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first_img Polygon integrates Solana into the payment stack, connecting bank accounts with stablecoin payments

Polygon Labs announced that it has integrated Solana into its Open Money Stack payment platform, allowing the network's enterprise clients to connect their dollar bank accounts directly to the global payment network through a single API framework. The platform supports enterprises in depositing funds from bank accounts, transferring funds across chains, and making payments to recipients, while also providing functionalities such as customer accounts and wallets, currency exchange, and routing payments to supported bank accounts, debit cards, cash services, and cryptocurrency wallets.Kira is one of the first clients to use the Solana integration, helping clients convert between dollars and stablecoins, send payments through banking channels, and pay overseas suppliers. Kira's CEO Edrizio De La Cruz stated that the company has been using Solana to transfer stablecoins, and collaborating with Polygon allows these transfers to be converted into dollars in their bank accounts when clients need to pay suppliers. Open Money Stack simultaneously connects Polygon, Ethereum, and TRON, which was integrated earlier this month.This integration occurred after Solana activated the Alpenglow consensus upgrade a week ago, which reduced the final confirmation time for transactions from approximately 12.8 seconds to 150 milliseconds. According to data from The Block, the total supply of dollar stablecoins has approached $290 billion, with USDT exceeding $182 billion and USDC nearing $76 billion. Vibhu Norby, Chief Product Officer of the Solana Foundation, stated that the volume of stablecoin transactions processed by Solana in 2026 has exceeded $5.5 trillion. Earlier this month, Polygon also completed the acquisition of Coinme, obtaining money transmission licenses and exemptions covering 48 states in the United States.

XRP Ledger developers test a zero-balance account creation plan, which is proposed to be funded by the sponsor to cover the 1 XRP reserve requirement

According to CoinDesk, XRP Ledger developers are testing a new feature that aims to allow the creation of blockchain accounts with an initial balance of zero, with existing accounts bearing the reserve required for new accounts, thereby lowering the financial threshold for payment applications and automated software to create wallets on a large scale. This proposal was submitted on October 15 in the form of a SponsoredAccountCreate transaction proposal.According to current XRP Ledger rules, each account must reserve at least 1 XRP as a reserve, meaning that creating 100,000 independent accounts would require locking up 100,000 XRP. The new proposal intends for sponsored accounts to bear this reserve requirement, and a broader fee sponsorship mechanism in the future could also allow applications to pay transaction fees on behalf of users, but the overall reserve requirement for the network will not be eliminated. This feature is expected to lower the usage threshold for scenarios such as embedded wallets, RLUSD stablecoin payments, and AI agent automated payments.However, the related code is still under review, and the sponsorship mechanism it relies on has not yet gone live on the mainnet. As of October 19, the mechanism has only received 11 votes out of the 35 required validator votes, still falling short of the 29 votes needed for approval.

Gate Money launched a promotional event for account opening, where new users who open a USD-named account can receive up to 100 USDT

According to the official announcement, Gate Money will launch the "Account Opening Gifts" event from October 28 at 16:00 to November 11 at 16:00 (UTC+8). During the event, users who complete registration and identity verification, successfully open an account for the first time, and complete a valid bank transfer will have the chance to receive random rewards ranging from 2 to 100 USDT.After the event ends, Gate will randomly select up to 5,000 users who pass the qualification review, with each person eligible to receive a random reward of 2 to 100 USDT. Each individual can claim the reward once, and no trading or purchase of financial products is required. The specific account opening and reward rules are subject to the official announcement.Gate Money is an integrated financial service application within the Gate App, facilitating cross-border capital flow and daily consumption scenarios. Eligible users can directly open a USD bank account in their own name with one click through the Gate App. The platform supports cross-border deposits and withdrawals in four major fiat currencies: US Dollar (USD), Euro (EUR), British Pound (GBP), and United Arab Emirates Dirham (AED) via SWIFT, and integrates functions such as Convert asset exchange, Earn financial management, Gate Card consumption, and Pay payment, achieving efficient connections from global fund transfers, multi-currency asset management to daily payments.

first_img Thirteen IPOs on the Sci-Tech Innovation Board were terminated this year, with semiconductor companies accounting for nearly 40%

