Žádost Cardano Foundation o doménu nejvyšší úrovně .ada postoupila do další fáze procesu ICANN po komunitním hlasování s přibližně 75% podporou. Schválení zatím neproběhlo.
The Cardano Foundation is moving fast to make .ada an official internet domain and has moved to the next stage of the ICANN application process.
ICANN published the list of applications moving forward on October 7, confirming that Cardano’s .ada application is included.
If approved, .ada would create a direct link between Cardano’s blockchain ecosystem and the traditional internet. The Foundation said the application follows a Cardano community vote that received about 75% support, after which it moved forward with the application for the wider Cardano ecosystem.
.ada to Become a Real Internet Domain Importantly, .ada would not just be another blockchain naming service. Upon approval, it would become an official internet domain, similar to .com, .org, and .xyz. Cardano’s application is part of ICANN’s first major round of new internet domains since 2012.
The 2026 application round includes other Web3 domains such as .sol, .ethereum, .btc and .bitcoin, as well as applications from companies like OpenAI, Meta and Anthropic. For Cardano holders, getting .ada gives the ecosystem a direct place in the traditional internet’s domain system.
Cardano Sees New Uses for .ada Notably, the Cardano Foundation said an approved .ada domain creates new opportunities for users and developers. One possible use is simpler wallet addresses. Instead of using long, complicated blockchain addresses, users will use easy-to-read names.
The Foundation also mentioned linking .ada domains with digital identity tools such as Veridian. Another possibility is tokenizing domains, which allows people to manage internet domain names using blockchain technology. Overall, the goal is to connect the traditional internet (Web2) with Cardano’s blockchain-based Web3 ecosystem.
Our .ada application is advancing to the next phase of the @ICANN Generic Top-Level Domain (gTLD) Program.
If approved, the .ada domain would bring Cardano into the global internet address system, same as .com or .org.
The application follows a Governance Action passed with… pic.twitter.com/9rqUZCYhnO
— Cardano Foundation (@Cardano_CF) October 8, 2026
The .ada Application Not Yet Approved While the .ada application has moved forward in the ICANN process, it has not been approved yet. ICANN will now review the application, including Cardano’s technical, financial, and operational ability to run the domain.
Cardano still has several steps to complete before .ada can become an active internet domain. ICANN expects new domains from this application round to launch between 2028 and 2030, depending on how each application progresses.
The Cardano Foundation has also opened registration for community members, developers, and businesses who want updates or are interested in getting a .ada domain.
Overall, this is a major step for Cardano. A proposal supported by the community is now going through the official process to become part of the internet’s global domain system.
@Cardano has crossed a notable operational cash-flow threshold, with monthly on-chain revenue rising 24.39% to $72,910, according to data from @Chainspect. The figure marks the first time the network has exceeded the $70,000 monthly revenue level, a milestone that points to real and growing fee capture through smart contract usage.
Smart Contract Activity Driving Fee Growth The revenue increase is not incidental. On-chain fees on Cardano are generated directly from transaction activity, including smart contract execution. , reflecting a maturing decentralised application layer rather than simple token transfers alone.
That stability makes revenue growth driven by volume and smart contract complexity, not fee inflation, a more credible signal of genuine network demand.
, meaning the revenue uptick reflects a lift in overall activity rather than a spike in per-transaction costs.
Broader Network Context The revenue milestone arrives as Cardano continues to expand its ecosystem footprint.
While $72,910 in monthly revenue remains modest relative to larger Layer 1 networks, the directional trend matters. A near 25% month-on-month increase suggests that fee-generating activity on Cardano, particularly through decentralised applications, is accelerating. For a network that has historically been criticised for low throughput and limited DeFi adoption, the data offers a tangible counter-argument.
Whether the momentum holds will depend on continued developer activity and user adoption across the protocol's growing application layer.
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Cardano has achieved a new record for its transaction throughput in a single block, another incredible milestone for the network's performance.
According to Chainspect, Cardano broke its own single-block TPS record, reaching 436 TPS on October 7, up from a figure of 345 TPS recorded earlier that same day.
"A record, then a bigger one, all in one day," Chainspect noted. The back-to-back milestones highlight the Cardano network's ability to handle significant bursts of transaction activity.
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⚡ @Cardano broke its own single-block TPS record. 436 TPS on October 7, up from 345 TPS earlier that day. A record, then a bigger one, all in one day. 📊 https://t.co/C2NFatKYPM https://t.co/bdvQ7EbhtH
— Chainspect (@chainspect_app) October 8, 2026 Cardano's upcoming Ouroboros Leios protocol is expected to supercharge the network's scalability, targeting 1,000 transactions per second (TPS).
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Additionally, Chainspect reported that Cardano reached $70,000 in monthly revenue, higher than the previous month, adding that Cardano's monthly numbers looked good.
Cardano returns to spotlight amid fresh developmentsAccording to Santiment, Cardano's social buzz recently reached yearly highs with fresh project developments serving as a catalyst. RealFi launched on Cardano mainnet on October 1, while anticipation around Leios, Fireblocks support, and new institutional integrations helped to drive Cardano's biggest discussion spike of the year.
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The last 24 hours have seen a string of developments for the Cardano blockchain. The Cardano Foundation recently announced that its .ada application is advancing to the next phase of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) New Generic Top-Level Domain (gTLD) Program. The Cardano Foundation's application initiative follows a Governance Action that passed with nearly 75% support from the Cardano community, with the Foundation pursuing .ada for the ecosystem's benefit.
If approved, the .ada gTLD will unlock several opportunities for the Cardano ecosystem, including ensuring a competitive digital presence for Cardano and enabling innovations for Cardano.
In separate news, Cardano is now supported in the Open Wallet Standard (OWS), starting with the v1.4.3 release. OWS is open-source software that lets applications and AI agents keep wallets on the machine they run on and sign through one interface across many blockchains.
Cardano's programmable token standard, CIP-0113, is live on mainnet, allowing issuers of stablecoins and other regulated assets to build compliance rules directly into native Cardano tokens.
ESMA stanovila platformám v EU lhůtu do 8. ledna 2027 k nápravě služeb pro stabilní kryptoměny, včetně USDT od společnosti Tether, které nejsou v souladu s nařízením MiCA. Do té doby mohou poskytovat pouze služby nezbytné k likvidaci, konverzi, výběru, převodu nebo úschově těchto aktiv.
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has told crypto-asset service providers (CASPs) authorized under the Markets in Crypto-Assets (MiCA) regulation to cease offering services involving stablecoins that do not meet the EU’s regulatory requirements.
The guidance covers non-compliant asset-referenced tokens and e-money tokens and applies across services including trading, exchange, order execution, custody, transfers, investment advice and portfolio management.
The EU regulator said that national competent authorities should supervise firms to ensure they do not maintain or introduce access to non-MiCA-compliant stablecoins for EU clients. CASPs will also be expected to put technical, contractual and organizational safeguards in place to prevent clients from acquiring or increasing their positions in those tokens.
Tether’s USDT is among the stablecoins that could be affected by new European regulatory guidance after ESMA called on crypto platforms to restrict services involving tokens that do not comply with MiCA.
Tether has not secured MiCA authorization for USDT and has indicated it does not intend to apply for an EU e-money token license. This leaves access to USDT for EU clients increasingly dependent on how individual regulated platforms implement the rules.
For clients who already hold affected stablecoins, national regulators are expected to require remediation as soon as possible and within three months of the opinion’s publication.
That puts the deadline on Jan. 8, 2027. Until then, platforms could continue to provide only the services needed to liquidate, convert, withdraw, transfer or safeguard the assets.
The move builds on earlier restrictions in the European Economic Area, where several major crypto platforms have already limited or removed USDT access for EEA users.
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Travala spustila AI agenta pro rezervaci hotelů prostřednictvím peněženky BSC s USDT, bez nutnosti nastavování. Nabízí přístup k více než 2,2 milionu ubytovacích zařízení.
Singapore, Singapore, October 6th, 2026, Chainwire
Travala has teamed up with BNB Chain and Binance Pay to launch a native AI travel booking agent directly on Travala that lets travellers search and book hotels using only a BNB Smart Chain (BSC) wallet with no setup required.
To use the agent, travellers simply open the AI travel agent widget on Travala, fund any BSC wallet address with USDT (turning the wallet into a universal API key), and book the desired hotel from the options presented by the agent.
In this three-way partnership, Travala supplies the hotel inventory, Binance Pay provides the settlement infrastructure, and BNB Chain brings the Machine Payments Protocol (MPP) Software Development Kit (SDK) standard, the agentic framework, and the distribution.
Travellers can receive 10% back on their first booking over US$400 made via the agent. The 10% incentive is split into two components: 7% in BNB is paid directly to the payment wallet after the stay is completed, and an additional 3% in AVA can be received when booking as an AVA Smart Member.
This agent functions independently of the Travala Travel MCP, providing travellers with a standalone option for agentic bookings on BNB Chain.
“By offering this browser-native, frictionless booking experience enabled by BNB Chain and Binance Pay, we’re streamlining agentic AI adoption at the intersection of blockchain and travel. Adding BNB Chain’s MPP standard gives our customers even more choice, making booking a vacation as simple as funding a BSC wallet and letting the travel agent do the rest,” said Juan Otero, CEO of Travala.
Travala’s entire hotel inventory of more than 2,200,000 accommodations is now available for booking via this agent, with additional travel products including flights expected to be integrated in the future.
Thomas Chen, CBO of BNB Chain, said: “The combination of AI agents, blockchain infrastructure and on-chain payments is opening the door to a new generation of products that can transact and operate on behalf of users. Travala is a great example of how this can simplify everyday experiences like travel while paving the way for entirely new on-chain use cases across industries.”
Binance Pay acts as the underlying settlement infrastructure for this new agentic experience. When travellers book with the agent, Binance Pay handles the payment process using the Permit2 facilitator.
User signs one EIP-712 Permit2 authorisation off-chain. No gas, no broadcast. MPP SDK verifies the signature, checks balance and allowance, and confirms the Permit2 deadline and witness hash. MPP calls the Binance Pay settlement endpoint, passing the pre-verified Permit2 args. Binance Pay broadcasts the Permit2 call, paying gas. Funds move from the user wallet to Travala. MPP marks the payment complete and issues a cryptographic on-chain receipt, instantly confirming the booking. This addition to Travala’s growing lineup of agentic travel booking options is another step in bridging the gap between Web3 capabilities and real-world utility through the power of AI.
About Travala
Founded in 2017 and now backed by industry giant Binance, Travala is the leading crypto-native travel booking service with 2,200,000+ properties across 230 countries, 600+ airlines, 400,000+ activities, and 50,000+ car rental locations globally. Travala is a champion of cryptocurrency adoption, accepting over 100 leading cryptocurrencies alongside traditional payment methods. In addition to unbeatable prices via its Best Price Guarantee, AVA Smart Members on Travala can also enjoy additional discounts and loyalty rewards for eligible bookings made on the platform. For more information, visit: www.travala.com
About BNB Chain
BNB Chain is one of the largest and most active blockchain ecosystems in the world. Its multi-chain architecture spans BNB Smart Chain (BSC), opBNB, and BNB Greenfield, giving developers the flexibility to choose the environment best suited to their application. With high throughput, low transaction costs, and full EVM compatibility, BNB Chain is built for high-speed trading, AI agents, privacy, and instant payments. It is the blockchain with superior distribution and deep liquidity, built for global markets and the next billion users. For more information, visit: www.bnbchain.org.
About Binance Pay
Binance Pay is a payment service within the Binance ecosystem that enables eligible users to make and receive payments through supported payment experiences. The service incorporates applicable user-verification, risk-management, transaction-monitoring, and account-security controls. For more information, visit: www.pay.binance.com
Ethereum kleslo o 5,67 % na 2 555 USD a testuje 100týdenní exponenciální klouzavý průměr (EMA) na úrovni 2 561 USD; podle analytiků by pokles pod něj mohl otevřít cestu k 2 100 USD.
Ethereum (ETH) fiyatı, kripto para piyasasında artan satış baskısıyla birlikte yüzde 5,67 gerileyerek 2.555 dolar seviyesine düştü. ETH piyasasında uzun pozisyon tasfiyelerinin haziran ayından bu yana en yüksek seviyeye ulaşması, yatırımcılar arasında endişeleri artırdı. Analistler, Ethereum’un kritik 100 haftalık üstel hareketli ortalama (EMA) desteğini test ettiğine dikkat çekerken bu seviyenin kaybedilmesi durumunda fiyatın 2.100 dolara kadar gerileyebileceği konusunda uyardı.
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Ethereum’da 201 Milyon Dolarlık Tasfiye Ethereum piyasasında yaşanan sert düşüş, kaldıraçlı işlem yapan yatırımcıları olumsuz etkiledi. CoinGlass verilerine göre 7 Ekim’de ETH pozisyonlarında yaklaşık 201 milyon dolarlık tasfiye gerçekleşti. Bu rakam, 5 Haziran’dan bu yana kaydedilen en yüksek günlük uzun pozisyon tasfiyesine işaret ediyor. Aynı dönemde Bitcoin fiyatının 84.000 doların altına gerilemesiyle kripto para piyasasındaki toplam tasfiyeler 665 milyon dolara ulaştı. Binance üzerinde gerçekleşen 26 milyon dolarlık ETH/USDC işlemi ise en büyük tekil tasfiye olarak kaydedildi.
Kripto para analisti Ted Pillows, Ethereum fiyatının 2.600 dolar seviyesinin altına düşmesinin ardından 100 haftalık EMA desteğini test ettiğini belirtti. Analiste göre ETH’nin bu hareketli ortalamanın altında kapanış yapması, daha derin bir fiyat düzeltmesini tetikleyebilir. Bir diğer analist Daan Crypto ise Ethereum’un son yüzde 5’lik düşüşle birlikte iki ila üç haftadır işlem gördüğü fiyat aralığının altına indiğine dikkat çekti. Daan, güçlü bir toparlanma gerçekleşmediği sürece kısa vadeli teknik görünümün zayıf kalabileceğini ifade etti.
Ethereum ETF’lerinden Büyük Çıkış Ethereum fiyatındaki gerilemeye spot ETF piyasasında yaşanan fon çıkışları da eşlik etti. SoSoValue verilerine göre 7 Ekim’de ABD spot Ethereum ETF’lerinden yaklaşık 160 milyon dolarlık net çıkış gerçekleşti. Bu rakam, eylül ortasından bu yana görülen en yüksek günlük çıkış olarak kaydedildi. Haftalık bazda Ethereum ETF’lerinden toplam 252 milyon dolar çıkış yaşanırken bu miktar, Haziran 2026’dan bu yana en yüksek haftalık çıkış seviyesine ulaştı. Öte yandan aynı dönemde Bitcoin ETF’lerine 118 milyon dolar, XRP yatırım ürünlerine ise 3,14 milyon dolar giriş gerçekleşti.
Ethereum’un haftalık teknik grafiğinde 2.561 dolar seviyesindeki 100 haftalık EMA, kritik destek noktası olarak öne çıkıyor. Analistler, bu seviyenin altında gerçekleşecek haftalık kapanışların satış baskısını artırabileceğini değerlendiriyor. Geçmiş fiyat hareketlerinde benzer teknik kırılmaların ardından Ethereum’da sert düşüşler yaşanmıştı. Şubat 2025 ve Ocak 2026 dönemlerinde 100 haftalık EMA’nın kaybedilmesi, önemli fiyat düzeltmelerini beraberinde getirmişti. ETH’nin mevcut desteğini koruyamaması durumunda ilk olarak 2.400 doların altı, ardından 2.100 dolar bölgesi gündeme gelebilir.
Değerlendirme Ethereum fiyatındaki sert düşüş, artan kaldıraçlı pozisyon tasfiyeleri ve ETF çıkışlarıyla birlikte kripto para piyasasında dikkatleri ETH üzerine çevirdi. Analistlere göre 2.561 dolar seviyesindeki 100 haftalık EMA desteği, kısa vadeli fiyat hareketleri açısından belirleyici olabilir. Bu seviyenin kaybedilmesi durumunda 2.400 ve 2.100 dolar destekleri öne çıkarken 2.600 doların yeniden aşılması toparlanma beklentilerini güçlendirebilir. Yatırımcıların ETF akışlarını, tasfiye verilerini ve haftalık kapanışları yakından takip etmesi önem taşıyor.
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Samsung Wallet v posledním říjnovém týdnu spustí převody USDC přes Solanu pro oprávněné uživatele v USA na více než 82 milionech kompatibilních zařízení Galaxy.
Solana Price fell 3.35% to $113.76 over the past 24 hours as weakness spread across the cryptocurrency market. The Samsung Wallet will launch international USDC transfers on Solana later this month to eligible American users.
The overall value of cryptocurrency markets fell 1.45% to a value of $2.8 trillion as institutional ETF purchases were reversing, further pressuring the market.
Bitcoin price fell to below $83,000, with XRP at less than $1.40 and Ethereum at $2,533.
Samsung Partners With Solana for Global USDC Transfers The Samsung Wallet application will introduce international transfers of USDC to eligible Galaxy users in the United States. Samsung collaborates with Solana to back the service, which is set to be introduced in the last week of October.
According to the announcement of the companies, the rollout is over 82 million compatible Galaxy devices. Samsung Wallet allows users to send money without having to download cryptocurrency apps.
🚨BREAKING BIG: @Samsung, the world’s largest smartphone maker, partners with @Solana to bring cross border $USDC transfers to Samsung Wallet on 82M Galaxy devices in the U.S., starting from the last week of October. https://t.co/aUVryO6bOX
— SolanaFloor (@SolanaFloor) October 8, 2026
The transfers will also be sent to the appropriate bank accounts in over 60 countries. Local currency can be received by recipients, and additional market development is contingent on regulatory demands.
Will Solana Price Hold $110 Support Level? The SOL crashed to $113 on October 8 after losing support at $115. The action followed a reversal of a withdrawal out of the $120 zone in which Solana price had been trading in early October.
The fall is after a recovery in September that saw SOL rise out of below $100 toward a high of about $124.
The relative strength index was at 25.63, which indicated weakness in the momentum. That puts the indicator in oversold territory, which traditionally starts below 30.
SOL/USDT 4-hour chart: TradingView The Chaikin Money Flow indicator recorded -0.21, which is a negative value, indicating selling pressure over the period measured.
The provided analysis shows that the closest support is the $112, and a strong four-hour close below this level is important. A pause like this would reinforce the bearish view and place $110 as a potential psychological downside target. Further weakness may prolong the trend towards the previous consolidation level at $108.
The first step in a recovery would be to regain $115 and retain that level as the Long-term SOL projection. That would put into focus the next upside target of $120 as the main resistance level.
