XRP Price at $1.37 Leaves Evernorth’s $214M XRP Buy 46% Underwater
Key Takeaways Hugo Jeandesboz joins Evernorth as CIO to put its 473M XRP to work through lending and liquidity strategies. XRPN touched $19.39 on Oct. 12 before closing at $16.91, about 68% below its Oct. 2 peak of $53. XRP…
Gen Z Job-Hops to Level up as 75% Plan a Switch Within Six Months
Key Takeaways 75% of Gen Z workers plan to explore a new role within six months, and only 13% expect to stay at one company longer than four years, according to Robert Half. Gen Z treats job-hopping as a deliberate…
BSP and BMAP Launch Scam Ready ASEAN Initiative and ScamCheck.ph Verification Tool in the Philippines
Weekly Crypto Roundup Get the weekly briefing for Philippine crypto insiders, from the country’s longest-standing crypto and blockchain news publication. Before you click that suspicious link, answer an unsolicited message, or transfer funds to an unverified recipient, you now have…
Amazon’s Purchase-History Profiling Tagged One Customer’s Body Shape Detail
Key Takeaways An Amazon shopper posting as @fangirlinmegan found her profile labeled her as having “flat buttocks,” apparently inferred from her purchase history, and her October 8 Threads post topped 1 million views. Inferences like this can come from NLP…
Ledger Attributes All Confirmed Wallet Losses to CryptoBilis as Unverified Reports Surface in Europe
Weekly Crypto Roundup Get the weekly briefing for Philippine crypto insiders, from the country’s longest-standing crypto and blockchain news publication. Hardware wallet manufacturer Ledger stated that all confirmed cryptocurrency thefts linked to an ongoing supply chain investigation involve devices sold…
Bybit Brings 1,000+ US Stocks and ETFs Into Crypto Trading Accounts
Key Takeaways Eligible users can purchase stocks with USDC without trading commissions. Fractional shares and extended trading hours are available on eligible securities. Cash dividends arrive in USDC; voting rights are planned for a later phase. USDC Balances Can Now…
Evernorth Hits Nasdaq With 473 Million XRP as XRPN Trading Begins
Key Takeaways XRPN reached $17.37, up 2.72% after hours, at 7:30 p.m. EDT. Evernorth entered public markets holding approximately 473 million XRP. Management plans to deploy capital and increase XRP held per share. XRPN Starts Trading as XRP Treasury Reaches…
South Korea’s Bitcoin Lending Experiment Begins at Jeonbuk Bank
Key Takeaways Edaily and Maeil Business Newspaper detailed that Jeonbuk Bank has executed South Korea’s first reported traditional bank loan secured by bitcoin. New rules effective Oct. 1 let Jeonbuk Bank pursue court-supervised collateral recovery without holding bitcoin. Jeonbuk Bank…
Who Pays and Who Gains as Ledger Drama Fuels Multisig Adoption
Key Takeaways Multivendor multisig combines hardware from different manufacturers to reduce the risk of a single point of failure. Hardware wallet makers and multisig providers could gain customers as security concerns grow. Greater security comes with added costs and complexity,…
Bitcoin Price Faces CPI Reckoning as Analysts Eye $81,300 Support
Key Takeaways Bitcoin slipped 1.5% to $82,400 Monday as crypto liquidations reached $304.24 million across 89,032 traders. Wall Street traded mixed, with the Dow gaining 0.4% while the Nasdaq fell 0.3% amid rising yields. Investors await CPI and PPI reports…
