South Korea’s Jeonbuk Bank has introduced the country’s first reported traditional bank lending service backed by Bitcoin. Allowing businesses to borrow Korean won without selling their cryptocurrency holdings.

Bitcoin’s long-term cryptographic security is facing renewed scrutiny after an AI-based experiment suggested that advances in quantum computing could threaten its digital signatures within the next two decades.

Russia’s Moscow Exchange is preparing to launch regulated cryptocurrency trading on December 1, 2026. Following the introduction of new digital asset legislation in September.

Samsung is preparing to introduce USDC stablecoin transfers through Samsung Wallet in the last week of October 2026, making the service available across 82 million eligible Galaxy devices in the United States.