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Adam Forsyth

Bank rate hikes cut stablecoin growth by 3 points

Stablecoin market growth has slowed when U.S. banks raised deposit interest rates, with new research finding that a one-basis-point increase in deposit rates was associated with roughly three percentage points less stablecoin market capitalization growth over ten weeks. Summary BIS researchers found higher deposit rates were associated with slower stablecoin growth over ten weeks.  A…

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Cysic halts bridge after hacker creates 10 million CYS

Cysic has suspended its cross-chain bridge after an attacker reportedly exploited a processing flaw to mint 10 million CYS tokens without authorization on BNB Smart Chain on October 17. Summary Cysic suspended its cross-chain bridge after an attacker reportedly minted 10 million unauthorized CYS tokens. The attacker allegedly exploited bridge processing weaknesses after gaining unauthorized…

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Can the sector find lasting buyers?

The memecoin market has entered the final quarter of 2026 at roughly $30 billion, with far more new tokens than lasting trading markets. CoinGecko put total crypto capitalization growth at 39.6% in Q3 even as average daily volume fell 8.6%, and a Bitquery study found most Pump.fun coins stopped trading after their first day. The…

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Tether backs AIsa to help AI agents make payments

Tether has invested in San Francisco-based artificial intelligence startup AIsa alongside HIVEN, completing a seed extension round that brings the company’s total funding to more than $9 million. Summary Tether and HIVEN joined AIsa’s latest funding round, bringing its total investment above $9 million. AIsa previously reported $6.5 million in funding after Alibaba and Tribe…

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