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Seoul, South Korea, November 5th, 2026, Chainwire With phased rollout targeted for the first half of 2027, the service is expected to connect LINE FRIENDS’ online and offline commerce with the Web3 ecosystem, offering customers in Korea and abroad an additional payment option for purchasing physical products with minicoin Digital IP entertainment company IPX (formerly LINE FRIENDS) plans to introduce a payment service using ‘minicoin’ at LINE FRIENDS online and offline stores. The service is intended to make digital asset payments a seamless extension of the fan experience, linking fans’ engagement with character IP to the point of purchase and connecting IPX’s online and offline commerce with a Web3-based digital ecosystem. For more than a decade, IPX has brought its character IPs to life through products, content, and pop-ups, extending these experiences across online and offline channels worldwide. Building on its expertise in IP and retail, the introdu...

Bybit's record-breaking trading competition returns with new Global Assets and AI arenas, Early Bird squad rewards, and a five-week schedule running to December 2, 2026 DUBAI, UAE, Oct. 29, 2026 /PRNewswire/ --  Bybit , the New Financial Platform trusted by more than 80 million users worldwide, today opened registration for the World Series of Trading (WSOT) 2026 , its flagship global trading competition. From 10AM UTC today, eligible traders worldwide can register, create or join a squad, and start the Preheat Quest, with a prize pool of up to 10 million USDT on offer until December 2, 2026 at 10AM UTC. Under this year's theme, The World Trades Here, WSOT grows from a crypto competition into a multi-asset trading tournament. Two new arenas sit alongside the Squad and Individual Showdowns: Global Assets, where traders compete on stocks, gold, oil, and indices, and the AI P&L Showdown, where strategies run through Bybit AI. WSOT 2026 builds on a record 2025 edition, which dr...

Singapore, Singapore, October 22nd, 2026, Chainwire Travala's monthly AVA Strategic Reserve buyback will now match up to 3x the AVA rewards earned by AVA Smart members Travala , the Binance-backed crypto travel booking platform, and the AVA Foundation—Travala’s loyalty program provider and issuer of the platform’s native AVA token—today announced the AVA Buyback Multiplier, an upgrade to the AVA Strategic Reserve launched in September 2026.  Under the new structure, Travala's monthly match of the AVA Foundation's buyback scales with the AVA giveback rewards earned by AVA Smart members for booking travel, rising from 1x to up to 3x and taking total monthly buybacks to up to four times member givebacks. Each month, the AVA Foundation buys back the AVA given to AVA Smart members as booking rewards in the previous month and returns it to its rewards pool. To date, the AVA Foundation has bought back 5,423,181 AVA through its monthly buybacks. Travala matches the ...

Kingstown, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, October 15th, 2026, Chainwire On October 15, with the help of independent security researchers, we found a vulnerability affecting one of the integrations used on the ChangeNOW website. The vulnerability has now been fixed. We currently have no evidence that it was exploited. But we also can’t assume that the researchers who reported it were the only ones to find it. Because of that, we’re looking at the different possible scenarios and warning clients about the information that could potentially have been exposed. This may include email addresses and transaction details. Please note ChangeNOW’s transaction infrastructure was not affected, and customer funds were never at risk. The main thing clients should watch out for now is suspicious or fraudulent messages. A phony message could reference real transactions or support to appear legitimate. If you get an unexpected message that looks like it's from ChangeNOW, please chec...

Tallinn, Estonia, October 8th, 2026, Chainwire SaaS and eCommerce increased their combined share from 48.26% to 55.54%, while Trading moved from 14.07% to 13.15%. Businesses can build stablecoin infrastructure around the wrong problem. The mistake is treating stablecoins primarily as a coin-and-network decision. For a digital business, they may need to support a much broader set of operating workflows, including billing, checkout, settlement, payouts, and reconciliation. Which of those workflows matters most depends on the business model. New aggregated data from NOWPayments shows the industry mix shifting toward businesses that use payments as part of their day-to-day operations. Between January 16 and July 16, 2026, SaaS and web services accounted for 27.78% of classified partners. eCommerce Marketplaces followed at 27.76%. Together, the two sectors represented 55.54% of the sample. During the same period in 2025, their combined share was 48.26%. The increase of 7.28 percentage po...

Frankfurt, New York, October 1st, 2026, Chainwire Partnership to explore the use of Arc for tokenized securities on 21X Group’s trading and settlement systems 21X Group , whose subsidiary 21X AG operates the first fully regulated trading and settlement system for tokenized securities in the EU, today announced that it has been named a Day-1 launch partner in the Arc ecosystem as the network moves to public mainnet in the EU and US. 21X Group and Circle have entered into a collaboration to build use cases for issuers and brokers of tokenized securities on Arc across EU and US markets. Arc is an open, EVM-compatible Layer-1 blockchain built for the world’s financial markets, real-time money movement and agentic economic activity. It uses stablecoins as gas, starting with Circle’s own USDC. In the EU, 21X AG operates a venue where institutional participants can issue, trade and settle tokenized securities through atomic delivery versus payment, reducing settlement time an...

