Bastion Receives Conditional National Trust Bank Charter Approval. The decision covers custody, payments, and stablecoin issuance, alongside four new director and advisor appointments.

Solana Reduces Slot Time to 250 Milliseconds. Per-slot compute was scaled down during the September update to keep total network capacity unchanged.

European Central Bank President Blocked Binance License. Christine Lagarde reportedly intervened to stall the exchange's application after Greek regulators had previously deemed the filing complete.