DeFiAdoption3 SourcesInteractive Brokers Launches Ethereum Staking via Zerohash PartnershipInteractive Brokers, managing over $900 billion in client assets, launched Ethereum staking through Zerohash, allowing e...Oct 13, 2026, 07:01 PMInteractive BrokersZerohash
Layer 2Adoption4 SourcesCircle Acquires Axelar's Interop Labs Team and IP; AXL Falls 25%Circle announced it has acquired the Interop Labs team and intellectual property from Axelar, bolstering its cross-chain...Oct 13, 2026, 06:21 PMCircleAxelar
RegulationAdoption3 SourcesRussia's Sberbank Wins Crypto Exchange Approval, Launches Dec. 1Sberbank has secured approval from Russia's central bank to offer cryptocurrency exchange services, becoming the tenth r...Oct 13, 2026, 12:11 PMSberbankRussia
MarketsAdoption5 SourcesStrategy Expands Bitcoin Holdings to 848,517 BTC While Raising Stock Buyback Authorization to $3BStrategy acquired an additional 267 bitcoin at an average price of $75,446, bringing total holdings to 848,517 BTC, whil...Oct 13, 2026, 12:10 PMStrategyMichael Saylor
Adoption4 SourcesMetaplanet Raises $328M in Convertible Bonds for Debt Paydown and Share BuybackMetaplanet issued a Euro-Yen convertible bond raising approximately $328 million to refinance Bitcoin-collateralized loa...Oct 13, 2026, 10:06 AMMetaplanetBitcoin
MarketsAdoption2 SourcesIMF: Over Half of Tokenized Stock Trading Occurs Outside Regular HoursThe IMF analyzed tokenized US equity markets and found that more than half of trading volume occurs outside regular Wall...Oct 13, 2026, 09:04 AMIMFtokenized equities
Layer 2DeFi2 SourcesCoinbase Rolls Out Major Update to Base Chain, Adding Tokenized Assets and AI FeaturesCoinbase released a significant update to its Base blockchain Wednesday that introduces tokenized asset support, onchain...Oct 13, 2026, 08:10 AMCoinbaseBase
AdoptionRegulation2 SourcesMorgan Stanley Pushes Tokenized Stock Launch to Q1 2027Morgan Stanley postponed its tokenized stock trading launch to Q1 2027, citing the need for infrastructure development a...Oct 13, 2026, 04:01 AMMorgan StanleyTokenized Securities
ExchangesAdoption2 SourcesGeode Token Lists on BitMart, Marks First Exchange Trading DebutThe Geode Foundation announced the primary exchange listing of its native token GEODE on BitMart, marking the cryptocurr...Oct 13, 2026, 03:09 AMGeodeGEODE
