RegulationAdoption6 SourcesKraken Parent Payward to Acquire Lithuania's Saldo Bank for $181MPayward, Kraken's parent company, agreed to acquire Saldo Finance Oy for $181 million, gaining control of a licensed Eur...Oct 14, 2026, 11:04 AMPaywardKraken
AdoptionRegulation3 SourcesStandard Chartered Launches Bitcoin and Ether Trading for UAE Wealth ClientsStandard Chartered began offering Bitcoin and Ether trading to Professional Investor clients in the UAE through existing...Oct 14, 2026, 07:04 AMStandard CharteredBitcoin
ExchangesRegulation3 SourcesRipple Extends South Korea Reach With Fourth Institutional Partner at MeritzRipple announced October 14 a partnership with Meritz Securities, adding it to an existing network of three South Korean...Oct 14, 2026, 03:02 AMRippleMeritz Securities
MarketsAdoption3 SourcesBNY and Citadel Securities Execute Tokenized Treasury Repo TradeBNY Mellon and Citadel Securities completed a repo transaction using a tokenized two-year Treasury note on a major tripa...Oct 13, 2026, 09:07 PMBNY MellonCitadel Securities
AdoptionRegulation2 SourcesFederated Hermes to Launch Tokenized Fund Shares via Prometheum in 2027Federated Hermes, which manages $911 billion in assets, partnered with blockchain infrastructure firm Prometheum to brin...Oct 13, 2026, 07:02 PMFederated HermesPrometheum
AdoptionRegulation2 SourcesFederated Hermes to Launch Tokenized Fund Shares via Prometheum in 2027Federated Hermes, a $911 billion Pittsburgh-based asset manager, partnered with blockchain platform Prometheum to distri...Oct 13, 2026, 07:02 PMFederated HermesPrometheum
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
