Crypto Markets & On-Chain Ecosystem Developments

API3 surged 13.29% in one hour, reaching $0.3315 after opening at $0.2926. The rapid price movement followed a daily low of $0.2879 earlier in the day. Trading volume reached approximately $2,648,797.75 over 24 hours, reflecting heightened investor interest amid mixed signals in the broader crypto m

According to Chainalysis, China's peer-to-peer stablecoin wallets surged 43-fold from Q1 2024 to Q2 2026, with $104.1 billion transferred across 18.1 million transactions during the 12 months through June 2026. Self-custodied stablecoin holdings turned over 33.2

According to Chainalysis, South Korea's on-chain cryptocurrency activity totaled $449.1 billion for the 12-month period from July 2025 to June 2026, growing 12.30% year-over-year and ranking first in East Asia. Japan, Hong Kong, and mainland China recorded approximately $228.3 billion, $192.2 billio

According to Lookonchain, public companies added 3,342 BTC to their holdings last week (Sept 28–Oct 4), valued at approximately $286.31 million. Stablecoin supply rose by $715.8 million during the same period. Meanwhile, decentralized exchange trading volumes declined, with spot volume falling by 3

Metaplanet sold 10,000 Bitcoin and repurchased 11,000 BTC in Q3, ending Sept. 30 with 44,000 BTC. The Tokyo-listed company executed the round-trip transaction to demonstrate to credit investors and rating agencies that its cryptocurrency reserves can be converted into cash to meet financial

Gate News bot message: Gate market data shows that BTC has fallen below 85,000 USDT and is currently trading at 84,993.6 USDT.

Solana announced that over 9,000 products have emerged from its Colosseum hackathons. The announcement was shared by the @solana handle on Twitter. Participants have one week remaining to submit entries to the Crypto World's Fair, competing for $800K in prizes and $2.5M in venture funding. The Colos

According to its disclosures, Metaplanet added a net 1,000 Bitcoin during Q3, lifting total holdings to 44,000 BTC as of September 30. The Tokyo-listed company sold 10,000 BTC for approximately $789.2 million at an average price of $78,925 per coin, then repurchased 11,000 BTC for about $948.7 milli

According to Solana's official announcement, the platform's Colosseum hackathons have generated over 9,000 products to date. With one week remaining for submissions to the Crypto World's Fair, participants are competing for $800K in prizes and $2.5M in venture funding. Many leading teams on Solana b

Tokenized stocks generated $3.96 billion in decentralized exchange (DEX) volume during September, according to data from @tokenterminal. The volume represents a 106-fold increase since last November, reflecting growing institutional interest in tokenization and decentralized finance. This surge

According to @tokenterminal, tokenized stocks generated $3.96 billion in decentralized exchange (DEX) volume during September, marking a 106-fold increase since November of last year. Tokenized stocks are blockchain-based representations of traditional equities, enabling easier trading and

MKS PAMP has launched DGLD, a tokenized gold token, on the Solana blockchain through an integration with SwissBorg. The offering provides access to over 1 million users, with each DGLD token representing co-ownership of one troy ounce of physical gold held in Switzerland. MKS PAMP, a Swiss

NEXTPredict, the first global B2B conference for prediction markets, runs October 22–23 at Convene, Hudson Yards in New York, with over 50 speakers and 2,500 expected attendees, according to NEXT.io co-founder Pierre Lindh. CNBC correspondent Contessa Brewer and CNN senior reporter Marshall Cohen ar

According to MicroStrategy's Form 8-K filing, the company purchased 335 BTC between Oct. 1 and Oct. 4 for $28.7 million at an average price of $85,838.80 per coin, raising its total holdings to exactly 848,000 BTC acquired for approximately $63.97 billion at an average cost of $75,440.70 per coin.

Ripple appeared alongside four Korean financial institutions at XRP Seoul 2026, where the company announced institutional deployment plans and introduced XRP Asia as a regional initiative to promote the XRP Ledger. On August 18, 2026, Ripple announced that Jeonbuk Bank would deploy Ripple Payments f

According to Ripple, four Korean financial institutions appeared at the XRP Seoul 2026 event on October 5 to announce Ripple-related initiatives. Jeonbuk Bank deployed Ripple Payments for cross-border business remittances, becoming the first regional bank in Korea to adopt the service for