Developer Clones Microsoft Office Suite Using Anthropic’s Claude AI
What happened: Brandon Thomas, a developer with 15 years of experience, released open-source clones of Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint—dubbed WordCraft, GridCraft, and DeckCraft—using Anthropic’
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Kraken Parent Payward to Acquire Lithuania’s Saldo Bank, Marking First Crypto EU Bank Deal
What happened: Payward, the parent company of crypto exchange Kraken, has agreed to acquire Lithuania’s Saldo Bank, which holds approximately $190 million in assets and operates with an EU banking lic
AI Agents Drove 138 Million Crypto Payments via Coinbase’s x402 Protocol
What happened: A new Chainalysis report revealed that AI agents completed more than 138 million payments through Coinbase’s x402 protocol from mid-2025 to Q3 2026, up from just 1,500 a year prior.
Oct 15: Kraken Parent Payward to Acquire Lithuania's Saldo Bank for EU License
BNY and Citadel Securities Complete First Tokenized Treasury Repo on M · Evernorth Deploys $648M XRP Treasury With Ripple, Kraken, Coinbase, Bi · Coinbase Calls for Immediate Bitcoin Quantum-Resistant Upgrade
Kraken Parent Payward to Acquire Lithuania's Saldo Bank for EU License
What happened: Payward, the parent company of Kraken, agreed to acquire Saldo Finance, the parent of Lithuania-licensed Saldo Bank, marking the first time a crypto-native firm has agreed to buy an EU
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Evernorth Deploys $648M XRP Treasury With Ripple, Kraken, Coinbase, BitGo
What happened: Evernorth, following its Nasdaq debut under ticker XRPN, announced the deployment of its 473 million XRP treasury (worth ~$648 million) through institutional yield and lending strategie
Coinbase Calls for Immediate Bitcoin Quantum-Resistant Upgrade
What happened: Coinbase published a blog post outlining five technical recommendations for transitioning Bitcoin to quantum-resistant cryptography.
AI Developer Releases Open-Source Microsoft Office Clones Built With Claude
What happened: Developer Brandon Thomas released three open-source clones of Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint—WordCraft, GridCraft, and DeckCraft—built in Rust with significant code contributions
Oct 14: Character.AI Files for Bankruptcy; Disney Bids $20M for IP License
Bitcoin Dips Below $82,000 as Liquidations Surge Past $770 Million · Blur NFT Marketplace to Shut Down After 99.5% Volume Collapse · Russia's Sberbank Approved for Crypto Trading, December 1 Launch Plann
Character.AI Files for Bankruptcy; Disney Bids $20M for IP License
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Bitcoin Dips Below $82,000 as Liquidations Surge Past $770 Million
What happened: Bitcoin fell 2.
Blur NFT Marketplace to Shut Down After 99.5% Volume Collapse
What happened: Blur, once the largest Ethereum NFT marketplace, will close its blur.
Russia's Sberbank Approved for Crypto Trading, December 1 Launch Planned
What happened: Sberbank, Russia's largest bank, has received approval from the Bank of Russia to operate a crypto exchange, joining a register that now lists 10 operators.
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Federated Hermes to Issue Tokenized Fund Shares via Prometheum in Early 2027
What happened: Federated Hermes, a $911 billion asset manager, announced it will launch tokenized share classes of its funds in early 2027, partnering with Prometheum for custody, clearing, and settle
Oct 13: Federated Hermes to Issue First Directly Tokenized Fund Shares With Prometheum
BitMine Nears 5% ETH Supply Target, Pauses Accumulation · Meta Launches Muse Wonder, Claims AI Benchmark Leadership · Blur NFT Marketplace to Close After 99% Volume Drop
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BitMine Nears 5% ETH Supply Target, Pauses Accumulation
What happened: BitMine, a major Ethereum treasury firm, added 12,532 ETH (worth about $31.
Meta Launches Muse Wonder, Claims AI Benchmark Leadership
What happened: Meta Superintelligence Labs released its new Muse Wonder and Muse Wonder Full AI models on October 12, 2026, touting state-of-the-art performance on internal benchmarks.
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