Solana enters US banking with 90 North Dakota banks leading it

North Dakotas banks and credit unions are getting a dollar settlement route on Solana as banking technology provider Fiserv brings its digital asset platform into production.  Related Asset Solana #7 SOL · $119.95 24-hour change: up 2.46% Loading price history… 24H Up 2.46% 7D Up 0.06% 30D Up 20.88%  In its Oct. 1 announcement, the company identified Roughrider Coin, an interbank payment token overseen by the Bank of North Dakota (BND), as the platforms first live use case.  Participating institutions will access it through Commercial Center, Fiservs online banking system already used for traditional interbank transfers. BND says initiation, approval, and settlement will run through the same operational channels banks use for ACH and wires, allowing staff to work through familiar banking systems.  Fiserv says more than 90 North Dakota banks and credit unions are participating. That figure describes participation in the rollout, leaving how much money actually moves through Roughrider undisclosed.  The production milestone follows Bank of North Dakota and Fiservs October 2025 announcement, which planned availability in 2026.  Public network, controlled access  BND‘s deployment documentation describes Roughrider as a permissioned asset on Solana’s public blockchain. Participation is voluntary and restricted to financial institutions, and token transfers run on Solana under those institutional access controls.  US bank

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South Korea advances tokenized securities rules ahead of 2027 rollout

South Korea‘s Financial Services Commission has proposed detailed regulations for issuing and trading tokenized securities as the country’s regulatory framework is set to take effect in February 2027.  The changes would allow stocks, bonds, funds and certain fractional investment securities to be issued and circulated in tokenized form.  The proposal also introduces requirements for companies issuing and managing tokenized securities. Under the proposed changes, companies issuing tokenized securities while directly managing customer accounts would need at least 4 billion Korean won ($2.8 million) in equity capital and dedicated compliance and technology staff.  Separately, revisions to capital markets regulations would create an additional over-the-counter exchange license for debt securities and cap retail investors at 100 million won ($70,000) in annual net purchases on each OTC exchange.  The proposal builds on a three-phase roadmap unveiled on Sept. 4 for bringing securities issuance and trading onto distributed-ledger infrastructure.  The rules will undergo public consultation from Friday to Nov. 11 before an approval process begins. The proposed regulations are scheduled to take effect on Feb. 4, 2027, alongside amendments recognizing distributed ledgers as infrastructure for issuing and circulating securities.

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Upbit adds AI powered tools to explain why crypto prices are moving

Upbit has expanded its AI powered market analytics platform with new tools that summarize daily crypto market conditions and identify news and events linked to price moves in individual digital assets.  SummaryUpbit has expanded Data Lab with AI Market Report and Uptrace, giving users AI generated market summaries and analysis of factors linked to individual crypto price moves.AI Market Report uses major asset prices, gainers and losers, sentiment indicators and the Upbit composite index to produce weekday videos lasting no more than 90 seconds.Uptrace connects price data with related news, allowing users to select markers on asset charts and view AI analysis of events linked to price movements.Dunamu has reorganized AI News Briefing into Real time Issues and Topic NOW, separating ranked market news from summaries that track how individual stories develop.Upbit Data Lab has added several tools since its April 2025 launch, including technical indicators, U.S. spot Bitcoin and Ether ETF flow tracking and an asset screener.  Dunamu, the operator of South Koreas largest cryptocurrency exchange Upbit, said Friday that the additions were introduced through Upbit Data Lab, its analytics service launched in April 2025.  The latest update introduces AI Market Report and Uptrace, while an existing AI news service has been

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SBI wants stablecoin QR payments for Japan-Korea travel