Solana ETFs Record $4.8 Million in Outflows on October 7 According to SoSoValue, the Solana ETF market experienced net outflows of 4.8 million on October 7. The BSOL of Bitwise included all the withdrawals, whereas the other listed funds had no net flows.
SOL ETF The total net assets were at 1.85 billion, which is equivalent to 2.71 of Solana market capitalization. The total amount of trading was $84.65 million, and net inflows since inception were 1.59 billion. BSOL was the largest listed fund with a value of 1.29 billion.
Circle says more than $14 trillion has moved through stablecoins over the past year, a growth rate of 151%. The company’s own USDC numbers are the main driver of that figure.
The numbers behind the headline figure Circle Internet Group, the issuer of USDC, released its second-quarter 2026 earnings in early August. The disclosure put USDC on-chain transaction volume at $14.8 trillion, up 151% year over year.
Daily on-chain volume averaged $163 billion.
Supply grew too, though more slowly. As of June 30, 2026, USDC in circulation stood at $73.3 billion, up 19% from a year earlier.
USDC is estimated to have processed around $32 trillion in adjusted transfers through August, which suggests it holds a dominant share of stablecoin transfer volume in 2026.
Where the money actually comes from Total revenue and reserve income for the quarter came to $701.3 million, up 7% year over year. Net income was $48 million, and adjusted EBITDA reached $143 million, an 8% increase.
About 95% of revenue, roughly $667.7 million, was interest income on the reserves backing USDC. Those reserves sit mostly in US Treasuries and cash equivalents.
Transaction revenue was only about $5.3 million.
Circle’s results noted that average circulation helped reserve income grow even though yields were lower, at roughly 3.5%.
The payments network is the one to watch The Circle Payments Network reached an annualized volume of $14.7 billion across 175 institutions. That figure grew 76% quarter over quarter.
How Circle got here Circle was founded in 2013 to provide infrastructure for moving dollars on-chain. USDC, its fiat-backed stablecoin, became a core tool in decentralized finance (DeFi) and in institutional payments.
Regulatory progress has helped. Circle has received approvals tied to Circle National Trust and New York Trust, which strengthens its standing with traditional financial players who need clear rules before getting involved.
What this means for USDC and the stablecoin market With roughly 95% of revenue coming from reserve income, Circle’s earnings are closely tied to interest rates. Lower yields of about 3.5% have so far been offset by a larger float.
$14.8 trillion in quarterly volume shows real demand for on-chain dollars, but Circle earns little directly from that activity, with transaction revenue of only $5.3 million against $667.7 million in reserve income.
The Circle Payments Network, with its 76% quarterly growth and 175 participating institutions, is the clearest test of whether volume can become something other than interest.
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Zcash continued its downward momentum on Thursday, trading near $1,241 and marking the weakest performance among the top 10 cryptocurrencies by market capitalization in the past day. The privacy-focused coin has now dropped roughly 27% from its September 27 peak of $1,698, extending a losing streak that has lasted about ten days.
Grayscale Zcash ETF faces ongoing outflowsGrayscale Investments, one of the world’s largest digital asset managers, saw its Zcash ETF (ZCSH) register $8.49 million in net outflows on Wednesday, according to data from SoSoValue. This brought the total outflows for the current week to $12.05 million, while last week saw redemptions reach $93.56 million. Although the latest figure covers only part of the week, it remains below the prior week’s withdrawals.
These outflows have followed the fund’s recent three-for-one share split. The timing of redemptions aligns with the split, but no direct evidence connects the split to heightened investor withdrawals. Still, sustained outflows signal muted demand for the fund amid Zcash’s ongoing price correction.
Investor demand has softened as large outflows from Grayscale’s Zcash ETF continue, even after the share split and a steep price drop for ZEC in recent days.
In contrast to these withdrawals, a fresh Zcash ETF filing backed by Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss, co-founders of Gemini, suggests ongoing interest in ZEC among institutional players. The new filing arrives 13 years after the Winklevoss twins first proposed a Bitcoin ETF in 2013, highlighting persistent efforts to expand regulated investment products linked to privacy-focused cryptocurrencies.
It is important to note that an ETF filing represents a proposal under regulatory review and does not guarantee product approval or new inflows to the asset. As a result, the new application stands in sharp contrast to immediate outflows affecting the existing Grayscale Zcash ETF.
Mini dictionary: Grayscale — A digital asset management firm known for its suite of cryptocurrency ETFs and trusts, which allow institutional and retail investors to gain exposure to digital assets such as Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Zcash through traditional investment vehicles.
PeriodGrayscale ZEC ETF OutflowsThis week (so far)$12.05 millionLast week$93.56 millionZcash technical signals show continued downside riskThe technical outlook for Zcash has continued to deteriorate. ZEC has slipped below its 200-period exponential moving average (EMA) on the four-hour chart, located near $1,287. This level now acts as a primary resistance point. Remaining below this threshold risks reinforcing the coin’s short-term bearish structure.
The 50-period EMA, currently near $1,355, is declining toward the longer-term 200-period EMA. Should it cross below, it would create a so-called death cross, which signals the potential for further downside, even though it is not a definitive predictor of losses.
Technical momentum remains negative, with the MACD below its signal line and the RSI hovering around 33, pointing toward oversold conditions without confirming a price bottom.
If ZEC fails to reclaim $1,287, the next notable support zone lies at $1,050, matching the September 4 high. A sustained drop from current levels to $1,050 would represent an additional 16% decline for Zcash.
LevelPriceRoleCurrent price$1,241Active levelResistance (200-period EMA)$1,287Initial resistanceResistance (50-period EMA)$1,355Secondary resistanceSupport 1$1,050Key supportSupport 2$1,000Psychological levelSupport 3$888Lower supportIf selling pressure intensifies, Zcash could test the psychological $1,000 mark, and below that, find horizontal support at $888, which aligns with the high registered on August 23. For a meaningful recovery, ZEC must first break above $1,287, followed by the 50-period EMA at $1,355. Until these resistance levels are reclaimed, continued ETF outflows and persistent weak momentum keep ZEC at risk of further correction.
Zcash spustil Network Upgrade 7 na veřejné testovací síti před podmíněným pracovním cílem aktivace na hlavní síti 5. listopadu 2026. NU7 zkrátí cílový interval mezi bloky ze 75 na 25 sekund při zachování denní emise.
Zcash has moved Network Upgrade 7 onto public testnet, putting the privacy chain’s next consensus change under live conditions ahead of a November 2026 mainnet target.
The Zcash Foundation shipped Zebra 7.0.0-rc.0, the first release candidate for NU7, on October 2, 2026.
That build is written to activate the upgrade on the public test network at block height 4,465,026, a point the teams expected around October 6.
Operators of testnet nodes were told to update before that height if they want to remain on the NU7 chain and help exercise the rules under real traffic.
Mainnet operators were told not to act yet: no production activation height has been locked in, and the package is still a candidate rather than a stable release.
The schedule was set in mid-September after sentiment collection and talks among the Zcash Foundation, Project Tachyon, Valar, ZODL, and Shielded Labs.
Developer Sean Bowe reported unanimous agreement on scope and timing.
The checklist called for feature completion by September 30, testnet activation on October 6 at the height agreed by the Zakura and Zebra teams, a final mainnet decision on October 20, and a provisional production activation on November 5.
That November date stays contingent on how the test network behaves.
The October 20 review, scheduled about a week before Zcon, is where engineers are due to choose a mainnet height or delay the cutover if testing shows problems.NU7 is narrower than some earlier proposals.
It does not introduce a new transaction format, and the teams have said ordinary wallets should see little change.
Full nodes, indexers, and block explorers are more likely to need updates.
The headline protocol change, specified in ZIP 218, shortens the target interval between blocks from 75 seconds to 25 seconds.
That interval has been in place since Zcash launched in 2016.
A first confirmation would therefore arrive, on average, in about a third of the time it does today, which matters for point-of-sale payments, exchange deposits, and bridges that wait for a fixed number of confirmations.
Daily issuance is meant to stay the same: remaining halving intervals are stretched by a factor of three, each scheduled block subsidy is divided by three, and funding-stream periods are adjusted to match.
The 21 million ZEC cap and the familiar four-year halving pattern are both preserved.A second piece is the Network Sustainability Mechanism.
Under the design in ZIP 235 and ZIP 237, 60 percent of each block’s transaction fees is taken out of circulation and held in a reserve, while miners keep 40 percent so they still have a reason to include user transactions.
Later blocks reissue a small, predictable slice of that reserve on top of the normal subsidy.
Public reserves are seeded with the historical shortfall from before NU6.
Coinholder polling backed keeping halvings and pointed to February 2031 as the start of fee reintroduction.
On testnet, the adjusted third halving sits at height 4,497,948, and reserve reissuance begins at 7,305,222.
Faster blocks also raise shielded capacity while trying to limit spam.
NU7 sets per-block caps of 330 Orchard or Ironwood actions, 300 Sapling inputs and outputs, a shared budget of 330 across pools, and no new Sprout JoinSplits.
The Foundation says those limits more than double Orchard protocol throughput and cut the worst-case sync load a spammer can push onto light wallets by about 37 percent.
Zebra applies the same ceilings when building templates and when admitting transactions to the mempool.
Version 4 transactions are disabled as part of the upgrade.
Because the coinbase now depends on selected fees and on the parent block’s reserve, mining templates list only time as mutable; pools are expected to request a fresh template rather than rewrite the transaction set themselves.
Zebra’s state database moves to format v29, which stores the new reserve, and a compatible v28 database is migrated automatically on first start.
Downgrades are not supported.
Testnet configs that pin old consensus values can prevent the node from starting until those overrides are removed.
The testnet window is deliberate.
Consensus, mining, wallets, and node storage all change, so the candidate release is meant to surface issues before production. A final mainnet height is still to be set after that review, with November 5 remaining the working target rather than a guaranteed activation.
Velryba nakoupila 1 000 ZEC za 1,33 mil. USD, přesto Zcash prolomil trendovou podporu. Od konce září odteklo z Grayscale Spot ZEC ETF více než 105 mil. USD.
Since Zcash [ZEC] hit $1,701 in late September, the price action has entered a correction phase. However, large investors continue to bet on higher prices, even as the market structure has broken on the daily chart.
As ZEC continues to drop, will the altcoin hold above the demand zone around $1,000?
Whale buys ZEC, but its price breaks trendline support A wallet accumulated 1,000 ZEC valued at $1.33 million on Binance and withdrew the total amount to an external address. Shortly after, the whale moved the position into Zcash’s shielded pool for privacy.
Source: Onchain Lens The whale is buying after the altcoins have more than tripled from $478 in mid-August to $1,700 in late September. Thus, this trader might be buying the top.
Despite the accumulation, ZEC’s market structure has flipped bearish after breaking below a slanting trendline support. The bears at the lower high (LH) at $1,385 are pushing for a new low, which is around the demand zone at $1,060.
Similarly, the CMF is at negative 0.15, indicating capital is flowing out of the altcoin. The Trend Strength Index (TSI) also reinforces the bearish control, showing a reading of -0.86.
Source: ZEC/USDT on TradingView While the altcoin is declining, the zone at $1,000 might hold. However, if the support fails, the next demand levels are $820 and $478 in the extreme scenario. But why was Zcash hitting lower levels?
Is Zcash in a distribution phase? The decline in price could be hinting at a distribution phase for Zcash as the broader crypto market cools off.
When trading volumes stay high in the later stages of a bull market, it may signal distribution. To back this view, the Futures Volume Bubble Map showed it was overheating as ZEC traded at peak levels.
Source: CryptoQuant Additionally, Spot Zcash ETF inflows have turned negative, reinforcing the selling activity.
Since the last week of September, when the price of the altcoin hit $1,700, Grayscale Spot ZEC ETF has seen either outflows or inactivity. Over $105 million has been sold in total during this period, with about $8.49 million left in the past 24 hours.
These outflows are happening even though Winklevoss twins filed to join Grayscale in the ZEC ETF race.
Source: SoSoValue Therefore, the altcoin is falling due to a potential distribution phase. Still, it is worth noting that buyers have dominated the Spot Taker CVD over the past three months.
Final Summary Whale buys 1,000 ZEC and moves the entire amount to Zcash’s shielded pool for privacy, but its price has broken a slanting support. ZEC appears to be entering a distribution phase amid overheating volume at peak levels and ETF outflows.
Winklevoss Asset Services podala u SEC předběžný registrační formulář S-1 pro Winklevoss Zcash ETF, které by se mělo obchodovat na Nasdaqu pod tickerem WINK. Roční poplatek má činit 0,25 % držených ZEC.
Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss’s newly formed asset management vehicle has asked US regulators for permission to list a fund that would hold the privacy coin Zcash outright, proposing a sponsor charge far below the fee already collected by the only live US product of its kind.
On October 6, 2026, Winklevoss Asset Services, LLC submitted a preliminary Form S-1 registration statement to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for the Winklevoss Zcash ETF.
The document describes a Delaware statutory trust organized as an exchange-traded product, not a mutual fund registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940.
Its stated aim is passive: to give shareholders exposure to the market price of ZEC held by the trust, reduced by operating costs and other liabilities, without trying to outperform the token.
The shares are expected to trade on the Nasdaq Stock Market under the ticker WINK, subject to a notice of issuance.
Before the offering there is no public market for them.
Creations and redemptions would occur in baskets.
Authorized participants would deliver cash equal to the ZEC represented by a basket, and the trust would buy or sell the token as needed; the preliminary prospectus also contemplates limited use of ZEC itself in certain transfers.
Net asset value would be struck each business day against a pricing benchmark still left blank in the filing—described only as a 60-minute time-weighted average drawn from an index of trades on major ZEC platforms.
The sponsor, formed on October 1, 2026 and wholly owned by Winklevoss Asset Services Holdings, LLC, would receive an annual unified fee of 0.25 percent of the trust’s ZEC holdings.
That fee accrues daily in ZEC and is payable monthly in ZEC or cash.
In return, the sponsor assumes ordinary expenses—administrator, custodian, trustee, listing, audit, regulatory, and website costs among them—with no stated cap.
Extraordinary items such as taxes, litigation, and certain brokerage costs stay with the trust.
The sponsor may waive all or part of the fee for stated periods at its discretion, without any obligation to continue a waiver.
Custody would sit with Gemini Trust Company, LLC, an affiliate of the sponsor and a New York State-chartered limited liability trust company supervised by the New York Department of Financial Services (NYDFS).
The filing says Gemini would keep the trust’s ZEC in segregated cold-storage addresses verifiable on the Zcash blockchain, separate from other clients’ coins, moving coins to hot wallets only temporarily to process withdrawals or clearing. CSC Delaware Trust Company is named trustee.
Several other service-provider roles remain bracketed and unfinished.
The trust has also contracted Cypherpunk Technologies Inc. as its “Zcash Ecosystem Partner.”
Under that agreement, Cypherpunk may assist with coinholder polling and voting, offer guidance on protocol and technical developments, and supply related advisory work.
Separately, Winklevoss Capital Fund, LLC has signaled, through affiliates, an interest in buying up to $100 million of shares from authorized participants or in the open market.
The prospectus stresses that the indication is not a binding commitment; the potential buyers could take more, less, or none.
The registration statement is preliminary and subject to completion.
Several commercial terms—the precise benchmark, seed pricing, and basket size—are still open. An S-1 filing does not itself authorize listing or trading; effectiveness and exchange approval remain outstanding. Investors would not receive the protections that apply to registered investment companies or to commodity pools.
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THORChain, a decentralized exchange, announced that native Zcash (ZEC) swaps are now live, allowing users to exchange ZEC with assets across other supported blockchain networks without relying on wrapped tokens or a centralized exchange.
The launch follows THORChain update 3.20, which introduced support for Zcash and Monero to the protocol. The Zcash pool currently holds more than $50,000 in liquidity, allowing the network to begin processing live ZEC swaps.
The pool remains in a soft-launch phase while performance is monitored. Trading may be temporarily paused if bugs or other issues need to be addressed. The current pool size can easily support trades in the five-figure range, however larger trades will experience higher slippage and take longer to settle until liquidity grows in the pool.
Protocol-Owned Liquidity (POL) will be automatically added to the Zcash pool when the fees/depth ratio is high enough. POL, introduced as part of the 3.20 upgrade, gives the protocol a mechanism to deploy a portion of the liquidity fees (currently set at 20%) into supported liquidity pools. As more liquidity enters the ZEC pool, it will be better equipped to support larger swaps with lower price impact and faster execution.
The integration gives Zcash holders a direct route into the broader crypto market using native assets. Users can swap ZEC against supported assets including Bitcoin (BTC), Ethereum (ETH), and stablecoins without needing to deposit their Zcash with a centralized custodian or convert it into a wrapped representation on another network.
Zcash adds another native blockchain to THORChain’s cross-chain liquidity network, bringing the total to 14 blockchains. Rather than move assets through bridges or require users to give up custody to trade between otherwise disconnected networks, THORChain settles swaps using the native assets on their respective chains.
The soft launch will allow the network to test Zcash swaps under real market conditions while liquidity develops. The Zcash pool and its current liquidity can be tracked here.
About THORChain THORChain is a decentralized exchange (DEX) that enables users to swap native digital assets across different blockchain networks without relying on wrapped assets or centralized custodians. It allows users to exchange assets including Bitcoin, Ethereum, and other supported cryptocurrencies while maintaining a self-custodial experience.
Crypto lending has grown 55% since July, according to Cointelegraph. More borrowing means more money parked in smart contracts, and more money in smart contracts means a bigger target.
Aave, the largest decentralized lender by market share and total value locked (TVL), is responding by stacking its defenses for the V4 rollout. Attackers now have AI tools of their own, and DeFi protocols are wired together closely enough that one failure can spread to its neighbors.
Inside the security stack Aave Labs is treating V4 security as a year-long program instead of a one-time checkup. The Aave DAO, the token-holder body that governs the protocol, approved a $1.5 million budget for the effort.
A governance post from March 2026 set out five commitments. They are early embedding of formal verification, sustained layered auditing, continuous verification, a permanent bug bounty program, and AI-assisted smart contract scanning.
Formal verification uses mathematical proofs to show certain failures cannot happen at all, unlike normal testing, which only confirms the code behaves correctly in the cases someone thought to check.
V4 went through about 345 cumulative days of security review across internal teams and external auditors. A public contest attracted more than 900 participants. None of them turned up a critical or high-severity finding.
An August 2026 blog post reported that AI scans of the V3 and V4 codebases surfaced 71 issues. Every validated finding was rated low or informational severity, with no critical threats identified.
Lending’s bumpy comeback Galaxy Research recorded a 28% quarter-over-quarter fall in Aave borrowing volumes during Q2 2026. Deposits grew 41% and active loans rose 32% during Q3 2026. By early October 2026, deposits on V4 had passed $1 billion.
