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DUBAI, UAE, Oct. 12, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Bybit, the New Financial Platform trusted by more than 80 million users worldwide, announced that stocks are now available for trading through Bybit, giving eligible users access to more than 1,000 U.S.-listed stocks and ETFs, including Apple (AAPL), NVIDIA (NVDA), Tesla (TSLA), Micron Technology (MU) and the Invesco QQQ ETF (QQQ). The development expands Bybit’s multi-asset platform, bringing access to U.S. equities alongside its existing digital asset and traditional market offerings. Eligible users in permitted jurisdictions who have completed the required KYC verification can trade supported U.S. stocks and ETFs using USDC. “Stocks are…

Palo Alto, United States, October 12th, 2026, Chainwire Trace, the onchain registry for rights-cleared AI training data with more than 250 million verifiable receipts, brings its training data to Sui and Walrus to power the next generation of AI models. Sui Foundation and The DATA Foundation today announced that the DATA Network and its Trace registry are joining the Sui stack, bringing a live supply of rights-cleared AI training data onto the infrastructure Sui has built for AI workloads. Walrus, the data platform with integrity proofs anchored on Sui, becomes the default storage layer for applications operated by DATA Foundation.…

Thailand’s Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has finalized 11 notifications creating a regulated route for locally established Bitcoin and Ether exchange-traded funds (ETFs). For anyone tracking BTC USD, October 16 is a regulatory start date, not a confirmed launch day. The first phase covers only Bitcoin (BTC) and Ether (ETH). Each fund must be passive, track a single crypto asset, and keep an average net exposure of at least 80% to that asset across each fiscal year. It is designed to follow one coin’s price, not to actively trade a basket. The underlying coins must be held with digital-asset custodians…

In brief France’s Finance Committee adopted an amendment treating swaps of crypto into MiCA-regulated stablecoins as taxable sales from Jan. 1, 2027, and another extending the exit tax to crypto held by households worth more than €800,000. The committee then rejected the budget’s revenue section on Oct. 9 by 31 votes to 3, so the floor debate starts from the government’s original text. A third adopted amendment would let investors carry crypto losses forward for 10 years; the Assembly debates the revenue section from Oct. 13 and votes Oct. 20. France’s National Assembly Finance Committee voted this week to tax…

Justin Sun, founder of the Tron network, said that the company’s post-quantum cryptography was now live on testnet.“We’re closely tracking progress in quantum computing and AI, and we’re ready to bring quantum resistance to mainnet at any time, Sun said in a post on X on Saturday.He added, “We’re committed to keeping user assets secure, and TRON is set to be one of the few major blockchains that is quantum-resistant before Q-Day,” or the day when quantum computing becomes capable of breaking current security standards.Coindesk reported on July 28 that Blockchain security company AmericanFortress had unveiled a cryptographic plan to…

The company has launched an investigation into potentially tens of millions of dollars in crypt theft linked to hardware wallet purchased through CryptoBilis. On-chain researchers estimate that somewhere between $72 million and $86 million may have been stolen, as Ledger begins investigating reports of these major crypto losses from users who bought hardware wallets from an authorized Southeast Asian reseller. The hardware wallet manufacturer said there is no indication that its own infrastructure, systems, or services were compromised. However, users are piling on X to complain about substantial losses. How Much Was Stolen? The official support channel of Ledger on…

Blockchain.com has applied for DCM and FCM licenses to offer ahead of a planned $500 million IPO.

Former FTX COO Constance Wang says Netflix’s “The Altruists” misrepresents FTX’s collapse and turns it into a love story.

In Ripple news today, Ripple Prime is reportedly providing total-return-swap financing to leveraged exchange-traded fund (ETF) issuers. This marks its entry in a U.S. sector that Morningstar Direct data counts at 593 funds and more than $256 billion in assets. The figure describes the ETFs’ combined assets, not Ripple Prime’s financing book, revenue, or the amount of capital it has committed. The report, published on Friday, October 9, 2026, places the prime-brokerage business in a fee-generating segment of institutional finance. This is not simply a crypto company adding another product. It is a nonbank firm entering a financing business traditionally…

Mutsamudu, Comoros, October 9th, 2026, Chainwire MEXC, a pioneer in 0-fee digital asset trading, and Payward, the parent company of Kraken, shared their perspectives on the convergence of crypto and traditional finance during a TOKEN2049 Singapore panel. MEXC CEO Vugar Usi Zade and Payward Co-CEO Arjun Sethi, discussed how broader market access, retail demand and collaboration between platforms could shape the future of global trading. Crypto and TradFi Move Closer Together An important theme was the shift toward more connected, always-on markets. Vugar said blockchain infrastructure is challenging traditional market structures built around fixed trading hours, while users increasingly expect…