TL;DR Fiserv says its digital-asset platform is now live with financial-institution clients. Bank of North Dakota’s dollar-backed Roughrider Coin is the first live use case, with VersaBank as issuer, Fireblocks providing digital-asset infrastructure and Solana processing transactions. The launch moves stablecoin settlement closer to the core banking systems already used by conventional financial institutions. Stablecoins…

TL;DR Roughly $110 million in bearish crypto positions were liquidated during a rapid ten-minute rally on October 2. The move was concentrated on short positions, creating the mechanics of a classic short squeeze. No single verified news catalyst explains the burst, so the market event should be read through leverage and positioning rather than an…

TL;DR Marex has launched a cash-settled OTC rolling spot crypto product for institutional clients. The product allows long or short exposure without clients directly holding the underlying digital assets. Marex is also introducing Neon Crypto inside its existing institutional trading platform. Marex is taking one of crypto’s most familiar trading exposures and wrapping it in…

TL;DR SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce is concluding her tenure at the agency on October 2. Peirce became one of the most visible voices inside the SEC on digital-asset regulation and led the agency’s Crypto Task Force. Her departure comes while major crypto rulemakings on custody, token classification and market structure are still underway. Hester Peirce…

TL;DR OpenWorld and VerifyMe have completed their business combination, with the combined company trading on Nasdaq under OPNW from October 1. Management says the company will focus on institutional-grade tokenization of real-world assets. OpenWorld also intends to pursue a dual listing on Figure OPEN, a blockchain-based trading platform, by November. A new publicly traded company…

TL;DR Quant’s QNT token is now available on Solana through Sunrise infrastructure, with trading available through Raydium. The expansion gives Solana users a route into QNT liquidity without implying that Quant has abandoned Ethereum. The event is a cross-chain market-access expansion, not a migration of the QNT ecosystem away from its existing networks. QNT has…

A Tether-backed project, Utexo, plans to support private USDT transfers, direct swaps between BTC and USDT and loans backed by BTC, while keeping most transaction data off Bitcoin’s public ledger.Læs hele historien hos coindesk.com →

Bitcoin ETFs returned to inflows with $103 million, while Ether funds recorded a third straight day of net outflows.Læs hele historien hos cointelegraph.com →

Bitcoin is up roughly 3% in October as traders await September’s jobs data, while rising bond yields, a stronger dollar weigh on broader markets.Læs hele historien hos coindesk.com →

Roughrider enters production with VersaBank USA issuance and institutional access, while actual payment volume remains undisclosed. The post Solana enters US banking with 90 North Dakota banks leading it appeared first on CryptoSlate.Læs hele historien hos cryptoslate.com →