In April 2026, KelpDAO suffered a $292 million incident, one of the year’s largest DeFi losses. Aave expanded its asset-listing criteria to include cybersecurity and carried out a wide-ranging overhaul of its risk framework afterward.
On October 2, 2026, a third-party exploit targeted a FlashLoopAdapter module and drained approximately 114 ETH, worth roughly $310,000. Aave’s core V3 contracts were not affected.
Why interconnected risk changes the math DeFi’s composability means protocols snap together so that a token from one platform can serve as collateral on another and then get looped through a third. A crack in one component can spread through the whole structure. Cointelegraph’s reporting flags this cascade risk as a key danger for the current lending upswing, alongside the rise of AI-assisted attacks.
By rating the cybersecurity of assets before accepting them as collateral, Aave’s updated listing criteria are designed to keep other protocols’ problems from becoming its own.
What this means for DeFi lending For rival lending protocols, Aave has raised the baseline. A $1.5 million DAO-approved security budget, a permanent bug bounty and published AI-scan results set a public standard that competitors may face pressure to meet.
The October 2 adapter exploit points to a specific weak spot: core contracts tend to get the most scrutiny, but add-on modules and third-party integrations around them may not receive the same treatment.
Disclosure: This article was edited by Estefano Gomez. For more information on how we create and review content, see our Editorial Policy.
@Aave has extended BNB Chain stablecoin support to its consumer mobile app, allowing users to deposit $USDC and $USDT balances held on @BNBCHAIN directly into the protocol's decentralized lending pool. The move is the latest step in Aave's effort to bring institutional-grade DeFi to a mainstream mobile audience.
Instant Access for Waitlisted Users The BNB Chain integration gives waitlisted users immediate connectivity through native access codes, removing friction that has historically slowed retail onboarding to DeFi products. The pattern follows a similar playbook to Aave's earlier mobile integrations: The BNB Chain rollout extends that same model to one of crypto's busiest networks.
Routing even a fraction of that activity toward Aave's lending pool represents a meaningful opportunity for protocol liquidity.
Solving Cross-Chain Fragmentation A core design objective of the Aave mobile app is eliminating the need for manual bridging. Adding BNB Chain to that framework means retail dollar balances held natively on the network can flow into Aave's lending markets without users ever touching a bridge interface.
The BNB Chain addition builds on a broader expansion strategy. Each new chain integration widens the funnel ahead of that broader release, and BNB Chain's scale makes it one of the more consequential additions to date.
Sources:
Crypto Briefing: Base enables USDC deposits on Aave mobile app
CoinInterestRate: Aave App Review 2026
Genfinity: Aave Ships Stable Vaults with Chainlink CCIP
Jediná on-chain peněženka převedla 150 milionů USDT z Aave do spořicího produktu spUSDT od Spark v době, kdy úrokové sazby z úvěrů na Aave dosahovaly dvouciferných hodnot.
A single on-chain wallet has pulled $150 million in USDT out of Aave and parked it in Spark’s USDT Savings product, known as spUSDT.
The withdrawals coincided with double-digit borrowing rates. Stablecoin borrowers usually expect single digits, so that kind of reading tends to be a sign of strain rather than a feature.
Why a $150 million move matters When a depositor of this size walks away, the pool gets thinner. On rate models driven by supply and demand, a thinner pool means pricier loans for everyone still borrowing.
The destination matters too. Spark operates within the Sky ecosystem, and its pitch leans on rate limits and peg stability rather than the free-floating, supply-and-demand approach Aave uses.
The KelpDAO hangover The story starts on April 18, 2026, when the KelpDAO rsETH exploit hit. The incident left Aave with roughly $195 million in bad debt, largely because rsETH used as collateral turned out to be unbacked.
The reaction was swift. Aave saw estimated net outflows of $10 to $16 billion shortly after the exploit, according to the research findings, with total value locked falling from approximately $48.5 billion to $30.7 billion in just over three days.
Spark was one of the clearest beneficiaries. It recorded $2.4 billion in net deposit inflows after the KelpDAO incident, capturing more than 15% of Aave’s outflows. Broader estimates of SparkLend and its savings vaults put net inflows over the period somewhere between $1 billion and $2.4 billion.
The spUSDT vault in particular had a moment. By April 23, 2026, it had surpassed $1 billion in deposits with yields around 3%, before settling at approximately $600 million by October 7, 2026.
Integrations helped. Spark’s savings products have been plugged into platforms such as the OKX app, which lowers the friction for users who might otherwise never touch a DeFi interface directly.
A flight to boring The $150 million transfer is a useful snapshot of what large holders appear to want right now. The motivation, based on the research, looks like a preference for liquidity and risk controls over squeezing out the last basis point of yield.
It also shows how concentrated DeFi liquidity can be. One wallet moving $150 million is enough to register on a lending market, and a handful of similar moves can shift borrowing costs for thousands of smaller users who never made a decision at all.
What this means for Aave, Spark and DeFi lenders For Aave, the immediate issue is confidence. The protocol remains one of the largest lending markets in crypto, but sustained withdrawals by big depositors keep pressure on utilization, and the double-digit borrowing rates seen alongside this exit show how quickly that pressure can reach borrowers.
For Spark, the challenge is different. Winning deposits during a competitor’s crisis is one thing, and the slide in spUSDT from over $1 billion to around $600 million suggests some of that capital is restless. A fresh $150 million deposit helps that number, but it also adds concentration risk.
For the wider DeFi lending sector, the episode is a live stress test of design choices. Aave’s market-driven rates react fast to supply and demand, while Spark’s approach prioritizes stability and controlled flows. The research frames the post-KelpDAO shift as a possible reassessment of protocols around sustainability and reliability rather than raw yield.
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Hedera představila Agent Accounts, které AI agentům umožní provádět autonomní platby v rámci pravidel uložených on-chain, aniž by měly přístup k privátním klíčům. Spuštění mainnetu je plánováno na 2. čtvrtletí 2027.
AI agents are getting remarkably good at reasoning, planning, and taking action. What they have not had (until now) is safe, programmable guardrails.
Giving an AI agent access to your wallet is not a solution. Handing over private keys introduces risk that no guardrail can fully offset. And relying on human approval for every transaction defeats the purpose of autonomous AI. The result is a gap that has quietly limited what agents can actually do in the real world: they can think, but they cannot transact.
Hedera Agent Accounts are built to close that gap.
Introducing Hedera Agent Accounts: programmable, non-custodial spending accounts on Hedera that give your AI agent the ability to transact autonomously (paying for APIs, accessing data, settling invoices, and making purchases on your behalf) within a set of rules you define, enforced on-chain, with your private keys never leaving your wallet.
What is a Hedera Agent Account? An Agent Account is a spending account you create for your AI agent, funded from your existing Hedera wallet. Think of it as giving your agent its own budget with strict guardrails; not access to your full account.
Using the Agent Account web app, you connect your existing Hedera wallet, assign an agent to the account, and configure the rules that govern how and where it can spend. Those rules (daily spending limits, per-transaction caps, an approved list of merchants and recipients) are then locked into a smart contract on the Hedera network itself. Not stored on a company server. Not adjustable by anyone except you.
From that point, your agent can transact autonomously within those boundaries, 24/7, without you needing to approve every action.
How it works Connect your existing Hedera wallet
No new wallet to set up. Agent Accounts work with your existing Hedera account. You provision the account, assign an agent, and set an overall spending allowance; all from the Agent Account app.
Set your rules
Before your agent spends a single dollar, you define exactly how it can operate: a total spend limit, a daily cap, a per-transaction maximum, and an allowlist of recipients and merchants the agent is permitted to pay. These rules are written to a smart contract on the Hedera network and cannot be overridden; not by the agent, and not by Hedera.
Let your agent run
Once configured, your agent handles the rest. It can pay for APIs, access gated data, purchase services, and settle transactions; all without waiting on you. Any endpoint, merchant, or seller that accepts HBAR or USDC on Hedera can receive payment from an autonomous AI agent.
Inspect every action
Every policy, transaction, and agent action is preserved on Hedera’s Consensus Service, giving you a verifiable, tamper-proof audit trail of exactly what your agent did and what you authorized.
Your money stays yours A few things worth being explicit about, because they matter:
Funds never leave your account until the moment of purchase. The agent does not hold a balance. It sends spend requests to the smart contract, which validates them against your rules and executes the transaction. Nothing moves until the moment a valid, policy-compliant purchase is made.
Your agent never sees your private key. Ever. The Agent Account system is designed so that authorization lives at the smart contract layer; your keys are never exposed to the agent runtime.
You can shut it all down in one click. If you want to pause or revoke an agent’s spending, you can do it instantly from your wallet. No support ticket. No waiting period.
Works with any agent, any token Agent Accounts are backed by the Agentic Payment Services (an MCP server, REST API, and relayer) which means any AI agent that speaks MCP or REST can plug in. Claude, Cursor, ChatGPT, self-hosted agents, custom-built runtimes; if it can make an API call, it can transact with an Agent Account.
Agents can pay in HBAR, USDC, or other Hedera tokens, making Agent Accounts practical for real-world commerce, not just on-chain activity. Agent Accounts are also compatible with x402 purchases, opening the door to a growing ecosystem of pay-per-request APIs and services.
For API and service providers on the receiving end: payments arrive from verified, policy-bound agents with cryptographic proof of user authorization. No chargeback risk. No signup friction for the agent.
One account per agent Each AI agent you work with gets its own Agent Account with its own budget and rules. A research agent and a shopping agent do not share funds or permissions; they operate independently, within their own policy boundaries. This separation makes it practical to trust different agents with different levels of access without any of them interfering with each other.
For enterprise teams, companies can run their own Agentic Payment Services endpoint and manage agent spending at an organizational level; with delegated controls, team-wide audit trails, and compliance built in from the start.
What’s coming Hedera Agent Accounts are coming to testnet in Q4 2026 for limited partner validation, alongside an early release of the Pay-per-API marketplace with initial partner endpoints. Public testnet access follows in Q1 2027, with mainnet availability targeted for Q2 2027, pending security review and legal sign-off.
If you are building AI agents and want early access, or if you run an API or service that wants to accept payments from autonomous agents, we want to hear from you.
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The Internet Computer protocol (@dfinity) just set a new benchmark in blockchain efficiency: a record-low weekly average transaction fee of $0.0000828, recorded on October 7, 2026, according to data from @Chainspect. That figure is a fraction of a single penny, placing $ICP among the cheapest networks in the world to transact on.
Record Revenue, Near-Zero Fees What makes the milestone striking is the context. While fees for individual users sit at near-invisible levels, the network simultaneously generated more than $96,000 in on-chain cash flow in the same seven-day period. That follows a reported $85,089 in weekly protocol fees just days earlier, on September 29, 2026, as tracked by CoinMarketCap. The trend points to growing network usage rather than a one-off spike.
The apparent contradiction, rock-bottom user costs alongside rising network revenue, comes down to how the Internet Computer is designed. Developers pre-pay computation costs by converting $ICP into "cycles," which are then burned to power applications. The revenue is generated when developers convert ICP into cycles to pay for resources, and those ICP are subsequently burned. Users transacting on the network benefit from the resulting low fees, while the underlying token supply is gradually reduced.
A Network Built for Scale ICP is capable of up to 11,500 transactions per second with a 1-second finality, making it notably faster than Bitcoin and Ethereum. That throughput, combined with its ultra-low fees, is central to the network's pitch as a decentralized cloud platform. The Internet Computer blockchain processed 1 billion transactions in Q1 2026 across 47 subnets with 1.2 million active wallets.
On the tokenomics side, DFINITY's ongoing "Mission 70" initiative is designed to reduce annual token inflation significantly, tightening supply as demand from developers grows. A burn mechanism was introduced where a portion of cloud engine fees buys and permanently destroys ICP. Rising on-chain cash flow, if sustained, could accelerate that burn rate and have longer-term implications for token supply.
For now, the headline number remains the fee itself: $0.0000828 per transaction. For a network processing billions of transactions and generating meaningful revenue, it is a data point that is hard to ignore.
Sources:
CoinMarketCap: Internet Computer Latest Updates
Crypto News Navigator: ICP One Billion Transactions
Bybit: Internet Computer Price and Network Data
Spoluzakladatel NEAR Protocol Illia Polosukhin tvrdí, že on-chain nástroje na near.com snižují potřebu centralizovaných burz tím, že v jednom rozhraní nabízejí obchodování, tokenizované akcie a perpetuální futures kontrakty.
Onchain Tools Closing the Gap With Centralized ExchangesNEAR Protocol co-founder Illia Polosukhin made a pointed case against centralized exchanges at the Digital Asset Summit 2026 in Singapore, telling The Block that users no longer need centralized exchanges for "a lot" of crypto activity as near(.)com expands its onchain offerings.
Polosukhin illustrated his argument with a personal anecdote: one of his own accounts was deleted by a centralized exchange despite his knowing the company's CEO. "You log in, and it says this account doesn't exist," he said.
Near(.)com brings spot trading across different chains, tokenized stocks, earn products, and perpetual futures into one interface. Polosukhin described the platform as "almost there" and said it has a "big roadmap of things to keep adding," pointing to bank withdrawals, transaction records for tax purposes, and selective disclosure of confidential transactions among the areas it is working on.
Privacy is also a priority. Most of NEAR Intents' infrastructure has moved to a confidential shard, allowing trading activity to remain private while users can reveal individual transactions when needed.
Fiat Integration, Tokenized Stocks, and AI AgentsBeyond crypto-to-crypto activity, Polosukhin outlined a broader vision. Near(.)com is working with Monerium to support conversions between euros held in traditional bank accounts and EURe, a euro-denominated stablecoin. Over the long term, Polosukhin said, the goal is to enable swaps of any asset through NEAR Intents.
Tokenized equities are already live on the platform. Tokenized stocks were added to near(.)com in September through an integration with Ondo Finance, and the platform plans to add more globally traded stocks. The launch started with 20 assets, including tokenized exposure to Tesla, NVIDIA, and Apple, as well as ETFs such as QQQ. Users can fund purchases with USDC, Bitcoin, or other supported assets held across more than 30 blockchain networks, all from one account.
Polosukhin also pointed to artificial intelligence as a coming force in onchain markets. He has previously argued that "the users of blockchain will be AI agents," with AI handling the front end and blockchain serving as the back end. That framing positions near(.)com not just as a trading platform, but as infrastructure for a future where automated agents handle onchain activity on behalf of users.
Sources:
The Block: NEAR's Polosukhin sees shrinking need for centralized exchanges as onchain tools expand
CoinGape: Ondo Finance Partners With near.com to Bring Tokenized U.S. Stocks and ETFs Onchain
Crypto Reporter: near.com Partners With Ondo to Bring Tokenized U.S. Stocks and ETFs Alongside Crypto, Confidentially
Hodnota tokenizovaných produktů amerických státních dluhopisů na síti Avalanche dosáhla zhruba 545 milionů USD, což představuje čtyřnásobný růst za posledních 12 měsíců.
TLDR Tokenized US Treasury products on Avalanche have reached about $545 million in value. The figure comes from an October 7 ecosystem update. The market has grown about fourfold over the past year. The total also rose during the third quarter. Franklin Templeton and WisdomTree are among the firms with tokenized assets on the network. Tokenized US Treasury products on Avalanche have grown to about $545 million in value. The figure was shared in an Avalanche ecosystem update on October 7.
That total marks roughly fourfold growth over the past year. The value also climbed during the third quarter of 2026.
Tokenized Treasuries are blockchain-based products tied to short-term US government debt and money-market instruments. They are linked to real assets that trade in traditional markets.
How Tokenized Treasuries Work Investors who hold these products get access to yield linked to US Treasuries. The blockchain handles settlement, ownership records and transfers.
This setup differs from many crypto assets, which have no link to traditional finance. Tokenized Treasuries represent claims on familiar government debt.
US Treasury securities are liquid and pay yield. These features have made them a common choice for firms building blockchain-based financial products.
Avalanche and Its Institutional Focus Avalanche has spent years marketing itself to institutions and asset issuers. Its design lets firms build custom blockchain environments that still connect to a larger public network.
Tokenized assets from Franklin Templeton and WisdomTree have helped grow the network’s real-world asset market. Both are established asset managers in traditional finance.
Avalanche is not the only network in this space. Ethereum, Solana, Stellar and several Layer 2 networks also host real-world asset products.
Issuers of these products often look at different factors than typical crypto traders. Compliance, custody, settlement reliability, identity systems and distribution are among their priorities.
Transaction fees still matter to issuers. But they are only one part of how firms choose a network.
The $545 million figure remains small compared with the conventional US Treasury market. That market is valued in the trillions of dollars.
Still, the amount of Treasury-linked value on Avalanche has quadrupled in 12 months. The data shows more of these products are now being issued and held on the network.
The data on the segment was highlighted this week as part of a wider update on the Avalanche ecosystem. The update focused on the network’s growth in real-world assets.
As of the October 7 update, tokenized Treasury products on Avalanche stood at roughly $545 million. The value rose during the third quarter, continuing the growth seen over the past year.
Onchain credit on Avalanche just had its best quarter on record. Loan volume climbed 34% to $37.4 million in Q3 2026.
The numbers behind the record The headline stat is simple. Loan volume tied to onchain credit on Avalanche rose 34% quarter over quarter, landing at $37.4 million.
The credit growth didn’t happen in isolation. Tokenized US Treasuries on Avalanche reached $545 million by the end of Q3 2026, up 14% from the prior quarter. Treasury holdings have also grown fourfold so far this year.
The broader real-world asset (RWA) activity on Avalanche represented approximately $11.4 billion in asset value as of early October 2026.
Put those figures side by side and the scale difference stands out. The $37.4 million in loan volume is a small slice next to $545 million in tokenized Treasuries and roughly $11.4 billion in broader RWA value.
The deals feeding the machine First, Aave activated its V4 upgrade on Avalanche. The rollout is part of a multichain expansion that also introduced tokenized stocks as onchain collateral.
Letting tokenized stocks serve as collateral is a notable shift. It means equity exposure could, in principle, back a crypto-native loan, which widens the pool of assets borrowers can put to work.
Second, Grove Finance anchored Galaxy’s first tokenized collateralized loan obligation, or CLO, with a $50 million allocation on Avalanche. The Galaxy deal extends Grove’s earlier footprint on the network. Grove had previously deployed $250 million into RWAs on Avalanche.
Third, the ecosystem has also leaned on partnerships with Centrifuge, a protocol focused on bringing real-world credit onchain. These relationships have helped push structured credit products onto the network.
