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Backed by $80 Million, Alta is Building the Infrastructure to Bring Global Banking Onchain

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San Francisco, CA, USA, November 10th, 2026, Chainwire New funding will advance institutional-grade blockchain infrastructure built for privacy, compliance, and global connectivity Alta, a financial infrastructure company building the foundation for the next generation of global finance, today announced it has raised $80 million in total funding, including a $47.5 million Series A round and $32.5 million in previous seed financing. The Series A was led by Index Ventures, with participation from GV (Google Ventures), Blackbird Ventures, Square Peg, and Capital 49. Alta is building new institutional-grade blockchain infrastructure that enables financial assets and products to move instantly, globally, and programmatically. Unlike existing infrastructure built primarily for crypto-native applications, Alta is designed to meet the privacy, compliance, neutrality, and operational requirements of regulated financial institutions while supporting transactions across assets, chains, and juris...
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NEAR Mobile Hits #1 in Finance App Rankings and Charts Across 38 Countries as NEAR Ecosystem Gains Momentum

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Escaldes-Engordany, Andorra, November 4th, 2026, Chainwire With over 1 million downloads, the NEAR ecosystem's largest mobile wallet expands its global reach while launching gasless cross-chain swaps across 120+ assets and 35+ blockchains powered by NEAR Intents. NEAR Mobile is gaining international traction, appearing in App Store rankings across 38 countries over a recent 31-day period, according to app ranking data from Toplify. The self-custodial wallet reached #1 in Finance in Serbia, #2 in Hungary, and #4 in Moldova and Oman , highlighting its growing visibility across international markets. NEAR Mobile also recently reached #7 in Finance in Finland and Nigeria. These milestones come amid growing attention around the NEAR ecosystem and its chain abstraction infrastructure. NEAR Intents, the protocol powering cross-chain execution across the ecosystem, has surpassed $33 billion in cumulative volume across 35 blockchains. With more than one million downloads, NEAR Mobile is t...
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The World Trades Here: Bybit's WSOT Is Coming Back With a Prize Pool of Up to 10 Million USDT

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Dubai, United Arab Emirates, October 28th, 2026, Chainwire Fresh from a record 520,451 traders and a GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS title in 2025, WSOT 2026 opens on October 29 and brings stocks, gold, and AI-assisted trading into the arena for the first time Bybit , the New Financial Platform trusted by more than 80 million users worldwide, today announced that the World Series of Trading (WSOT), its flagship global trading competition, returns for 2026. Registration opens on October 29, 2026 at 10AM UTC, and the competition runs until December 2, 2026, with a maximum prize pool of 10 million USDT. This year's theme, The World Trades Here , marks the biggest change in WSOT's six-year history. The competition expands from crypto into a multi-asset arena, where traders can compete on crypto, stocks, gold, oil, and indices from one account, and put AI to work in a dedicated new track. Ahead of opening day, Bybit is inviting traders, creators, and community leaders worldwide to step up as...
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Outpoll Expands Beyond Prediction Markets With Crypto Futures Trading

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Mahe, Seychelles, October 20th, 2026, Chainwire Forecast an event, trade the asset it moves, and manage both from one app. Today, Outpoll unveiled Trading, an integrated perpetual futures venue embedded directly into its prediction market ecosystem. Prediction markets, futures, and the Outpoll app now function seamlessly as a single service backed by a unified account balance. Traders can seamlessly analyze impending events, execute trades based on expected market movements, and consolidate all their positions under one dashboard. Consider the conventional approach: anticipating an interest rate cut by the Federal Reserve may involve taking a position on one platform, switching tabs to open a separate exchange, transferring capital, and then entering a long or short position on the index. Outpoll streamlines this into a single continuous process. A unified account balance supports both a position on the Federal Reserve decision and a position on the SPX500, or a forecast on oil supply...
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ALPS appoints Brian Turnbow to lead the development of next-generation AI data centers

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The Italian scale-up has appointed Turnbow to lead its technical expansion into artificial intelligence and high-performance computing, with an energy-to-compute approach that aims to harness renewable energy sources and reuse existing assets to develop more sustainable compute infrastructure. TRENTO, Italy, Oct. 15, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- ALPS announces the appointment of Brian Turnbow as Technical Director for AI. Founded in Trentino in 2018 and operating across four continents, the company is applying its expertise in designing, building, and operating data centers integrated with energy systems to AI and HPC. Access to power is one of the main constraints on AI infrastructure development. According to Terna data as of 31 August 2026, data center grid connection requests in Italy totalled more than 100 GW, up from around 30 GW at the end of 2024 — a rise that makes site selection and grid connection lead times critical. ALPS's energy-to-compute approach is based on a deliberate c...
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Travala Launches Native AI Travel Agent with BNB Chain & Binance Pay

