The XRP Ledger has activated PermissionDelegationV1_1, allowing financial institutions to delegate specific account tasks while keeping primary signing keys under tighter control.
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GMX has built a significant presence in decentralized derivatives, reporting $561 billion in total trading volume while expanding leveraged markets beyond crypto.
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DWF Labs-linked firms DWF Maas and Falcon Digital are suing BitGo for $141 million, alleging it sold Falcon Finance and ESPORTS tokens before contractual lock-ups expired.
Sui introduced Agent Pass at Basecamp 2026 to help developers control AI agent spending, adding to its wider push toward safer autonomous payments.
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Zcash developers are pushing back against Mathocalypse fears, outlining a proposed rapid token-holder vote and miner coordination to respond to potential cryptographic threats.
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Starknet says it is considering becoming a Layer 1 to hit full quantum resistance by 2027. Nothing is proposed or voted on, and governance would decide it.
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Solana's SIMD-0525 sets a final cut to 200-millisecond slots at epoch 1053, doubling validator vote fees and shortening epochs to about one day.
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US spot Bitcoin ETFs lost $484.9 million on 7 October, their largest daily outflow since June, as forced long liquidations pushed Bitcoin below $81,000.
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Chainlink says CCIP Vault Adapters are live, letting one network's DeFi vault take single-click deposits from 80+ blockchains.
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ESMA's opinion gives MiCA-licensed crypto firms three months, until 8 January 2027, to stop serving EU clients with non-compliant stablecoins.
NEAR climbed 137% in 30 days to the edge of crypto's top 20. Here's what the Bitwise ETF, Intents volume and a 40% open-interest ratio show.
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Meteora's MET token surged more than 67% as the protocol unveiled DLMM Pro and expanded its Solana ecosystem with new WLD trading pairs.
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Polygon's Open Money Stack now supports TRON, routing USDT between the networks in one flow.
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Standard Chartered plans custody for selected cryptoassets, stablecoins and tokenised real-world assets in Singapore, subject to regulatory approval.
U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs recorded $487.07 million in net outflows on October 7, with every tracked fund seeing withdrawals as institutional demand reversed sharply.
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Samsung Wallet and Samsung Pay will support USDC on Solana, with US users able to send cross-border payments from the last week of October 2026.
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Wells Fargo is in talks with Payward, the parent company of crypto exchange Kraken, over a potential deal that would see Payward provide liquidity for the
Solana-based decentralized exchange Orca and lending platform Loopscale have merged to create a new company called Formation, combining trading, credit and
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Rep. French Hill told Fox Business that SEC and CFTC crypto rules fall short of a lasting law.
Russia's central bank cleared Sberbank to custody digital assets, with bitcoin products planned for December 1 and strict limits for ordinary investors.
Ethereum Foundation researcher Justin Drake wants holders to move funds to fresh addresses before AI can crack ECDSA keys. Here is what bunker mode means.
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Pearl (PRL) jumps 27% as traders focus on its Proof-of-Useful-Work model, AI inference infrastructure and expanding PRL trading markets.
Lido contributors proposed Lido Lend, a modified Morpho Blue fork for stETH staking loops. Governance, market parameters and audits are still unpublished.
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Coinbase says its Deribit integration is done and CFM will pool US and global crypto derivatives. US options access via Prime is due in Q4.
