Crypto Markets & On-Chain Ecosystem Developments

According to ChainCatcher, strategy and vault infrastructure provider INFINIT launched a managed trading vault framework on October 12, with APEX Multi-Strategy as the inaugural vault. The vault is open to qualified Hyperliquid traders with at least $100 million in open positions. Depositors enter d

According to ChainCatcher, Solana card custody platform Collector Crypt reported Q3 2026 revenue of $433.5 million and gross profit of $25.4 million, both records, up 8% and 12% respectively from Q2. Card pack sales comprised $431.1 million, with buyback and redemption costs totaling $408.1 million,

According to ChainCatcher, SOL/USDT is trading at $104.87 today, down 5.73% over the past 24 hours, based on Gate exchange data.

Gate News bot message: Gate market data shows that ETH is down 4.04% over the past 24 hours and is currently priced at 2,435 USDT.

According to BlockBeats, on Oct 13, Quit, blockchain VP at Yuga Labs, warned users to immediately revoke approvals for Blur contracts following the platform's announced frontend shutdown. While Quit found no exploitable vulnerabilities in Blur's current contracts, he noted the contracts are

According to The Block on October 12, TD Cowen's Washington Research Group, led by analyst Jaret Seiberg, forecast that the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission's (CFTC) new digital asset regulatory framework could take until early 2028 to finalize. Seiberg noted the CFTC may release draft

According to Coinglass, the crypto market experienced $149 million in liquidations in the past hour, with long positions accounting for $146 million and short positions for $3.64 million. Bitcoin saw $48.52 million in liquidations while Ethereum liquidations reached $45.38 million.

According to Coinglass, over the past hour, global liquidations reached $149 million, with long positions accounting for $146 million and short positions accounting for $3.67 million. Bitcoin liquidations totaled $48.52 million, while Ethereum liquidations reached $45.38 million.

A new cryptocurrency law has come into force in Russia, imposing restrictions on retail investors’ purchases of digital assets. Bill No. 1194918-8 was approved by the State Duma in its second and third readings on July 21, and President Vladimir Putin signed it in early August. Under the new rules, the Bank of Russia oversees the country’s regulated cryptocurrency market, while retail investors can invest a maximum of 300,000 rubles (approximately $3,700) per year through a single licensed inter

Aptos blockchain activated encrypted mempool on Oct. 12 to protect crypto traders from front-running. The feature seals order details before they join the public transaction queue, preventing trading bots from jumping ahead of large orders. Front-running occurs when bots observe pending orders and e

According to TheStreet, Aptos blockchain activated an encrypted mempool feature on Oct. 12 to protect traders from front-running. The system encrypts order details on user devices before sending them to the network, with the decryption key split among network validators, requiring most to

According to Blur Foundation on October 12, the NFT trading platform Blur will shut down its blur.io frontend on November 12, 2026. However, the on-chain NFT trading protocol will remain operational and BLUR token will continue to control the protocol's fee switch. Additionally, Blur's lending

According to ChainCatcher, Ethereum spot price on Gate fell to $2449.95 today, down 3.38% over the past 24 hours.

Blur announced it will shut down its website frontend next month, as reported by The Block on Oct. 12. The BLUR token fell more than 20% to around $0.015 following the announcement. The on-chain NFT trading protocol will remain operational, and BLUR token holders will continue to control protocol fe

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission's effort to regulate leveraged cryptocurrency trading may not be finalized before the 2028 presidential election, according to TD Cowen analyst Jarrett Seiberg. The Block reported on Oct. 12 that Seiberg, managing director at TD Cowen's Washington

From 22:45 to 23:00 on October 12, 2026 (UTC), ETH plunged 0.85% within 15 minutes, with its price falling from 2,487.88 USDT to 2,465.13 USDT and an amplitude of 0.91%. Market volatility intensified significantly, with an order book depth ratio of 1.18, while total depth remained below 9 ETH. The risk of large-order impact increased amid weak liquidity. The core driver of this move was the convergence of large-scale institutional net outflows and significant on-chain selling. Ethereum spot ETFs

From 22:45 to 23:00 on October 12, 2026 (UTC), BTC plunged 0.54% within 15 minutes, trading in the 82,100.0–82,613.7 USDT range, with an amplitude of 0.62%. The 24-hour return was -1.13%, with the offer at approximately $82,766. Overall volatility was limited, with an intraday high-low spread of approximately $2,034, indicating narrow-range consolidation rather than a trend-driven anomaly, while market sentiment was strongly cautious. The main driver of this move was the diversion of risk-averse

Morgan Stanley has delayed its support for tokenized stock trading to the first quarter of 2027, pushing back the timeline from the second half of this year. Amy Oldenburg, the bank's head of digital asset strategy, announced the revised timeline at the