What this means for Avalanche and onchain credit For the Avalanche ecosystem, the clearest takeaway is momentum in a specific niche. A 34% quarterly jump in loan volume, alongside 14% growth in tokenized Treasuries, points to a network building depth in institutional finance.
Still, quarterly records from a relatively small base can look dramatic without signaling a lasting trend. One or two large deals can move the needle meaningfully when total volume is measured in tens of millions.
Concentration risk is another factor. A meaningful share of the activity traces back to a handful of institutional names, including Grove, Galaxy, Aave and Centrifuge.
Breakdowns of exactly where the loan volume came from have not yet been detailed by major crypto-native data sources.
Aave’s V4 expansion is multichain by design, so Avalanche is not the only network gaining these tools. Its edge will depend on whether institutions keep choosing it as the place to park, and lend against, tokenized assets.
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Astroport po útoku ukončil tokenové hlasování na Neutronu a Terře; správu převezmou DAO DAO a nouzový multisig. Plánuje také spálit zhruba 362 milionů tokenů ASTRO.
Astroport has stopped letting its tokenholders run the show. On October 8, 2026, the Cosmos-based decentralized exchange fully disabled tokenholder governance on both Neutron and Terra.
The trigger was a governance attack on September 22, 2026. A vote acquired for approximately $20,000 handed someone administrative control over Astroport contracts. For a protocol securing millions in liquidity, that is a very cheap set of keys.
What changed, and what didn’t Going forward, Astroport contributors will operate the protocol through DAO DAO organizations. Token-weighted voting is out. Every decision will instead have to move through a public proposal process.
A multisig wallet will also sit in the background as an emergency owner. Its job is to make sure the protocol can be recovered if something goes wrong again.
ASTRO emissions are going to zero, ending the stream of new tokens the protocol had been distributing.
Astroport also plans to burn approximately 362 million ASTRO tokens sitting in its Neutron treasury. Minting capabilities will be restricted to burns.
For everyday users, the front end keeps working. Pools, swaps and liquidity positions all remain functional, and the team has framed security as its top priority through the transition.
vxASTRO holders are not stuck either. They can continue unlocking through the normal process.
How a $20,000 vote cracked the system The September attack exposed a structural weakness in Astroport’s ASTRO and vxASTRO governance design. The attacker acquired voting power by purchasing NTRN tokens, the native asset of Neutron.
That vote enabled the transfer of administrative control over eight Astroport contracts. Liquidity pools estimated at $4.9 million were exposed to potential drainage as a result.
Astroport responded by halting blocks and restarting them shortly afterward.
Roughly $20,000 in governance influence was enough to put control of contracts guarding about $4.9 million at risk.
A pivot from emissions to fees Instead of paying users with freshly minted tokens, the protocol is leaning on fee-based mechanics tied to burns and yield. The centerpiece is a planned yASTRO staking contract on Terra, designed to share protocol fees with stakers and boost user engagement.
What this means for ASTRO holders and DeFi governance For ASTRO holders, the trade-off is clear. They lose a direct say in protocol decisions. In exchange, they get a token with no ongoing emissions, a large treasury burn, and a planned path to fee revenue through yASTRO.
The research findings note that the burn could be perceived positively by holders focused on scarcity, while the sweeping nature of the overhaul could bring heightened volatility as markets digest it.
Moving from tokenholder votes to contributor-led DAO DAO organizations, backed by an emergency multisig, concentrates decision-making in fewer hands. The public proposal requirement is meant to keep that process visible.
The yASTRO contract is still planned rather than live, so the fee-sharing pitch remains a promise until it ships on Terra. Users and holders will want to see how the burn of approximately 362 million ASTRO is carried out and documented on-chain.
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Moscow Exchange plánuje 1. prosince zahájit obchodování s kryptoměnami v souladu s novým ruským regulačním rámcem; zpočátku očekává, že bude podporovat BTC, ETH, SOL, XRP a TRX.
Moscow Exchange (MOEX), Russia’s largest stock exchange, plans to begin offering crypto trading on December 1 under the country’s new regulatory framework. Bitcoin (BTC), Ethereum (ETH), Solana (SOL), XRP and TRON (TRX) are expected to be the initial cryptocurrencies supported by the exchange
Moscow Exchange to Offer Crypto Trading Moscow Exchange is currently testing crypto trading with professional traders, said senior managing director for sales and business development Boris Blokhin on October 8. This is a test environment for digital currency trading, testing the functionality that will eventually be implemented in the production environment
“We will continue testing until launch. We plan to provide this cryptocurrency trading capability on December 1st, in line with the new legislation,” he added, according to TASS.
Moscow Exchange intends to use its existing trading organizer license and stock-market infrastructure for crypto assets, which the new regulations permit. “Therefore, everything is very simple – both for the participants and for us” as there is no additional inclusion in the exchange’s register is required.
The announcement follows the entry into force of Russia’s cryptocurrency market legislation in early September. The Bank of Russia has begun registering crypto exchange operators and crypto custodians such as Sberbank and VTB Bank.
As CoinGape reported, Sberbank plans to launch its first crypto products on December 1. The products will be offered via SberBank Online, SberInvestments and SberBusiness. These services are already available in the bank’s overall digital platform.
Under the framework, unqualified investors can buy only Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Tether (USDT), up to 300,000 rubles per year. Qualified investors can purchase all cryptocurrencies on the platform and over-the-counter markets, without a limit on the amount.
Moscow Exchange launched perpetual futures tied to Bitcoin, Ethereum, Solana, XRP, and TRON indices last month. The contracts are quoted in US dollars, settled in Russian rubles, and limited to qualified investors. This positions Russia’s Moscow Exchange to offer regulated crypto exposure alongside banks and other licensed intermediaries.
To understand how these state-backed initiatives compare with international providers, traders can look at our comprehensive review of the regulated crypto exchanges comparison currently operating in the market.
Decrypt na Solaně spustil samoobslužné Money Accounts s jediným zůstatkem v USDT pro Earn, swapy, predikce a perpetual futures, aniž by bylo nutné držet SOL na poplatky.
In brief Decrypt Money Accounts are now live on Solana, with balances in USDT and sponsoring gas for a seamless user experience. One balance funds Earn, Swaps, Predictions and Perps, with no bridging or per-product deposits, and users can deposit funds using virtually any payment method. The platform is self-custodial: Decrypt does not hold private keys and cannot transact on a user's behalf. Decrypt Money Accounts are now live on Solana, giving readers a single self-custodial balance that works across everything Decrypt builds, as it continues to roll out the infrastructure underpinning its financial and intelligence market The Information Exchange.
“Our goal is simple: one account, one balance, and access to every financial instrument, directly from where you already consume information,” said Ilan Hazan, co-founder of Decrypt. “From prediction markets to perpetual futures and swaps, users will be able to manage all their positions in one place, without worrying about wallets, bridges or chains. We're working with leading protocols to make this possible, with partners to be announced in the coming weeks.”
Decrypt Portfolio – Prediction MarketDeposits and balances are held in USDT on Solana, with one balance funding every product on Decrypt: Earn, Swaps, Predictions and Perps, with Decrypt Takes and more to follow. Gas and rent are sponsored through fee-payer co-signing, so there is no need to hold SOL or to think about network fees at all. A user who deposits funds can start using the wallet immediately.
Decrypt Money Accounts are self-custodial, meaning that Decrypt does not hold private keys and cannot perform actions on anyone's behalf. Private key export is coming shortly, after which they can be used with any Solana wallet software.
Solana Dashboard – DecryptCross-chain activity is handled underneath. Myriad Predictions markets settle on BNB Chain, for instance, but a user trades them from the same Solana USDT balance without touching a bridge or a second network.
Existing Myriad Wallet users can start using Decrypt Money Accounts immediately. The wallet that powered Myriad Predictions becomes Decrypt Money Accounts, so one account and one balance now cover both Decrypt and Myriad, with no migration required.
Decrypt Portfolio – SwapsThe platform is the rail beneath The Information Exchange, the financial and intelligence market built atop Decrypt, Myriad and the upcoming MYR token. Decrypt is the information layer; Myriad is the infrastructure that connects what readers learn to what they can act on, and MYR serves as the shared economic coordination layer atop Solana.
The Information Exchange is built around subjects, assembling reporting, data, prices and probabilities in one place, and the instruments attached to them are set to widen from prediction markets to spot, perpetual futures, structured event products and more. New features will be launched over the coming weeks, in a staggered rollout running into Solana Breakpoint.
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Decrypt a Myriad představily na síti Solana „Information Exchange“, síť s účtem pro vlastní správu aktiv, která nabízí výnosy, swapy, predikční trhy a perpetual futures. Plné spuštění je plánováno na konferenci Solana Breakpoint.
Decrypt, the crypto news publisher, wants its readers to do more than read. Its new self-custodial Money Accounts on Solana are designed to power Earn, Swaps, Predictions and Perps from one platform inside the Decrypt experience.
What Decrypt is actually building Money Accounts serve as the plumbing. They give users a single self-custodial account that connects to four product lines: yield (Earn), token swaps, prediction markets and perpetual futures.
Self-custodial means the user holds the keys to their funds, not Decrypt.
On September 30, 2026, Decrypt and its sister brand Myriad announced “The Information Exchange,” a self-custodial financial and intelligence network anchored on Solana.
The network is set to bundle prediction markets, swaps, spot trading and perps directly alongside Decrypt’s news and data. The pitch is simple: read something market-moving, then act on it without leaving the app.
The rollout is planned in phases. The full product is expected to arrive during Solana Breakpoint, scheduled for November 15 to 17, 2026.
The MYR token is slated to handle staking and access functions across the network, but details remain under wraps until closer to launch, and there was no live token trading or specification at the time of the announcement.
The Myriad factor and the DASTAN playbook Myriad, its prediction-market sibling, says it has racked up over $600 million in cumulative prediction-market volume.
Both brands sit under the same parent company, DASTAN. The Information Exchange is essentially DASTAN stitching its media arm and its markets arm together into a single product.
The Decrypt and Rug Radio network reaches roughly 1.6 million monthly unique users, according to the research findings tied to the announcement.
Why Solana, and why now The choice of Solana tracks with the product design. Swaps, perps and prediction markets all generate frequent, small transactions, and Solana’s appeal has long rested on fast, low-cost execution.
Launching around Breakpoint also gives the project a built-in stage. Solana’s flagship conference draws the developers, traders and funds most likely to try a new on-chain venue in its first weeks.
What this means for traders and the industry For users, the immediate appeal is convenience. One self-custodial account covering yield, swaps, predictions and leveraged perps removes the usual juggling act of bridging funds between apps.
Perps deserve a caution flag. Perpetual futures are leveraged contracts with no expiry date, and putting them one tap away from a breaking headline is a recipe for fast decisions.
There is an obvious tension worth watching. A publisher that also runs markets has to convince readers that coverage is not shaped by what drives trading volume. How Decrypt handles editorial separation from Myriad and the MYR token will likely shape how much trust the product earns.
The MYR token is the other open question. Staking and access functions suggest it will sit at the center of the network’s economics, but without published supply details, distribution plans or launch mechanics, there is nothing concrete to evaluate yet.
The checkpoints are clear. Watch for the phased rollout of features ahead of Breakpoint, the MYR token disclosures, and whether Myriad’s over $600 million volume track record grows once it has a newsroom feeding it traffic.
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Na hodinovém i dvouhodinovém grafu Shiba Inu se vytvořil death cross: 50periodní klouzavý průměr klesl pod 200periodní klouzavý průměr, což signalizuje krátkodobý medvědí tlak.
Shiba Inu (SHIB) has produced double death cross signals on its hourly and two-hour charts, heightening uncertainty over the likelihood of the anticipated “Uptober” rally in October.
Double death cross brings bearish momentumA death cross occurs when a short-term moving average crosses below a long-term moving average, widely interpreted by traders as a signal of weakening momentum. In SHIB’s case, the 50-period moving average slipped beneath the 200-period moving average on both the hourly and two-hour timeframes.
This double occurrence of the death cross is drawing increased scrutiny, as it points to sustained bearish sentiment across multiple short-term technical setups. The signals may indicate continuing pressure against SHIB’s price unless the technical picture improves.
Mini dictionary: Death cross, a technical chart pattern where a short-term moving average falls below a long-term moving average, often seen by traders as a signal of potential downward momentum in price action.
SHIB experienced its first daily golden cross in nearly two years last week—a bullish signal in which a shorter-term moving average crosses above a longer-term moving average. The previous golden cross, seen in November 2024, preceded a strong rally with SHIB climbing to $0.0000334 in December 2024.
Rather than confirming a bullish rally for October, the double death cross suggests Shiba Inu may need to reclaim critical support levels and restore momentum before any sustained upside occurs.
Uptober outlook and market pressuresOctober, often referred to as “Uptober” for historically positive crypto performance, has so far failed to live up to expectations for Shiba Inu. The double death cross has cast doubt over whether bulls can launch the rally speculators had hoped for this month.
SHIB’s current price action reflects persistent weakness. The token was last down 1.36% in 24 hours at $0.000005405, moving in tandem with the broader market’s decline.
This pullback followed the release of minutes from the Federal Reserve’s latest meeting, which showed officials anticipate another interest rate hike before the end of the year as they attempt to curb inflation.
Investor sentiment toward SHIB and other cryptocurrencies remains closely tied to macroeconomic developments. Many analysts expect the Fed to keep interest rates steady at its October 28 meeting, with a potential rate increase on December 9. Attention is also focused on upcoming data releases, including weekly initial jobless claims and preliminary Michigan Consumer Sentiment for October.
Date/EventCurrent Value/ActionNext Key LevelCurrent SHIB price$0.000005405Support at $0.00000523Recent Price Peak (Oct 5)$0.000006018Support at $0.00000544 (50-day MA)Potential Fed actionPossible rate hold Oct 28Rate hike possible Dec 9Technical breakdown and support levelsAfter reaching a high of $0.000006018 on October 5, SHIB has entered its third consecutive day of decline. The token has now dropped below the 50-day moving average support at $0.00000544 and is approaching its next key support at the 200-day moving average of $0.00000523.
Shiba Inu is a meme-based cryptocurrency developed as an experiment in decentralized community building. It has achieved significant popularity but remains highly volatile, with price movements frequently influenced by technical setups, broader crypto market sentiment, and global economic policy shifts.
SHIB’s recent drop below multiple support levels and the appearance of double death crosses on short-term charts highlight the uncertainty facing traders and investors as October progresses.
Bitcoin has spent most of its life as the asset you buy, store, and try not to look at too often. Stacks wants to give it a job.
On October 7, 2026, Stacks founder Muneeb Ali published a vision document describing what he calls the “Satoshi Upgrades.” The goal is a set of protocol changes that would turn Stacks into a hub for Bitcoin capital markets by 2030.
The plan rests on three pillars: capital markets, privacy, and post-quantum security.
The three pillars of the Satoshi Upgrades The first pillar is Bitcoin capital markets, built around yield generation and collateralization. The core components include scaling self-custodial BTC staking and yield generation, and lending activity collateralized by bonded BTC.
The second pillar is privacy, specifically enhancements designed for institutional-grade transactions.
The third pillar is post-quantum security, aimed at protecting against emerging quantum computing threats.
Every one of these activities is meant to settle on Bitcoin’s Layer 1, the base blockchain itself.
Bonds, institutions, and a new CEO The vision did not arrive out of nowhere. It follows the PoX-5 hard fork, which activated on July 30, 2026, and introduced protocol bonds for Bitcoin staking.
The first offering, the Genesis Bond, sold out in September 2026 after raising approximately 230 BTC. Institutional buyers included 21Shares, HashKey Cloud, and UTXO Management.
Stacks then opened Bond 2 in October 2026 with a capacity of 500 BTC, aimed at liquid staking options.
Ali is set to become CEO of Stacks Labs on October 15, 2026, succeeding Alex Miller, who will move into advisory roles. Ali plans to prioritize accelerating institutional business development and streamlining the leadership structure.
Ali announced that Stacks Labs intellectual property will be transferred to the Stacks Endowment, an entity with no shareholders.
A two-year roadmap is expected to follow, focusing on privacy features, post-quantum technology, and expanded yield markets, while extending STX’s utility as capital.
What this means for BTC holders and STX For Bitcoin holders, the proposition comes down to self-custodial yield and BTC-backed lending, which would let long-term holders put idle coins to work without selling them or surrendering custody.
The Genesis Bond offers an early read on demand. A fully subscribed raise of approximately 230 BTC from names like 21Shares and HashKey Cloud suggests institutions are receptive to Bitcoin-linked yield at that size. Bond 2 at 500 BTC is the next real test.
For STX, the token sits at the center of the design as a rate-limiting factor in planned capital market activity.
Near-term markers are clear: watch Ali’s October 15 start as CEO, the subscription pace of Bond 2, the release of the two-year roadmap, and the completion of the transfer to the Stacks Endowment.
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Generální ředitel Quant Gilbert Verdian naznačil možnost „programovatelného jenu“. Potvrzeným krokem Quant v Japonsku zatím zůstává strategické partnerství se společností Dentsu Soken v oblasti digitálních peněz a tokenizovaných vkladů.
Quant CEO Gilbert Verdian teases “Programmable Yen” after his earlier dollar hint preceded a major U.S. deal, while Quant already has a Japan partnership.
Quant founder and CEO Gilbert Verdian has turned his programmable-money narrative toward Japan, asking whether the yen could be next.
The comment stands out because an earlier “Programmable Dollars next?” post was followed by Quant securing a major role in The Clearing House’s U.S. tokenized-deposit network.
Programmable Yen next?
— Gilbert Verdian (@gverdian) October 7, 2026
Verdian first posted in May 2025 that programmable pounds and euros were already taking shape before asking whether dollars would follow. On Sept. 24, 2026, he returned to the same post with a simple update: “Programmable Dollars.”
That same day, The Clearing House announced it had selected Quant to power the interoperability, orchestration, and transaction-management layer of its On-Chain Money Initiative.
The network will connect tokenized bank deposits with existing U.S. payment rails, including RTP and CHIPS, and is expected to open to participating institutions in the first half of 2027.
Now Verdian is asking:
“Programmable Yen next?”
Quant Already Has a Foot in Japan The Japan angle is not starting from zero.
In January, Quant entered a strategic partnership with Dentsu Soken to support programmable digital money, tokenized deposits and bank-issued stablecoins in Japan.
The arrangement combines Quant’s programmable settlement technology with Dentsu Soken’s experience integrating core financial infrastructure for Japanese institutions.
Dentsu Soken specifically lists its Stream-R settlement-management system, which supports connections to BOJ-NET, among its existing capabilities. The companies said their work would target banks, payment and settlement operators, securities infrastructure and capital-market participants.
That gives Verdian’s latest post more context than a standalone social-media tease.