The Science and Technology Innovation Board Daily cited Wind data stating that by 2026, 76 IPOs had terminated their review, with 13 from the Science and Technology Innovation Board, accounting for 17.1%. In 2025, a total of 50 IPOs were terminated, with only 3 from the Science and Technology Innovation Board, accounting for 6%. The total fundraising scale of terminated IPOs on the Science and Technology Innovation Board in 2026 was 18.248 billion yuan, nearly 5 times the 3.181 billion yuan in the same period of 2025. After entering the fourth quarter, Saikexis and Zhongke Innovation successively terminated their reviews.Among the 13 terminated projects on the Science and Technology Innovation Board, 5 were related to semiconductor and integrated circuit companies, including Wuhan Xinxin, Shanghai Xinyi, Beijing Tongmei, Taosheng Electronics, and Yadian Technology, accounting for approximately 38.5%. Beijing Tongmei was the only project that terminated during the registration phase, accepted on January 10, 2022, submitted for registration on August 1 of the same year, and terminated registration on July 2, 2026, lasting over 4 years. Wuhan Xinxin was accepted at the end of September 2024 and terminated in May 2026, queuing for nearly 600 days, intending to raise 4.8 billion yuan, accounting for about 26.3% of the total intended fundraising of the 13 terminated projects.The duration from acceptance to termination varied significantly. Huihe Medical was accepted on June 30, 2026, and terminated on September 24, taking 86 days, making it the first IPO to withdraw after being selected for on-site inspection this year. Saikexis voluntarily withdrew six months after acceptance, marking the third IPO failure in six years. Huandong Technology was accepted on November 25, 2024, and terminated on September 21, 2026, lasting about 22 months, being the first robot company to terminate an IPO this year, mainly engaged in robotic joint reducers, sponsored by GF Securities. According to the criteria of semiconductors, software equipment, hardware services, etc., there have been 37 IPO listing applications that have become invalid in the Hong Kong stock market this year, compared to 11 in the same period last year.

Goldman Sachs: Semiconductor exposure explains about 54% of the earnings difference, while oil prices account for only 2%

Goldman Sachs' latest research shows that over the past three weeks, semiconductor stock exposure has been able to explain about 54% of the return performance differences between different asset classes, while oil price exposure accounts for only 2%. As the influence of AI trading continues to expand, technology stocks are becoming an important factor driving global market risk appetite and asset performance differentiation.Goldman Sachs pointed out that recent investor risk appetite has been highly synchronized with the relative performance of large technology stocks. Last week, concerns about AI investment returns, financing costs, and capital expenditures intensified, leading to a sell-off in technology stocks and corporate bonds, with Goldman Sachs' risk appetite indicator falling to its lowest level since April 2025. The South Korean stock market has become a typical case of this impact, with the KOSPI rising 3.1% on Tuesday, and SK Hynix and Samsung Electronics increasing by 5.2% and 4.2%, respectively.Due to the high weight of semiconductor stocks in the Korea Composite Stock Price Index, changes in global AI investment expectations directly affect local market performance. Goldman Sachs emphasized that the 54% and 2% figures reflect a statistical relationship within a specific time window and do not imply that AI factors long-term determine global market fluctuations; the impact of high oil prices on inflation, monetary policy, and asset pricing cannot be ignored. Major technology companies such as Microsoft, Google, and Amazon are about to announce their earnings reports, and the market will focus on whether AI demand can continue to grow and whether massive capital expenditures can be converted into actual profits.

first_img Anthropic IPO documents show that cloud channel revenue accounts for 48%

According to a report by Financial Associated Press, based on the IPO filing released by Anthropic on Monday, sales generated from the cloud markets of the three major cloud service providers—Google, Amazon, and Microsoft—accounted for 48% of Anthropic's total revenue in the first half of 2026, up from 11% in 2023. These cloud service providers collect payments from customers and transfer them to Anthropic after deducting fees, with payments to channel partners increasing by $2.7 billion year-on-year in the first half of this year. The document shows that Anthropic's sales in the second quarter were $11.555 billion, with an operating profit of $974 million.The S-1 describes the aforementioned cloud service providers as simultaneously acting as investors, customers, distribution partners, and competitors, stating that they can understand Anthropic's pricing and commercial terms. It also mentions that these companies may prioritize promoting their own AI models, raising antitrust concerns. The document lists the minimum commitments for computing power as follows: at least $114.5 billion to Google by 2033, at least $110 billion to Amazon by 2036, and $44.9 billion to Microsoft; the minimum commitments remain valid regardless of whether the computing power is actually used. Additionally, it is expected that between 2028 and 2031, $125 billion to $150 billion will be paid for additional TPU computing power.In terms of equity, Amazon and Google currently hold shares without voting rights and are not included in the list of securities with more than 5% voting rights; after the IPO conversion, both will exceed 5% ownership of preferred shares and certain convertible notes. Amazon has invested approximately $18 billion to date and has committed to invest up to an additional $15 billion under specific conditions, with related notes convertible into a maximum of 1.84 billion shares, equivalent to 10.9% of fully diluted shares as of June this year, and subject to a 12% ownership cap. Google has invested approximately $23 billion and has committed to invest an additional $20 billion upon meeting certain conditions, with the latest agreement having a maximum ownership cap of 14.99%. The document also lists a $161.2 billion equipment leasing agreement related to Broadcom, as well as a computing power procurement arrangement with SpaceXAI for up to $120.5 billion.

