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Former Swift CEO Lazaro Campos becomes chairman of stablecoin yield firm OpenTrade
Campos, who ran the financial messaging network that connects more than 11,000 institutions, joins OpenTrade as it reports $300 million in total value locked.
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Chainlink extends tokenized stock pricing through weekends, with Aave as launch partner
Chainlink 24/7 keeps a single price series running for stocks, commodities and other traditional assets when exchanges are closed, drawing on perpetual futures quotes.
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Janus Henderson and Centrifuge launch Nasdaq-100 fund on Stellar
JQQQ is an issuer-sponsored onchain fund tracking the Nasdaq-100 Index, managed by Janus Henderson and built on Centrifuge's infrastructure.
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South Korea's finance ministry meets five crypto exchanges as ruling-party bill seeks to push 22% tax to 2029
First Vice Minister Kwon Dae-young chaired a closed-door session on October 20, 2026, while Democratic Party lawmaker Park Min-gyu's bill would tie the tax's start to OECD crypto reporting.
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MAG7 index token goes live on Robinhood Chain with fees paid to holders
0xDeployer says the first index on Bankr holds up to 20 tokens and routes trading fees back into the basket.
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Bankr launches Papertrade, converts trading losses to staked PAPER
Bankr introduces Papertrade, a platform where losing trades mint PAPER tokens automatically staked to earn USDC.
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BNKR staking nearly reaches 25% of supply
Bankr founder @0xDeployer reports that nearly 25% of BNKR token supply is staked, up from 15.4% in four days, before staking rewards began streaming.
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Bankr and Dimes to host Builder Happy Hour during SF Tech Week
The event at localhost:howard will include food, drinks, builder demos, product updates, and a raffle.
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BankrBot to launch index tokens on Base and Robinhood
BankrBot will let users bundle up to 10 tokens into a single tradeable index token, built on Uniswap v4 hooks.
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Bankr Opens Early Staking for BNKR Token
Users who stake before rewards begin will earn a boost that doubles over 12 months.
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SEC staff guidance says buybacks do not turn commodity tokens into securities
The SEC's Division of Corporation Finance published crypto FAQ answers on September 25, 2026 covering buybacks and liquid staking tokens, flagged by Uniswap founder Hayden Adams.
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Runtime Agent Week awards $16,000 to T3tris, RentSafe, and Monaco
Bankrbot announced the three grand prize winners of its hackathon on September 24, 2026, allocating funds to projects focused on vault infrastructure, rental markets, and social trading.
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Founder launchpad vs meme coin launchpad: which is right for your token?
Bankr pays, funds and supports the builder who launches a token, while pump.fun lists the coin on a bonding curve and leaves the rest to the market.
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museic acquired by musebook in community-led exit
musebook has acquired museic after a proposal from the project's sysop gained support from the agentic community.
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Musebook treasury value rises after Meta shares climb 7.4% on Petal cable announcement
Musebook's town treasury holdings in META tokens gained paper value on September 21, 2026, as Meta Platforms shares rose 7.4% following the announcement of the Petal transatlantic subsea cable.
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Skopos integrates Aeon market data and lists $skopos token on Bankr
The non-custodial DeFi copilot adds intelligence feeds, Base-based utility tiers tied to token holdings, and support for the Bankr launchpad.
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Switchboard deprecates all Solana oracle implementations, gives DeFi six days to migrate
Switchboard Technology Labs is shutting down September 25, 2026, telling Solana DeFi protocol integrators to migrate to Pyth or RedStone.
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Bankr Moves Runtime Hackathon to Larger Williamsburg Venue After 312 Sign-Ups
High demand for the September 19, 2026 event focusing on AI and crypto development forced a last-minute venue change to accommodate more builders.