What a Democratic Congress Means for Bitcoin, Stablecoins, and DeFi
Can Bitcoin rally after the U.S. midterms? What history says about the crypto market’s 2027 outlook
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Bitcoin Recovers as Crypto Traders Weigh Democratic Sweep in US Midterms
Bitcoin recovered from a seven-week low on Wednesday as investors assessed the outcome of the U.S. midterm elections, in which Democrats were projected to take control of both the House of Representatives and the Senate.
Phantom Opens Kalshi Prediction Markets to US Users
Crypto wallet Phantom has begun offering prediction markets to eligible users in the United States through Kalshi.
Hitachi to Launch Global Digital Services Company Hitachi Digital
The new entity will unite Hitachi’s U.S. subsidiaries GlobalLogic and Hitachi Digital Services under a single Hitachi brand. A brand campaign is launching immediately.
Ripple Receives Final OCC Approval for National Trust Bank
The OCC signed off on October 26 for Ripple to open Ripple National Trust Bank as a national trust bank.
Anthropic Files for IPO in Global Race to Raise Cash for AI
Anthropic has filed for its long-awaited initial public offering.
Block Selects Marqeta to Power the Square Credit Card
Marqeta is powering the new Square Credit Card, Square’s business credit card for sellers, backed by the American Express network.
US PhD Graduates Who Used AI in Dissertations Are More Likely to Join Industry
In 2026, artificial intelligence was responsible for generating text used in 30% of PhDs in STEM fields in the USA, as per a working paper analyzing dissertation abstracts submitted to an online repository since 2019.
Crypto Ignite: Vegas Executive Night
Crypto Ignite: Vegas Executive Night is an invitation-only executive networking event hosted by ChainUp during Money20/20 USA 2026. The gathering will take place on October 19, from 7:30 PM to 10:30 PM PDT, at Bottled Blonde Las Vegas, bringing together C-suite executives, commercial banking leaders, digital asset founders, and other industry decision-makers for focused business […]
U.S. Treasury Fines Bank of America $1.2 Billion for Anti-Money Laundering and Sanctions Violations
The U.S. Treasury Department announced a fine of more than $1.2 billion against Bank of America.
SEC Introduces Five-Year Innovation Exemption for Tokenized Stocks
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has approved a five-year temporary “Innovation Exemption” that allows tokenized shares of publicly traded companies to be traded on public blockchains.
Money20/20 USA 2026: The Agenda That Moves Money Forward
Industry titans convene October 18–21 navigating borderless infrastructure, AI transformation, partnerships, and the regulatory guardrails reshaping finance
Bradesco Completes First HKD Pilot Payment on BofA Cross-Border RTP
Brazil’s Bradesco bank has completed the first pilot transaction on Bank of America’s new cross-border real-time payments (RTP) solution. International transfers remain one of the slowest and most cumbersome parts of the payments landscape, and the test is an early attempt to speed them up without changing how banks send them.
Revolut Wins Conditional US Bank Charter
Revolut moves a step closer to becoming a bank in America. The London-based fintech’s pursuit of a Revolut US bank charter has passed a major regulatory milestone.
Does the New York Scaffold Law Apply to Every Construction Site Fall?
A fall at a construction site in New York can look simple from the outside, but the legal questions behind it may be far more detailed. A worker can fall from a ladder, scaffold, roof, platform, or even a level surface, yet each accident may raise different questions under the law. The Scaffold Law in […]
Meta Youth Trial 2026: What Fintech UX Designers Need to Know
Meta’s youth safety trial opened on August 18 in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, putting Facebook and Instagram’s product design under unusually close legal scrutiny. Four states: California, Colorado, Kentucky and New Jersey, are leading the bellwether case, part of a broader lawsuit brought by 29 states in 2023.
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