Crypto Markets & On-Chain Ecosystem Developments

According to its official announcement on October 21, Litecoin confirmed fixes for two critical security vulnerabilities identified by security researchers DeltaXV and scalarcc. Developer David Burkett published a technical explanation via a public GitHub gist documenting the issues and their

Gate News: According to an official Gate announcement, Gate’s Futures Meme Zone has launched KIMCHI futures trading, trading bots, and copy trading. The contract supports 1–10x leverage for long and short positions, and leverage can be selected when placing an order. KIMCHI is a meme coin issued on the SOL chain. Copy trading and bot services are now available for this perpetual contract.

According to CoinDesk, citing澎湃新闻, on October 13, the Tianjin Second Intermediate People's Court accepted a prosecutor's application to forfeit over 61,800 Bitcoin and other assets related to a fraud case involving Qian Zhimin, actual controller of Tianjin Blue Sky Geruì Electronics Technology.

The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) has finalised stablecoin regulations covering reserves, redemptions, custody, risk management and supervision, with rules set to take effect on 18 January 2027. The regulations apply to stablecoin issuers under the OCC's jurisdiction, including

According to SoSoValue data via ChainCatcher, Bitcoin spot ETFs saw $528 million in net inflows on October 21. BlackRock's IBIT led with $235 million in single-day inflows, bringing its cumulative net inflows to $66.498 billion. Fidelity's FBTC followed with $213 million, reaching a total

According to ChainCatcher, citing SoSoValue data, Ethereum spot ETFs recorded net inflows of $149.55 million yesterday (October 21, U.S. Eastern Time), reversing a five-day streak of outflows. Grayscale's Ethereum Mini Trust ETF (ETH) led inflows with $280.69 million, while Fidelity's FETH

EVEDEX, a hybrid decentralised exchange, has integrated with Binance Wallet. Users can now create an EVEDEX account directly through Binance's self-custodial wallet and trade crypto perpetual futures at up to 200x leverage with gasless execution. The platform combines an off-chain order book for

Ethereum whales withdrew over 24,000 ETH from major exchanges in recent activity, according to @lookonchain. The withdrawals included 10,954 ETH moved from Kraken by address 0x4A85 for staking after four months of inactivity, 9,000 ETH withdrawn from Binance by address 0xdeA6 and deposited into

Yuga Labs launched Mudwater on October 17, introducing a physical trading-card collection linked to digital assets on the Solana blockchain and offering claims to holders of Bored Ape Yacht Club (BAYC) and Mutant Ape Yacht Club (MAYC) non-fungible tokens. The collection combines physical

On October 21, 2026, SSV Labs, a core development contributor to Ethereum staking infrastructure protocol SSV Network, proposed substantially reducing its development commitments under proposal DIP-59, citing difficult cryptocurrency market conditions and tighter DAO funding. Under the revised

Solana completed deployment of its Alpenglow mainnet upgrade on October 21, according to a CoinDesk report published October 22. The upgrade aims to reduce transaction finality time to approximately 0.15 seconds from roughly six seconds. The improvement stems from a redesigned consensus system

Yuga Labs launched Mudwater on October 17, a Solana-based NFT trading-card collection that links digital assets to Ethereum-based Bored Ape Yacht Club (BAYC) and Mutant Ape Yacht Club (MAYC) NFTs. Each BAYC holder qualifies for 10 packs, while MAYC holders receive 2 packs per NFT; each pack

According to the U.S. Department of Justice, Colombian crypto broker Leonardo de Jesus Zuluaga Duque was sentenced on Wednesday to 160 months in prison for conspiracy to launder drug trafficking proceeds through Tether's USDT and importation of cocaine into the United States. From May to

BitGo will host a workshop in Bengaluru on October 24, focusing on crypto custody solutions. The event, organized in collaboration with Giottus, aims to provide insights into building and scaling crypto exchanges while ensuring user asset

BitGo will host a workshop in Bengaluru on October 24 focusing on crypto custody solutions and building secure exchanges, in collaboration with Giottus, according to the company's official announcement.

DGB surged 14.96% in the past 60 minutes to reach $0.00392, with a 24-hour price gain of 17.02%, according to market data. Trading volume over the last 24 hours stands at approximately $219,967.59. The rapid price movement correlates with increased whale accumulation activity, as large investors acc