Friday, October 16, 2026

Circle targets 40 new markets as stablecoin demand grows globally

The stablecoin issuer’s CEO Jerermy Allaire told Reuters demand for digital dollars is growing across Asia, Africa and Latin America as banks and payment firms.

Europe’s AI fintech market mapped: 94 startups automating the business of money

Scammer gets scammed in Ledger spy-chip exploit, loses almost $5 million in bitcoin

Chainalysis says a fraudster who tricked people through fake online jobs became one of the biggest victims of the compromised hardware wallets.

Behavox enhances regulatory intelligence offering with Apiax acquisition

Altcoins outpace bitcoin as celestia jumps 16%, Warsh silent on interest-rate plans

Celestia jumped 16%, injective rose 7.7% and layerzero added 7.3% while bitcoin held little changed near $82,100 and Fed Chair Warsh gave no sign on interest rates.