Crypto & Blockchain

Cryptocurrencies, blockchain and digital assets: protocols, regulation and infrastructure — no return promised.

Crypto News

LogosFi launches stablecoin and tokenized asset testnet with Paysend and Securitize

Moving a stablecoin can take moments. Deciding whether a regulated financial institution should accept it is often much more complicated. Who backs its value? What rights does its holder possess? Where are the reserves, and which restrictions apply? LogosFi wants to make those questions easier to answer. On October 19, 2026, the fintech company announced a test environment developed with input from Paysend and Securitize. The concept addresses a real institutional challenge, although its effectiveness beyond the testnet remains unproven.

Crypto News

Standard Chartered and Wintermute complete Bitcoin trade on 24X as traditional finance and crypto infrastructure converge

An international bank, a specialist crypto liquidity provider and a trading platform serving both foreign exchange and digital assets: 24X has completed a transaction that illustrates the changing structure of institutional finance. On October 19, 2026, Standard Chartered executed a Bitcoin trade against liquidity provided by Wintermute. The transaction size was not disclosed. Its significance therefore lies less in spectacular volume than in the gradual integration of cryptocurrency trading with the systems financial institutions already use.