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Coins•Oct 12, 2026

South Korean Lender Jeonbuk Bank to Launch Bitcoin-Backed Loans

Key Highlights: Jeonbuk Bank is launching South Korea’s first-ever bitcoin-backed loans denominated in Korean won. The bank will not hold the collateral directly, utilizing registered domestic virtual asset custodians and third-party liquidation frameworks to mitigate direct exposure. The service represents an initial milestone in Jeonbuk Bank President Park Chun-won’s strategic “Crypto Bank” initiative. South Korean ...

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Coins•Oct 12, 2026

South Korea’s Jeonbuk Bank Launches Landmark Bitcoin Lending Experiment

Key Highlights: Jeonbuk Bank is rolling out corporate bitcoin-backed lending by leveraging revised Civil Enforcement Rules that permit court-ordered recovery without requiring the bank to hold direct custody of the digital assets. The South Korean lender established a digital-asset valuation model and ran stress tests on bitcoin, choosing the cryptocurrency for its high market capitalization, ...

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Coins•Oct 12, 2026

Bank of Russia Approves Sberbank for Crypto Exchange Services

Key Highlights: The Central Bank of Russia has officially authorized Sberbank to provide cryptocurrency exchange services. Russia’s largest lender was formally included in the central bank’s authorized crypto exchange register on Monday. The regulatory approval marks an expanded role for Sberbank within the nation’s evolving legal framework for digital assets. Central Bank of Russia Authorizes ...

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Coins•Oct 12, 2026

Standard Chartered to Custody Ripple Stablecoin in Dubai for Off-Exchange Trading

Key Highlights: Standard Chartered is expanding its institutional digital asset custody services to support Ripple’s USD-pegged stablecoin, RLUSD, specifically on the XRP Ledger. Through a planned collaboration with LMAX Group, clients will be able to utilize RLUSD as margin collateral via an off-exchange “collateral mirroring” structure. The collateral mirroring model ensures that assets remain safeguarded ...

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Coins•Oct 12, 2026

UK Faces Critical Decision on Fate of Seized 61,000 Bitcoin Worth Billions

Key Highlights: The UK High Court has ruled that Chinese law governs the ownership dispute concerning over 61,000 Bitcoins recovered from the massive “Blue Sky Green” investment fraud. British police originally seized the digital assets in 2018 following an operation targeting the multi-billion-pound scheme that defrauded investors between 2014 and 2017. The decision establishes governing ...

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Coins•Oct 12, 2026

Bitfinex Launches Tokenized Funds, Including One Targeting 8%–12% in Bitcoin

Key Highlights: Bitfinex Securities is offering two tokenized funds co-founded by CMCC Global and Willy Woo: the dollar-benchmarked Crest Fund and the Bitcoin-benchmarked LBAF. Tokens are priced at $10 for CREST and 0.0001 BTC for LBAF, featuring a six-month promotional window with 50% reduced performance fees and waived redemption fees. Tokenization infrastructure is powered by ...

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Coins•Oct 12, 2026

Cash Cat Rallies 12% Amid Broader Market Recovery but Remains Barely Bullish

Key Highlights Cash Cat posted a 12% price gain alongside a 14% increase in perpetual Open Interest, reaching $48.37 million. Bearish headwinds emerged as funding rates dropped, short positions expanded, and perpetual netflow saw approximately $544,000 exit the market. Forced liquidations totaled $7,760, with long traders absorbing the vast majority of liquidations at roughly $7,600 ...

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Coins•Oct 12, 2026

Ledger Hardware Wallets Sold in Europe Alleged to Contain Spyware

Key Highlights: Hardware wallet manufacturer Ledger is facing scrutiny after reports emerged of devices allegedly altered with unauthorized components, including an LTE module. A customer reported that two units bought through a major retail network spanning 11 European countries featured unexpected modifications intended to exfiltrate user data. One compromised unit has been sent to former ...

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Coins•Oct 12, 2026

Bitcoin Faces $80K Risk or $86K Rebound on CPI Data, Analysts Say

Key Highlights: Bitcoin price targets are pinned between an $80,000 downside risk and an $86,000 recovery, heavily hinging on upcoming U.S. CPI and PPI inflation reports. Institutional sentiment faces friction following substantial weekly spot Bitcoin ETF outflows, including a single-day withdrawal of $484.9 million on October 7. Geopolitical friction and elevated crude oil prices have ...

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Coins•Oct 12, 2026

This Week in Crypto Law: Key Legal and Regulatory Updates for October 11, 2026

Key Highlights: The U.S. CFTC proposed defining qualifying event contracts across politics, sports, culture, and weather as swaps, while issuing an interim final rule to exclude traditional sportsbook wagers and casino games. ESMA issued an opinion advising MiCA-authorized crypto-asset service providers to halt services for noncompliant asset-referenced and e-money tokens within three months. New York ...

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Coins•Oct 12, 2026

Ethereum Liquidity on Binance Hits Lowest Level in Seven Months

Key Highlights: Ethereum liquidity has experienced a sharp contraction, leaving activity on Binance below historical average levels following a sudden reversal in October. The liquidity metric followed a volatile path throughout 2026, dropping sharply in February, rebounding over the summer, and declining again in recent weeks. Rather than signaling direct selling, the decrease coincides with ...

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Coins•Oct 12, 2026

Bitfinex Securities Launches Tokenized Funds Using Tether’s Hadron Platform

Key Highlights: CMCC Global and Bitcoin analyst Willy Woo have partnered to list tokenized versions of the Crest and LBAF quantitative investment funds on Bitfinex Securities. Crest operates as a dollar-denominated fund outperforming U.S. Treasury bills, while LBAF targets an annualized net yield of 8% to 12% denominated directly in Bitcoin. Both offerings leverage Tether’s ...

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