first_img Blink Wallet charges a monthly fee of 1 USD for idle custodial accounts, encouraging users to switch to self-custody

Blink Wallet, a Bitcoin wallet, announced a monthly idle fee of $1 for custodial accounts that have not logged into the app for 12 consecutive months. This adjustment was initiated at the beginning of September through a change in the terms of service and push notifications were sent to inactive users, with the first deduction completed in mid-October. According to a blog post released by the company, users who log back in within 12 months will have the deducted fees refunded.This fee applies only to custodial accounts and aims to alleviate the burden that inactive accounts place on the startup. The announcement stated that these accounts incur ongoing costs related to ledger and infrastructure maintenance, record verification retention, compliance monitoring and reporting, as well as support for claims, which were previously shared by active users through regular in-app transaction fees. Sources told Bitcoin Magazine that approximately 100,000 accounts met the criteria for inactivity at the time of the first deduction, with a total balance exceeding $800,000. The first deduction collected about $45,000, primarily from accounts that had been idle for over a year with small Bitcoin balances. Blink Wallet originated from the Bitcoin adoption wave in El Salvador, initially named Bitcoin Beach Wallet, and was an early custodial Lightning Network wallet that introduced the Stable Sats feature to hedge value against the US dollar. The wallet was spun off from the founding company Galoy in October 2024, operated by Lukas Duczko and a new board, with Duczko holding a controlling stake, while Galoy continues as a service provider and minority shareholder, also establishing the Bitcoin Beach Fund.In recent years, custodial wallets have faced overall pressure, with Wallet of Satoshi, Alby, and Blue Wallet successively halting custodial wallet services and shifting to self-custody infrastructures like Spark. The EU MiCA regulations regarding licensing and KYC compliance requirements are an important backdrop. Blink launched a self-custody wallet supported by Spark in June 2026, and its user base is still adapting to this transition. On September 19, hackers withdrew 6.61 Bitcoins from custodial wallet users through compromised management tools, and the company's investors subsequently announced that they would fully compensate affected users.

Strategy, Strive, and others supported the purchase of 135,979 bitcoins through preferred stock financing, accounting for over 0.5% of the maximum supply

Strategy, Strive, and other Bitcoin treasury companies support the purchase of 135,979 Bitcoins through preferred stock financing, accounting for over 0.5% of the maximum Bitcoin supply; the related preferred stock market size is approximately $12 billion. Perpetual preferred stock has no fixed maturity date, which can alleviate refinancing pressure and attract income-oriented investors who are unwilling to hold Bitcoin directly; however, an increase in issuance size will also raise dividend expenses.Continuous financing for Bitcoin purchases relies on preferred stock trading at or near par value. If the price falls below par, the attractiveness of new issuances may decline, and the company may also turn to buybacks. CoinShares Research Director James Butterfill stated that Strategy's latest weekly report shows the company spent $193 million to repurchase STRC, while simultaneously buying 267 Bitcoins and increasing the preferred stock buyback authorization limit to $3 billion. Buybacks can reduce future dividend costs but may also compete for funds with Bitcoin purchases.Bitwise Research Director Ryan Rasmussen expects that ETFs will remain a larger source of Bitcoin demand in the long term, while perpetual preferred stock covers different groups of income-oriented investors, providing another source of demand support for the market. Butterfill believes that preferred stock may amplify market cycles: when financing conditions are favorable, it supports Bitcoin purchases, but when market sentiment weakens, this support may diminish.
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