JUST IN: Ripple's collaboration with $2.2T BNY is expanding into custody and tokenized trade finance using $RLUSD, $XRP and the XRP Ledger. 🔥

Bitcoin Is Quietly Preparing For Its Next Rally xitter.cf/i/broadcasts/2mdjnamRW…

🇺🇸JUST IN: Crypto companies have spent approx. $176 MILLION across more than 100 U.S. midterm races, per Reuters. The goal: garner bipartisan support from lawmakers who decide the rules for exchanges, stablecoins, market structure, and digital-asset custody.

JUST IN: Binance files for a crypto license in Brazil, adding another major market to its regulatory expansion. 🚀

BULLISH: Wall Street is in its “stablecoins and tokenization, not Bitcoin” phase again, per Galaxy Research 🔥 HSBC, JPMorgan, the OCC and central banks are all racing into crypto rails, while $BTC sits near the bottom of 2026’s asset rankings. The last two times this happened, Bitcoin went on to run 83x and 20x. 🚀

LATEST: BNB Chain is building a new high-speed Layer 1 with ~200ms blocks and ~20ms pre-confirmations 👀 No new token. $BNB powers gas, staking and governance on both chains. CZ summed it up as multiple chains, one coin. 🔥 Public testnet by end of 2026, mainnet early 2027.

JUST IN: Ripple just got final OCC approval to charter Ripple National Trust Bank 🚨 The federally supervised trust bank will manage $RLUSD reserves and offer crypto custody to institutions. Crypto keeps moving inside the U.S. banking system.

NEW: Lightning Labs just opened Wavelength to everyone on Bitcoin mainnet, letting AI agents hold, send and receive $BTC on their own. 🤖 Agents can pay for data, services and other agents over Lightning, for under a cent. AI is getting a Bitcoin wallet. 🔥

MASSIVE: Akash Network is leaving its own blockchain for Solana ⚡️ $AKT holders are voting to turn AKT into a Solana token, swapped 1:1, with ~98% early support. Akash cited lower costs, no single operator and joining $SOL DePIN ecosystem.

LATEST: 🇨🇦Canada opens consultation on proposed stablecoin rules, keeping issuer-paid interest and yield OFF the table. The draft requires 1:1 reserves at qualified Canadian institutions, redemption transfers initiated within 3 business days, and redemption fees capped at 1%. Clearer rules for crypto payments, but earning yield simply for holding stablecoins remains a sticking point.

🔍INSIGHT: Voluntary buyouts covering ~27% of Microsoft’s global headcount show how even the strongest AI leaders are quietly resizing. They’re not cutting the AI bets -- they’re cutting around them. Expect more of this across Big Tech: keep the high-cost, high-uncertainty AI investments, and use softer exits to manage the rest of the P&L.

⚠️WARNING: @KeystoneWallet says its hardware wallet verification key was stolen, potentially allowing counterfeit devices to PASS its official authenticity check. The company says wallet private keys and recovery phrases were not exposed and devices bought before Oct. 20 should be safe. But "verify before you trust" gets complicated when the verification itself can't be trusted. Add it to the growing list of hardware wallet security incidents in 2026...

📈🇺🇸MARKET REBOUND: US stocks climb after President Trump pauses planned attacks on Iran. The S&P 500 up roughly 0.8% and Nasdaq up over 1%, with Nvidia $NVDA and Tesla $TSLA helping drive the rebound. Easing geopolitical risk could be a big tailwind for risk assets.

JUST IN: Ripple launches 24/7 AI-powered money management for businesses. ⚡ AI agents for forecasting, liquidity, risk monitoring, reconciliation & reporting 💰 Combines cash with $XRP & $RLUSD 👤 Human approval before any action is executed This builds on Ripple’s GTreasury acquisition and the expansions it showed at Swell 2026 🚀