Coinbase fined €3.25m in Ireland over five years of safeguarding failures
Ireland's central bank fined Coinbase Ireland €3.25m over safeguarding and outsourcing breaches spanning nearly five years, from 2020 to 2025.
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The FCA is taking crypto applications. The protections start in 2027
Crypto firms can now apply for FCA authorisation, with a 28 February 2027 deadline. The protections themselves only begin on 25 October 2027.
Dogecoin’s wallet, app and payments teams merge into one company
MyDoge, DogeOS and Such App are merging into Dogecoin Labs. The app layer is still on testnet and the merchant payments link is only planned.
FCA sets out when a DeFi website needs a UK licence
The FCA's draft guidance targets the websites that front DeFi protocols rather than the code itself. It's a proposal, open for comment until 18 November.
Stellar’s next upgrade adds quantum-resistant checks, with limits
Bell lets Stellar smart contracts verify post-quantum signatures. That is not the same as making the network quantum-proof, and the gap matters.
Mesh and Visa plan to let wallets spend crypto without a card
Mesh and Visa have announced a tie-up, not a launch: no date, no markets, no named wallets. And in the UK, spending crypto is a taxable disposal.
JPMorgan’s asset arm forecasts 10% a year for bitcoin
A 10% base case, a -11.2% bear case and 55% annual volatility. J.P. Morgan Asset Management still won't put bitcoin in its main portfolio models.
UK banks are blocking crypto transfers, and they’re allowed to
Banks can cap or refuse payments to crypto exchanges as a commercial decision. Here is the complaints route, and why a blocked transfer isn't frozen money.
Trezor is cutting resellers after supply-chain incidents
Trezor has dropped at least one reseller and is trimming the rest, calling the move preventive and saying there is no evidence devices were tampered with.
Solana’s 21 October upgrade will shrink its headline transaction count
Anza has set 21 October for Alpenglow, targeting 150-millisecond finality and removing validator votes from blocks, which will cut reported TPS.