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SummaryTether led a $15 million Series A funding round for Mural, bringing the financial infrastructure company’s total funding to $28 million. Founded by former Palantir engineers, Mural helps companies manage payments, accounts, identity verification and regulatory compliance across banking networks and blockchains. The investment advances Tether’s push into agentic finance as companies develop safeguards that allow AI systems to execute transactions on behalf of people and businesses. Tether led a $15 million funding round in Mural, expanding the stablecoin issuer’s investments in technology that enables AI agents to handle payments. The Series A round, which included participation from North Island Ventures and existing investors, brings New York-based Mural's total funding to $28 million, according to an emailed announcement on Tuesday. Mural, founded by former Palantir (PLTR) engineers, provides fintechs and other platforms with infrastructure for managing accounts, payments, identity verification and regulatory compliance across traditional banking networks and blockchains. Its customers include payroll platform Deel and browser developer Opera.

US spot Ether ETFs have shed $1.08 billion so far in October, the biggest monthly outflow of 2026, while Bitcoin ETF inflows slowed after Monday’s spike. The cash drain from US spot Ether exchange-traded funds (ETFs) rolled on as the funds surpassed $1 billion in withdrawals so far in October. Ether ETFs net outflows totalled $1.08 billion since the start of October after adding $26 million on Tuesday, according to SoSoValue data. The month’s withdrawals erased September’s $832 million in net inflows, leaving year-to-date net inflows at approximately $485 million. October has already recorded the largest monthly net outflow since November 2025, with eight trading sessions still to go. Monthly flows in US spot Ether ETFs. Source: SoSoValueThe outflows coincided with Ether’s 9.7% slide in October, from $2,700 to $2,438 at publication. ETH was down nearly 18% throughout 2026, according to CoinGecko. Meanwhile, Bitcoin ETFs recorded $23 million in net inflows on Tuesday, adding to $527 million on Monday. US spot Bitcoin ETFs have recorded about $67 million in net outflows in October, leaving net inflows for the year at roughly $809 million, according to SoSoValue.

Oct 21, 2026, 4:10 a.m. EDT2 min readZcash's NU7 upgrade will speed transactions by a factor of three. (Shutterstock)SummaryZcash developers agreed to activate the NU7 upgrade at block 3,543,405, expected to be around Nov. 5, though the proposal still requires final integration into deployment and node software. The new version will cut block times to 25 seconds from 75 seconds, potentially reducing the wait for three transaction confirmations from nearly four minutes to about 75 seconds. The upgrade will temporarily remove 60% of block fees from circulation and disable Zcash’s original Sprout privacy system, making any funds left there unspendable. Zcash is a step closer to confirming a change that would speed payments on the privacy-focused blockchain by a factor of three after developers settled on the exact block at which the upgrade, known as NU7, would switch on. Zcash developer Sean Bowe filed a proposal on Tuesday to set activation at block 3,543,405, a height agreed at a meeting of Zcash Improvement Proposal (ZIP) editors, the group that signs off on changes to the blockchain’s rules.

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The platform tracks tokenized securities ownership and transfers, linking to Malaysia’s RENTAS+ system to settle corresponding payments in central bank money. Malaysia’s central bank has launched a distributed ledger-based platform for issuing and holding tokenized bonds, connecting digital securities records with a payment system designed to operate around the clock. Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) said that its next-generation Scripless Securities Depository System (SSDS+) supports the issuance, depository and safekeeping of tokenized debt securities, including Islamic bonds known as sukuk. The new platform tracks ownership and transfers of tokenized securities and connects to the Real Time Electronic Transfer of Funds and Securities (RENTAS+) system, which handles corresponding bond payments in central bank money. Although designed for wholesale issuance, the central bank said SSDS+ is also ready to support tokenized government bonds and corporate retail bonds. The announcement did not identify any securities already issued through the platform or disclose transaction volumes.