Crypto Markets & On-Chain Ecosystem Developments

Tether announced on October 21 that it led the pre-seed round for Bolivian fintech company Peso; the official announcement did not disclose the specific funding amount. Peso’s features currently live in Bolivia include a global account for users to hold and transfer USDT in the app, USDT payments for food orders on Bolivia’s digital services platform Yango, and POS merchant payments. Key Announcement Details: Peso’s Disclosed Features and Planned Use of Funds for Latin American Expansion Accordi

Pump.fun has launched limit order functionality on EVM chains, according to the platform's announcement. Users can now set take-profit and stop-loss orders on Robinhood, BSC, Base, HyperEVM, Arc, and Ink, with additional chains to be supported in the future. Solana traders gained access to limit ord

According to Cointelegraph, U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has issued a memorandum prohibiting all Department of Defense personnel from using non-public information in financial trades, including classified and unclassified information. The ban covers bets on upcoming military actions on

According to BlockBeats and the Xiangtan Public Security Bureau, on October 23, police in Xiangtan County, Hunan Province successfully dismantled a fraud operation and detained three suspects accused of stealing cryptocurrencies using malicious links. The suspects—Zhou, Chen, and Liang—operated

According to PR Newswire, J.P. Morgan Asset Management launched tokenized money market funds MONY and JLTXX on Solana on October 22. The funds are now available to qualified U.S. investors through the Morgan Money institutional trading platform, where investors can purchase, redeem, and receive toke

U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth issued a memorandum on Oct. 20, imposing a department-wide ban on Defense Department employees using nonpublic information to bet on military operations in prediction markets such as Kalshi and Polymarket. The memo was sent to senior officials at the Pentagon and across defense agencies and stated unequivocally: “Our adversaries are watching these markets move, and the safety of our service members often depends on the enemy not knowing what is going to hap

According to Coingacles data, Hyperliquid platform whales currently hold $8.251 billion in positions as of today with a 0.86 long-short ratio. Long positions total $3.814 billion (46.22% of holdings) with

According to PANews, SSV Labs submitted proposal DIP-59 on Oct. 23 to extend network hosting services through June 30, 2027, up from the previously planned Jan. 1, 2025 end date. The proposal reflects reduced scope amid market conditions, focusing on maintenance rather than expansion roadmap.

According to on-chain analytics firm Lookonchain, the attacker address linked to this year’s April Drift Protocol hack became active again on October 20 after about two months of dormancy, depositing 25,700 ETH (about $61.56 million) into the cryptocurrency mixer Tornado Cash in batches over two hours. Attacker-linked addresses still hold 81,864 ETH. Lookonchain: Drift Attacker Address Transfers 25,700 ETH to Tornado Cash in Two Hours According to Lookonchain’s on-chain monitoring on October 20,

According to ChainSecurity, Ethereum Hoodi testnet's Glamsterdam hard fork has been delayed as of October 22. The smart contract security firm discovered security vulnerabilities in existing contracts and identified 13 real-world cases affected; the company is conducting responsible disclosure

According to Fidelity Digital Assets, on October 20, bitcoin preferred stock financing could attract capital from the approximately $15 trillion global fixed income market. Fidelity estimates the preferred stock sector at $12 billion and has supported the purchase of 135,979 bitcoin as of October 5.

Bitcoin (BTC) has given back this week’s gains, trading at around $81,450 as of Oct. 23. A Circle shareholder has sued Trump and his family’s World Liberty Financial, alleging a $2 billion deal involving a foreign government entity and Binance. The Commodity Markets Council (CMC) urged the CFTC to hold off on approving Kalshi’s proposed perpetual oil futures contracts. Macro Events & Crypto Hot Topics CoinTelegraph reported that a shareholder of Circle Internet Financial, the company behind the

According to Bloomberg and Dune data, on-chain trading volume for tokenized stocks and exchange-traded funds surpassed $370 billion in Q3 2026, with monthly volumes growing nearly 18-fold compared to January 2026.

DFINITY founder Dominic Williams alleged today on X that NEAR's Chain Abstraction and Intents rely on a threshold ECDSA algorithm published by DFINITY in 2022, a technology Williams said is exclusively licensed to Internet Computer. Williams also questioned NEAR's decentralization, claiming its

According to CoinPost, on October 22, Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party approved a cybersecurity proposal calling for the establishment of a Prime Minister-led cyber response headquarters to strengthen national defense against cyber threats. The proposal requires police authorities to

Gate News bot message: Gate market data shows ETH has broken above 2400 USDT, with the current price at 2400 USDT.

According to the Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission (SFC), BTCC has been listed as a suspicious virtual asset trading platform on October 23. The platform is operated by Polish company BTCC Poland Limited and is unlicensed in Hong Kong. The SFC stated that the entity is suspected of