Oct 12 – Oct 18, 2026
What the fintech newsletters in this directory covered on Crypto & Web3 that week — drawn from 25 posts across 9 newsletters, and nothing else.
Stablecoins and their infrastructure were a dominant theme across several newsletters. Connecting the Dots in FinTech covered Mastercard and BVNK bringing fiat and stablecoins together. Fintech Futures reported on Qivalis moving closer to a stablecoin launch via EMI authorisation, alongside separate coverage of blockchain start-up Navra securing $19m and a crypto connectivity joint venture unveiled by SBI, Mesh and Money Forward. Payments Wrap Up covered Visa and StraitsX expanding stablecoin cards globally, as well as Kraken securing Dubai approval ahead of a UAE launch. Andrew's Angles addressed Fiserv's communication around its stablecoin FIUSD reversal. Banking Dive Newsletter covered stablecoin startups advancing payments. Fintech Wrap Up referenced reports including the Evident AI Index for Banks, the state of euro stablecoins in 2026, and stablecoin cards infrastructure.
Stack and Story published the most items in this set, spanning multiple angles: Circle's expansion to 50 markets while trailing USDT's 60% share, XRP ETFs described as the one fund not selling, Ripple Prime wrapping stocks as perpetuals, the EU labeling USDC a significant e-money token, Evernorth putting a $648M XRP treasury to work, Sberbank clearing crypto trading for December, and a Ledger implant story linked to bulls moving toward ETFs.
Bankless carried the largest volume of posts, covering a range of subjects without a single unifying thread: privacy apps, Helius CEO Mert Mumtaz joining the NEAR Foundation Council, Ledger's response to a hardware wallet attack, a piece titled "Yukon Wants Your Agents to Break Crypto," crypto's quantum defense development, Alpenglow coming to Solana mainnet, HEX founder Richard Heart's detention in Turkey, and the Logic Behind Starknet's L1 Question.
American Banker Fintech covered a TradFi veteran's reflections on one year working in digital assets, representing a more personal, narrative-driven entry in the week's coverage compared to the infrastructure and market-focused pieces elsewhere.
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