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Former Swift CEO Lazaro Campos becomes chairman of stablecoin yield firm OpenTrade
Campos, who ran the financial messaging network that connects more than 11,000 institutions, joins OpenTrade as it reports $300 million in total value locked.
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Polygon Labs brings Open Money Stack payments to Solana
Businesses on Solana can use Polygon's banking connections and payment services through one integration, while stablecoin transfers stay on Solana.
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Uber completes tokenized treasury pilot with HSBC, Franklin Templeton on Canton Network
Uber bought and redeemed shares of a tokenized money market fund using tokenized bank deposits, with settlement running through a weekend, the companies said.
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Canada proposes stablecoin rules requiring Bank of Canada registration and one-to-one reserves
The Department of Finance published draft regulations under the Stablecoin Act, opening a 60-day comment period before rules the government intends to take effect in fall 2027.
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Mizuho cuts Circle price target, says AI assistants pose marked risk to stablecoin revenue
The bank's simulation found AI agents steering cash away from USDC, and it projects reserve revenue falling 10% to 20% as agent adoption widens.
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OCC grants Ripple final approval for national trust bank
The charter lets Ripple supervise RLUSD reserves and offer fiduciary crypto custody under federal oversight.
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Anthropic Opens Claude Duet Waitlist, an Agent That Buys Supplies With Human Approval
Anthropic opened a waitlist for Claude Duet, a proactive agent for professionals and small business owners that asks before acting.
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South Korea's finance ministry meets five crypto exchanges as ruling-party bill seeks to push 22% tax to 2029
A closed-door session on October 20, 2026 reviewed tax readiness while a bill would tie the start date to OECD crypto reporting.
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Mastercard Opens Early Access to Agent Pay for Machines
Mastercard released first-version buyer and seller APIs, a sandbox and documentation for AI agents that pay for digital services over x402.
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US Banks Detect Unvetted AI Agents Operating Inside Customer Accounts
Customers are handing login credentials to personal AI agents, setting up a dispute over how agents should reach bank systems.
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Surplus Intelligence reports record 312.6 billion daily tokens as rivals question paid demand
Surplus's dashboard shows daily inference volume up about 2.3 times in under a month, while AntSeed's Amos Meiri argues token counts say little about how much anyone actually pays.
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Bankr Club to distribute free hoodies to top 100 members
Limited-edition apparel giveaway tied to a 30-day leaderboard snapshot on October 21, 2026.
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Google’s Gemini 4 Argon Goes Live on Bankr LLM Gateway
BankrBot announced on October 13, 2026, that Google’s Gemini 4 Argon model is now available through its LLM gateway, accessible with a single API key and payable in any cryptocurrency.
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Bankr says token launch fees can pay for the AI calls its agents make
The @bankrbot account said on October 1, 2026 that a coin's launch fees can fund the model calls its own agent makes, through a gateway that spans Claude, GPT and Gemini.
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Runtime Agent Week demo day carries $20,000 Bankr grand prize
Runtime Agent Week runs in New York and online through Saturday, September 19, closing with Build and Demo Day at Fonzi HQ; submissions shut at 4 PM Eastern with a $20,000 Bankr grand prize and four opt-in sponsor tracks.