Shinhan Card partnered with Japan’s SBI Group to test yen stablecoin payments between Japan and South Korea. The trial will assess whether stablecoins can make card payments and cross-border trade settlements faster and cheaper.

Mural raised $15 million in a Tether-led funding round, bringing its total funding to $28 million. The fintech has processed $2.1 billion across 128 countries and plans to expand its stablecoin payments and compliance infrastructure.

Hackers linked to the $295.7 million Drift Protocol exploit deposited 25,700 ETH worth about $61.56 million into Tornado Cash on 20 October 2026 to make the stolen funds harder to trace. Nearly $200 million in Ethereum remains linked to the attackers, leaving thousands of affected users facing uncertainty over whether they will recover their losses.

Mastercard has opened early access to Agent Pay for Machines after demonstrating an AI agent making nine payments to two sellers for research and campaign images within one approved budget. The system uses Coinbase’s x402 protocol to support automated payments in fiat currencies and stablecoins, but is not yet commercially available.

OpenAI has introduced Locked Chats in ChatGPT, allowing users to hide private conversations from regular chat history using a four-digit PIN or supported device authentication. However, resetting a forgotten PIN permanently deletes all locked chats, protected files and related memory, which OpenAI Support cannot recover.

MrBeast-linked Beast Holdings received notices of allowance for two trademarks, MRBEAST FINANCIAL and BEAST FINANCIAL, covering crypto exchanges, payments, banking and other financial services. Both applications remain pending, with the company required to prove commercial use by 6 April 2027, while its plans follow BitMine’s $200 million investment in Beast Industries in January 2026.

MrBeast’s business may be laying the groundwork for an expansion into cryptocurrency trading and financial services after its holding company filed US trademark applications covering crypto exchanges, decentralized trading platforms, mobile banking and consumer lending.

Revolut has secured a cryptocurrency services license in Gibraltar, strengthening the UK-based fintech’s regulatory footprint as it seeks to expand its digital asset business into additional international markets.

BitMine bought 12,535 ETH, raising its total holdings to 6.04 million ETH, or 4.9% of Ethereum’s supply, while its total treasury value fell from $16.2 billion to $15.1 billion in a week. Chairman Tom Lee blamed the crypto sell-off on AI concerns, geopolitical tensions and rising bond yields, but said BitMine still sees buying opportunities as it approaches its 5% Ethereum ownership target.

A ProPublica investigation reports that political appointees sought to have the US cybersecurity agency secretly acquire and hack a voting machine, while staffing cuts and strained relationships with state election officials have raised concerns about federal election security support ahead of the 2026 midterms.

On Sep 21, 2026, 11:47 AM(UTC). According to Binance Market Data, Bitcoin has crossed the 84,000 USDT benchmark and is now trading at 84,834 USDT, with a narrowed 5.43% increase in 24 hours.

On Sep 21, 2026, 11:47 AM(UTC). According to Binance Market Data, BNB has crossed the 790 USDT benchmark and is now trading at 792.359985 USDT, with a narrowed 5.36% increase in 24 hours.

Hyperliquid's market value has exceeded that of Nasdaq and the London Stock Exchange. According to Odaily, the report states this comparison without providing additional details.

Bitcoin BLAKE2b developers plan to restrict miners from unlocking newly mined tokens, with a 45-day waiting period and the change slated for activation at block height 973440. According to ChainCatcher, the chain forked from Bitcoin on August 8, and its native token BTCB2 has been labeled by some trading platforms as Bitcoin BLAKE2b, Bitcoin BIP-110, or XBT. BTCB2 has fallen 84% from its September high of $1,799 and was trading at about $270 to $315 in recent hours. Developer Luke Dashjr said some BLAKE2b mining pools are “attacking” the network. After the fork, the chain kept Bitcoin’s difficulty setting and mined only about 8 blocks in the first 22 days before resuming operations through BLAKE2b hashing and difficulty adjustments. The chain is not listed by most trading platforms or by CoinGecko and CoinMarketCap, while Neoxa has said it will support the upcoming soft fork.

Foresight News reported that Hong Kong-listed game company Boyaa Interactive (stock code: 0434) announced it bought 152 bitcoin last week at an average price of $75,899. The purchase totaled about $11.56 million and was funded by idle cash reserves generated from the company’s operations. According to Foresight News, Boyaa Interactive held 4,468 bitcoin as of the announcement date, with an average cost of about $68,543.

Perpetual futures linked to Volmex's Bitcoin Volmex Implied Volatility Index debuted on Hyperliquid on Monday. According to NS3.AI, the market allows traders to take long or short positions on bitcoin's expected volatility rather than its price direction. The launch was described as the first onchain perpetual futures market for Volmex's bitcoin volatility index.