Still, there is an important boundary: there is no confirmed announcement that Quant has been selected by the Bank of Japan, BOJ-NET or the Zengin system. Dentsu Soken having BOJ-NET-connected infrastructure does not establish a direct Quant contract with the central bank.
Why the U.S. Sequence Is Getting Attention The earlier dollar sequence explains why the new yen comment is drawing interest.
Verdian publicly raised the possibility of programmable dollars well before The Clearing House partnership became public. When that agreement was announced, Quant was chosen following a competitive process to provide core technology for a network serving tokenized bank deposits.
The Crypto Basic recently covered why The Clearing House selected Quant, including the company’s interoperability work and experience with regulated financial institutions.
Quant also has established work around programmable sterling and the digital euro, including projects involving UK tokenized deposits and programmable payments testing with the European Central Bank.
For Japan, however, the confirmed development remains the Dentsu Soken partnership. Verdian’s “Programmable Yen next?” comment adds a fresh signal of where Quant may be looking next, but any BOJ-NET or Zengin connection would require a separate official announcement.
Gnosis nasadil pravidlo Fast Confirmation Rule do mostů xDAI Bridge a Omnibridge, čímž zkrátil dobu vkladů z Etherea do Gnosis Chain přibližně z 13 minut na 13 sekund.
Moving funds from Ethereum to Gnosis Chain used to mean waiting long enough to brew a pot of coffee. Now the wait is about as long as it takes to read this paragraph.
Gnosis has integrated Ethereum’s Fast Confirmation Rule (FCR) into its official bridges, the xDAI bridge and Omnibridge. Deposits from Ethereum mainnet now process in approximately 13 seconds. Before the change, they waited for full economic finality, which took about 13 minutes.
What changed, and what didn’t The switch went live on October 8, 2026. Gnosis says this makes it the first production system to run FCR, so other teams now have a real deployment to study.
The timeline also beat its own forecast. Gnosis documented the FCR integration on September 24, 2026, with a target of production rollout by the end of October. It shipped weeks ahead of that.
For users and developers, nothing needs to change. No wallet updates are required, no contracts need redeploying, and no settings need toggling. Every transfer that starts on Ethereum and heads to Gnosis now uses FCR by default.
The speedup only works in one direction. Transfers that start on Gnosis and go to Ethereum still rely on economic finality, which the research puts at roughly 5 minutes.
How fast confirmation actually works Ethereum’s standard finality works like the county office. Under the Casper FFG mechanism, a block counts as final only after two full epochs are finalized.
FCR is a feature in Ethereum consensus clients that checks the attestation weight behind a recent block. Attestations are votes from validators confirming that a block is valid. If enough validator weight backs a block within one slot, FCR treats it as confirmed.
For Gnosis, this means its bridge validators can release funds on the Gnosis side much sooner. They no longer wait for Ethereum to finish its full finality process. They act once the attestation signal is strong enough.
The speed has a cost. Economic finality carries a guarantee tied to a 33% adversarial threshold. FCR relies on a different threshold of approximately 25%.
To keep the change transparent, Gnosis has set up public monitors. Users can check the confirmation status of their transactions themselves rather than taking the bridge’s word for it.
Why Gnosis is doing this now The FCR rollout is not a one-off upgrade. Gnosis frames it as one step on its roadmap toward synchronous composability within the Ethereum Economic Zone (EEZ).
Gnosis says atomic cross-chain calls are planned next. An atomic call is an all-or-nothing operation across chains: either every step succeeds, or none of them do.
What this means for users, builders, and the wider ecosystem The most immediate benefit goes to anyone who regularly moves value from Ethereum into Gnosis. A wait of about 13 minutes was long enough to make bridging feel like a chore. A wait of approximately 13 seconds makes it feel close to a normal transaction.
The security trade-off deserves attention, especially from larger users. Moving from a 33% adversarial threshold to approximately 25% is a deliberate choice. The public monitors give users a way to check that confidence instead of assuming it.
The asymmetry also matters. Keeping Gnosis-to-Ethereum transfers on economic finality suggests Gnosis is willing to accept faster, slightly riskier confirmations coming in, but wants the stronger guarantee for funds going back to mainnet.
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Přispěvatelé Lido představili Lido Lend, upravenou vidlici protokolu Morpho Blue pro méně rizikové půjčky. Spuštění ještě musí schválit Lido DAO a je plánováno na toto čtvrtletí.
The proposed lending market would be governed by the Lido DAO, pending a governance vote, with a launch targeted this quarter.
Lido contributors unveil Lido Lend, a Morpho Blue fork for lower-risk lending
Posted October 8, 2026 at 6:44 am ET.
Lido contributors unveiled Lido Lend, a decentralized lending market built on a modified fork of Morpho Blue, in a post on the Lido research forum on Oct. 7. The market is proposed to be governed by the Lido DAO and still needs a governance vote. The post says “Lido Lend is coming this quarter.”
Isolated Markets and Deposit Screening The post describes isolated lending markets, each scoped so lenders know the rules, can exit when utilization is full or liquidity is tight, and benefit from deposit screening meant to keep bad collateral out. It lists filtering of hacked funds among the intended protections. Markets would center on blue-chip assets and price-correlated pairs such as stETH and ETH, with borrowing rules set so that leveraged “looping” positions can be unwound under stress.
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Lido contributors said the product targets passive, long-term lenders and professional borrowers. They described it as a pool for specific needs rather than a general-purpose lending market, and said it is meant to sit alongside existing markets. The post cites Lido’s staking record as the basis for the approach: more than $25 billion staked as stETH and no major security incidents since inception.
Context and Early Replies Lido’s existing DeFi product, Lido Earn, felt the effects of the April 18 exploit of Kelp’s LayerZero bridge. Lido’s incident review said the stETH token and the core protocol were not compromised, but the EarnETH vault, which held positions tied to Kelp’s rsETH token, paused deposits and withdrawals and resumed full operations on May 15.
Two replies to the Lido Lend post had appeared as of Oct. 8. A commenter named Ginsing asked why Lido keeps launching products that compete with Morpho and Aave before earlier launches such as Lido Earn, stVaults and Wisp show returns, and urged cutting the DAO’s cost base. A commenter named jack1 said they support exploring lending if annual operating expenses are capped at $30 million and the DAO defines what share of new revenue goes to buying back and burning LDO, such as 50%.
What Comes Next Lido contributors said they will detail Lido Lend’s differentiating features over the next few weeks. They said technical specifications, market parameters and audit reports will go in a separate post in the same thread, ahead of the governance votes for launch and for the DAO’s acceptance of the protocol.
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Gulf Labs, the blockchain and digital-asset investment venture of GULF Holding, is expanding into institutional onchain finance through a new collaboration with Injective. Gulf Labs operates within a broader business ecosystem of Gulf Group, one of Thailand’ s largest conglomerates with an approximately $27 billion market capitalization and major...
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The multifaceted collaboration combines network validation, tokenization and stablecoins, national distribution, education, and institutional infrastructure.
Gulf Labs, the blockchain and digital-asset investment venture of GULF Holding, is expanding into institutional onchain finance through a new collaboration with Injective. Gulf Labs operates within a broader business ecosystem of Gulf Group, one of Thailand’s largest conglomerates with an approximately $27 billion market capitalization and major businesses across energy, telecommunications, digital assets, cloud, and data centers.
Gulf Labs is now live as an institutional validator on Injective, giving the collaboration an operational foundation from day one. The broader collaboration contemplates potential tokenization and stablecoin initiatives with Thai institutions, national education channels, and infrastructure access through Gulf Edge.
The collaboration brings together the principal components required to develop an institutional onchain market: blockchain infrastructure, access to financial institutions, regulated digital-asset services, consumer distribution, market education, and local computing capacity. Gulf Labs will operate an institutional-grade Injective validator, help secure the network, and participate in protocol governance. Its role as a validator gives GULF Holding direct exposure to the operation and development of the network underpinning the company’s wider institutional work.
Building from that technical foundation, Gulf Labs will provide access to new relationships for Injective with Thai banks, corporates, issuers, and digital-asset companies evaluating tokenized assets, stablecoin settlement, and other onchain financial products.
“Thailand already has the financial institutions, digital-asset market, consumer connectivity, and infrastructure needed to become a major center for onchain finance,” said Sireethorn Vorasuthika, Director of Gulf Labs. “What has been missing is a way to bring those capabilities together. Our validator gives Gulf Labs a direct role in the Injective network, while the wider collaboration allows us to work on institutional products, market access, education, and infrastructure as part of the same strategy.”Dr. Korn Poosiriwong, Head of AI Business, Gulf Edge and Director of Gulf Labs, added: “This collaboration reflects Gulf Labs’ vision to build a strong foundation for Web3 infrastructure. We remain focused on transforming next-generation technologies into practical, large-scale applications.”
The collaboration will also extend beyond institutional product development. Binance TH is operated by Gulf Binance, a joint venture between Gulf Edge and an affiliate of Binance. The company provides digital-asset exchange and brokerage services under licenses issued by Thailand’s Ministry of Finance and supervision by the Thai Securities and Exchange Commission. Collaboration with Binance TH will explore market education, user engagement, and potential opportunities connecting institutional onchain products with Thailand’s regulated digital-asset market.
Gulf Labs will also connect Injective with Gulf Edge to evaluate data-center capacity, cloud services, AI compute, and other infrastructure requirements. These discussions are intended to give developers and institutions considering deployments in Thailand a direct route to local infrastructure and technical support.
GULF Labs’ position within the broader Gulf group ecosystem gives the collaboration reach across several of the industries shaping Thailand’s digital economy. Gulf Group’s businesses include power generation and renewable energy, telecommunications, digital assets, cloud services, and data centers. Through Gulf Labs, those capabilities can be connected with a blockchain network built specifically for financial applications.
Injective provides infrastructure for issuing and managing tokenized assets, stablecoins, payments, trading markets, and other financial products. Its native permissions framework allows institutions to define ownership requirements, transfer restrictions, administrative roles, and issuance and redemption controls at the protocol level.
The validator establishes technical participation and alignment at the network level. Institutional introductions will allow Injective and Thai market participants to identify tokenization and stablecoin applications tied to real financial activity. The Binance TH channel will support education and distribution, while Gulf Edge will give companies evaluating Thai deployments a route to local data-center, cloud, and AI infrastructure.
“Gulf Labs’ position within the broader Gulf Group ecosystem provides relevant connections across financial services, regulated digital-assets, national consumer distribution, and physical digital infrastructure into one group,” said Injective COO, Mirza Uddin. “Gulf Labs is already operating an Injective validator, so this collaboration begins with live network participation. From that base, we can work with Thai institutions on tokenization and stablecoins, bring education to users across the country, and support companies that want to build and operate in Thailand.”
This structure allows the companies to work across the full lifecycle of an onchain financial product: from the blockchain on which it is issued, to the institutions that create and use it, the regulated platforms and channels through which it reaches the market, and the infrastructure supporting its operation.
The collaboration also expands Injective’s institutional activity in Asia. Injective recently inked a deal with POSCO International, South Korea’s largest trading company, and LG CNS on a proof of concept involving trade receivables generated through real commercial operations. The pilot was the first of its kind that showcased the issuance, transfer, administration, and settlement of trade receivables on Injective alongside compliance controls and automated document review.
About Gulf Labs
Gulf Labs invests in, builds, and supports blockchain and digital infrastructure. Part of the Gulf Holding ecosystem, it combines venture investment, research and development, validator operations, and partnerships across the digital asset ecosystem.
Learn more at gulf-labs.com.
About Injective
Injective is the first blockchain purpose-built for finance, enabling users, institutions, and AI agents to trade, tokenize, and transact at scale. Proudly made in America, Injective provides foundational blockchain infrastructure for global markets, with embedded financial primitives spanning stablecoins, real-world assets, payments, and programmable perpetuals through a unified onchain engine.
Injective is used by Fortune 500 companies, banks, fintechs, and governments to power an open economy where any asset can be accessed anytime, from anywhere. Builders can deploy across WASM and EVM, connect to native financial modules, and launch markets with deep liquidity from day one. INJ is the native token powering the Injective ecosystem and the new internet economy.
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Gate ve spolupráci s Visa spouští kartu navázanou na kryptoměny na více než 40 trzích. Při platbě u obchodníků přijímajících karty Visa se digitální aktiva automaticky převedou na fiat měnu.
PANews, October 8 – During TOKEN2049 Singapore 2026, according to an official announcement, Gate announced a partnership with Visa to launch a crypto asset-linked card, with related services expected to roll out across 40+ markets worldwide. Users can apply for and manage the card through the Gate App and use digital assets to pay at online and offline merchants that accept Visa, with the relevant digital assets automatically converted to fiat currency during payment.
Gate has officially launched Gate Money, integrating digital assets, fiat currency, stocks, ETFs, gold, bank accounts and payments into the Gate App. Eligible users can apply online for a global bank e-account in their own name and complete fund transfers, asset conversions and payments on the same platform. The Visa crypto asset-linked card launched by Gate further connects account assets with everyday spending scenarios, extending Gate Money's integrated "account opening – funds – assets – spending" service chain to more real-world payment scenarios. Currently, users can enable Gate Money with one tap by updating the Gate App to version v8.39.0.
Visa's digital payment network covers more than 200 countries and regions, with over 175 million merchant acceptance points. This partnership combines Gate's digital asset capabilities with Visa's global payment infrastructure, expanding the use of digital assets in shopping, dining, travel and other everyday spending scenarios. Gate Founder and CEO Dr. Han said the partnership connects digital asset accounts with a broader range of commercial spending scenarios, making the use of digital assets more flexible and intuitive, and driving their integration into everyday financial life and business activities. Visa's Head of Digital Currency for Asia Pacific, Nischint Sanghavi, said Visa is committed to working with partners to expand payment options and connect new forms of value with mature digital payment infrastructure. The launch of this crypto-linked card also further extends Gate's business footprint in real-world payments and integrated financial services, providing users with a more convenient way to use digital assets for global commercial spending.
Status 2.39 zavádí plnou podporu SDS pro spolehlivé doručování zpráv v komunitách a sjednocený nástroj Swap & Bridge pro výměny a převody tokenů napříč sítěmi a účty.
Status 2.39 brings a wide range of new features and improvements across messaging, wallet, browser, communities, Keycard, performance, navigation, and p2p network status visibility.
One of the major additions is the full rollout of SDS (Scalable Data Sync) protocol in Status Communities, bringing reliable message delivery and confirmation, while the app automatically ensures no messages are missed. But there is a lot more in this release.
Important: This is a breaking change. If you’re on Status v2.36.1 or lower, you must update to v2.39. Otherwise, your Status app won’t be able to properly communicate with Status users on v2.39.
Release Highlights Reliable message delivery and confirmation for communitiesCross-chain + cross-account token swaps and bridges in one goMobile browser got Incognito mode and file downloads & openingMeet Status team botRobinhood chain supportFrench, Czech & Ukrainian translationsNew Keycard user experienceWriting & editing messages got easierAdjustable interface zoomEasier back navigation across the appBetter feedback when fetching a communityMore responsive mobile experienceVisibility into P2P network connectionSee your unread notifications from the taskbarEasier copy, cut, and paste in input fieldsFlatpak supportZoom in on images in chatsPrivate, decentralized community history with Logos Storage Messaging and CommunitiesReliable message delivery for communities with full SDS protocol rolloutStatus 2.39 marks the full rollout of the SDS (Scalable Data Sync) protocol, bringing reliable message delivery to Status communities. Starting with this release, the app can receive, understand, and send SDS messages.
With the SDS protocol now fully activated in Status communities, you can see whether your messages have been delivered (the “Delivered” double tick next to your sent messages), while the app automatically ensures no messages are missed.
Learn more about SDS (Scalable Data Sync), how the protocol works, and what it means for Status communities in the full article: Status Communities Get Reliable Messaging with the SDS Protocol.
Meet Status Team peer-to-peer botNow, Status has an official Status Team peer-to-peer bot for updates, how-to tips, contacting the team, sharing feedback, reporting issues, or suggesting features. It speaks English only for now, with more languages coming. If you’re a new user, the bot will welcome you and send how-to tips to help you set up Status and explore its features.
The bot is a peer-to-peer contact on the decentralised network. To chat with it, send a contact request just as you would to any other Status contact (look for the Status icon above your profile picture in the main navigation bar). Messages use the same end-to-end encrypted, peer-to-peer messaging as your other Status chats. You can disconnect from the bot at any time.
The bot will occasionally send Status updates and how-to tips, and gives you an easy and quick way to share feedback, contact the team, report issues, or suggest features.
Importantly, the Status Team bot never contacts you first.
Writing, editing, and replying to messages just got easierStatus 2.39 delivers the second phase of the revamped chat input field, with several improvements designed to make composing and interacting with messages easier. Text formatting, tagging users, pasting links over text, quoting, editing, and replying now feel more intuitive and seamless.
Writing messages, made easierWriting messages has been revamped to make the user writing experience more efficient and productive while composing a message. Formatting text, mentioning someone, adding links over text, and quoting content is now more intuitive and seamless.
This release also introduces a mobile-friendly context menu in the chat. A simple long press gives you quick access to your most recent emojis and most-used chat actions without needing to navigate through the full context menu.
Editing messages is easierThe message editing experience has been improved as well. Updating something you have already sent is now more straightforward, making it easier to quickly correct or change a message.
You can now easily share contacts in direct messages. Type @, or select @ from the chat input quick action bar, and choose the contact you want to share.
A better reply-to-message experienceThe reply experience has also been improved. Replying to messages now feels more intuitive and responsive, making it easier to follow and continue conversations.
Opening a community link for the first time requires Status to fetch the community before it can be displayed. Status 2.39 now makes this process clearer.
When you open a community invite or channel link for the first time, Status shows a loading screen while fetching the Community. If the community cannot be fetched within 60 seconds, you are given the option to retry or cancel.
This gives you clearer feedback instead of leaving you unsure whether anything is happening while Status fetches a community for the first time.
Privacy, Browser and P2P NetworkMobile Web Browser now has Incognito mode, file downloads and opening, and data cleanupThe Status Mobile Web Browser gets several new features in 2.39, including Incognito mode, file downloads and opening, and ways to clear browsing data.
Browse with Incognito modeStatus Mobile Browser now has an Incognito mode for more private browsing, helping you leave less of a digital footprint on your device by not keeping your browsing history, cookies, or site data after the session ends.
Clear site and browsing dataSometimes a web page may not work or load properly, so now you have two ways to reset it:
Clear site data lets you reset the data associated with your currently active web page.Clear browsing data clears cache and cookies across the entire browser.This makes it easier to fix website rendering issues and manage your browsing data .
