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10/19/2026 10:53 AM Cross River Bank Integrates Ripple’s RLUSD Stablecoin Into Payment System
TLDR Cross River Bank announced on October 15 that it is adding Ripple’s RLUSD stablecoin to its Core Operating System. The integration includes support for the XRP Ledger, where transactions are designed to settle in about three to five seconds. Fintech customers could use stablecoin rails alongside ACH, wire transfers and other bank payment services. [...]
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10/19/2026 10:51 AM Fidelity Pays $500,000 to Settle California Crypto Withdrawal Probe
TLDR Fidelity Digital Assets agreed to pay California $500,000 to settle claims over past crypto withdrawal limits. Fidelity must give written notice if it stops letting retail customers transfer crypto to outside wallets. Crypto IRAs are excluded from the transfer terms and are still not offered in California or Oregon. Fidelity denies wrongdoing, and the [...]
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10/19/2026 10:45 AM Zcash Shielded Pools Face Scrutiny Over Stolen Crypto Transfers
TLDR On-chain investigator Specter issued a warning on October 17 about stolen crypto flowing into Zcash. The warning covered funds tied to the Bitget breach and other reported security incidents. A September 30 trace found about 2,746 ZEC, worth roughly $3.9 million, moved into Zcash’s Ironwood shielded pool. Shielded transactions hide sender, recipient and amount [...]
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10/19/2026 10:43 AM Former Mt. Gox CEO Criticizes Ledger Over Response to $90M Supply Chain Attack
TLDR Former Mt. Gox CEO Mark Karpelès says Ledger received reports of spy hardware implants as early as December 2025. He claims better communication could have prevented more than $90 million in losses tied to reseller CryptoBillis. Ledger’s Gauthier dismissed the criticism as virtue signalling and pointed to Karpelès’ past at Mt. Gox. Ledger says [...]
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10/19/2026 10:39 AM Thai Police Arrest Chinese National Accused of $74 Million Crypto Money Laundering
TLDR Thai Immigration Police arrested Chinese national Wu Chaoshuai, accused of leading a crypto laundering ring that moved over $74 million. Wu allegedly managed 133 bank and cryptocurrency exchange accounts opened by people he hired. He entered Thailand on a tourist visa in December 2019 and stayed for over three years after it expired. Wu [...]
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10/19/2026 10:34 AM Crypto.com and Novig Take Missouri to Court While Robinhood and Kalshi Stay Quiet
TLDR Crypto.com’s prediction market exchange and Novig sued Missouri officials in federal court on Friday over sports event contracts. Missouri Attorney General Catherine Hanaway sent cease-and-desist letters to six companies in September, giving them 30 days to comply. Kalshi, Polymarket, Robinhood and Underdog have not filed suit in Missouri, according to court records. Crypto.com’s exchange [...]
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10/19/2026 10:31 AM Qubic Halts Blockchain After $1.4 Million Hack Drains 1,400 Wallets
TLDR Qubic paused its layer-1 blockchain after an attacker stole about $1.4 million in tokens from more than 1,400 wallets. The attacker exploited wallet recovery seeds that had been created with weak randomness. About 87.1% of the stolen funds remain frozen on the network, and MEXC froze the account holding the rest. Developers fixed the [...]
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10/19/2026 10:26 AM South Korea Crypto Fraud Case: Jonber Kim Found Not Guilty
TLDR A Seoul court acquitted Park, a 45-year-old crypto influencer known as “Coin King Jonber Kim,” on October 15. Prosecutors said he ran a $253 million scheme involving the Podo coin and ATube tokens. Prosecutors had sought a 20-year prison sentence and the seizure of more than $14 million. The court said there was no [...]
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10/19/2026 10:21 AM Mt. Gox Delays Bitcoin Creditor Repayments to October 2027
TLDR Mt. Gox has moved its creditor repayment deadline from Oct. 31, 2026, to Oct. 31, 2027, after receiving court approval. Trustee Nobuaki Kobayashi said many creditors remain unpaid due to incomplete procedures or problems during processing. Base, Early Lump-Sum and Intermediate Repayments are largely complete for creditors who met all requirements. The notice did [...]
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10/19/2026 10:15 AM Sam Altman’s World Launches World ID for Banks to Fight AI Bots and Deepfakes
TLDR Sam Altman’s World has launched its first industry-specific World ID suite, built for banks and financial institutions. The suite includes three tools backed by cryptographic proofs: Proof of Human, Proof of Presence, and Proof of Attributes. New features include World ID for Zoom to detect deepfakes and World ID for Agents to verify AI [...]
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