Crypto Markets & On-Chain Ecosystem Developments

From 02:00 to 03:00 UTC on October 13, 2026, ETH posted a slight one-hour rebound, with a Return of +0.56%. Its price ranged from 2,463.06 to 2,480.05 USDT, with an Ampl of 0.69%. Despite the short-term recovery, overall market sentiment remained weak, with a 24-hour decline of -2.21% and volatility of approximately 7%. The main drivers of this move were expectations of institutional accumulation and a bullish macro narrative. Bitmine Immersion Technologies announced that its ETH holdings had re

According to RootData, Sapien will unlock approximately 19.58 million SAPIEN tokens worth around $1.32 million on October 20 at 00:00 UTC+8.

According to ChainCatcher, Rome Protocol announced the launch of its native token ROME today (October 13). ROME will serve as gas for Rome's own chain and is available for transactions on the network immediately upon launch. The protocol connects EVM applications with Solana, enabling Solidity

According to RootData, KAITO will unlock approximately 12.11 million tokens worth about $3.68 million on October 20 at 12:00 PM Beijing time.

According to RootData, LayerZero (ZRO) will unlock approximately 25.71 million tokens worth about $53.73 million on October 20 at 11:00 AM Beijing time.

According to Foresight News, Sight, a prediction market on Robinhood Chain, unveiled a three-month development roadmap. The updates include transitioning its prediction market infrastructure to an Automated Market Maker (AMM) architecture to support broader market formats, and launching the

Gate News bot message: Gate market data shows BTC breaking above 83,000 USDT, with the current price at 83,001 USDT.

Gate News, October 13 — According to Gate market data, as of press time, OBI (OBI) is trading at $0.00051, up 29.64% over the past 24 hours. It reached a high of $0.000696 and a low of $0.000301, while 24-hour trading volume reached $136.2k. Its current market cap is approximately $764.9k. Orbofi is a factory and incubation platform for multimodal, tradable AI agents and agentic tokens, enabling anyone to create and distribute functional, tokenized AI agents in under 1 minute. Orbofi has hosted

According to CriptoNoticias, Brazilian police in Santa Catarina state seized approximately $1.7 million in cryptocurrency during Operation ClickFix, including Bitcoin, Ethereum, Tron, and USDT from a criminal group. The assets held in three

According to Le Dépêche, a 22-year-old video game developer in France's Tarn region was robbed at gunpoint in early September. Two masked men wearing gloves forced entry through an open garage door, demanding he transfer his cryptocurrency assets while threatening him with a gun. After resisting, th

According to SAP, the German software company launched SAP Pay on October 12 (local time), integrating payment and settlement capabilities directly into its cloud-based ERP system. The service supports stablecoin-based cross-border transactions alongside electronic fund transfers, bank transfers, an

NFT trading platform Blur announced on October 13 that its front-end marketplace would be discontinued on November 12, 2026, while the underlying marketplace protocol would continue operating on the Ethereum blockchain. Yuga Labs Vice President of Blockchain Quit posted an urgent warning on X, stating that Blur’s contracts are upgradeable, meaning future upgrades could still introduce malicious logic. The team also appears to be disbanding, leaving asset security entirely dependent on the team’s

According to the Opinions on Developing New Quality Productive Forces published on October 9, the CPC Central Committee and the State Council proposed 19 major development and reform tasks under the framework of “promoting the deep integration of the real and digital economies.” Beijing’s Blockchain Innovation Application Development Action Plan (2025~2027) sets a target of achieving more than 10 technological breakthroughs and establishing at least 20 demonstration cases in areas including AI,

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) proposed a new federal framework for crypto trading platforms in early October, using an “Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking” format targeting crypto leverage and margin trading. TD Cowen predicts that the CFTC will not be able to propose a draft rule until Q1–Q2 2027 at the earliest, with the full administrative process not completed until early 2028; 2028 is a U.S. presidential election year, and the new policy could be overturned at any

Vibhu, Chief Product Officer of the Solana Foundation, announced on Twitter that significant innovations are expected within six months. The statement generated considerable excitement within the cryptocurrency community. The Solana Foundation is recognized for its work in blockchain technology,

KMD surged 25.03% in 30 minutes, reaching a current price of $0.008246. The rapid price movement occurred amid increased trading activity, attributed to social media buzz and community sentiment. With a market cap of $1,159,837 and minimal 24-hour trading volume of $0.01, the surge stands out