4/4 Malaysia and Thailand’s central banks join Singapore’s cross-border stablecoin settlement project. Bank Negara Malaysia and the Bank of Thailand join the Monetary Authority of Singapore as policymaker members of BLOOM, whose participants include Ripple, Visa and Mastercard.

3/4 Franklin Templeton readies two ETFs that reinvest stock dividends into Bitcoin exposure, effective October 27. The first, FBEQ, starts at 95% large US stocks and 5% Bitcoin, with each dividend reinvested into the Bitcoin allocation.

2/4 DriveWealth, which powers investing for 100+ partners, is integrating Ripple’s RLUSD for European settlement. The integration runs on the XRP Ledger and will let clients fund collateral accounts with stablecoins, with plans to expand to the US.

THIS WEEK IN BITCOIN & CRYPTO ▶️ 1/4 J.P. Morgan’s tokenized money market funds MONY and JLTXX are now available on Solana. Both funds launched first on Ethereum and are now open to qualified US investors on Solana through J.P. Morgan’s Morgan Money platform.

Bitcoin has crashed 70–80% multiple times. In 2018, it fell about 84%. In 2022, nearly 78%. Yet many long-term investors still see it as one of the strongest assets. Fear, hype and headlines move it short term, while scarcity, adoption and recovery shape its long-term story.

6/6 US bank regulator OCC finalizes GENIUS Act stablecoin rules, which take effect January 18, 2027. The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) is the first regulator to finalize its GENIUS Act rule, covering stablecoin issuers, reserve backing, redemption and custody

5/6 Switzerland’s regulator approves the country’s first Bitcoin ETF, open to retail investors. The fund invests directly in Bitcoin, and the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA) exempted it from risk diversification rules.

4/6 Visa takes USDC stablecoin funding live on Visa Direct for cross-border payouts. Eligible businesses can now prefund Visa Direct payouts with USDC in near real time, as the service moves from pilot to commercial use.

3/6 Russia’s Moscow Exchange plans to launch Bitcoin trading for its clients from December 1. Testing with professional market participants is already underway, and the exchange says it needs no additional licenses to launch.

2/6 Mastercard opens Agent Pay for Machines to developers, letting AI agents pay within set budgets. Built on the open x402 protocol, its pilot used Coinbase for agent wallets and Base for on-chain settlement, with sellers paid in fiat or stablecoins.

THIS WEEK IN BITCOIN & CRYPTO ▶️ 1/6 Bitcoin carries the highest projected return and volatility in J.P. Morgan’s 2027 capital market assumptions. The 10% compound return covers 10 to 15 years, with 55% volatility, and J.P. Morgan has not included Bitcoin as an allocation.

Happy Dussehra from all of us at BitSave. Wishing you and your family a festive season of progress and prosperity.

Gold has been a store of value for 5,000 years. Bitcoin has been around for just 17. So why do so many people call it “Digital Gold”? Like gold, Bitcoin is scarce and hard to fake. But unlike gold, it is digital, portable, divisible and available 24/7 across the world.

5/5 Samsung Wallet to offer USDC to US users from late October, powered by Coinbase. USDC will be the default dollar stablecoin in Samsung Wallet, with balances held through Coinbase Prime’s custody services.

4/5 Hong Kong plans a bill this year to license crypto trading, custody, advice and asset management. Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury Christopher Hui said the bill will go to the Legislative Council before the end of 2026.

3/5 Tether signs agreement with Kazakhstan’s central bank to explore a tenge-pegged stablecoin. The agreement with the National Bank of Kazakhstan and the Alatau City Authority also covers a pilot for tokenizing real-world assets.

2/5 Robinhood adds $25 million worth of Bitcoin to its corporate balance sheet. This is the company’s first Bitcoin held on its own books, separate from the Bitcoin it holds for customers.

THIS WEEK IN BITCOIN & CRYPTO ▶️ 1/5 BlackRock cites study where AI models chose Bitcoin in 79.1% of long-term savings scenarios. The paper references a Bitcoin Policy Institute study of 36 AI models, which favoured stablecoins for payments and Bitcoin for preserving value.

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People often say Bitcoin has no intrinsic value. But does every valuable asset need physical or industrial use? Gold is valued because people trust it as a store of value. Currency, as a medium of exchange. Bitcoin works on a similar idea, in digital form.