Crypto Markets & On-Chain Ecosystem Developments

According to Cointelegraph, Ripple announced a partnership with Privy, Stripe's wallet infrastructure platform, to introduce embedded wallets and AI Agent payment functionality to XRP Ledger (XRPL). The collaboration aims to expand payment capabilities on the

The US Securities and Exchange Commission and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission are advancing crypto regulation with only three commissioners in place across both agencies, Cointelegraph reported on Oct. 13. The SEC currently has two commissioners — Chairman Paul Atkins and Mark Uyeda —

According to ChainCatcher, citing SoSoValue data, the US ZEC spot ETF recorded net outflows of $5.19 million yesterday, while the NEAR spot ETF saw net inflows of $3.93 million on the same day. The Zcash ETF (ZCSH) accounted for all ZEC outflows, while Bitwise NEAR ETF (NRR) drove NEAR inflows.

Franklin Templeton's Senior Vice President Chetan Karkhanis discussed the future of tokenized funds and their scalability in Asia during a podcast episode on RWA Insights. The conversation featured insights from participants identified as Jake and Pendle, outlining strategies for the growth of token

According to Foresight News, Ethereum L2 network Base has launched Earn & Borrow, an end-to-end technology solution enabling platforms to offer variable-rate stablecoin yields and crypto-collateralized loans to eligible users through Base infrastructure and third-party lending protocols. Users

According to a Bloomberg report on October 14, Strategy co-founder and executive chairman Michael Saylor said in an interview that Bitcoin bottomed out at just below $60k and has since recovered to around $80k. He predicted that it will continue rising and break back above $100k, although he did not provide a specific timeline. Saylor also predicted that Bitcoin’s annualized growth rate will reach 20% to 30% over the next few years. Saylor: Bitcoin Expected to Return to $100k, with Annual Growth

Democratic Party lawmaker Lee Kwang-jae called for the South Korean government to apologize to young people over past cryptocurrency policies before implementing digital asset taxation, during a National Assembly audit on October 13. Lee made the statement at the Ministry of Strategy and Finance's N

Solana developer Anza announced that the Alpenglow upgrade will go live on the Solana mainnet beta on October 21, marking the completion of 18 months of development aimed at improving the consensus mechanism. The upgrade’s core goal is to reduce transaction finality time from the current approximately 12.8 seconds to approximately 150 milliseconds—an approximately 85-fold increase in speed. Alpenglow Technical Goal: Finality Reduced from 12.8 Seconds to 150 Milliseconds According to Anza’s techn

According to the National Assembly Finance and Economy Planning Committee hearing on October 13, Democratic Party lawmaker Lee Kwang-jae called for the government to apologize to young people for its past stance on digital assets before implementing crypto taxation. National Tax Service

According to market data from October 14, 2026, Bitcoin continued its rebound and was trading at $83,410. September Consumer Price Index (CPI) data is scheduled for release on October 15; economists surveyed by Dow Jones expect headline CPI to rise 0.6% month over month and 3.6% year over year. RSM Chief Economist Joe Brusuelas said, “September CPI is indeed facing substantial upside risk.” September CPI Expectations: 3.6% Headline YoY, 2.5% Core YoY According to economists surveyed by Dow Jones

According to CoinDesk, Coins.ph, a Philippine cryptocurrency exchange, faces regulatory penalties from the Philippine central bank (BSP) on October 14, with the platform potentially risking license revocation due to alleged violations involving processing transactions for restricted offshore

According to Bloomberg, Polymarket CEO Shayne Coplan did not clearly announce a token issuance plan during remarks at the Token2049 conference in Singapore on Oct 14, disappointing community expectations. While Coplan expressed optimism toward on-chain financial assets and stated that tokens and

According to Blockworks data reported by Cointelegraph, the majority of tokenized stock trading on major blockchains occurs outside regular U.S. stock market hours (9:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. ET). On BNB Chain, over 70% of tokenized stock trading volume takes place outside these hours, while Solana

According to PANews, Starknet announced the launch of Shadow Accounts today, October 14. The feature allows users to interact with public DeFi protocols through independently controlled addresses while keeping the association between those addresses and their main wallet

South Korea's People Power Party lawmakers accused the Prime Minister's Office of granting regulatory favoritism to Naver during enforcement decree amendments to the Special Financial Information Act on October 13. Park Dae-chul questioned Minister Lim Ki-geun at a National Assembly Policy

Crypto Tax in India remains one of the most stringent regimes globally, with a flat 30% tax on all Virtual Digital Asset (VDA) profits, yet cryptocurrency itself is legal to buy, sell, hold, and transfer in India as of 2026. The Finance Act 2022 introduced Section 115BBH, classifying

Gate News bot message: Gate market data shows ETH up 4% in 24 hours, with the current price at 2517.12 USDT.

Meritz Securities signed a memorandum of understanding with the Canton Foundation on October 14 to cooperate on financial asset tokenization in South Korea and the use of blockchain infrastructure for institutional clients. The Canton Foundation operates the global blockchain network Canton

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