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The blockchain and AI developer platform has completed two years of audits and wants its shares available onchain from the first day of trading. EasyA, a platform that helps developers build blockchain and artificial intelligence applications, reached a $1.1 billion valuation as it prepares to go public in the first half of next year, co-founder and CEO Philip Kwok told CoinDesk in an interview Tuesday. The platform, which was founded.

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The asset manager's crypto assets surged 63% to $79.6 billion as investors returned, but holdings remain 23% below year-ago levels. BlackRock's crypto funds had a much better third quarter than first half of the year but they still have a long way to go to recover the assets lost during the broader crypto market downturn. The asset manager reported $79.6 billion in digital assets under management at the end of.

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Nasdaq-listed Perpetuals.com is the second company to pursue a U.S. tokenized stock marketplace under the SEC's new framework, following a joint venture between OKX and NYSE parent ICE. A Nasdaq-listed fintech company led by a former FTX Europe executive is planning to bring tokenized U.S. stocks trading onto blockchain rails under the Securities and Exchange Commission's (SEC) new regulatory framework. Perpetuals.com (PDC), headed by CEO Patrick Gruhn, filed a notice.

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Payward agreed to buy Lithuania’s Saldo Bank, which holds $190 million in total assets, securing an EU license for deposits and lending. Payward, the parent company of crypto exchange Kraken, said it agreed to acquire Lithuania-based Saldo Bank for an undisclosed amount, giving it a European Union (EU) banking license as it expands beyond crypto trading into traditional financial services. The acquisition will make Payward the first crypto firm to.

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The news could put multiple rate hikes by the Federal Reserve back into play. U.S. inflation sped up more than expected in September, perhaps putting multiple Federal Reserve rate hikes back into play. The September Consumer Price Index rose 0.6%, according to a Wednesday morning report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. That’s up from 0.4% in August, and in line with economist forecasts for 0.6%. On a year-over-year basis,.

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Your day-ahead look for Oct. 14, 2026 This is an excerpt from CoinDesk newsletter 'Daybook.' Sign up here, if you haven't already. U.S. inflation is due at 8:30 a.m. ET. Economists surveyed by Dow Jones estimated September’s consumer price index rose 0.6% month-on-month and 3.6% year-on-year. Core CPI, which excludes volatile food and energy prices, is forecast to increase 0.2% from August and 2.5% annually. The numbers are widely watched.