Download and open files from the browserYou can now download and open various files directly through the Status Mobile Web Browser. There is also a new Supported formats feature in the browser menu. This shows which file formats the browser can open based on your platform’s browser engine.
New visibility into your P2P network connectionSince Status messaging works through a peer-to-peer network, your connection to that network is an important part of the experience. Status now makes it easier to know whether you’re connected to the peer-to-peer network.
If Status loses its P2P connection, you will now see a banner letting you know. The banner also provides guidance on what to check to get connected again. You can also go to:
Settings → P2P network
at any time to see your current P2P connectivity status and the number of connected network peers.
Wallet and KeycardCross-chain & cross-account token Swap + Bridge in one go Here we go… This is happening. Status now has a fast and simple way to swap and bridge across chains and wallet accounts, with a completely revamped user experience.
Now, you don’t have to choose between swapping or bridging upfront. You can do both in a single go via one unified Swap & Bridge interface to move your tokens across chains and accounts.
The new Swap & Bridge interface enables swapping and bridging tokens to your wallet accounts or directly to other addresses outside your wallet in a single go, without having to go through a sequence of intermediary steps to move your tokens across different chains and addresses.
It works across all the blockchain networks supported by Status, with routes provided by Relay to find the best available quote.
Simply choose your sending account and token on a particular network, then any receiving account and token on the network of your choice, drag the slider to set the percentage of the token you want to send, review the quote and route, and confirm. You can even swap a token on one network and receive a different token in another account on another network all in one go, without manually swapping, bridging, and transferring assets through multiple transactions.
New Keycard user experienceStatus 2.39 introduces a completely redesigned Keycard experience focused on reducing unnecessary interactions and making user flows simpler and intuitive. On Mobile, the team has revamped Keycard support so that device–Keycard interactions can now be completed with a single tap.
Whether you’re:
setting up Keycardlogging insigning transactionsyou no longer need to tap your Keycard multiple times during the same flow. Now the Keycard user flows are way simpler, better structured, and more efficient.
Robinhood Chain is now available in StatusStatus 2.39 adds support for the Robinhood Chain. You can now use Status to view balances, send and receive tokens and NFTs, swap and bridge, and interact with dApps on Robinhood Chain.
Everything you need to use Robinhood Chain is now available directly in Status
Smoother User ExperienceStatus now speaks French, Czech, and UkrainianStatus is now available in French, Czech, and Ukrainian.
As Status grows globally, making the app accessible in more languages becomes increasingly important. Whether you are in France, Czechia, Ukraine, or elsewhere across the French-, Czech-, and Ukrainian-speaking world, you can now use Status in your preferred language.
More languages are on the way.
Smoother and more responsive mobile experienceStatus 2.39 also includes a number of improvements across the mobile app focused on making everyday interactions smoother and more responsive across a wider range of devices.
These improvements are particularly noticeable on less powerful phones, including some devices with 4 GB of RAM, as well as Samsung foldable phones.
The changes include:
snappier navigationshorter login timesfaster password changesimprovements to loading and displaying data across the appdialogs that better adapt to different screen sizes and orientationsPerformance improvement work will continue in Status v2.40 and v2.41. These releases will bring more substantial performance improvements, especially for less powerful mobile devices :
faster opening and loading of pages and tabslower CPU usagelower RAM usagereduced battery consumptionMore responsive buttons and interactionsButtons, icons, dropdowns, and list options now visually respond when you tap or click them. This makes interactions feel more immediate and gives you clearer feedback that your action was recognized.
Clearer message sending and retry experienceThe message sending experience has also been improved across Status. Messages that are currently being sent now appear normally instead of looking faded. If a message fails to send, the failed state and Resend action are easier to see and access.
This makes it clearer when a message needs your attention. More improvements to the message sending experience are planned for v2.40.
Set Status to your preferred size with Interface ZoomYou can now adjust Interface Zoom in Status.
Interface Zoom scales both the app interface and text, letting you choose a size that feels more comfortable on your screen.
By default, Status automatically follows your device’s system zoom setting, but you can manually adjust the zoom level to suit your preferences.
Easier back navigation across the appGoing back through Status now works more like you would expect from the rest of your device. On Android, you can use the system Back button. On Desktop, you can use your mouse Back button or keyboard shortcut.
These controls let you quickly navigate back through screens you previously opened.
Zoom in on images in chatsImages shared in Status chats can now be zoomed in to take a closer look at details. On Mobile, use pinch-to-zoom. On Desktop, use Ctrl + mouse wheel to zoom in and out of an opened image.
See unread notifications from the taskbarOn Desktop, the Status app icon in the taskbar can now show a badge with your unread notification count, so you can see when there’s something new in Status without opening the app.
The unread count respects the notification preferences you have configured under:
Settings → Notifications
Easier copy, cut, and paste across input fieldsCopying, cutting, and pasting text is now easier in all input fields across platforms.
Use:
Tap on iOSLong press on AndroidRight click on Desktopto open the text editing context menu and quickly copy, cut, or paste text.
Status is now available as a FlatpakLinux users now have another way to install Status.
Status is available as a Flatpak, providing an easier and more consistent way to install and update Status across different Linux distributions.
Status now supports Logos Storage protocol for storing and retrieving Community message history. Community history archives can be shared and replicated across a decentralized peer-to-peer network of participating nodes, making historical messages available to Community members.
Compared with the existing BitTorrent-based Archive Protocol, Logos Storage protocol is designed with privacy-preserving file sharing as a core goal.
For most users, this happens behind the scenes. When historical Community messages are needed, Status can retrieve the relevant archives from participating peers and make those messages available in the Community.
Want to try it? Go to Settings on Status Desktop → Advanced → Archive Protocol → Logos Storage. You can switch back to Torrent or disable the Archive Protocol from the same setting.
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ENA trades near $0.220 after retreating from its late-September high of approximately $0.295. Derivatives open interest has fallen 9.52% in 24 hours, indicating a reduction in outstanding leveraged exposure. A StablecoinX regulatory filing introduces a potential supply consideration, although related ENA sales have not been established. Ethena’s ENA token is under renewed selling pressure as a decline in leveraged trading activity coincides with questions about potential token supply.
At the time of writing ENA trades at $0.2202 on October 8, while broader market data showed a 7.77% decline over the preceding 24 hours. The token has surrendered part of its September rally, with a sequence of lower highs forming after its recent peak.
The correction comes as traders assess whether reduced leverage is the principal source of selling pressure or whether changes to ENA’s potential circulating supply could prolong the decline.
ENA Open Interest Contracts as Traders Reduce Exposure Derivatives data points to a substantial reduction in outstanding positions.
The market data from Coinalyze places ENA open interest at approximately $388.5 million, down 9.52% over 24 hours. Hyperliquid accounts for the largest share among the displayed exchanges, followed by Binance and Bybit.
Bar chart comparing trading volumes across major crypto exchanges, with Hyperliquid, Binance and Bybit recording the highest figures. Declining open interest alongside falling prices is consistent with traders closing positions and reducing leverage. Such conditions can emerge from long liquidations, voluntary exits or a broader reduction in speculative exposure.
Open interest alone, however, cannot identify which mechanism dominates. Confirming forced selling would require liquidation figures and additional positioning data.
Trading volume offers another perspective. ENA recorded approximately $402 million in 24-hour volume, a decline of 13.60% from the preceding period.
The combination of weaker prices, declining participation and reduced outstanding leverage suggests that traders have become more cautious following September’s advance. It does not establish that selling pressure has ended or that a sustained trend reversal is underway.
StablecoinX Filing Raises Questions About Potential ENA Supply A regulatory disclosure introduces another variable into ENA’s market outlook.
In a September filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, StablecoinX disclosed an agreement involving Ethena entities that removed certain contractual lock-up, vesting and unlocking restrictions on ENA tokens, effective October 5, 2026.
The arrangement permits potential ENA sales to finance working capital and strategic activities, subject to applicable notice and consent requirements.
While the agreement gives StablecoinX greater flexibility over its token holdings, it provides no evidence that the company sold ENA during the latest decline. Establishing a direct connection would require transaction records or subsequent disclosures.
The distinction matters because the possibility of additional circulating supply can influence market expectations even before any sales occur. Investors will therefore be watching for changes in StablecoinX’s reported holdings or confirmed transactions that could clarify whether the contractual changes translate into actual selling pressure.
ENA Technical Analysis: Support Faces a Critical Test ENA’s daily chart shows weakening momentum after its September recovery, with successive lower highs forming beneath a descending resistance line.
The Relative Strength Index (RSI) has fallen toward 51, indicating that buying momentum has faded without pushing the token into oversold territory.
The immediate technical test is concentrated around $0.214, where the 50% Fibonacci retracement provides a potential support level. A sustained break below that area would expose ENA to a deeper correction toward $0.195.
ENA’s daily chart highlights weakening bullish momentum as the token approaches a key support zone following its September rally. Source: TradingView Coinbase-D Chart For buyers, the challenge is recovering the $0.233–$0.238 resistance zone, which combines a Fibonacci retracement level with the 20-day moving average.
A sustained move through that region, particularly if accompanied by improving trading participation, would weaken the recent pattern of lower highs. Until then, the chart favors caution despite ENA remaining above its medium-term moving average.
ENA Technical Levels to Watch
Daily chart | October 8, 2026 | Reference price: $0.2202
Indicator Price Market Role 20-day SMA $0.2377 Trend resistance 38.2% Fibonacci $0.2329 Recovery hurdle 50% Fibonacci $0.2139 Immediate support 61.8% Fibonacci $0.1948 Next support 50-day SMA $0.1869 Medium-term support Source: TradingView, ENA/USD daily chart.
SMA = Simple Moving Average.
Fibonacci levels calculated from the $0.1331–$0.2947 price range.
Technical levels are references, not guaranteed targets.
ENA Declines Despite Positive Ecosystem Developments ENA’s retreat has occurred alongside continued activity within the Ethena ecosystem, rather than an identifiable negative announcement about the protocol’s operations.
On October 6, Ethena announced that ether.fi would use its Whitelabel infrastructure to launch a stablecoin. The development points to continued demand for Ethena’s issuance services, but it does not establish additional buying demand for ENA.
EtherFi is launching their own stablecoin, powered by Ethena Whitelabel.
@ether_fi has >$300m of stablecoin deposits held across their platform. Reserves, mint and redeem, & compliance for @ether_fi USD will be managed end to end by Ethena.
Since launching their category-defining Cash card in 2024, they have scaled to nearly $1 billion in cumulative spend and more than 100,000 active cards.
The best stablecoin neobanks will move to own the entire stack and earn from idle deposit balances alongside their broader product suite.
— Ethena (@ethena) October 6, 2026
That distinction limits the announcement’s relevance to the current price correction. The token’s immediate weakness is more directly reflected in declining derivatives exposure and the potential supply implications of StablecoinX’s regulatory disclosure.
There is insufficient evidence to determine how much either factor contributed to the latest decline.
ENA Outlook: Three Signals That Could Shape the Next Move ENA’s near-term direction will depend on whether selling pressure eases and whether potential supply risks develop into actual market activity. Three indicators could help distinguish a temporary correction from a more sustained decline:
Derivatives stabilization: A recovery in open interest alongside stronger spot demand would suggest renewed market participation. Rising prices without comparable spot activity could indicate a less durable rebound driven by short covering. Confirmed token sales: Subsequent StablecoinX disclosures or verifiable transactions could clarify whether the revised ENA restrictions result in additional selling pressure. The agreement alone does not establish that tokens have been sold. Support and resistance confirmation: Holding the $0.214 support area would help preserve the current recovery structure, while a sustained move above $0.233–$0.238 would strengthen the case for a bullish reversal. The central uncertainty is whether ENA’s weakness primarily reflects traders reducing exposure or a broader reassessment of potential token supply. Until clearer evidence emerges, the technical recovery remains vulnerable to renewed selling pressure.
Alexander Zdravkov is a crypto journalist and market analyst specializing in digital assets, blockchain technology, and the rapidly evolving cryptocurrency market. He entered the industry more than four years ago, drawn to the speed of innovation in crypto and the potential of blockchain-based financial systems to reshape traditional markets. His work focuses on understanding the forces behind crypto market movements, from Bitcoin and altcoin cycles to institutional adoption, regulation, exchange-traded products, stablecoins, DeFi, and emerging blockchain ecosystems. Rather than simply following price action, Alexander looks at liquidity, investor positioning, market structure, and macroeconomic conditions to identify developing trends and explain what they could mean for digital assets. With a degree in International Relations, he brings a broader perspective to cryptocurrency coverage by connecting developments in the sector with monetary policy, geopolitics, regulation, and global capital flows. This allows him to examine crypto not as an isolated market, but as an increasingly interconnected part of the global financial system. Over the course of more than five years in financial journalism, Alexander has written over 5,000 articles covering cryptocurrencies, blockchain, traditional markets, and the global economy. His reporting spans Bitcoin, Ethereum and altcoins, DeFi protocols, institutional crypto adoption, regulation, market infrastructure, security incidents, and major developments shaping the wider digital asset industry. His approach is centered on giving readers context behind the numbers and headlines, explaining not only what is happening in crypto markets, but why it matters and what could come next.
Ondo Finance zpřístupní prostřednictvím Assetera oprávněným evropským investorům ve 30 zemích EU a EHP tokenizované americké akcie a ETF na blockchainu.
Ondo Finance is pushing further into Europe, giving eligible investors on the continent access to tokenized U.S. stocks and ETFs directly onchain. The expansion marks a notable step in the broader effort to bring traditional Wall Street assets onto public blockchain infrastructure.
Assetera Handles the Regulatory Layer The distribution is being handled by Assetera, By managing the entire issuance, distribution, and settlement process, the platform removes the regulatory burden for partners looking to offer tokenized securities in Europe.
The full product range is projected to cover hundreds of U.S. stocks and ETFs by Q4 2026.
How the Tokens Work Each token issued through the platform represents an underlying security. That structure means investors hold an onchain instrument with a direct claim on the real-world asset, rather than a synthetic or derivative product, distributed across 30 EU and EEA markets.
The partnership builds on Ondo Finance's broader European push.
Ondo Finance's tokenized equities platform has also reached a significant milestone globally.
The move reflects growing momentum in the real-world asset sector, where tokenization platforms are racing to bring regulated, onchain exposure to conventional financial markets to investors outside the United States.
Sources:
Assetera Opens Tokenized Securities Market to Crypto Exchanges With MiFID-Compliant API (CoinDesk)
Ondo Finance Secures EU Regulatory Approval to Offer Tokenized Stocks and ETFs (Blockhead)
Ondo Global Markets Tops $1B TVL As Tokenized Stocks Gain Ground (CCN)
Šéf Hyperliquid Policy Center Jake Chervinsky označil Hyperliquid za neutrální veřejnou infrastrukturu, nikoli burzu; regulované platformy na ní mohou stavět vlastní obchodní produkty.
Jake Chervinsky wants to clear something up: Hyperliquid does not run an exchange. Speaking around TOKEN2049 in Singapore, the CEO of the Hyperliquid Policy Center described the protocol as neutral public infrastructure that anyone can build trading products on top of.
That distinction sounds like semantics. In crypto regulation, semantics often decide who needs a license and who doesn’t.
One level below the storefront In an interview on October 7, Chervinsky said Hyperliquid’s protocol operates beneath the customer-facing platforms that traders actually use. He placed it “one level below” exchanges like Coinbase and Kraken.
He also said the network is “not meant to compete” with those businesses.
Under that framing, regulated entities, including traditional exchanges, can build their own products on Hyperliquid’s technology. The exchange handles customers, onboarding and compliance. The protocol handles the plumbing.
Chervinsky reached for familiar comparisons to make the point. He likened Hyperliquid’s infrastructure to Bitcoin and Ethereum, arguing that, like those networks, it does not need to register as an exchange.
A ten-year deadline for the old guard Chervinsky did not stop at definitions. He offered a forecast with a clear condition attached.
If the model succeeds, he predicted, every significant exchange, crypto-native or traditional, would need to adopt public blockchain infrastructure within a decade to stay competitive. His case rests on three advantages: transparency, resilience and cost-effectiveness.
He also indicated that onchain markets are expected to operate under US regulatory frameworks soon.
On October 8, Chervinsky spoke at TOKEN2049 about Hyperliquid’s role as infrastructure for all of finance. He shared the conversation with figures from HyperliquidX and ICE, the Intercontinental Exchange.
Who is the Hyperliquid Policy Center The Hyperliquid Policy Center launched in February 2026 as a nonprofit. Its focus is advocacy and research on onchain markets and perpetual derivatives.
Perpetual derivatives, or perps, are futures contracts with no expiry date. Traders can hold a leveraged position on an asset’s price for as long as they keep funding it, which has made perps one of the most heavily traded products in crypto.
The center was funded with a donation of 1 million HYPE tokens from the Hyperliquid Foundation. That donation was valued at approximately $28-29 million.
Kraken’s parent is already testing the thesis In September 2026, Payward, the parent company of Kraken, announced plans to offer permissioned perpetual futures on Hyperliquid to eligible US customers.
The setup pairs public blockchain technology with compliance layers on top. Kraken’s side handles who gets access and how the rules are applied. Hyperliquid’s side handles the market itself.
What this means For Hyperliquid, the infrastructure framing is a regulatory strategy as much as a technical description. If the protocol is treated like Bitcoin or Ethereum rather than like an exchange, it avoids exchange registration requirements, while the businesses building on it shoulder the compliance burden.
That division of labor is what makes the Payward plan possible. Regulated firms get access to an onchain order book without the protocol itself having to become a regulated firm.
What to watch next is whether more exchanges follow Payward’s lead, and how US regulators respond when they do.
Disclosure: This article was edited by Estefano Gomez. For more information on how we create and review content, see our Editorial Policy.
Čisté přítoky do amerických spotových ETF na bitcoin klesly mezi 28. zářím a 2. říjnem zhruba o 90 % na 241,1 milionu USD, oproti 2,39 miliardy USD v předchozím týdnu.
Bitcoin trades around 84,000 dollars as institutional demand shows signs of slowing. Between September 28 and October 2, US spot ETFs recorded only 241.1 million dollars in net inflows. Meanwhile, the futures market is reducing its leverage. These movements now place ETF flows and several price levels at the center of upcoming market developments, as investors closely watch the next price moves.
In brief US Bitcoin spot ETFs attracted only 241.1 million dollars in one week. Inflows dropped about 90% compared to the previous 2.39 billion dollars. Open interest on futures declines to about 625,000 BTC. Bitfinex monitors thresholds of $86,000, $82,600, and $81,300 in particular. Bitcoin faces decline in flows to ETFs The bitcoin price traded around 84,000 dollars after another failure below its annual opening of 87,700 dollars. On October 2, its price had reached 87,200 dollars before falling below that level. Bitfinex considers this rejection as the third breakthrough failure in ten days.
