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TREE NEWS update: DriveWealth will use Ripple’s RLUSD stablecoin on the XRP Ledger for settlement, collateral funding and custody, beginning in Europe. The brokerage infrastructure provider said the stablecoin will support cross-border payments. No timeline or volume figures were disclosed.

TREE NEWS reports: Crypto transfers from Canada to three Asian countries reached $2.36 billion, a 141% increase. Transfers to the Philippines alone rose 28% to $61 million. The data covers remittance-sized crypto transactions between Canada and the three destinations.

TREE NEWS update: Qivalis has secured an Electronic Money Institution authorization in the Netherlands, clearing the way to issue a euro-denominated stablecoin. The company said issuance is planned for the coming months, subject to additional MiCA requirements. The license makes Qivalis one of a growing group of firms building regulated euro stablecoins under the EU’s crypto framework.

TREE NEWS update: Ledger’s official support account said the team is responding to user inquiries through official channels and that device issues should be submitted directly to Ledger Support for one-on-one verification. The company stressed that it never makes unsolicited calls or direct messages and never asks for a 24-word seed phrase, calling any such request a scam. Users are advised to use Clear Sign to verify transactions where possible.

TREE NEWS update: The U.S. Office of the Comptroller of the Currency said nine major banks applied policies that denied, debanked and discriminated against certain customers and businesses, including digital asset firms, in a final report covering 2020 through September 2025. JPMorgan, Bank of America, Citibank, Wells Fargo, U.S. Bancorp, Capital One, PNC, TD Bank and BMO were named. Comptroller Jonathan V. Gould said the agency will assess further adjustments to its supervisory framework; no penalties were disclosed.

TREE NEWS reports: Bitcoin fell below 83,000 USDT, trading at 82,931.5 USDT, down 0.63% over the past 24 hours. The move marks a fresh intraday dip for the largest cryptocurrency.

TREE NEWS update: Payward, the parent company of crypto exchange Kraken, has agreed to acquire Lithuanian lender Saldo Bank, with the deal expected to close in 2027. The acquisition would let Payward expand its traditional banking services into four EU operating markets already served by Saldo Bank.

TREE NEWS reports: Strategy’s preferred stock STRC is closing in on its $100 par value, a level that could make the company a top buyer of Bitcoin again. As STRC approaches par, the preferred issuance gives Strategy renewed capacity to fund purchases, potentially displacing Michael Saylor as the second-largest buyer. The move comes as the company continues to expand its Bitcoin treasury strategy.

TREE NEWS update: China’s Zhuque-2 improved Y4 carrier rocket lifted off at 19:40 on October 14 from the Dongfeng Commercial Aerospace Innovation Test Zone, successfully placing 10 satellites into their planned orbits. The payload comprised Guoxing Aerospace’s Xing Shidai-39 and Xing Shidai-44 through 50 satellites alongside Guangchuan-03 and Guangchuan-04. The flight test mission was declared a complete success.

TREE NEWS update: China’s upgraded Zhuque-2 Y4 rocket lifted off at 19:40 on October 14 from the Dongfeng Commercial Aerospace Innovation Test Zone, successfully placing 10 satellites into their planned orbits. The payload included Guoxing Aerospace’s Xing Shidai-39 and Xing Shidai-44 to 50 satellites, along with Guangchuan-03 and Guangchuan-04. The test flight mission was declared a complete success.

TREE NEWS update: Evernorth said it plans a phased move into XRP lending and yield strategies for its $648 million XRP treasury, working with Ripple, Kraken, Coinbase and BitGo. The announcement follows the company’s Nasdaq debut. The partners will help put the treasury to work.

TREE NEWS reports: Real Vision founder Raoul Pal argues that most public blockchains are structurally doomed, citing CoinGecko data that over 13 million tokens stopped trading by the end of last year, the vast majority dying in 2025. He says only four survival paths exist: independent economies like Ethereum, Solana and Sui; vertical specialists like Hyperliquid; layer-2 networks; and BNB as a centralized platform token. Pal says only Ethereum, Solana and Sui held user economic density through the drawdown.

TREE NEWS reports: Ledger hardware wallet implants have renewed scrutiny of the middlemen handling devices before they reach buyers, including units sold through authorized sellers. The incident raises questions over how crypto users can verify the supply chain behind hardware wallets. No further details on scope or affected devices were provided.

TREE NEWS update: An incident involving the implantation of devices into Ledger hardware wallets has prompted a review of the intermediaries that handle devices before they reach buyers, including units sold through authorized retailers. The incident raises questions about how crypto users can verify the supply chain behind hardware wallets. No further details were provided about the scope of the impact or the affected devices.

TREE NEWS reports: A new educational explainer, Bitcoin 201, examines Bitcoin as a secure monetary network. It follows the system from rule enforcement and monetary design through fees, privacy, scaling, security, governance, mining economics, energy use, Lightning, and long-term adoption. The material is an educational overview rather than a news development, and contains no new announcements, figures or dated events.

TREE NEWS update: Qivalis, a 37-bank venture, has secured a Dutch e-money license for its planned euro stablecoin. The token will be distributed through financial intermediaries, with issuance expected in the coming months.

TREE NEWS update: Coins.ph said its license from the Philippine central bank remains intact, pushing back on reports that it could be revoked over alleged offshore gambling transactions. The exchange did not say whether regulators have opened a review of the matter. The Philippine central bank has not commented on the reported revocation claims.

TREE NEWS reports: Coins.ph said its license from the Philippine central bank remains valid, rebutting reports that it could be revoked over alleged foreign gambling transactions. The exchange did not say whether regulators have opened a review into the matter. The Philippine central bank has not commented on the reported revocation allegations.

TREE NEWS reports: Hong Kong actor and singer Alex Fong said in an October 2026 interview on the web show Chill Good that he bought NFTs during the pandemic and lost more than he had on stocks, with the sum large enough that he never told his family. The disclosure comes as star-backed collections have cratered: ZombieClub, co-created by Shawn Yue, traded at about 0.0064 ETH on OpenSea as of October 14, 2026, roughly 99% below its 0.666 ETH mint price, with zero 24-hour volume.

TREE NEWS update: Honda’s research institute, working with Taisei Corporation and Taisei Rotec, has developed a wireless dynamic charging system that powers electric vehicles, including large trucks, while they are in motion. The companies plan to run demonstration tests on highways after 2027. The technology continuously supplies power as an EV drives, cutting the number of times a vehicle must stop to charge at home or at charging stations.