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Standard Chartered now holds Ripple's RLUSD stablecoin for institutions via its Dubai DIFC branch, and plans to let it serve as collateral at LMAX.

FSB Chair Andrew Bailey tells the G20 that AI valuations and AI cyber threats are risks, and stablecoin cross-border oversight is immature.

Musk says Grok Bot can research best prices and buy things for you. The feature dates from 28 August. What the approval step and single-use card mean.

Aave Labs has posted a request for comments to list USAT, a dollar stablecoin issued by Anchorage Digital Bank, on Aave V3 and V4 on Ethereum. Nothing is approved, no vote is scheduled and no risk settings are set.

HSBC and Ant Digital say an AI agent found a service, paid a micropayment and settled it in tokenised deposits in a test, not a commercial launch.

On 9 October 2026 four THORChain vault addresses on Tron were put on Tether's USDT blacklist, holding about a combined 1.45 million USDT, and removed about three hours later. Tron records confirm the listing and removal; the amount, the pause and the absence of an explanation are reported. What is confirmed, what is reported.

French MPs voted 38-37 for a crypto-to-stablecoin swap tax that would apply from 2027. It is a first-reading budget vote, not law, and the Senate must act.

Three crypto policy moves from 8 October 2026: an ESMA opinion telling MiCA-authorised firms to stop services in non-compliant stablecoins, Senator Blumenthal's letter asking Cantor Fitzgerald about its Tether ties, and a Greek draft bill proposing a 10% crypto capital-gains tax. What each one does, and what it doesn't.

Three AI-agent start-ups announced funding on 8 October: Hone ($60M seed), Vesta ($30M, reported) and Catalyst ($30M seed, reported). Crossmint launched a toolkit that lets AI agents pay by card. What each company says, who reported what, and which figures are company claims.

Sui reports 40.6 million transactions per second through off-chain "tunnels", not its base chain, and says Hashi, its Bitcoin collateral layer, goes live this month. Polygon's payments stack adds TRON's USDT. Lido contributors propose a security-first lending market that still needs a DAO vote. What each claim does and does not mean.