Between September 28 and October 2, US bitcoin spot ETFs attracted 241.1 million dollars. One week earlier, these products had recorded 2.39 billion dollars in net inflows. The drop thus reaches about 90%, according to data presented by Bitfinex. This decrease occurs while the price remains near several thresholds followed by US ETF holders as well.
The nine consecutive days streak of inflows also ended on September 30. On that day, ETFs recorded a net outflow of 148.7 million dollars. In detail, BlackRock’s IBIT received 450.2 million dollars. Conversely, Fidelity’s FBTC suffered 168 million dollars in outflows, showing a mixed evolution among the main products.
Leverage reduces on futures contracts The futures market is also experiencing a slowdown. Before the release of the September employment report, open interest had increased by 2.1 billion dollars. Afterwards, traders reduced their positions, causing a decrease of 1.5 billion dollars.
Cumulative open interest on futures now reaches about 625,000 bitcoins. Bitfinex indicates this is its lowest level since January 1. This decline accompanies weakness in spot demand observed in ETFs. According to the presented analysis, the next bitcoin evolution would therefore depend more on a return of spot buying.
The price level of ETF holders also provides an important benchmark. Bitfinex places their average cost around 84,320 dollars. Inflows reach about 65 million dollars when the price remains less than 2% below this level. They rise to about 136 million dollars when the market moves more than 10% above.
Price levels to watch now Bitfinex considers 86,000 dollars as an important level for bitcoin. Conversely, a drop below 82,600 dollars could cause further losses for ETF holders. The zone between 84,000 and 84,500 dollars concentrates about 867,000 BTC. It thus represents the largest group of average cost identified in this analysis.
Nearly 75% of Bitcoin supply is currently in profit. Bitfinex forecasts consolidation between 84,000 dollars and the annual opening price. The evolution of ETF flows will therefore remain a central factor in determining if the market can regain firmer momentum.
Data related to employment, inflation, spending, and Treasury yields also influence expectations. Weak employment growth strengthens expectations for a status quo in October, despite the high levels of these other indicators. For Bitfinex, larger ETF inflows could accompany a rise toward 90,000 dollars.
If trades remain below 81,300 dollars, the levels of 77,000 dollars and the True Market Mean, near 77,200 dollars, could then come into play. Bitcoin is thus between weakened ETF demand and several clearly identified thresholds. The next move will mainly depend on spot flow strength recovering.
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Investoři 7. října 2026 vybrali z fondu BlackRock iShares Ethereum Trust (ETHA) 116,05 milionu USD, což byl nejvyšší odliv mezi americkými etherovými ETF.
Investors in BlackRock’s iShares Ethereum Trust, ticker ETHA, sold $116.05 million worth of ETH exposure on October 7, 2026. It was the largest single-fund redemption of the day across the US Ethereum ETF market.
Two rough days for Ethereum funds Total outflows across US spot Ethereum ETFs reached $160.9 million on October 7. ETHA alone accounted for well over two-thirds of that figure.
The day before was worse. On October 6, sector-wide Ethereum ETF outflows hit $201.9 million, and that total was almost entirely attributable to ETHA.
On September 16, 2026, ETHA lost approximately $110 million. That was part of a $224 million outflow across Ethereum ETFs during that period.
Meanwhile, Bitcoin funds were having a very different week. US spot Bitcoin ETFs recorded net inflows of about $119 million on October 6, the same session Ethereum products saw their $201.9 million exit.
How big is ETHA, really ETHA launched in July 2024 and has led the Ethereum ETF category since then, accumulating over $13 billion in net inflows.
As of early October 2026, total assets across the Ethereum ETF sector stood at approximately $17.36 billion. ETHA represents the majority of that figure.
Rotation, not retreat The research behind these numbers points to a strategic reallocation by investors rather than a wholesale exit from digital assets. The Bitcoin inflows are the main evidence for that reading.
The research ties the pattern to fluctuating macroeconomic conditions, with investor behavior signaling potential shifts in asset allocation as the economic picture changes.
What this means for Ethereum and the ETF market According to the research, Ethereum futures could face increased volatility if the outflow pattern continues, particularly if it coincides with macroeconomic instability.
For investors, the more useful signal is the spread between Ethereum and Bitcoin flows rather than either figure alone. When one product loses money on the same day the other gains a comparable amount, the story is about relative conviction, not total conviction.
Also worth tracking: whether the sector’s approximately $17.36 billion asset base starts to erode meaningfully.
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BitMine Immersion Technologies, the Nasdaq-listed treasury firm that became the world’s largest corporate ether holder, plans to stop buying the token once its stack reaches 5% of ETH’s circulating supply. Chairman Tom Lee said Wednesday at TOKEN2049 in Singapore that the company is roughly 100,000 ETH from that ceiling and will halt purchases when it gets there, CoinDesk reported.
The announcement caps a weekly accumulation streak that began in June 2025 and raises a sharper question than it first appears: if more than a year of steady buying did not stop ETH from falling, how much does losing that predictable buyer actually matter?
How Close BitMine Is to Its 5% Ceiling BitMine held 6,016,414 ETH as of its Monday update, worth about $15.5 billion and equal to roughly 4.9% of the 122.1 million tokens in circulation. The firm bought another $41 million in ether last week, and at that pace the final 100,000 ETH would take six to seven weeks to accumulate.
Lee framed the timeline as faster than expected. “We thought this would take five years,” he said on stage. “It took us a little over a year.” The company also holds $643 million in cash and marketable securities, more than twice what it would need to finish the run at current prices.
A Year of Weekly Buying That Failed to Hold Up Ether The end of the buying matters less as a flow event than as a signal. BitMine has bought ETH every week since launching its treasury strategy in June 2025, yet the token is down sharply over that stretch and the position is sitting on roughly $4.5 billion in unrealized losses, according to data compiled by DropsTab and cited by CoinDesk. Much of that buying happened during last year’s bull market at higher prices, which is why the position is deeply underwater despite the steady dollar-cost averaging.
That record cuts against the idea that a single corporate buyer can anchor the price. CoinDesk itself framed the purchases cautiously, noting they “may or may not have helped support ETH.” On Wednesday the token fell about 5% over 24 hours to its weakest level since September 20, dropping nearly twice as much as bitcoin. BitMine’s ascent past 6 million ETH also came while the broader market was still sliding.
What to Watch After the Buying Stops At roughly $41 million a week, BitMine’s purchases are a small share of ETH’s daily volume, so the direct flow impact of stopping is limited. The larger question is whether the firm’s exit removes a predictable, disclosed bid that traders had come to expect, and what it signals about the end of the treasury strategy.
Watch the 5% threshold over the next six to seven weeks, any word on how BitMine redeploys its $643 million cash reserve, and whether ether can stabilize after slipping below $2,600 as ETF outflows stretched into a sixth consecutive day.
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Výzkumník z Ethereum Foundation Justin Drake varuje, že umělá inteligence by teoreticky mohla prolomit podpisy ECDSA. Žádný takový útok však dosud nebyl prokázán.
Justin Drake, a researcher at the Ethereum Foundation, believes that artificial intelligence could discover a method to break certain cryptographic signatures before sufficiently powerful quantum computers arrive. He calls on the sector to prepare a “bunker mode”, while specifying that no attack has currently been demonstrated.
In brief Justin Drake warns about the risk that AI discovers a method to break certain cryptographic signatures. This threat remains theoretical but could weaken the security of Ethereum and Bitcoin. The researcher recommends a ‘bunker mode’ to protect funds and limit public key exposure. Ethereum is already preparing its transition to post-quantum cryptography, with no immediate urgency for users. Ethereum security: what Justin Drake fears The warning concerns ECDSA, a signature system used by Ethereum and Bitcoin to verify that a transaction genuinely comes from the owner of a private key. It is not an encryption of transactions but an authentication mechanism.
When a wallet makes a transaction, its public key can be reconstructed from the signature published on the blockchain. A mathematical discovery that quickly derives the private key from this public key would expose the funds remaining at the address.
Several elements structure the alert issued by Justin Drake :
The considered attack would rely on a new algorithm discovered with the help of AI ; It could operate on large sets of graphics processors, without a quantum computer ; Addresses that have never signed a transaction keep their public key hidden behind a hash function; Large platforms and significant holders should gradually prepare a migration ; No public element shows that ECDSA can be broken in this way today. The researcher stated:
“I am today calling on the blockchain industry to calmly begin planning a bunker mode.”
He recommends controlled migration to new addresses, without hasty movement that could create other vulnerabilities.
AI is not yet breaking private keys Justin Drake describes an extreme scenario where a private key could be found within a week using available hardware, like a large cluster of GPUs. He believes that, in the worst case, this risk could emerge “within a few months, not years”.
However, this deadline does not represent either a consensual forecast or proof of a known vulnerability. No classical algorithm capable of efficiently solving the mathematical problem underlying ECDSA has been made public.
The researcher bases his concern on rapid AI progress in mathematics. On October 6, OpenAI published a set of 722 manuscripts, grouped into 372 result families, produced by an internal model. Some include formalized proofs, but the scientific community still needs to examine the scope and validity.
Drake considers that elliptic curves have a mathematical structure that might reveal unknown shortcuts. “Elliptic curves seem particularly vulnerable to superintelligence,” he asserts. Hash functions seem more resistant because they rely on fewer exploitable structures.
“Bunker mode” would protect unused addresses The proposed plan involves gradually transferring assets to new addresses that have not yet signed any transaction. Their public key thus remains hidden by the address derived from a hash function.
After each expenditure, the user should move the remaining balance to a new address. This method would complicate an attack targeting already exposed public keys, but it is not a final protection against all future cryptographic advances.
Justin Drake primarily requests large holders and professional actors to study this strategy. He specifically cites Binance, Bitbank, Robinhood, Bitfinex, and Tether, whose custody wallets hold significant amounts.
A badly prepared massive migration would, however, create its own risks. Address errors, incompatible contracts, phishing attempts, and custodian service saturation could cause more loss than this still theoretical threat. That is why the researcher insists on a slow and coordinated transition.
Ethereum accelerates its cryptographic transition Ethereum’s official documentation maintains that no quantum computer can currently break the network’s cryptography. It therefore states that users have no urgent action to take.
The Ethereum Foundation nevertheless created a team dedicated to post-quantum security in January 2026. Its roadmap specifically includes signatures based on hash functions, as well as a native accounts abstraction. This would allow each wallet to adopt a new verification system.
The main post-quantum infrastructures are targeted around 2029, with no guarantee for this deadline. The network must also adapt validator signatures, cryptographic commitments related to data, and certain proof systems.
Justin Drake’s alert therefore does not mean ethers are currently threatened. It rather broadens the risk: the next cryptographic break could come from an algorithmic discovery produced by AI, not only a quantum machine.
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Zůstatky uživatelů Binance v BTC mezi 1. zářím a 1. říjnem vzrostly o 0,91 % na 688 600 BTC, zatímco zůstatky v ETH klesly o 4,61 % na 3,799 milionu ETH.
In a recent update, Binance’s October Proof of Reserves (PoR) data shows that users were more inclined towards Bitcoin [BTC] on the exchange.
Meanwhile, their holdings of Ethereum [ETH], Tether [USDT], and Binance [BNB] declined between the 1st of September and the 1st of October.
Source: Binance Changes in Binance’s October PoR As per Binance’s report, user BTC holdings rose 0.91% to about 688,600 BTC, meaning users collectively added roughly 6,217 BTC to their Binance balances. In contrast, ETH holdings fell 4.61% to around 3.799 million ETH, a decline of approximately 183,600 ETH.
At the same time, USDT holdings also declined 0.87% to roughly 32.03 billion USDT, meaning users held about 280 million fewer USDT than a month earlier. Meanwhile, BNB holdings decreased 0.77% to approximately 43.04 million BNB, down around 334,200 BNB.
All in all, the data shows a shift in the composition of assets held by Binance users, with Bitcoin becoming more prominent while ETH, USDT, and BNB balances decreased. However, PoR is essentially a snapshot of assets held for users at a particular point, not a direct measure of buying or selling pressure.
Price action and more This comes as Bitcoin traded at $83,448.55 at press time after a drop of 3.2% in the past 24 hours. Whereas Ethereum was trading at $2,573.66 after a drop of 5.0%, while BNB was down 2.4% over the same period.
All of this coincided with Binance’s MiCA licensing setback in the EU, which was reportedly influenced by ECB President Christine Lagarde.
According to AMBCrypto’s recent report, Lagarde allegedly intervened to stop Greece’s regulator from approving the exchange’s application amid concerns that USD-based stablecoins could undermine the Digital Euro.
Final Summary Binance’s October Proof of Reserves (PoR) shows a rise in Bitcoin holdings. Meanwhile, there was a drop in ETH, BNB, and USDT holdings.
Metallicus spustil alfaverzi DogecoinVM, platební vrstvy slibující 300násobné zrychlení transakcí DOGE bez změn v Dogecoin Core. Vklady jsou zatím omezeny na 100 DOGE na transakci.
A New Layer, Not a New CoinFintech firm Metallicus has introduced the alpha version of DogecoinVM, a new payment layer that accelerates Dogecoin ($DOGE) transactions by a factor of 300 on mainnet. Marshall Hayner, CEO of Metallicus and board member of the Dogecoin Foundation, highlighted the breakthrough as a technological answer to a challenge Elon Musk posed to the Dogecoin community in 2021. At the time, Musk argued that Dogecoin needed substantially higher transaction throughput to become practical as a global payment system.
Rather than modifying the Dogecoin Core protocol, Metallicus developed DogecoinVM as an independent parallel layer built using Metal Blockchain infrastructure. Hayner stressed that the system does not introduce a separate cryptocurrency or change Dogecoin Core. DogecoinVM maintains full compatibility with Dogecoin's UTXO model and enables users to continue using their current wallets and private keys.
How It Works and What the Limits AreDogecoinVM achieves its speed improvements by using the Snowman Proof-of-Stake consensus protocol instead of Dogecoin's energy-intensive Proof-of-Work mechanism. According to Metallicus, transaction finalization can occur in roughly 0.15 to 0.25 seconds, while throughput is no longer constrained by the same strict block-size limitations affecting the base network.
The mechanism works like a two-way bridge: the original DOGE is locked on the main network, while a collateral-backed equivalent is issued inside DogecoinVM at a 1:1 ratio and can be withdrawn instantly. Currently in alpha, deposits are capped at 100 DOGE per transaction and the system has yet to undergo an independent security audit.
Hayner said the broader goal is practical use in fintech, banks, credit unions, and platforms, highlighting the long-term potential of integrating fast cryptocurrency settlements into payment services, including social network X.
Sources:
EconoTimes: DogecoinVM Makes DOGE Transactions 300x Faster
TradingView: Metallicus CEO Delivers on Elon Musk's Dogecoin Vision
36Crypto: Dogecoin Gets 300x Speed Claim as Metallicus Caps Alpha Deposits at 100 DOGE
Společnost Midnight na konferenci TOKEN2049 představila Night Mode, který kombinuje důkazy s nulovou znalostí, víceúčastnické výpočty a důvěryhodná prostředí pro chytré kontrakty a umožňuje selektivní zpřístupňování dat.
Charles Hoskinson helped popularize smart contracts on Cardano. At TOKEN2049 in Singapore, he spent time criticizing them.
The Cardano founder used the stage to promote what he calls the Night Frame, a framework that pairs zero-knowledge proofs, multi-party computation and trusted execution on Midnight, the privacy-focused partner chain built by Input Output Global (IOG).
What Hoskinson brought to Singapore TOKEN2049 ran on October 7-8, 2026. Hoskinson used the event to push Midnight to the front of the Cardano conversation, even where the rest of the ecosystem seemed not to.
He took aim at the community-funded Cardano booth, which did not feature Midnight. Hoskinson called the project the ecosystem’s “Where’s Waldo?”
Zero-knowledge proofs let someone prove a statement is true without revealing the data behind it. Think of showing a bouncer you are over 21 without handing over your birthday, address and middle name.
Multi-party computation lets several parties jointly calculate a result while each keeps its inputs private. Picture coworkers figuring out their average salary without anyone revealing what they earn.
Trusted execution environments are sealed-off areas of hardware where code runs out of view of the rest of the machine.
The Midnight product slate Midnight also ran its own keynote at TOKEN2049, separate from the Cardano booth it was left out of. The team showed several products, including Night Mode, Midnight Passport, the Collateral Warehouse and Offer Files.
Night Mode uses the same trio of zero-knowledge proofs, trusted execution environments and multi-party computation. It is designed to support programmable smart contracts with selective disclosure, written in Midnight’s Compact programming language.
The network runs on two tokens. NIGHT handles governance and utility and has a fixed supply of 24 billion. DUST is a shielded token that serves as a renewable resource for paying transaction fees.
Midnight has also been rolling out upgrades to support permissionless smart contracts on mainnet, with that capability going live in early October 2026.
The project is also reaching beyond Cardano. An integration with Solana wallets for private swaps has been announced as part of a broader cross-chain push.
How Midnight got here Midnight’s genesis block launched on March 17, 2026, marking its public debut. Hoskinson personally put around $200 million into the project’s development.
The booth episode also points to a wider strain. The event exposed governance tensions inside the Cardano ecosystem, particularly between IOG and the Cardano Foundation.
What this means for Cardano, Midnight and NIGHT holders For investors, the most direct exposure is NIGHT. The token has traded with notable volatility as Midnight updates have rolled out.
The Solana wallet integration may be the more consequential detail long term. A privacy layer that only serves one ecosystem has a ceiling. One that plugs into other major chains could draw transaction volume from users who never touch Cardano at all.
The risks are real, though. Combining three complex privacy technologies raises the engineering bar, and trusted execution environments add reliance on hardware rather than pure cryptography. Developers also have to learn Compact, which is a cost for any new language competing for attention.
What to watch next: developer activity now that permissionless contracts are live on mainnet, real usage of the Solana private swap integration, and whether the next Cardano booth finds room for Waldo.
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Tether podepsal s Národní bankou Kazachstánu a správou města Alatau memorandum o přípravě návrhu pilotního projektu stablecoinu navázaného na tenge a rámce tokenizace aktiv.
In brief Tether signed a memorandum of understanding with the National Bank of Kazakhstan and the Alatau City Authority to prepare a pilot proposal for a tenge-pegged stablecoin and an asset tokenization framework. Kazakhstan's central bank earmarked up to $350 million for crypto-linked investments in March, and officials said in September that the national crypto reserve has reached $700 million. The deal lands days after a Senate subcommittee report on Iran-linked USDT use and a lawsuit over a $2.76 million Tether freeze. Tether, the company behind the world's largest stablecoin, signed a memorandum of understanding with the National Bank of Kazakhstan and the Alatau City Authority, the company announced Wednesday.