SBI DigiTrust has started testing stablecoin-based remittances and QR payments between Japan and South Korea with NICE Information & Telecommunication and DSRV, with the three companies targeting completion by the end of December 2026.  SBI Group said on Oct. 1 that the partners are testing a scenario in which Japanese travelers pay at NICE-affiliated merchants in South Korea by scanning QR codes. The work covers how money moves from the Japanese customer to the Korean merchant, what payment instructions are needed and how the companies systems would connect.  SBI DigiTrust Partners with South Korean Firms to Test Cross-Border Stablecoin Payments  SBI DigiTrust, a blockchain infrastructure provider under the SBI Group, has entered into an agreement with South Korean payment processor NICE Information & Telecommunication and blockchain… pic.twitter.com/BQO6qEicw1  — Norbert Gehrke (@norbertgehrke) October 2, 2026  SBI stablecoin test focuses on tourist QR payments  The official announcement says the companies are studying a practical checkout flow instead of limiting the project to blockchain transfers between test wallets. NICE contributes its existing payment infrastructure and merchant operations, while DSRV examines the blockchain architecture needed to support the settlement process.  SBI DigiTrust handles the Japanese regulatory, financial and digital-asset side of the project. The SBI Group company said its role includes

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Bitcoin Lightning security alert issued as attackers target older Core Lightning nodes

Core Lightning has warned Bitcoin Lightning Network node operators to upgrade immediately after receiving reports that attackers are targeting systems still running version 26.06.7 or earlier.  According to the Core Lightning team, operators using affected older releases should move to the latest version as soon as possible, weeks after developers released another round of security fixes for the open source Lightning node software.  “Urgent security update: If youre running version 26.06.7 or earlier, please upgrade to the latest release as soon as possible,” the team said.  Core Lightning has not disclosed which vulnerabilities are being targeted in the reported attacks or what an attacker could potentially achieve against an unpatched node. The warning therefore does not establish whether the attacks involve one of the flaws fixed in September or a separate issue affecting older versions.  The alert follows a series of security updates that Core Lightning developers have released since August. As crypto.news previously reported, the project confirmed multiple vulnerabilities in August after reviewing a large number of AI generated Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures reports.  At the time, operators waiting for the security release were given the option of running Core Lightning with its offline setting. The configuration disconnected a node from Lightning peers and

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South Korea clears token rules for stocks, bonds and funds

South Korea has proposed detailed rules for bringing tokenized securities into its regulated capital markets from Feb. 4, 2027, including a KRW100 million annual retail purchase cap on each licensed over-the-counter exchange.  SummarySouth Korea will let stocks, bonds and funds enter its tokenized securities framework in 2027.Retail investors face a KRW100 million annual net purchase limit on each licensed OTC exchange.Issuers managing customer accounts need KRW4 billion capital plus dedicated compliance and technology staff members.Distributed ledgers must involve two account managers plus Korea Securities Depository under proposed rules framework.Public comments run through November 11 before approvals and the February 4, 2027 launch date.  The Financial Services Commission said its proposed subordinate regulations entered public consultation on Oct. 2 and will remain open for comments through Nov. 11. The measures cover which securities can be tokenized, how distributed ledgers must operate, requirements for issuers managing customer accounts and a new OTC licensing structure.  You might also like:  South Korea to let stocks, bonds and funds go onchain  South Korea opens token rules to regular securities  The FSC proposal allows conventional securities such as stocks, bonds and investment funds to be issued and circulated in tokenized form. Fractional investment products, including non-monetary trust beneficiary certificates and investment contract

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SEC Proposes New Crypto Custody Framework

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has proposed a new regulatory framework for crypto.  The aforementioned framework would make it easier for registered investment advisers and regulated funds to get exposure to the novel asset class on behalf of clients, including, in some cases, through self-custody.  The proposal would amend custody requirements under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 and the Investment Company Act of 1940.  The SEC would permit advisers to self-custody certain crypto assets when an appropriate outside custodian is unavailable. State-chartered trust companies would also receive a pathway to be crypto custodians.  SEC Chairman Paul Atkins has stated that existing custody rules were built around a financial system that looked very different from todays.  Bitcoin did not exist when much of the framework was developed. Since then, crypto has become a multi-trillion-dollar asset class sought by investors.  Atkins said the proposal is intended to replace the regulatory uncertainty surrounding crypto custody with a defined compliance framework for investment advisers and funds. In his words, the existing rules had been “crafted for a bygone era.”  It is worth noting that these are only proposed rules. Their final form could change following public feedback.  The proposal does not simply give investment advisers unrestricted permission to hold private

