Crypto Markets & On-Chain Ecosystem Developments

On October 26, the U.S. Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) granted final approval for Ripple National Trust Bank (RNTB), allowing it to manage reserves backing RLUSD and provide fiduciary digital asset custody services. The specialized bank cannot accept ordinary deposits, offer

On Oct. 27, Injective unveiled on-chain options for six testnet markets, covering equity indices, precious metals, crude oil, and a computing-linked benchmark. The product is fully collateralized with native Injective USDC, eliminating margin calls and liquidation risks for option

According to Bitcoin.com News, USAT was independently issued by Anchorage Digital Bank, N.A., with Tether providing technology support only. The two are separate products with different issuers and legal arrangements. As of its Aug 31 reserve report, approximately 175.7 million redeemable USAT

According to Starknet, Shadow Accounts allow users to interact with public DeFi through independent addresses they control, while keeping the association between these addresses and their main wallet private.

According to BlockBeats, on October 28, Pump.fun announced that it now supports the TON chain. Users can purchase tokens on TON directly using their in-app USDC balance.

A TranchePool linked to Valinor Digital, Oatfi, and Fence Finance suffered an exploit resulting in the loss of approximately 1.013 million USDC. According to @SlowMist_Team, the attacker exploited a flaw in the settlement logic that allowed drawing the same amount twice during the UTC day

According to CNBC, Ripple partnered with Robinhood on Oct 27 to expand its RLUSD stablecoin across institutional trade settlement and digital asset trading through Ripple Prime and Bitstamp. RLUSD will now be listed on Robinhood's trading app, where it joins Robinhood Chain. The partnership also

According to Robinhood's Q3 earnings report released on October 27, the company's cryptocurrency trading revenue declined 55% year-over-year to $120 million, despite total quarterly revenue reaching a record $1.424 billion with 12% year-over-year growth. Crypto nominal trading volume fell 38% to $50

According to Santiment data, Bitcoin spot exchanges recorded net outflows of 14,942 BTC on October 26, marking the highest single-day volume in five weeks. The outflow occurred ahead of the Federal Reserve's interest rate decision on Wednesday and key U.S. GDP and PCE inflation data released

According to glassnode data, Hyperliquid whale accounts' Bitcoin perpetual contract net positions turned net short for the first time since March, indicating that short holdings now exceed long positions. The accounts had maintained overall net long positions in previous months, with net long

According to SecondFi, the platform discovered today that some users holding NIGHT tokens at the time of the incident did not receive the complete recoverable amount in their asset restoration balance. The team will send the shortfall amount to users' target wallets. Users who have already

According to Financial Times analysis on October 28, the most profitable Polymarket account since April 2026 belongs to sports prediction trader Swiss Tony (swisstony), generating approximately $12.25 million in profits. The account has opened roughly 184,000 positions across over 113,000 markets wi