Crypto Markets & On-Chain Ecosystem Developments

According to COINOTAG, NEAR Protocol token steadied at $4.64 after sliding 10% in the 24 hours to early Thursday (Oct 29), finding support in the key demand zone of $4.30–$4.60 as selling momentum slowed. The decline tracked a broader market pullback following Bitcoin's drop

According to Guru Club, France's parliament is advancing legislation to impose a 31.4% capital gains tax on transactions involving the exchange of crypto assets for stablecoins on October 20.

Coinbase added Ripple's RLUSD stablecoin to its retail application, Coinbase Exchange, and Coinbase Prime on October 28, enabling eligible customers to trade and manage the dollar-backed token across three platforms. The integration supports deposits and withdrawals on the XRP Ledger, Ethereum, and

According to ChainCatcher, DeFi protocol Fluid has launched a DEX v2 beta version supporting custom collateral and debt ranges. Governance has set a $50,000 borrowing cap per asset for new smart contracts deployed on Ethereum. Pool creation remains in restricted

According to HTX, BNB broke below the $750 level, trading at $749.90 as of today (October 29), with a 24-hour gain of 0.07%.

According to MSX.COM data, Hyperliquid Strategies (Nasdaq: PURR) stock surged 16.45% during the opening session on October 29, trading at $11.61 per share. The move follows an announcement that Intercontinental Exchange (ICE), the parent company of the New York Stock Exchange, is partnering with

Stellar has been added to MetaMask's default supported networks, as reported by Cointelegraph on October 29. Eligible MetaMask accounts will automatically receive a Stellar network address without requiring separate network setup. The integration applies to supported accounts only, though MetaMask h

Real estate investor Grant Cardone offered venture capitalist Jason Calacanis a $1 million wager that Bitcoin will reach $126,210.50 by October 28, 2028. The challenge followed Calacanis' prediction on October 27 that Bitcoin will never reach another record and could fall toward $57,000 over the

According to Bitcoinist, on October 28, Grant Cardone challenged venture capitalist Jason Calacanis with a proposed $1 million wager that Bitcoin will reach at least $126,210.50 by October 28, 2028. The challenge follows Calacanis' October 27 prediction that Bitcoin will never surpass its previous a

From 15:30 to 15:45 UTC on October 29, 2026, ETH saw a short-term move, with a 15-minute return of +0.43%, trading between 2357.41 and 2369.96 USDT, for an amplitude of 0.53%. The current offer is $2357.8, up 0.97% over 24 hours, but the overall technical signal remains bearish. Asks dominate the overall order book, with a bid-ask ratio of just 0.39. Ask-side volume across the top five levels is 2.0302, far exceeding bid-side volume of 0.7870. The main drivers of this move were two technical sec

From 15:30 to 15:45 on October 29, 2026 (UTC), BTC rose rapidly over 15 minutes, with a return of +0.38%, a price range of 81429.0-81776.9 USDT, and an amplitude of 0.43%. It is currently trading at $81,454.7, up 1.03% over 24 hours. Market volatility has increased, but volume has not expanded noticeably, and price action shows typical short-term impulse characteristics in a low-liquidity environment. The main driver of this move was a localized imbalance in buying pressure amid a shallow Order

According to the Optimism governance forum, the Optimism Foundation has proposed returning a portion of sequencer fees to ecosystem partners that drive key business activity on OP Mainnet. The rebate funds will come from ETH transaction fee revenues generated by the relevant transactions, not OP

According to glassnode founder Rafael, Bitcoin is currently in the drawdown window approximately 13 months after the cycle top, but the retracement magnitude is notably smaller than previous cycles. The retracements 13 months post-peak were 71.0% in 2013, 79.5% in 2017, and 74.6% in 2021, compared t

According to quantum computing firm Alice & Bob, a fault-tolerant quantum computer with approximately 29,588 physical qubits could break Bitcoin's 256-bit elliptic curve encryption in about 61.8 minutes, based on the company's theoretical resource estimates. The research also estimates that 22,593 p

Arbitrum recorded a sharp increase in blockchain activity, with daily active addresses reaching approximately 1.09 million on October 28, marking the highest level in 30 days. The surge comes as Ethereum's Layer 2 networks continue competing for users and decentralized applications. According to

According to growthepie's Arbitrum analytics dashboard, Arbitrum's daily active addresses reached approximately 1.09 million on October 28, marking their highest level in 30 days. The figure represents a 90.3% increase compared with the previous week. However, transaction activity rose only 29.3% to

Ethereum traded around $2,320 on October 29, declining approximately 2% over 24 hours as the cryptocurrency struggled to regain momentum following a broader market selloff. US spot Ethereum exchange-traded funds recorded approximately $21.4 million in net withdrawals on October 28, marking the