Crypto Markets & On-Chain Ecosystem Developments

Ripple is expanding into traditional finance through its Ripple Prime unit, which has become a significant swap-financing provider to leveraged ETF issuers in the US market, challenging banks and securities firms. On 7 October, Meritz Securities announced a strategic partnership with Ripple to

According to Wall Street Journal, Ripple Prime has become a significant provider of swap financing to leveraged ETF issuers in the U.S. market, challenging traditional banks and securities firms. Leveraged ETFs use derivatives to amplify daily returns, with 593 funds managing $256 billion in

According to on-chain analyst Ai Yi monitored by Odaily, an address opened a short position of 400 BTC using 40x leverage worth $33.13 million early today, with unrealized gains of $134,000 at the time of

According to @WuBlockchain, Hyperliquid Labs recently completed the unstaking and OTC distribution of 3.75 million HYPE tokens worth approximately $330 million. Half of the tokens (1.875 million) have been transferred to five institutional buyers, with each receiving 375,000 HYPE tokens. The distrib

According to BlockBeats, TRUMP co-founder Bill Zanker announced at Token2049 on October 8 that the team is developing a TRUMP-themed game, producing a television show, and pursuing the acquisition of a TRUMP-themed theme park. Zanker stated the goal of these projects is to increase TRUMP's value and

Real-world asset tokenization platform Securitize announced on Oct. 7 that it had signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with South Korean technology services provider LG CNS. The two parties will jointly research tokenized funds, securities, stablecoins, and digital asset infrastructure, primarily serving South Korean financial institutions, with potential expansion into other Asia-Pacific markets in the future. Partnership Plans and Current Status: Securitize Provides Tokenization Expertis

According to official announcement, on October 8, Asseto and AlfaR, a licensed fund service provider, partnered to launch a Digital Transfer Agent (DTA) service system. The system leverages Asseto's on-chain infrastructure to enable blockchain-based recording and maintenance of fund shares and

Solana Foundation announced on Oct. 7 the launch of Solana DvP, an open-source delivery-versus-payment settlement tool for banks and financial institutions, designed with assistance from JPMorgan. It shortens the traditional securities settlement process, which usually takes one to two business days, to just a few seconds. The core of DvP (delivery versus payment) is to ensure that asset delivery and payment occur simultaneously. Solana DvP’s Technical Architecture The main technical features of

Cointelegraph is seeking a buyer following a steep decline in website traffic, CoinDesk reported Wednesday citing a person familiar with the matter. The sale request comes as traffic across 349 crypto media outlets dropped approximately 33% in 2025, falling from about 105.9 million visits in

Gate News reported on October 8 that, according to Gate market data, ELIZAOS (elizaOS) was priced at $0.00079 as of press time, up 58.39% over the previous 24 hours. The token reached a high of $0.00122 and a low of $0.00052, while 24-hour trading volume reached $17.7928 million. Its current market cap is approximately $5.9108 million. ElizaOS is a leading open-source agent framework launched by the AI16z community. It supports more than 200 crypto-native plugins through a modular runtime and me