Miami, Florida, September 24th, 2026, Chainwire A Metalayer Capital strategy backed by an initial institutional allocation uses GLDY as the long leg of a delta-neutral gold trade, creating a new channel for demand for Streamex’s yield-bearing tokenized gold, with follow-on investments anticipated. Streamex Corp. , a Nasdaq-listed a technology company building the future of the commodity markets through tokenization, has secured a commitment of institutional capital, a test of whether tokenized commodities can draw buyers beyond individual investors. A leading institutional investor has made an initial $1 million allocation, with follow-on investments anticipated, to a relative-value strategy that uses GLDY, Streamex’s gold-backed token, as its long gold position, according to a person with knowledge of the matter who isn’t authorized to speak on behalf of the company. The strategy is run by Metalayer Capital , a systematic investment manager, through its Aureon Relati...

London, United Kingdom, September 18th, 2026, Chainwire CT3 will participate in CoinFerenceX Singapore 2026, the world’s first decentralized Web3 summit. The company will be represented on stage by Leandro Gomes, CTO and Head of Partnerships & Governance. Participation in the conference will be an important step for CT3 in increasing the project’s visibility and attracting greater attention from the professional Web3 community to the CT3 ecosystem and the CT3GB token. CoinFerenceX Singapore 2026 will take place on October 5–6 in Singapore at Flower Field Hall, Gardens by the Bay. The event will bring together representatives of leading blockchain companies, crypto exchanges, infrastructure projects, investment funds, and other participants from the global Web3 industry. Confirmed speakers at CoinFerenceX Singapore include Sandeep Nailwal, Co-Founder and CEO of Polygon Labs; Alicia Kao, Managing Director at KuCoin; Vugar Usi, CEO of MEXC; Kevin Lee, Chief Strategy...

Zurich, Switzerland - CoinFactory AG has announced the development of RZ Oasis , a large-scale Web3 project led by the company’s founder, Rasoul Rezvani , and designed to bring gaming, blockchain, token economies, digital platforms and real-world economic activity into one connected ecosystem.  The project is being developed by CoinFactory AG and reflects an idea Rezvani and his team call “Country 196.”   The name does not describe a political or geographical country. Instead, it represents the vision of a new digital-economic territory without conventional borders, designed to connect people, businesses, technology, digital ownership and real-world economic activity within one ecosystem.  For Rezvani, the project is the latest stage of a journey that began long before Web3 entered the mainstream.  His background stretches back to the gaming industry, including the development of gaming businesses, competitive platforms and large-scale ...

Toronto, Canada, September 4th, 2026, Chainwire CoinRabbit has been named Best Crypto Lending Platform 2026 by International Business Magazine, highlighting a lending product that has issued more than $1.45 billion in loans since 2020. About the International Business Magazine Award The International Business Magazine Awards recognize companies and executives making a significant impact across global industries. The selection process combines public nominations with jury review, with nominees assessed on their work, progress, and contribution to their respective industries. For CoinRabbit, the award comes at an important stage in the company’s development. It is moving beyond borrowing against crypto and building a broader ecosystem for managing digital-asset capital. Why CoinRabbit Was Named the Best Crypto Lending Platform The Best Crypto Lending Platform 2026 award recognizes the work CoinRabbit has put into its ecosystem. The platform provides borrowers with fast access to l...

Washington, United States, August 28th, 2026, Chainwire As prediction-market volume hits record highs and regulators circle, identically worded midterm questions are trading several points apart depending on the venue. Predictions.io now tracks 9,700+ markets across Kalshi, Polymarket and Manifold in one place - with free fee and odds calculators so traders can see what a price actually costs them. Prediction markets have never been bigger, or more contested. Kalshi, Polymarket and Polymarket US together posted a record $50.59 billion in combined volume in July, with Kalshi accounting for roughly 74.5% of the total. In the same month, New York City opened a probe into both leading venues, a Washington judge ordered Kalshi to halt most wagers in the state, and the CFTC began an internal review of so-called “mention markets.” Amid that scrutiny, a simpler question has gone largely unexamined: when two venues list the same question, do they agree on the answer? Often, they do ...

Sheridan, Wyoming, August 20th, 2026, Chainwire THEO is Now Live on Hydrex — Autheo’s Internet Operating System Token Begins Trading Following its August 14 announcement, THEO enters the public market at $0.05, with 125 validators securing Mainnet and over 2 million wallets, 1.1 million smart contracts, and 10 million transactions on testnet. Autheo confirmed that THEO, the native utility token powering its Internet Operating System, is now live on Hydrex, the Base-native Omni-Liquidity MetaDEX. THEO entered the public market at a reference price of $0.05 against USDC, with Enflux serving as official market maker. Unlike many blockchain projects that enter the public markets before meaningful adoption, THEO launches into an operational ecosystem — powering Autheo’s Internet Operating System, with Mainnet secured by 125 validators. TOKENOMICS THEO has a maximum supply of 7.0 billion tokens, with approximately 5.33% designated as initial circulating supply at TGE ...

Los Angeles, United States, August 13th, 2026, Chainwire MyEtherWallet (MEW) , the world’s most intuitive digital wallet, today announced its integration with Ondo Perps , expanding its suite of decentralized financial products to include perpetual futures, derivative contracts with no expiration date. Through this integration, users can now trade continuous perpetual contracts with up to 20x leverage on leading U.S. stocks, ETFs, and commodities, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week on MyEtherWallet.com . The integration bridges traditional financial markets and self-custodial Web3 technology. MEW customers can now access Ondo Perps to take long or short positions on major traditional market assets while maintaining full self-custody of their funds. Unlike traditional brokerages that restrict trading to rigid exchange hours and limited geographic access, eligible users can manage exposure to global markets around the clock using any supported wallet connected to the MEW web interface. ...