The memorandum’s first goal is a stablecoin pegged to the tenge, Kazakhstan's currency. The three parties will study how other countries issue them and then prepare a concept and pilot proposal, though the announcement does not say who would issue the token.
Myriad: Where does Ethereum go next? Click to make your prediction.On tokenization—recording ownership of something real, like a building or a bond, as a digital token on a blockchain—the parties will pick priority asset categories, design a model and launch a pilot inside Alatau, possibly on Hadron, the tokenization platform Tether launched in November 2024. The memorandum sets no date for either pilot.
A memorandum is a written statement of what the parties plan to explore together, so think handshake, not contract. The deal also includes workshops to train central bank staff on issuing tokens, managing reserves and tokenizing assets.
Alatau is a planned smart city in the Almaty region, built from scratch with its own legal regime and pitched as a fintech hub for Central Asia. The $7.2 billion project aims to grow from 52,000 residents to two million, with President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev wanting people there to pay for goods and services in cryptocurrency.
In March, the central bank earmarked up to $350 million for crypto-related investments out of nearly $70 billion in gold and foreign exchange reserves, though the money may go into shares of crypto-linked companies and index funds rather than coins.
Officials said in September that the national crypto reserve has reached $700 million, with about $200 million invested so far, mostly through hedge funds, which are private pools that trade on behalf of large investors.
Kazakhstan already runs a tenge stablecoin pilot called Evo, launched in September 2025 inside the central bank's regulatory sandbox—a supervised testing ground for new financial products—and was issued by the exchange Intebix and Eurasian Bank with help from Solana and Mastercard. The central bank writes the rules of the test but does not issue the token.
The National Bank has a separate plan to tokenize two Alatau properties, worth up to $50 million and $10 million, due by the end of 2026 on the Kazakhstan Stock Exchange's infrastructure.
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Tether is in the news today for freezing funds of Conduit, a U.S.-based payment firm.
According to the lawsuit filed with the Southern District of New York (SDNY), Conduit alleged that Tether froze its $2.7M USDT with “no justifiable basis.”
Conduit has asked Tether to return the funds—or to even provide a purported justification for Tether’s improper taking. Tether has refused to do either. Tether has no justifiable basis to take and withhold Conduit’s money from it, and Conduit has been harmed as a result.
According to Conduit, Tether continues to profit from the alleged “unjustifiable freeze” by earning interest income on the reserve assets backing the $2.76M USDT.
Source: Court Listener Conduit’s claims against Tether Conduit noted that Tether froze the funds on the 24th of September, 2025. According to the payment firm, Tether referred them to the Brazilian Federal Police for details on the seizure.
However, Conduit claimed that the Brazilian authorities denied ordering the stablecoin issuer to freeze its funds.
Worth pointing out that the payment firm acknowledged that there was an ongoing investigation into Onix transfers using the Conduit platform. As a result, Brazilian authorities ordered Tether to freeze some of these funds.
Analysts flagged that 23 Tron addresses were indeed frozen on the 24th of September. The said Conduit wallet, holding $2.7M USDT, was one of them and has never been unfrozen.
But Conduit defended the wallet as a treasury wallet that was formed a month after Onix’s last transaction on the platform.
Reacting to the same, Taylor Monahan, a prominent security and blockchain expert, said,
I think Brazilian authorities have their wires crossed on what they demanded be frozen and/or isn’t communicating with Conduit well.
Monahan added,
Or Conduit is choosing to be selective with their portrayal of the situation to US courts in order to try to get their address unfrozen without dealing with the Brazilian situation head-on.
This is the second lawsuit against Tether in less than two months. And both involve those who are under investigation. Last month, a duo sued Tether for $42.4M in frozen USDT and demanded all the earned interest income plus the initial capital.
In late September, the U.S. Senate released a damning report, claiming Tether’s USDT is a key enabler of Iran’s illicit crypto flows. In its defense, Tether said it had frozen over half a billion dollars tied to the Iranian regime.
Source: DeFiLlama Tether’s USDT is the world’s largest stablecoin, with $184B in market supply. But it’s unclear whether the ongoing regulatory pressure and scrutiny will reduce its global dominance.
Final Summary Payment firm Conduit has sued Tether for freezing $2.76M in USDT funds and illegally earning interest income on it. Tether is also facing growing scrutiny from the U.S. Congress over Iranian illicit crypto flows.
Peněženky spojené s americkou vládou převedly 833,599 BTC v hodnotě 71,6 milionu USD na Coinbase Prime a 40 285 BNB v hodnotě 31,63 milionu USD přes neoznačenou adresu do druhé neznámé peněženky; prodej nebyl potvrzen.
$71.6 million worth of Bitcoin and $31.6 million worth of BNB were transferred from wallets linked to the US government. It has not been confirmed that these transactions were for sale purposes.
U.S. government-linked wallets tracked by blockchain analytics company Arkham have processed Bitcoin and BNB transfers totaling over $100 million. These transactions have fueled speculation that the assets may have been sold, although no sales have been confirmed.
According to the data, a total of 833,599 BTC from government-linked wallets was initially sent to two addresses not labeled by Arkham. At the time of the transfer, the Bitcoins were worth approximately $71.6 million. These addresses then transferred the BTC to wallets labeled as Coinbase Prime deposit addresses within a few hours.
Of the Bitcoins seized, 568.7 BTC comes from assets confiscated in the Potapenko and Turogin case. The remaining approximately 264.9 BTC is from seizures related to the Bitfinex attack.
40,285 BNB were transferred from a separate government wallet. The tokens, worth approximately $31.63 million, were first moved to an unlabeled address and then to a second unknown wallet. The BNBs were reportedly among the assets seized from Alameda Research.
Sending cryptocurrencies to a Coinbase Prime address can, in some cases, indicate preparation for sale. However, exchange-linked addresses can also be used for custody, wallet management, or inter-institutional transfers. Blockchain data alone does not prove that the asset has ultimately been sold.
The US government reportedly holds approximately $27.5 billion in seized cryptocurrency assets. These assets originated from legal seizures, not from market purchases funded by tax revenue.
The Bitcoins transferred to the government under the decree dated March 2025 are intended to be held in the Strategic Bitcoin Reserve. However, the legal status and sales authorization of assets in specific cases may vary. It would be incorrect to interpret the transfer as a definitive sale before an official announcement.
*This is not investment advice.
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Návrh pro Compound převádí přibližně 5,08 mil. USDC z EPCF a 356 ETH z výnosů Chainlink SVR do komunitní multisig peněženky, která vyžaduje souhlas pěti z devíti signatářů.
Proposal 613 was cancelled by the Proposal Guardian on 7 October. I am putting forward a narrower alternative for discussion.
It does not close the EPCF. It changes who holds the keys. The EPCF and the mainnet SVR revenue would move from Safes the Foundation controls alone to the Community Multisig, which needs five of nine signers.
The funds Pool Holdings on 8 October Who can move it today After this proposal EPCF 500,000 USDC and 4,583,411 USDC supplied to cUSDCv3 2-of-3 Safe; two signers are Foundation nominees Community Multisig, 5-of-9 Mainnet Chainlink SVR 355.95 ETH 2-of-4 Safe “controlled by the Foundation” Community Multisig, 5-of-9 The same two addresses, 0x0660…6bF2 and 0xA415…897E, are owners of both Safes and meet both thresholds on their own.
How this differs from Proposal 613 Proposal 613 closed the EPCF and sent everything to the Governor Timelock. @pennblockchain objected that this removes the fund’s rapid-response role, and other delegates said the same in their vote rationales.
That objection is fair, and this alternative accepts it. The EPCF keeps its purposes, its size and its 48-month term. Emergency deployment stays available.
The problem is sole control The DAO has already decided what custody of DAO funds should look like. The Treasury Escrow is owned by the Governor Timelock. The TMC needs four of six signers to start a withdrawal. Every withdrawal waits out a cooldown, the Community Multisig can block it, and governance can reclaim the assets.
The EPCF and the SVR revenue have none of that.
EPCF. Proposal 535, Section 6, gives the Foundation two of three signers. Section 4 lets it deploy funds “at its discretion when, in its judgment” a threat qualifies. SVR. The Foundation’s March update says the Safe “is controlled by the Foundation and held in trust for the DAO”. It adds that there are “no explicit governance instructions” for the funds. Together that is about 5.08M USDC and 356 ETH of DAO money behind two keys from one organisation.
If the treasury itself sits behind a committee, a cooldown and a safeguard, why do these two pools sit behind nothing?
Why this matters now Section 3 of Proposal 535 lets the Foundation:
convert a portion of EPCF assets into COMP and delegate such COMP for the purposes of participating in Compound governance.
The V2 reserves show how that kind of discretion has been used. Proposal 536 gave the Foundation 8.42M DAI “exclusively to support protocol operations and governance continuity”. Its text never mentions delegation or using the entirety of the funds to purchase COMP and vote on its own proposals. The chain shows the following.
Date (UTC) What happened Transaction 9, 15 and 25 April 7,988,003 USDC left the V2 Reserves Safe for one address, which forwarded all of it to a Binance deposit address by 26 April 1, 2, 3 14 April The Safe delegated its COMP voting power to the Foundation tx 5 May, 09:46 344,780 COMP arrived in the Safe, 58 minutes before the voting snapshot for Proposals 580 and 582 tx 5 May, 14:46 The Foundation voted 912,717 COMP for Proposal 580, which created the TMC tx 20 and 21 May 100,000 COMP left the Safe for that same address and was forwarded to a second wallet 1, 2 22 May to 10 September That wallet deposited COMP at eight exchanges: Binance, Bybit, OKX, Coinbase, KuCoin, Bitget, Gate.io and Bitvavo. Net of what came back, all 100,000 was on exchanges by 10 September wallet 2 September 900,261 USDT arrived in the Safe from that wallet tx 3 and 10 September A further 50,000 COMP took the same route 1, 2 As of 8 October that wallet has sent 213,800 COMP to exchanges and received 93,049 back. It still holds 29,250.
The Foundation’s 28 September statement says “there has been no trading”. Trades inside an exchange are not visible on-chain, so I cannot say how much was sold. The Foundation can. It has not published its agreement with the trading firm or the purchase, transfer and disposal records. None of this activity is reported in the “Transparency Threads”.
I have called this misappropriation, and the Foundation disputes that.
Another wallets activity also raises similar questions. 0xb164…6432 delegates to the Foundation’s voting address. It received 60,028 COMP before the Proposal 535 snapshot in February and sent all of it to the same Binance deposit address 4 hours 25 minutes after voting closed. In May it received 100,024 COMP before the snapshot for Proposals 580 and 582, and began sending it back 28 minutes after voting closed.
Why the Community Multisig It is nine organisations, not one. Five of nine must sign. It already holds the DAO’s safeguard roles. It is the Pause Guardian, the Safeguard on the Treasury Escrow and the Proposal Guardian. It is fast. On 7 October it executed a 5-of-9 transaction less than nine hours after Proposals 612 and 613 were queued. It was suggested at the start. In February, @blockful proposed a DAO-elected council or the Proposal Guardian members as managers, so that responsibility would not rest solely with the Foundation. I have criticised this multisig’s composition, and I stand by that. This proposal is the minimum, not the ideal. Five of nine signers from nine organisations is a stronger check than two signers from one.
Amid a broader market sell-off, Uniswap [UNI] saw strong downside pressure as UNI failed to defend $9 and plunged to a low of $8.00.
At press time, Uniswap traded around $8.19, down 9.16% on the daily charts. Over the same period, the altcoin’s trading volume surged 39%, reflecting increased sell-side activity as traders reduced exposure.
Uniswap long liquidations hit $5.7M Before UNI plunged, a significant share of traders were bullish and had aggressively built up long positions. However, the sudden price drop saw these bulls kicked out of the market.
Over the past 24 hours, more than $5.7 million worth of long positions were liquidated, according to CoinGlass data.
Source: CoinGlass Usually, when long positions are liquidated, it causes more selling pressure on exchanges. The increased sell pressure results in further downside, triggering a cascade of liquidations.
Things did not end there. As liquidation risks continued to rise, some traders panicked and hurriedly closed their positions.
Over the past 24 hours, Uniswap recorded $312 million in Futures outflows compared to $ 251 million in inflows. For that reason, Futures Netflow fell by 104% to -$61 million as of writing.
Source: CoinGlass A negative Netflow here suggested that more traders exited the market over this period. In most cases, when traders panic-exit, it further weakens the market and could result in higher losses on the charts.
Momentum leans bearish With selling pressure intensifying in the futures market, downside momentum has strengthened substantially.
Notably, the Moving Average Convergence Divergence (MACD) has been on a strong downward trajectory, falling to 0.45, at the time of writing.
Source: TradingView At the same time, the Stochastic Momentum Index (SMI) formed a bearish crossover and dropped deeper into the negative zone.
With both SMI and MACD trending strongly downward, the market momentum is strongly bearish and likely to continue. If the recent pressure persists, Uniswap will likely lose the $8 support and drop to $7.6.
However, activity in the spot market still gives some hope for a trend reversal. As the market plunged, Spot Netflow also declined significantly, falling to -$8.89 million.
Source: CoinGlass Falling Netflow implied that more UNI flowed out of exchanges as the market declined, pointing to potential dip buyers.
Often, strong buying in the spot market tends to absorb pressure from derivatives and offer support to the market. Therefore, if demand holds during this dip, Uniswap could hold $8 and target a move above $9.
Final summary Uniswap plunges 9%, breaks $9 support, and falls to a low of $8.05 before slightly rising. UNI saw a wave of liquidations, with $5.7 million in longs liquidated, triggering panic selling.
Solana now has more stablecoin holders than ever. As of October 7, 2026, more than 14.02 million unique addresses on the network held stablecoins, an all-time high.
At the end of 2024, that figure sat under 4 million.
The numbers behind the milestone The latest data shows Solana added more than 4 million new stablecoin holders since the start of the year. Over a longer window, the network gained more than 10 million holding addresses in less than two years.
Total stablecoin supply on Solana is now above $15 billion. Stablecoins are tokens pegged to a fiat currency, usually the US dollar. They are the rails that let people move dollars on a blockchain without riding crypto’s price swings.
In September, stablecoin supply on Solana hit a record $17.3 billion, which made it the third-largest blockchain by stablecoin supply. Only Ethereum and Tron ranked higher.
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So the dollar value on the network has eased from that peak, even as the number of holders keeps climbing.
Spending is growing too. Cumulative transaction volume on stablecoin-linked cards has passed $1 billion. These cards let users spend stablecoin balances at ordinary merchants.
A settlement standard with Wall Street fingerprints The holder milestone landed one day after a notable infrastructure release. On October 6, 2026, the Solana Foundation unveiled an open-source Delivery-versus-Payment framework, known as DvP.
In a DvP trade, the asset and the cash change hands at the same moment, or neither does. Solana’s version handles that swap atomically and through escrow. Atomic here means the transaction either completes in full or fails in full. The framework is built to settle tokenized assets and cash in seconds.
J.P. Morgan contributed to the standard, helping shape it around institutional settlement requirements. The target use cases include tokenized stocks, funds and other real-world assets.
From DeFi playground to payments network For most of its history, Solana has been known as a hub for decentralized finance, or DeFi. That means trading, lending and yield strategies run by smart contracts rather than banks.
Rising holder counts and card spending suggest growing retail and payment use. The DvP framework is aimed at enterprises and institutions that want to move tokenized real-world assets with less risk.
What this means for Solana and its rivals More addresses holding stablecoins means more people interacting with Solana, and that activity could translate into higher demand for SOL, the network’s native token. Users need SOL to pay transaction fees, so broader usage ties back to the token at a basic level.
Holder counts measure addresses, not people, and one user can control many addresses. The drop in supply from September’s $17.3 billion peak to just above $15 billion is also worth tracking.
Solana sits behind Ethereum and Tron by stablecoin supply. Ethereum remains the default home for institutional DeFi, while Tron has carved out a large role in dollar transfers.
There are clear things to watch from here. First, whether stablecoin supply resumes its climb toward the September record or keeps drifting lower. Second, whether institutions actually build on the DvP framework. Third, whether card volume keeps compounding past the $1 billion mark.
Disclosure: This article was edited by Kaye Quema. For more information on how we create and review content, see our Editorial Policy.
Optimism [OP] was not spared by the capital outflow that the crypto market has seen in the past day, with $91.76 billion leaving the market. As a result, OP fell 12% at press time.
Fundamentally, there are factors that could be attributed to the recent loss. One is the on-chain activity and volume of trading activity that has been on a declining streak over the past couple of days.
Optimism sees on-chain activity decline There’s been a capital exit that is presently ongoing in the market, with roughly $14.33 million exiting the total value locked (TVL), according to DeFiLlama. TVL has been declining since October 5th, with a current value of $485.95 billion.
When there’s a decline in TVL over 36 hours, it’s a sign that investors may be anticipating a short-term decline in the asset. The most evident reason for this drop has been the volume activity across decentralized exchanges on the OP mainnet.
Source: DeFiLlama The data shows that while volume across these DEXes peaked on September 3 at about $495 million, it has since declined notably to its normalized level of roughly $21 million, according to data from DeFiLlama.
Declining activity at this scale often implies that there’s less usage across the chain, as well as less utility for its native OP token.
Can OP rebound from the demand zone? There’s potential for a possible rebound for OP in the near term, depending solely on how price performs at its present level, where it currently trades.
Chart analysis indicates that OP has now dropped into a demand zone on the chart that played a role in the asset’s most recent upswing. If this demand level holds, there’s a chance the price rallies back to its previous local high on the chart at $0.15.
Source: TradingView It’s important to watch the Accumulation/Distribution indicator to track the potential for a possible rebound in price. This is a volume-weighted indicator that tracks whether investors are buying or selling their holdings into the market.
At the time of writing, the A/D indicator has dropped to roughly -12.8 million in weighted volume on the chart. If this drop continues, there’s a potential that the price invalidates the demand zone, trending further lower.
For now, examining the A/D could provide the needed insight into whether the market sees a rebound or further downside on the table.
Market sentiment remains neutral Market sentiment, according to CoinMarketCap, has remained neutral. This implies that investors are not decisive on whether the present bearish condition would persist, and neither are they optimistic about a potential bullish takeover.
While there’s been no confirmation yet that there’s a rebound on the table, investors sitting on the sidelines may not be great for a rebound. But this remains to watch, as a change in sentiment may precede a price trend.
Source: CoinGlass Final Summary Optimism’s OP token has declined 12% as TVL and DEX trading volume continue to fall, pointing to weakening on-chain activity. OP has entered a demand zone, but a sustained decline in the A/D indicator could expose the token to further downside.
