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Chainlink, Cardano and six groups ask SEC to codify digital commodities as non-securities

Six blockchain organisations including Chainlink Labs and the Cardano Foundation urged the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to formally classify digital commodities as non-securities and reflect that directly in its rules. They submitted a joint letter on Oct. 20 after the agency’s public comment period on proposed crypto asset rules closed. The groups said interpretive guidance alone leaves market participants exposed to legal uncertainty and called for clearer standards for secondary-market trading, staking and other activities.

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Europol says crypto wallets vulnerable to quantum attacks, moving funds early is only solution

Europol urged the crypto industry and policymakers to prepare for quantum computing risks, warning cryptocurrency wallets using public and private keys are a key exposure point. It said blockchains’ hash functions and mining structures are relatively safer, but wallets with public keys already exposed on-chain could be hard to protect once attacks begin. Europol cited estimates of 6.04 million bitcoin exposed and flagged technical hurdles in switching to quantum-resistant signatures.

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BVNK adds Stellar to stablecoin settlement network

Stablecoin payments firm BVNK has added the Stellar network to its platform as a settlement route. Blockchain outlet The Defiant reported that the integration allows BVNK customers to use Stellar-based settlement routes in more than 130 markets. The move comes seven weeks after Mastercard completed its acquisition of BVNK. BVNK said Stellar processed $55.6 billion in payments across 3.6 billion transactions in 2025 and cited 99.99 percent uptime and an average settlement time of 5 seconds.