Dissent and more: 3 things to watch for at the Fed meeting

Your day-ahead look for Oct. 28, 2026 Source

XRP Ledger developers propose creating wallets with zero XRP for stablecoin payments

An experimental change would let companies cover the reserve for customer and AI-agent accounts, allowing users to start with stablecoins without first acquiring XRP. Source

Bitcoin rebounds above $81,000 as Asian chip rally spills into crypto, pepe jumps 9%

Bitcoin rose above $81,400 as Asian chip stocks rallied, with frog-themed memecoin pepe adding 9%. Source

U.S. agency hits Utah with lawsuit to shield Kalshi’s ability to offer betting there

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission has pursued more than a dozen legal actions to protect what its chief sees as its sole power over prediction markets. Source

Intel, Oracle, IBM join growing list of firms objecting to OKX–ICE tokenized stock plans

The latest notice added four objections, bringing the total to 26 as the joint venture prepares to test the SEC’s new framework for blockchain-based stock trading. Source

Brazilian companies turned to stablecoins on election day to dodge a currency crash

USDT volume on crypto exchange Mercado Bitcoin jumped nearly 800% and bitcoin volume surged 865%. Binance’s USDT/BRL market tripled while the global BTC/USDT pair fell. Source

Robinhood taps Ripple’s $2.5 billion RLUSD stablecoin despite backing rival USDG

Robinhood helped launch a rival dollar-backed token, USDG, but will also offer Ripple’s stablecoin to retail customers later this year. Source

Nasdaq-100 comes onchain as Janus Henderson and Centrifuge launch first licensed fund

The $500 billion asset manager is launching an issuer-sponsored fund on Stellar, taking a different approach from third-party stock tokens. Source

CF Benchmarks brings Wall Street pricing infrastructure onchain, including data used by BlackRock

The new service could help developers build blockchain-based index funds, tokenized portfolios and derivatives using established financial benchmarks. Source

Bitcoin miners’ move into AI is creating a new market for trading computing power

Luxor raised $16 million to expand into AI hardware and trading, betting that computing power will become a market where companies can hedge costs and prices. Source