Crypto Markets & On-Chain Ecosystem Developments

According to Lookonchain, MARA Holdings sold 1,000 Bitcoin worth $80.19 million 6 hours ago, according to on-chain monitoring data.

According to ChainCatcher, Canada's Department of Finance launched a 60-day public consultation on stablecoin regulations ending December 23, maintaining a prohibition on stablecoin issuers paying interest or yield to holders. Non-bank issuers must maintain reserves held by qualified Canadian

According to Wintermute's market report released on October 27, Bitcoin declined 2.43% to approximately $80,500 last week—its third consecutive weekly drop—while U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs recorded net

According to Lorenzo Valente, ARK Invest's head of digital assets research, stablecoin-holding addresses surpassed 300 million for the first time. Ethereum ecosystem accounts for 37% of all stablecoin-holding addresses, with approximately three-quarters originating from layer-2 networks.

According to Grayscale's report via ChainCatcher, Zcash marked its tenth anniversary this week, with 20% of block rewards allocated to developer funding. The allocation has enabled the protocol to continuously innovate, evolving from its Sprout pool to Sapling and Orchard

According to Foresight News, the Crypto Fear and Greed Index fell to 48 today (October 27), down from 50 yesterday, according to data from Alternative.me. The reading indicates a neutral market sentiment.

Arthur Hayes today proposed a Flop Network design that links FLOP tokens directly to compute (FLOPS) as a global pricing benchmark. According to his outline, the network processes blocks every second, with receipts recording inference task latency, floating-point operations, and transaction fees to

According to Balancer, the team identified over $500,000 in unclaimed user assets during a review of external historical positions, and has notified owners to claim them. The assets stem from two overlooked sources: Balancer v3 buffer liquidity shares recorded via internal Vault accounting that

According to The Block, Ark Invest, the investment firm led by Cathie Wood, increased its holdings of Circle Internet Group yesterday (October 26) by 65,615 shares, worth approximately $5.2 million. Circle's stock declined 7% on Monday, closing at $79.84.

According to Bitcoin.com News, France's four major financial institutions—the Finance Ministry, Financial Markets Authority (AMF), central bank, and prudential regulator ACPR—submitted revised opinions on the EU's Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCA) on October 27, calling for conditional

According to Foundation's security update on October 27, the hardware wallet Passport developer discovered over 23,000 phishing email sending attempts, with 19,057 delivered via Mailgun and 1,503 via Google Workspace. The investigation revealed that legacy database tables retained after migration

Ripple received final approval from the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency on October 26 to establish Ripple National Trust Bank, a federally regulated trust institution. Chief Executive Officer Brad Garlinghouse announced the approval on X, stating the bank will support operations for

According to Osmosis announcement on X on October 27, OSMO inflation issuance has ended, with new daily OSMO minting dropping to zero from the previous 91,324 tokens per day. Proposal 1053 passed with a 91.1% approval rate. Staking rewards will now be sourced from protocol revenue instead of

Ripple unveiled AI-powered treasury upgrades and 24/7 stablecoin-based cash management on Oct. 26. The company introduced new features for its corporate treasury platform, Ripple Treasury, at Swell 2026 in New York the previous day. The update expands capabilities for global companies including

Base launched the Trencher Grant Program, an initiative designed to provide funding for projects within the Base ecosystem. The program aims to foster innovation and support community-driven development in the blockchain space. Base announced the program through its official Twitter account,

Shinhan Card announced on Oct. 27 that it will launch an offline payment pilot with Dunamu using a blockchain-based digital wallet. The pilot tests Kiya Chain, a public blockchain developed by Dunamu, and Kiya Wallet in a real-world payment environment. This marks the first time a South Korean

According to Onchain Lens, Circle has minted 112.01 billion USDC on Solana from January 1 to October 26, 2026, nearly doubling 2025's total of 56.25 billion dollars with a 99.1% increase across 448 transactions. September saw

According to Strategy CEO Phong Le on Oct 26, the world's largest Bitcoin-holding company will implement daily dividend payouts for its floating-rate perpetual preferred stock STRC if approved at the Oct 28 shareholder meeting. If greenlit, STRC's first daily dividend reference date is Nov 1, with i