Catch up on the biggest crypto news from October 7, 2026, covering major industry developments, company updates, regulation, partnerships, and market-moving announcements.
MoonPay said it gave every X account a Solana and EVM wallet through the PayBox app. Connect an X account, then others can send crypto to that handle from Claude, ChatGPT, or Grok.
Ledger launched self-custodial Bitcoin-backed loans. Users can borrow USDC or USDT against wrapped BTC through Morpho.
House Financial Services Committee Chair French Hill said the SEC and CFTC crypto rules “fall short” of the permanent changes in the CLARITY Act. He hopes Congress can pass the bill in the lame-duck session before the new Congress in 2027.
CFTC Chair Michael Selig said Congress could still modify the agency’s crypto framework later. That follows Monday’s Regulation CTX / CAM proposal for an optional federal path on leveraged retail crypto trading.
The SEC’s approval of 3x leveraged Bitcoin and Ethereum funds is still being recapped and discussed online.
Hong Kong is moving to file a bill by the end of 2026 that would extend licensing beyond exchanges into virtual-asset dealing, custody, investment advice, and asset management. It builds on existing rules for trading platforms and stablecoins. X Viral posts cast it as a direct answer to the stalled U.S. Clarity Act; the narrower version is a licensing expansion, not a confirmed “largest Bitcoin bill.”
Ripple signed a custody and tokenization review with South Korea’s Meritz Securities, focused on how institutional digital-asset custody and tokenized products could be structured. It is a review partnership, not a live product launch or a confirmed trading rollout.
Evernorth is a planned public company that would hold a large XRP treasury, similar to a Bitcoin treasury firm. Its Nasdaq listing under the ticker XRPN was expected sooner and has been pushed to about October 12. The listing is delayed, not cancelled.
Paxos has added XRP to its brokerage platform, so clients can hold and trade it alongside the firm’s other supported assets. The move extends XRP access through a regulated issuer and broker rather than only through exchanges.
Russia’s largest bank, Sberbank, was approved as a crypto custodian and can launch Bitcoin, Ethereum, and USDT products.
Wells Fargo is in talks with Kraken parent Payward on crypto trading liquidity.
Robinhood has put about $25 million of Bitcoin on its corporate balance sheet, its first treasury allocation after years of management skepticism. The position is small next to its cash reserves, under 0.5% of about $5.36 billion. It is a company holding, not a change to customer accounts or the trading app.
Samsung is putting USDC into Samsung Wallet for about 82 million U.S. Galaxy devices. Transfers run on Solana and Sui. Reports say the Solana rollout starts the last week of October. Users can send USDC to compatible wallets and bank accounts in 60+ countries, with no separate crypto app. Coinbase and Bastion operate the USDC; Bastion is the licensed custodian. Solana transactions still pay a fee in SOL. Sui transfers in this setup are described as zero network fee and not requiring a SUI balance. Future features may include in-store or online stablecoin payments.