Bitwise Launches First U.S. Spot NEAR ETF With 5% Staking Rewards and $32B Intents
Key Takeaways: Bitwise’s NEAR ETF (NRR) is now available on NYSE Arca. The fund will stake NEAR with a maximum staking reward of approximately 5% per annum. Over $32 billion volume has been processed by NEAR Intents. User Score 8.7 Follow us on Google…
Binance Pay Opens Crypto Payments at Millions of PayPay Merchants Across Japan
Key Takeaways: Binance Pay is now available for visitors to use at PayPay merchants in Japan. Crypto is immediately converted to JPY. The Binance Pay tourist users have increased by 20% between July and August 2026. User Score 8.7 Follow us on Google…
Morgan Stanley Builds Crypto Lab to Test Stablecoins, Tokenization and DeFi at Scale
Key Takeaways: Morgan Stanley has opened a Digital Asset Lab dedicated to blockchain technologies. The test is to be applied to the stablecoins, the tokenized assets and DeFi applications. This lab allows employees to try things that they don’t want to…
Trezor Cuts Resellers After $86M Wallet Tampering Scare, Says Devices Remain Safe
Key Takeaways: Trezor recently has seen hardware wallet supply chain issues, so it has shortened its list of authorized retailers. According to the company, no proof of any trespass on any Trezor devices. This stems from a recent news report on malicious…
Zcash’s planned Sprout freeze would leave private keys unable to move funds
NU7 would leave legacy funds issued but unspendable, even with intact keys, while the mainnet activation decision remains pending. Read the full story on CryptoSlate Understand the crypto stories that matter and what to watch next. Get The Catalyst in…
Fidelity’s $500,000 crypto settlement leaves IRAs outside wallet-transfer terms
The California agreement requires notice if Fidelity ends its retail transfer feature, while preserving security restrictions and IRA exclusions. Read the full story on CryptoSlate Understand the crypto stories that matter and what to watch next. Get The…
Crypto doesn’t need your party to win, just its candidates
The crypto industry has finally found a way to participate in America’s partisan warfare without committing to either of the (only) two available parties: help elect people who agree with it about crypto, then let them argue about everything else.…
MapQuest Now Shows Drivers Where Flock Cameras Are Watching
MapQuest’s app now offers an optional map layer that plots known license plate readers from Flock Safety and other vendors, as backlash against the cameras grows.
Two Aave stablecoin backstops shrank $12.4 million as reward rates rose
Two tracked Ethereum V3 Umbrella stakes fell 9.7%, while their implied annualized reward run rate stayed near $2 million. Read the full story on CryptoSlate Understand the crypto stories that matter and what to watch next. Get The Catalyst in your inbox
JUST Completes 5th JST Buyback & Burn: Over 170M Tokens (~$23.53M) Burned Ahead of Major Deflationary Upgrade
On October 17, JUST, the leading DeFi infrastructure in the TRON ecosystem, announced the completion of its fifth buyback and burn of its native token JST as scheduled. Over 170M JST were burned in this round (approx. 1.72% of total supply), backed by…
