October 9, 2026
Standard Chartered plans to offer digital-asset custody services in Singapore, according to the bank's own announcement. The proposal is explicitly subject to regulatory approval, a condition also highlighted in CoinGape's report on the plan.
Read story →October 7, 2026
Russia has approved Sberbank, the country's largest state-owned bank, as a regulated crypto custodian authorized to hold Bitcoin, Ethereum and Tether's USDT on behalf of clients, a significant step in Russia's push to bring digital assets under formal banking oversight.
Read story →October 5, 2026
Kraken's parent company Payward is integrating SGB-Net, a settlement network built on the Songbird blockchain, to enable instant finality for digital-asset trades, a move that puts pressure on crypto infrastructure to close the gap with traditional finance's clearing rails.
Read story →October 5, 2026
Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse took to X to admit his team came up short in its push to advance the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act, a rare public acknowledgment of a legislative stumble from one of crypto's most vocal policy advocates.
Read story →October 9, 2026
The UK's sanctions regime allows designation on the basis of suspected links, meaning platforms do not need to be convicted of an offence before restrictions take effect. That distinction matters: businesses and individuals interacting with these platforms face liability the moment the designations are published.
Read story →October 8, 2026
President Trump declared that the United States will not strike Iran before the November 3 midterm elections, a timing signal that landed squarely in crypto markets as Bitcoin moved higher on the news.
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