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Crypto VC Funding: Kalshi Raises $1B, HIVE Secures $129M

A roundup of crypto venture funding for October 24–30, 2026, covering 10 disclosed deals totaling roughly $1.24 billion. Prediction market platform Kalshi closed a $1 billion Series G at a $40 billion valuation; HIVE Digital's subsidiary secured about $129 million in financing for AI infrastructure in Canada; and PhotonPay raised $40 million to expand its stablecoin payments platform. Ibis also announced a $250 million institutional lending facility, while smaller rounds spanned compliance software, tokenized credit, and cross-chain trading.

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2026-10-31

Stellar (XLM) Captures 92% of RWA Fund Inflows in Sudden Market Consolidation

Stellar drew $111.5 million in tokenized fund inflows within 24 hours, accounting for 92% of the entire market and far outpacing Base ($5.2 million) and Robinhood Chain ($2 million). The surge follows late-October integrations: Securitize completed its technical integration with Stellar, serving institutional clients such as BlackRock and Hamilton Lane, while Janus Henderson partnered with Centrifuge to launch the Nasdaq-100-linked JQQQ fund on Stellar. Assets under management on the chain grew 360% year over year to $4 billion. The article cautions that single-day figures can be distorted by large institutional transfers, and that the durability of this lead should be assessed through weekly and monthly data.

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2026-10-30

Bitwise Resumes XRP Buying After Five-Day Lull

Bitwise and Franklin Templeton have reignited buying activity in the XRP ETF market after five consecutive days of zero inflows. On the latest trading day, XRP ETFs pulled in over $8 million combined, with Bitwise purchasing 2.23 million XRP (about $2.86 million) and Franklin Templeton buying 4.34 million XRP (roughly $5.57 million), dominating the day's activity. Cumulative net inflows into XRP ETFs now stand at approximately $1.81 billion, with net assets reaching $1.47 billion—a sign that institutional demand may be returning.

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2026-10-30

RedStone Wins Canton Grant to Build Private Pricing for Institutions

RedStone has received a 15,775,000 Canton Coin grant from the Canton Development Fund—worth roughly $1.83 million at baseline—to develop CAPS (Canton Access and Privacy Standard). Half of the 12-month program's payments are tied to adoption milestones, including at least 20 active price feeds on the Zenith mainnet, 10,000 successful price updates within 30 days, and over $1 million in liquidity bridged via Memora from Solana, Stellar, or Base. Zenith and Memora are the first design partners, with integrations still in development. CAPS aims to let institutions share reference prices while keeping negotiated trade terms private.

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2026-10-29

U.S. Spot XRP ETF Inflows Top $1.8 Billion as XRP Holders Eye Up to $10,000 in Daily Earnings

This sponsored article claims that cumulative net inflows into U.S. spot XRP ETFs have surpassed $1.8 billion, reflecting sustained institutional demand for XRP. It also promotes UE Crypto, a cloud mining platform, positioning its contracts as an alternative way for XRP holders to earn daily returns. The ETF inflow figures are attributed to uToday, and the content is clearly promotional in nature.

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2026-10-29

2026-10-29

Garlinghouse: 2026 Will Be a Phenomenal Year for Ripple

Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse calls 2026 a "phenomenal year" for the company, citing sharp growth in transaction volume and business activity. He reaffirms his long-term bullishness on XRP, predicting it could become the institutional gold standard for crypto payment rails, while acknowledging XRP isn't suited to every financial use case and that the company will pragmatically focus on its strongest ones. The article also notes Ripple's 10th Swell conference in New York, attended by U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, who discussed the future of digital assets and the U.S. financial system with Garlinghouse; Ripple CTO emeritus David Schwartz predicted blockchain will become as ubiquitous as the internet.

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2026-10-29

Senator Steve Daines Backs Chainlink Ahead of Link Event

U.S. Senator Steve Daines of Montana has publicly voiced his support for Chainlink and the digital asset industry ahead of the company's Link:NYC event in New York on October 29. The event will bring together financial institutions including Swift, Citi, and Fidelity to discuss tokenized assets, stablecoin payments, cross-chain interoperability, and AI in financial services. Daines also recently co-sponsored the ADAPT Act with other senators to provide clearer rules on digital asset taxation, stablecoin payments, and staking. Overall, the article highlights Chainlink's positive progress in institutional partnerships and policy engagement.

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2026-10-29

Circle Reports 30% Growth in USDC Custody on Kraken

Circle has published a case study on Kraken, reporting that USDC custody on the platform has grown 30% since the two companies partnered in September 2025. Trading volume for EURC has approached 1 billion tokens since launch, and an additional 350 million USDC has been deposited into Kraken's DeFi Earn vaults. The partnership spans treasury, trading, wallet infrastructure, and on-chain access, aiming to reduce platform fragmentation and make dollar- and euro-denominated stablecoin services easier to use.

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2026-10-28