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Singapore, Singapore, October 6th, 2026, Chainwire Travala has teamed up with BNB Chain and Binance Pay to launch a native AI travel booking agent directly on Travala that lets travellers search and book hotels using only a BNB Smart Chain (BSC) wallet with no setup required. To use the agent, travellers simply open the AI travel agent widget on Travala , fund any BSC wallet address with USDT (turning the wallet into a universal API key), and book the desired hotel from the options presented by the agent. In this three-way partnership, Travala supplies the hotel inventory, Binance Pay provides the settlement infrastructure, and BNB Chain brings the Machine Payments Protocol (MPP) Software Development Kit (SDK) standard, the agentic framework, and the distribution. Travellers can receive 10% back on their first booking over US$400 made via the agent. The 10% incentive is split into two components: 7% in BNB is paid directly to the payment wallet after the stay is completed, and an addi...
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Lowest Fee Bitcoin ATMs Announces Launch of More Than 400 ATMs Nationwide

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Las Vegas, NV, October 1st, 2026, Chainwire Lowest Fee Bitcoin ATMs announced the launch of more than 400 cryptocurrency ATMs across the United States. The machines allow customers to purchase Bitcoin, Ethereum, USDT and USDC with cash at a stated flat 5% fee. Customers can also pre-register online before visiting an ATM. Lowest Fee Bitcoin ATMs , a new nationwide low-fee Bitcoin ATM operator, launched today with an initial rollout of more than 400 Bitcoin ATMs across the United States, a footprint that places it amongst the largest Bitcoin ATM operators in the country on its first day. It also launched with a name that does most of the marketing department's job for it. The brand charges a flat 5% Bitcoin ATM fee to buy Bitcoin, Ethereum, USDT or USDC with cash, displays the fee and exchange rate on screen before the customer confirms, and, as of today, lets first-time customers register online in about two minutes so they can skip onboarding at the machine entirely. 400+ Bitcoin ...
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Ondo Launches Intelligent Portfolios, Powered by BlackRock, Bringing Portfolio Strategies Onchain

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New Ondo Intelligent Portfolios will offer portfolio tokens based on portfolio strategies developed by BlackRock for Ondo, bringing professionally designed portfolios delivered as single onchain tokens for eligible investors outside the United States. NEW YORK, Sept. 24, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Ondo Finance today launched a new onchain product category: Ondo Intelligent Portfolios, curated portfolios delivered as single onchain transferable tokens. The three portfolio tokens launched today are based on portfolio strategies powered by BlackRock, developed by BlackRock for Ondo, marking the first time eligible onchain investors can access exposure to such strategies through a single token. Diversified, professionally constructed strategies have historically required brokerage accounts and traditional fund structures. Now, delivered as peer-to-peer transferable tokens from Ondo, these onchain portfolios become accessible to eligible non-US investors in permitted jurisdictions through the...
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AML RightSource Recognized with CobraSight Award for Digital Asset Compliance Expertise

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Industry recognition highlights AML RightSource's expertise in helping organizations navigate evolving crypto and digital asset regulations HIGHLAND HILLS, Ohio, Sept. 17, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- AML RightSource, a global expert solutions provider of financial crime compliance managed services and advisory solutions, has been recognized by CobraSight with a 2026 Crypto & Digital Assets Growth Partner Award  in the Licensing & Compliance category. The award recognizes firms that demonstrate deep expertise, specialization, and experience supporting organizations operating within the digital asset ecosystem. As digital assets continue to move further into the financial mainstream, organizations face an increasingly complex regulatory environment. New and evolving requirements across jurisdictions are raising expectations around anti-money laundering, financial crime compliance, governance, licensing, and risk management. AML RightSource helps digital asset businesses, financial i...
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Tag Markets Names Craig Lund Chief Executive Officer

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Dubai, United Arab Emirates, September 10th, 2026, Chainwire The appointment brings a veteran of regulated digital-asset and brokerage businesses to a firm turning its focus from growth alone to the foundations that sustain it. Tag Markets today announced the appointment of Craig Lund as Chief Executive Officer. Lund will lead the company's executive team and its next phase of development, working alongside the firm's founders and existing stakeholders. Lund brings more than fifteen years of experience across financial services, regulated digital assets, operations and governance, with senior leadership roles at Merrill Lynch, M2, MidChains, BitOasis, and Property Finder. He has helped take multiple regulated financial businesses from formation to licensing across several jurisdictions, has led teams numbering in the hundreds, and has worked within organisations responsible for several billion dollars in trading volume. His experience spans risk, regulatory engagement, cross-b...
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Grupo Salinas Selects Integral Digital to Power Coinpro’s Institutional Digital Asset Trading Desk

