Crypto Markets & On-Chain Ecosystem Developments

WEMIX announced on Oct. 14 that it had relaunched its bug bounty program in partnership with CertiK. The program now operates on the CertiK Hunt security platform, offering CertiK-approved security researchers a maximum bounty of $10k for discovering a single critical vulnerability in the WEMIX3.0 blockchain or its governance smart contracts. Bounties are denominated in USD and paid in USDT via the Ethereum network. Bounty Structure: Tiered Rewards for WEMIX3.0 Blockchain and Smart Contract Vuln

According to Ihlas News Agency, Richard James Schueller, subject of an Interpol red notice for cryptocurrency fraud, was arrested in Istanbul on October 14 along with his wife A.K. by police supported by Turkey's National Intelligence Organization. The red notice originated from Finland. Police

According to RootData, MultiBank (MBG) will unlock approximately 25 million tokens worth about $2.6 million on October 22 at 8 AM Beijing time.

According to RootData, a Web3 asset data platform, 0G will unlock approximately 20.95 million tokens valued at around $4.89 million on October 22 (Beijing time).

BingX EU (MEGE zweite GmbH) recently obtained a Crypto-Asset Service Provider (CASP) license from Austria's Financial Market Authority (FMA). The license enables BingX to offer regulated broker services across 29 countries in the European Economic Area (EEA), significantly broadening its

According to RootData, Sentient (SENT) will unlock approximately 318.44 million tokens on October 22 at 00:00 UTC+8, with a value of approximately $6.02 million.

According to RootData, Scroll (SCR) will unlock approximately 97.42 million tokens worth around $2.06 million on October 22 at 7:00 AM Beijing time, per the Web3 asset data platform's token unlock schedule.

According to SlowMist, UNCX (UNCX_token) was exploited today, resulting in approximately $86,000 in losses. The root cause stems from a flaw in the smart contract's VestingManager.cancel(uint256) function, which failed to ensure that locked vesting plans retained sufficient shares to cover

According to Hyperbot data, the trader known as 'MacJi' was liquidated earlier today but quickly returned to the market, reopening a 25x leveraged Ethereum long position. The trader currently holds 290 ETH, worth approximately $688,000, with a liquidation price

According to Wall Street Journal investigation published on October 15, Tether paid over $6 million to consulting firm Nxum, which was co-founded and partially held by Bo Hines, a former White House crypto advisor. Internal documents, communications and

From 02:15 to 02:30 on October 15, 2026 (UTC), BTC plunged 0.75% within 15 minutes, with its price retreating from 81795.3 USDT to 80268.0 USDT and its amplitude reaching 1.87%. Market volatility intensified, while sentiment toward risk assets came under significant pressure. The main drivers of this move were escalating geopolitical conflict in the Middle East and renewed expectations of FED rate hikes. The US and Iran remained locked in a standoff in the Strait of Hormuz, armed attacks in Iran

According to Fuzhou Evening News, Fuzhou Jinan District Prosecutor's Office disclosed a cryptocurrency money-laundering case involving 210,000 yuan in fraudulent funds. Two defendants transferred proceeds via USDT

Gate News: On Oct. 15, according to Gate market data, ZEREBRO (zerebro) was trading at $0.048 as of press time, up 46.76% over the past 24 hours. It reached a high of $0.0498 and a low of $0.0274, with 24-hour trading volume reaching $1.1725 million. Its current market cap is approximately $47.9734 million. Zerebro is an artificial intelligence agent that can operate autonomously, post on social media, execute blockchain operations, generate artwork, create music, and continuously adapt based on

According to Foresight News, SilentSwap and NEAR Protocol have integrated their technologies, combining NEAR Intents with SilentSwap's privacy infrastructure to enable confidential transactions across over 30 networks. The integration is now live on SilentSwap's application and SDK, supporting

According to Lookonchain monitoring, crypto trader Huang Licheng (known as "Maji Dage") was fully liquidated on October 15. Over four months, he had grown an initial $5.6K into $12.25M through trading, which subsequently collapsed to $2.18K.

Polygon Labs announced on October 15 that it had officially completed its acquisition of Coinme, enabling its stablecoin payment platform to exchange USD for digital assets, and vice versa, in a regulated manner across 48 U.S. states. The acquisition provided Polygon’s U.S. payments business with 37 money transmission licenses and exemptions in 11 states, covering the entire United States. The business is also registered with the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network as a money services business.

Gate News: On October 15, according to Gate market data, WAL (Walrus) was trading at $0.05946 at press time, up 53.24% over the past 24 hours. It reached a high of $0.06783 and a low of $0.03959, with 24-hour trading volume reaching $11.53M. Its current marketcap is approximately $74.33M. Walrus is a distributed data storage network for storing data and rich media content, such as large text files, videos, images, and audio. Traditional cloud storage systems rely on storing complete copies of da

According to Odaily, Bonk Guy stated on X that Robinhood Chain ecosystem has potential for further development despite a rare 70-90% correction. Robinhood is actively seeking community feedback and signaling stronger support for ecosystem projects, with unconfirmed reports suggesting a potential $10

According to DefiLlama, Papertrade's revenue over the past 7 days reached $42.33 million, ranking third among all protocols. The protocol significantly outperformed Pump ($15.53 million) and Hyperliquid ($14.43 million) in the same