Crypto Markets & On-Chain Ecosystem Developments

Mark Karpelès, former CEO of Mt. Gox, reported discovering a hidden spy module inside a Ledger Nano X hardware wallet he purchased from Malaysia, despite the device's packaging appearing intact. The revelation has sparked concern within the crypto community, particularly as it coincides with

According to LONG, the protocol's extension layer LONGX has launched actively managed basket products that bundle multiple long and short leveraged positions into tradable ERC20 tokens governed by the community. The first basket, AI Nexus, is now live on LONG with a strategy that takes long position

According to ChainCatcher, Bitcoin has logged 10 "three-sigma" (3-standard-deviation) trading days in 2026 to date, surpassing the entire 2018 bear market's 8 occurrences. Despite the asset's annualized volatility declining to approximately 46% from 84% in 2018, extreme price swings remain

According to Hyperliquid's official API channel, the Hyperliquid network is scheduled to upgrade today at 16:15 Beijing time (8:15 UTC, October 10), with approximately 10 minutes of planned downtime.

According to Castle Labs data, Hyperliquid's cumulative protocol revenue exceeded $1.4 billion as of October 7, with perpetual contracts generating $1.2 billion and accounting for 88.7% of the total. Spot trading revenue contributed $50.1

Bitcoin surged to $87,000 following the release of U.S. nonfarm payroll data on October 10, before retracing to $86,773. The cryptocurrency posted intraday gains exceeding 3%.

According to BlockBeats, on October 2–8, Robinhood Chain's daily transaction volume dropped 42% to 6.2 million transactions compared to September 10–16, while daily active addresses fell 31% to 322,000. During the same period, spot DEX trading volume on the network declined 21% week-on-week to $7.45

According to Yi Caai, over 110,000 traders faced liquidations overnight on October 10 as the crypto market accelerated its downturn. Bitcoin plunged over 3% to $83,511, marking its lowest point in a week, while Ethereum fell nearly 5%. SOL declined 3%,

According to Blockworks analyst Jake Koch-Gallup on October 10, Ethereum retains strategic advantages as a reserve asset despite facing challenges in value capture and stablecoin market share. Koch-Gallup noted that ETH's valuation incorporates reserve asset and collateral premiums beyond realized e

According to CoinDesk based on growthepie data, Robinhood Chain's daily average transaction volume fell 42% to 6.2 million during Oct. 2–8, compared to 10.8 million transactions Sept. 10–16, with active daily addresses declining 31% to approximately 322,000. Spot trading volume decreased 21% to $7.

U.S. spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds recorded $21.13 million of net inflows on October 9, according to SoSoValue data. The inflows were driven by BlackRock's IBIT and VanEck's HODL, which offset outflows from Fidelity's FBTC. As of October 9, cumulative net inflows into U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs

According to Coinglass, the Crypto Fear and Greed Index reached 63 today, up 5 points from yesterday. The index is currently in greed territory.

Deputy Finance Minister Ivan Chebeskov spoke to Expert about plans to regulate the cryptocurrency market. Under the bill, Bitcoin, Ether, and the USDT and USDC stablecoins will soon become legally available to non-qualified investors, subject to restrictions. Cryptocurrency regulation is intended to protect citizens from fraud, bad-faith conduct by professional market participants, and the illicit use of assets for criminal purposes. Under the bill, non-qualified investors will be able to purcha

According to BlockBeats, on October 10, XRP Ledger fixed a payment system vulnerability potentially dating to 2015 that allowed attackers to generate and spend large amounts of XRP, circumventing the 100 billion XRP supply cap. Researchers Cayden Liao and Veria AI reported the flaw on

SkyAI transferred 568,000 SOL, worth approximately $63.87 million, to cryptocurrency exchanges, according to crypto commentator @lookonchain. The move suggests a potential sell-off as SkyAI faces an impending loss of approximately $46 million, given their average purchase price of around $194 per SO

US Ethereum spot ETFs recorded net outflows of $56.1 million (approximately 75.1 billion Korean won) on October 9 (US Eastern Time). Over the recent 5 trading days (October 5-9), total net outflows reached $542.2 million. This marks the ninth consecutive trading day of net outflows since