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London, UK, September 3rd, 2026, Chainwire COINPRO will use Integral’s technology to aggregate liquidity, automate pricing and support wholesale transactions between digital assets and fiat currencies Integral , a leading currency technology provider, today announced that Grupo Salinas, through COINPRO, has selected Integral Digital as the technology infrastructure for Coinpro’s institutional digital asset trading desk. The desk is designed to serve corporate and institutional clients seeking to buy or sell digital assets against fiat currencies. Its wholesale model will support exchanges, digital asset companies and other businesses that require institutional pricing, liquidity and execution. Integral Digital will provide Coinpro with a single environment for liquidity aggregation, price formation, order and position management, risk controls and real-time analytics across digital assets and fiat currencies. By automating these functions, Coinpro will be able to quote and e...
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Aligned Launches $ALIGN, the Native Token of Its Full Ethereum Stack

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Montevideo, Uruguay, August 20th, 2026, Chainwire Aligned allows fintechs and institutions to build financial products on Ethereum, with one-click solutions for wallets, rollups, interoperability, and zero-knowledge services. Today, Aligned , a full-stack Ethereum infrastructure project, has launched $ALIGN *, the native token of its ecosystem, with listings on major exchanges. Aligned is working to turn Ethereum into the world's financial backend, and its ecosystem is the single integration fintechs, institutions, and enterprises use to build financial products on Ethereum. Less than one percent of the world's assets are onchain, and most of what has moved sits on Ethereum as stablecoins, tokenized treasuries, and wrapped assets. Building on top of them is still harder than it should be. A fintech going onchain usually signs with multiple vendors, one for wallets, another for scalability solutions (including rollups and proving systems), then spends months wiring them together...
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MEXC July TradFi Trading Shifts Toward AI Storage as SNDK Futures Volume Surges More Than 15x Times

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MUTSAMUDU, Comoros, August 13, 2026 – MEXC, a pioneer in 0-fee digital asset trading, has released its July TradFi trading data. Monthly trading volume in Stock and Index Futures increased by 64%, while the number of available instruments exceeded 285. Storage-related Futures volume rose by more than fivefold and accounted for nearly 20% of total TradFi Futures volume for the month, making storage the largest contributor to growth in July. Storage Emerges as the Main Growth Driver in Futures Trading Trading trends across AI-related instruments on MEXC diverged sharply in July. Storage-sector volume increased by 575% month over month, while computing-chip volume declined by 18%, indicating a shift in trading interest from computing chips toward data storage. Growth within the storage segment was concentrated among leading names. SanDisk (SNDK) recorded a 1,573% month-over-month increase and ranked first by trading volume among Stock and Index Futures. Micron (MU) tra...
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ARCS 2.0: Pioneering Data Sovereignty Through Real-World Utility and Cultural Heritage

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Tokyo, Japan, October 31st, 2025, Chainwire In a landmark evolution, the ARCS (ARX) project has transitioned from visionary foundations to tangible, real-world impact. Launched in 2019 with a bold mission to empower data sovereignty, enabling individuals to control and monetize their personal data, gaining fair economic value from it, ARCS has now entered its ARCS 2.0 phase. This strategic pivot integrates blockchain with physical assets, forging a decentralized economic ecosystem that bridges digital innovation and everyday utility. Recent milestones affirm the team's unwavering trajectory toward a sustainable, user-centric future. From Vision to Reality: Lessons of ARCS 1.0 ARCS 1.0 introduced a groundbreaking "data bank" model, rewarding users with ARX tokens for anonymous data contributions. While pioneering, it faced hurdles: the "cold start" challenge of simultaneous user and enterprise adoption, limited real-world use cases, and regulatory uncertainties...
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Aster’s Rocket Launch Surpasses $1B in Trading Volume, as Nubila Joins with Over 6 Million $NB in Rewards

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George Town, British Virgin Islands, October 31st, 2025, Chainwire Aster , the decentralized trading platform, has generated strong momentum with its innovative product Rocket Launch . In the first six days following the debut of Rocket Launch, Aster recorded approximately $122 million in spot trading volume and $933 million in perpetual trading volume. Within five days after APRO’s $AT token TGE, Aster captured over 90% of the market share in $AT perpetual trading, underscoring Rocket Launch’s significant contribution to overall market activity. Since its debut on October 24, Rocket Launch has meaningfully increased both user activity and engagement on the platform. On October 29, Aster announced a 500,000 $AT Loyalty Bonus distributed to early participants who traded within the first four days of the campaign. The platform also disclosed that the spot trading competition features a reward pool of no less than 1.5 million $AT, followed by a perpetual trading campaign with a...
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