Starknet Opens Vote on Leaving Ethereum to Become a Post-Quantum L1
STRK holders have seven days to vote on whether Starknet should explore leaving Ethereum to run as an independent post-quantum layer 1. The poll closes Oct. 22.
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ETHSTRK holders have seven days to vote on whether Starknet should explore leaving Ethereum to run as an independent post-quantum layer 1. The poll closes Oct. 22.
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A Wall Street Journal investigation links Tether to about $6.3 million paid to a consulting firm Bo Hines co-owned while he shaped the GENIUS Act.
Zcash fell 16% in a week as CoinGlass showed $17.76 million in ZEC futures liquidations, mostly longs, with $2.25 billion of open interest still unwinding.
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Ripple Prime now clears 24/7 perpetual swaps on more than 100 reference markets, from equities to FX, through Trade.xyz contracts on Hyperliquid.
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Tron Inc filed a $200 million at-the-market offering with Clear Street to buy more TRX. The dilution table in its own prospectus shows who pays for it.
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Brooklyn's DA and the FBI seized 241 domains and 112 servers running a crypto scam aimed at Russian speakers, then pitched victims a fake recovery.
MSCI rules by October 16 on whether non-operating firms stay eligible for its indexes. Applied to May 2026 data, the proposed screen would delete Strategy.
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US spot Bitcoin ETFs lost about $262 million on Wednesday, while XRP funds drew $740,000 and stayed the only category positive for the week.
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South Korea's FSC found security deficiencies at 130 of 555 financial companies, including 16 breached firms, and wants twice-a-year vulnerability checks.
US spot XRP ETFs added $11.31 million in the week ended October 9, extending inflows to 13 weeks, while net assets fell to $1.57 billion from $1.66 billion.
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ASIC has opened consultation on licensing, custody and capital rules for crypto platforms in Australia. Applications close 7 October 2027.
Bitcoin fell about 3% to near $81,000 after September CPI hit 3.7%, below the $81,500 cost basis of US spot ETFs, with whale holdings at 3.03 million BTC.
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Firelight's October 6 activation moved existing staked FXRP into pooled cover backing. Exits now run 30 to 60 days and emissions stop at unstake.
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The EBA, EIOPA and ESMA named AI and tokenization as the 2027 focus of their joint work programme.
Standard Chartered has pushed its $2 trillion stablecoin market forecast from 2028 to 2030, as supply sits near $309 billion and on-chain use keeps climbing.
Crypto transfers from Canada to India, China and the Philippines reached $2.36 billion in the year to June 2026, up 141%, as stablecoins take a bigger share.
VanEck has asked the SEC to withdraw the Form S-1 for its Lido Staked Ethereum ETF, a stETH product that never sold a share. The SEC has not yet consented.
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The EBA has classified Circle's USDC as the EU's first significant e-money token under MiCA.
Bastion Trading will not tender its SKYA shares into SkyAI's $3.00 cash offer and wants other holders to wait until the company explains its Solana sales.
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The White House confirmed Patrick Witt's crypto council posting has ended, with no successor named and the CLARITY Act still stalled in the Senate.
EasyA says it reached a $1.1 billion valuation and filed for a direct listing. Tokenized shares are on the roadmap, with no mechanics disclosed yet.
The OCC found banks restricted services for crypto and other sectors, but its nine-bank debanking review gives no crypto example and no full count.
Ether took about $286 million of the $483 million liquidated in bitcoin and ether futures over 24 hours, as hot September CPI pressured crypto prices.
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Solana's Accelerate China tour runs October 16 to 22 across four cities. The Shanghai office the team is promoting still has no verified building or floor.