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Short answer: Circle is shutting down USDC on the Noble chain. New minting through Circle Mint stopped on October 13, 2026. Redemptions through Circle Mint run until January 12, 2027. After that, Noble USDC can only be recovered by a manual process. If your USDC sits on Noble, move it. Do it before the January…
Short answer: Strategy disclosed on October 19, 2026 that it bought 267 BTC for $22.1 million between October 12 and 18, lifting holdings to 848,517 BTC. In the same filing it spent $193.1 million repurchasing STRC preferred shares, about 8.7 times the bitcoin purchase, and raised its buyback authorization from $2.0 billion to $3.0 billion….
Short answer: Since October 12, 2026, eligible Bybit users can buy more than 1,000 US stocks and ETFs with USDC and pay no trading commission. The shares are real securities, not perpetual contracts. Alpaca executes the orders and holds the shares. Voting rights are not live yet. Zero commission is not the same as zero…
Short answer: Binance listed RWUSD on October 13, 2026. You can trade RWUSD/USDT on spot, and trading is fee-free for now. You cannot deposit or withdraw RWUSD. Redeeming it pays out USDC, not the stablecoin you put in. Binance says nothing in the notice about a guaranteed rate. Read the redemption and withdrawal lines before…
Short answer: Coinbase said on October 7, 2026 that its Deribit integration is complete. Eligible US institutions can onboard through Coinbase Prime now. Eligible retail traders outside the US are promised options in the coming weeks. US retail is planned for later in 2026 with no firm date. A new matching engine and updated Advanced…
Short answer: OKX stops accepting WebSocket connections on port 8443 on October 31, 2026 for the public internet. Colo connections follow on November 16. The fix is to delete :8443 from your WebSocket URLs. The host and path stay the same. REST calls are not affected. A separate ELP-to-RPI rename also hits its deadline on…
Short answer: Kraken stops deposits and trading for 13 assets on October 23, 2026 at 14:00 UTC. Withdrawals stay open until January 29, 2027 at 15:00 UTC. Anything left is sold automatically between February 1 and 12, 2027, at whatever the thin market pays. So you get one last window to sell on Kraken and…
Short answer: Schwab Crypto is now open to all eligible Schwab clients, CEO Rick Wurster said at the firm’s Fall Business Update this week. The fee is 0.75% per buy and per sell with no spread. On a $5,000 Bitcoin purchase that is $37.50 going in and another $37.50 coming out. Coinbase charges a spread…
Short answer: Bitcoin Well’s US Bitcoin IRA page, checked on October 17, 2026, lists a $210 annual fee that starts after your first contribution, with no setup or exit fees, Heritage IRA as administrator and BitGo as custodian. The page does not print a trading spread. Bitcoin Well’s regular US portal charges 1.2% each way,…
Short answer: Binance’s delisting notice published on October 14, 2026 ends spot trading in Epic Chain (EPIC) and QuickSwap (QUICK) at 03:00 UTC on October 28, 2026. The dates that actually bite come earlier. Futures positions are force-closed at 09:00 UTC on October 20. Margin pairs go at 10:00 UTC the same day. Simple Earn…