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Daily Edition · Page 5

THE DAILY INDEX

Technology, AI, software, security, crypto and business

MARKETS & BUSINESS

TLDR Crypto

TLDR Crypto

STANDARD CHARTERED PUSHES $2 TRILLION STABLECOIN MARKET FORECAST TO 2030

Geoffrey Kendrick moved the bank's $2T forecast out from 2028 to 2030. Supply has stayed between $300B and $320B for 12 months and sits near $309B. He calls the stall cyclical, tied to weak crypto activity. Usage keeps growing: monthly transfer value averages nearly $10T this year versus $4T in 2025, and velocity doubled to about 30x. USDC velocity is around 80x (payments, early AI-agent payments) against about 7x for USDT (emerging-market savings). He expects the most competition in developed-market payments, from USDG, M^0 and the multi-bank A+ network. Regulation is the main risk, especially if other countries follow the GENIUS Act, which takes effect in January.

links.tldrnewsletter.com · 3 min

TLDR Crypto

RAPIDBLOCKS: EXECUTION PROOFS THAT OUTLIVE THEIR STATE

A new Ethereum research proposal restructures execution proof validation by splitting monolithic pre-state-to-post-state proofs into three components: one validating transaction execution against declared inputs, and two handling Merkle input/output verification. Block headers commit to the specific values a block reads rather than a pre-state root, allowing proofs to remain valid across multiple slots when state changes do not touch the accessed keys. The design separates per-slot block validation from state root verification on an independent schedule, so block consensus advances without waiting for state computation to complete. The proposal remains early-stage: block proofs must complete within 2.5 seconds from finalization, witness data requirements for Merkle-Patricia tries are unresolved, and safety proofs are verified only via bounded model checking on small instances.

ethresear.ch · 5 min

TLDR Crypto

SEC APPROVES BINARY OPTIONS ON COMPANY METRICS FOR COINBASE, NVIDIA, TESLA

The SEC has approved binary options contracts tied to company performance metrics for Coinbase, Nvidia, Tesla, MARA, SpaceX, and 20 other firms. Each contract pays a fixed $1 if the chosen metric clears a set threshold and expires worthless if it does not, structuring payouts identically to event-based prediction markets. Cboe will list more than 100 metrics spanning Coinbase trading volume, MARA Bitcoin production, Nvidia data center revenue, and SpaceX total revenue. Robinhood will be the first retail broker to distribute the contracts, with no trading fees through year-end.

threadreaderapp.com · 2 min

TLDR Crypto

CANADA CRYPTO REMITTANCES TO ASIAN COUNTRIES SURGE 141% TO $2.36B

Chainalysis data covering the 12 months through June 2026 shows remittance-sized crypto transfers from Canada to India, China, and the Philippines grew 141% year-over-year to $2.36 billion across 3.56 million transactions averaging $663 each, lifting those three corridors to 19.4% of Canada's total outbound cross-border stablecoin value from 10.9% previously. Canada's foreign-born population of 23%, the highest share among G7 nations, concentrates demand in those corridors and supports Chainalysis' ranking of Canada as the G7's strongest peer-to-peer crypto economy. Stablecoins accounted for 44% of Canadian dollar-denominated order book volume in June 2026, up from 30% a year earlier, reflecting growing preference for dollar-pegged assets as a settlement layer in cross-border flows. The World Bank estimates traditional remittance costs from Canada average 6.7%, while blockchain settlement fees run lower, though currency conversion and cash-out costs remain factors in the total cost of transfer.

cointelegraph.com · 3 min

TLDR Crypto

HEX FOUNDER RICHARD HEART ARRESTED IN ISTANBUL UNDER INTERPOL RED NOTICE

Turkish authorities arrested Richard Heart (Richard James Schueler), founder of HEX, PulseChain, and PulseX, in Istanbul's Beşiktaş district during a joint intelligence and police operation, acting on an Interpol Red Notice issued at Finland's request. The seizure included $600,000 in cash, 7 firearms with 1,360 rounds of ammunition, 24 wristwatches, gold jewelry, 20 graphics cards, 14 SSDs, 12 mobile phones, 6 laptops, and 2 drones. The SEC had charged Heart in 2023 with raising over $1 billion through unregistered crypto offerings and misappropriating at least $12 million in investor funds, while Finland's separate Interpol notice covers tax fraud and assault allegations dating to 2024. Both Heart and his wife were taken into custody.

threadreaderapp.com · 3 min

TLDR Crypto

BLACKROCK'S CRYPTO ETF ASSETS SURGE 63% BUT REMAIN FAR BELOW 2025 PEAK

BlackRock's digital assets under management climbed 63% quarter-over-quarter to $79.6 billion by the end of September, with $22.9 billion of the $30.8 billion increase driven by cryptocurrency price appreciation rather than net inflows. The firm attracted $7.9 billion in fresh capital during Q3, reversing roughly $2.2 billion in first-half 2026 outflows, while generating $39 million in quarterly fees and securities lending revenue from these products. Despite the Q3 rebound, AUM remains 23% below the $104 billion recorded a year earlier, as $30.6 billion in 12-month market losses outpaced $6.3 billion in net new deposits over the same period.

coindesk.com · 3 min

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