tokens on the network. The receiving wallet shares its authorized signers with the issuer.
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Two subscriptions on Thursday nearly quadrupled the fund’s tokens on the network. The receiving wallet shares its authorized signers with the issuer.

Commercial loans can take weeks to close, and Pennsylvania-based Customers Bank put its typical wait at 30 to 60 days. A pilot of its artificial intelligence (AI)-powered process closed select commercial loans in seven days, the bank said in July in its Q2 earnings release.…

Polygon has completed its acquisition of Coinme, making Polygon Open Money Stack a U.S.-regulated payments platform, the company said in an Oct. 14 blog post. “This is a huge step for Polygon,” the company said in the post. “We’ve spent years building infrastructure that moves…

The world economy is entering a dangerous period, but a Great Depression-style collapse is still a remote possibility. A prolonged economic slowdown, further stock-market corrections, and a potential recession in some major economies are much more credible risks. What’s more…
Cross-border payments firm LianLian Global’s social commerce, marketplace and eCommerce clients can now send payouts to PayPal accounts globally and Venmo accounts in the United States, the company said in a Thursday (Oct. 22) press release. The capabilities are enabled by…
As of Friday, 22 companies had filed objections as part of the joint venture’s proposed tokenized stock platform under the SEC’s innovation exemption.
NEW YORK, Oct. 23, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Ares Commercial Real Estate Corporation (NYSE: ACRE) announced today that it will report earnings for the third quarter ended September 30, 2026 on Friday, November 6, 2026 prior to the opening of the New York Stock Exchange. Ares…
Rebill, the Argentine payment infrastructure company, announced the closing of a USD 5.4 million pre-Series A funding round, bringing its total funding to more than USD 9 million since its founding in 2020.
Strategic decision allows the Company to commit its full energy to a growing digital asset-centric business model mF International holds 678,922 Bitcoin Cash (BCH) as of October 15, 2026 HONG KONG, Oct. 23, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- mF International Limited (NASDAQ:MFI) ("mF…
NEW YORK, Oct. 23, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Hyperliquid Strategies Inc (NASDAQ: PURR) ("HSI" or the "Company"), the premier digital asset treasury platform focused on the Hyperliquid ecosystem, today announced that its Board of Directors has authorized an increase to its previously…
SANDUSKY, Ohio, Oct. 23, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Civista Bancshares, Inc. (NASDAQ: CIVB) ("Civista") today announced the appointment of Jeremy Normington-Slay, DPT, MBA, FACHE, to the Boards of Directors of Civista Bancshares and Civista Bank, effective October 21, 2026.…
ATLANTA, Oct. 23, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- MetroCity Bankshares, Inc. ("MetroCity" or the "Company") (NASDAQ: MCBS), holding company for Metro City Bank (the "Bank"), today reported net income of $24.3 million, or $0.84 per diluted share, for the third quarter of 2026, compared to…
SpaceX’s latest 10-Q filing quietly confirms any Tesla combination requires sign-off from its “controlling shareholder.”
Artificial intelligence (AI) shopping agents could make it easier for consumers to compare products and complete purchases, but they may not change where shoppers spend their money. Even when an autonomous AI assistant can purchase the same product from competing merchants at…
NEW YORK, Oct. 23, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Hyperliquid Strategies Inc (NASDAQ: PURR) ("HSI" or the "Company"), the premier digital asset treasury platform focused on the Hyperliquid ecosystem, today announced that it will host a live webcast on Thursday, November 5, 2026, at 5:15…
Oil is climbing toward its yearly high, and the timing could hardly be worse for financial markets. Wall Street is already struggling, Bitcoin has fallen sharply, and investors now face another threat: a renewed US war with Iran after the midterm elections. Brent crude touched…
Bitcoin Magazine Bitcoin ETFs Lose Over $635M In One Day Following Oil Price Spike Investors this week were buying bitcoin ETFs but that all changed on Thursday. This post Bitcoin ETFs Lose Over $635M In One Day Following Oil Price Spike first appeared on Bitcoin Magazine and is…
Fiserv, Inc. (NASDAQ: FISV), a leading global provider of payments and financial services technology solutions, today announced that Raj Seshadri will join the Fiserv Board of Directors effective November 30, 2026.
Spot Bitcoin ETFs lost $635.6 million on Thursday, their biggest outflow of the month, pushing October flows back to a loss of about $176 million as Ethereum and Solana funds also bled.
Bitcoin Magazine Franklin Templeton Clears Final Hurdle For ETFs That Turn Stock Dividends Into Bitcoin Franklin Templeton, the $1.7 trillion asset manager, registered two Nasdaq-listed funds yesterday. Both launch with a 95/5 split between U.S. stocks and bitcoin, and every…
Bitcoin dipped below $81,000 as stocks fell and Brent crude hit its highest level since March, leaving the 50-day moving average in focus.
The company's head of futures and prediction markets said bitcoin, gold and oil contracts are among its fastest-growing prediction markets.
▶ Bitcoin Magazine Bloomberg’s Mike McGlone: AI Risk Could Force Bitcoin Drawdown to $10,000 Bloomberg's Mike McGlone warns Bitcoin could drop to $10K, citing ETF exhaustion, stock correlation, Fed rate hikes, and macro headwinds across assets. This post Bloomberg’s Mike…
Bitcoin loses its 50-day SMA as liquidation clusters, leverage, and ETF outflows point to a volatile weekend.
Bitcoin price volatility cooled as stock markets battled another day of resurgent AI fears during Friday’s Asia trading session.
Tech Mahindra (NSE: TECHM), a leading provider of AI-powered digital transformation and technology consulting solutions to enterprises across industries, has acquired Finastra’s Cash Management product suite, comprising Fusion Cash Management (FCM), Fusion Virtual Accounts (FVA)…
BlackRock's IBIT led Thursday's net outflows with $254.1 million, while four other funds also witnessed withdrawals.
Your day-ahead look for Oct. 23, 2026
Brent crude oil surged above $116 per barrel for the first time since late April.
Previous bitcoin bear-market lows followed U.S. midterms, but this year’s recovery raises the possibility that the bottom arrived months earlier.