Two banks, Standard Chartered and Cross River Bank, announced new institutional services involving Ripple USD (RLUSD) and XRP Ledger settlements. Standard Chartered will offer custody for RLUSD in Dubai, while Cross River plans to enable RLUSD and XRP payments through a unified API. Ripple also launched 24/7 perpetual swaps linked to real-world assets, expanding institutional trading options. Meanwhile, XRP's price dropped to $1.27 during a flash crash on October 17, highlighting market volatility. Evernorth Holdings began trading on Nasdaq with significant XRP holdings, raising $300 million in cash proceeds.
Ripple USD (RLUSD) services and XRP price moves provide context for crypto markets. For readers following major cryptocurrencies, here is Pluang's market snapshot as of Oct 18, 2026 13:21 WIB: out of 50 major cryptocurrencies, 6 rose and 43 fell. Notable movers include SNX at Rp3.833 with a -4.91% change and 95% buy order activity, ENJ at Rp502 with -4.44% change and 81% sell order activity, and YFI at Rp39.314.829 with -4.41% change and 100% buy order activity.
Yuga Labs has introduced Mudwater, a new physical and digital trading card collection based on Bored Ape Yacht Club (BAYC) artwork, available on Solana. BAYC holders can claim 10 packs per NFT, while Mutant Ape Yacht Club (MAYC) holders get two packs...
On October 18, Bitcoin (BTC) and Ether (ETH) perpetual futures funding rates stayed within a neutral range, indicating mixed market sentiment across trading platforms. BTC traded slightly higher at $81,758.98, while ETH dipped to $2,416.25. Funding r...
A Hyperliquid address maintained a significant short position of 10,046.13 Ether (ETH), valued at approximately $24.23 million, according to an Oct. 18 snapshot when Ether was priced at $2,412.10. This position was slightly larger than the 10,032.42 ...
Ondo Finance announced it has surpassed $4 billion in assets under management across all products, including $1.3 billion in tokenised stocks and ETFs. Despite this milestone, Ondo's market share in tokenised stocks fell from 56% in January to about ...
Bitcoin's network fees have dropped to the technical minimum of one satoshi per virtual byte, costing about 12 cents for a standard withdrawal, even though the mempool backlog is large with over 71,000 transactions queued. Most queued transactions bi...
