Crypto Markets & On-Chain Ecosystem Developments

According to ChainCatcher, WTI crude oil (CLUSDT) on Gate rose to $93.67 on October 14 amid geopolitical premium and supply risks, up 2.09% in 24 hours. Contract open interest reached $131 million, ranking third industry-wide, with 24-hour trading volume of $79.01 million.

According to CoinDesk on October 13, the Philippines' Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) is considering punitive action against Coins.ph, one of the country's largest cryptocurrency exchanges, over allegations that its services were used to facilitate transactions involving restricted offshore

BNY and Citadel Securities completed the first transaction involving a tokenized US Treasury security on a major triparty repurchase agreement platform, announced on October 13, 2026. The transaction involved purchasing a two-year US Treasury note, recording its tokenized representation on BNY's

According to FinanceFeeds, BNY and Citadel Securities completed the first transaction involving a tokenized US Treasury security on a major triparty repurchase agreement platform on October 13, 2026. The transaction involved purchasing a two-year US Treasury note, which was recorded on BNY's

According to MetaversePost, ZKsync unveiled Airbender Prime on October 14, a zero-knowledge proof system capable of generating real-time proofs on a single GPU. In internal testing, a single NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell GPU processed 7,200 consecutive Ethereum mainnet blocks, completing 99% in

Park Su-jin, an accountant at the Korea Institute of Public Finance, proposed on October 14 at the Korean Tax Law Society Fall Academic Conference that South Korea reconsider taxing fiat-pegged stablecoins identically to general digital assets. Park stated that requiring taxpayers to calculate

According to Park Soo-jin, an accountant at Korea Institute of Public Finance, on October 14, fiat-backed stablecoins should be subject to different tax treatment than general digital assets. Park argued that treating stablecoins identically to other cryptocurrencies for tax purposes would impose

Pendle Finance announced a 153% annual percentage yield (APY) for its TradFi ETF, targeting traditional finance investors seeking higher returns. The offering aims to attract institutional capital by merging cryptocurrency with established finance frameworks. This move signals growing confidence in

TOMO cryptocurrency experienced a 16.87% price decline in one hour, dropping from $0.00377475 to $0.003138. The sharp downturn reflects ongoing volatility in the cryptocurrency market. The decline indicates potential institutional selling pressure as market participants respond to shifting

According to ChainCatcher, Aster recently updated its token unlock plan, with data platform RootData synchronizing the information after confirmation from the project team. The updates involve two categories: Airdrop was split into "initial airdrop" and "governance airdrop," with the governance

Polymarket data shows traders are betting with 89% probability that the Predict.fun token will exceed $300 million fully diluted valuation one day after launch, with trading volume of $1.198 million at this probability tier, the highest among all FDV prediction levels. Predict.fun posted a teaser o

According to ChainCatcher, PRL broke through 1.9 USDT over the past 7 days, reaching an all-time high with a gain of more than 60%.

GLMR surged 11.56% in one hour, reaching $0.01066 from a low of $0.009119. The price increase coincided with heightened network activity and a 24-hour trading volume of approximately $1,064,432.72. The surge occurred amid mixed signals across the broader crypto market, with no specific catalyst

QUICK token's price dropped 10.7% in the past hour to $0.00885 amid selling pressure across the cryptocurrency market. The decline follows a recent peak of $0.011, reflecting waning investor demand. The broader crypto market environment remains challenging, with assets like QUICK showing