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Electrum patches Lightning flaw, but old Bitcoin backups break

Electrums latest security update fixes a Lightning backup defect, but some Bitcoin wallet users still need to replace saved backups.  Related Asset Bitcoin #1 BTC · $85,435.87 24-hour change: up 1.91% Loading price history… 24H Up 1.91% 7D Up 2.11% 30D Up 10.74%  Older backups from wallets with non-deterministic Lightning keys lack information needed to reclaim funds from anchor channels, a Lightning channel type, after a remote close.  Version 4.8.2, dated Sept. 11, remains the latest release listed on Electrums official website as of Oct. 1.  The individual-backup fix adds payment-key information needed to claim the users balance from an anchor channel closed by the peer. Without that information, an affected backup lacks the key needed to sweep the output, meaning claim the coins on the Bitcoin blockchain.  Which wallets need attention?  Electrums release notes define two conditions that must coincide: the wallet has non-deterministic Lightning keys, and the backup concerns an anchor channel.  Non-deterministic keys cannot be recreated from the wallets seed. The warning covers individual channel exports and exported full-wallet backups concerning Lightning recovery.  Lightning wallets based on BIP39 seeds or imported extended private keys (xprvs) always have non-deterministic Lightning keys. Electrum-seed wallets differ: their Lightning keys are deterministic when the wallet file was created in

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Core Lightning warns attackers are targeting unpatched Bitcoin nodes

The team behind Core Lightning, an open-source node software for the Bitcoin Lightning Network, has urged operators running older versions to upgrade immediately after receiving reports of attackers targeting unpatched nodes.  “Urgent security update: If youre running version 26.06.7 or earlier, please upgrade to the latest release as soon as possible,” the team said on Friday.  Core Lightning did not specify which vulnerabilities attackers were targeting or the potential impact. Cointelegraph reached out to Core Lightning for comment.Source: Blockstream  On Sept. 16, Core Lightning said it was investigating reports of a potential issue affecting experimental features in Core Lightning that could impact user funds. It then released version 26.06.8 around six days later.  The Sept. 22 update delivered bug fixes alongside patches for “vulnerabilities responsibly reported by a number of sources.” The release notes credit the Bitcoin Red Team and 12 other named individuals and groups, along with anonymous reporters.  Some of the fixes addressed flaws that could crash senders nodes, requests that could exhaust memory in its REST interface and a channel-closing bug that could cause users to lose funds to a penalty, according to the changelog.  However, the release deliberately withheld some tests to make it harder for attackers to reverse-engineer and exploit vulnerabilities

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69% of Retail Polymarket Traders Finish in the Red, Galaxy Finds

Galaxy Research found that 69.2% of retail Polymarket accounts finished below break-even in a study of 2.9 million wallets. Together, those traders sit $338.9 million in the red.  The analysis draws on Polymarkets full on-chain settlement record, with data curated by oracle network Stork. It covers only the international platform, which runs separately from the US app.  Sponsored  Sponsored  How Galaxy Separated Humans From Scripts  Galaxy used 50 orders per active day as its cutoff for likely automated accounts. The firm called the threshold a judgment call, since trading frequency shows no natural break.  That filter removed 125,429 accounts, which placed 80.8% of all orders and finished $246.8 million ahead.  Follow us on X to get the latest news as it happens  Distribution of Profitability Across Polymarket accounts. Source: Galaxy Research  Among the remaining retail wallets, the median account is down about $3. Larger losses sit in the tails, with the bottom 1% losing at least $4,804.  Losing also appears to push traders away. Within 30 days of a loss, 15.2% of accounts had not traded again, against 6.1% after a win. Galaxy cautioned that it cannot link multiple wallets to one person, so some apparent quitters may have switched to new addresses.  The results line up with a Yale study

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