Evernorth shareholders approve $1 billion XRP treasury deal, clearing path to Nasdaq debut The Block By: Jason Shubnell 1 October 2026 at 18:17 Armada Acquisition Corp. II shareholders approved the Evernorth merger. The XRP treasury company expects to hold ~473M XRP.
Robinhood Wallet integrates Arcus RFQ system for stock token swaps The Block By: Brian Danga 1 October 2026 at 16:00 Robinhood Wallet adds Arcus as a routing provider for Stock Token swaps, giving eligible users access to more than 190 tokens.
Lloyds, Visa settle $750,000 using USDC in live cross-border pilot The Block By: James Hunt 1 October 2026 at 14:13 Lloyds used USDC to settle $750,000 of payment obligations with Visa during a seven-day live cross-border pilot.
Base launches Cobalt upgrade with conditional transactions and new B20 asset functions The Block By: James Hunt 30 September 2026 at 22:00 Base has launched Cobalt, adding conditional transactions and new functions for assets issued under its B20 standard.
DogeOS launches testnet to bring EVM smart contracts to Dogecoin The Block By: Jason Shubnell 30 September 2026 at 21:23 DogeOS launched a public testnet for its zero-knowledge rollup bringing EVM smart contracts to Dogecoin, with DOGE used for gas fees.
White House weighs new CFTC event contract rules in growing prediction market power struggle The Block By: Sarah Wynn 30 September 2026 at 20:54 The White House is weighing two proposed rules from the CFTC tied to prediction markets as the agency seeks to assert its jurisdiction.
Kalshi to end liquidity incentive program amid wash trading allegations The Block By: Timmy Shen 30 September 2026 at 10:21 Its monthly volume reached $52.98 billion in September as of Sept. 29, marking an all-time high, even as September data remains incomplete.