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NFT marketplace Blur announced on October 12 that it will shut down its user-facing frontend on November 12, 2026. The marketplace’s on-chain protocol will continue operating, while BLUR token holders will retain the ability to participate in governance over the protocol’s fees. Nevertheless, the trading infrastructure will lose its familiar interface, which could hurt liquidity and user activity.
The key restriction concerns the Blend lending protocol: new loans will no longer be issued starting November 12. Existing borrowers must either repay their obligations or allow a default. Blur later

XRP Ledger developers are defending an emergency security patch used to fix a bug that could have created XRP beyond the network’s fixed supply, saying they could not wait for the network’s usual two-week validator vote because that would have exposed the vulnerability to attackers.
The fix, released on September 25, came three days after a report submitted through the bug bounty program and took effect immediately on any server that installed it. They said it was the first deliberate bypass of the usual amendment process since the system launched more than a decade ago.
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XRP continues to struggle to maintain its recovery structure after a sharp correction from the September highs. At the time of publication, the asset is trading near $1.40, rebounding from the $1.30 support zone; however, the technical picture remains ambiguous: bullish momentum has weakened, and the price is below several important resistance levels.
On the daily chart, XRP staged a powerful rally toward the $1.60 area after falling below $1 at the August lows, but was rejected at this level twice. According to CryptoPotato, this indicates a notable weakening among buyers. The key neare

Two significant transactions have been recorded in the Ethereum ecosystem from wallets that had been inactive for around a decade. According to Whale Alert, an address holding 12,746 ETH was activated after 10.2 years of inactivity; the funds were valued at approximately $31.7 million at the time of the transfer.
Later, analytics platform Lookonchain reported that three wallets that had been “silent” for more than nine years transferred a total of 2,903 ETH—around $7.22 million—to the Coinbase exchange. The coins had been purchased when ETH was priced at just $9.90; the current recorded profit

The XRP Ledger activated the PermissionDelegationV1_1 amendment on October 8 at ledger 107,524,865. It allows banks, stablecoin issuers, and funds to grant individual accounts limited permissions without exposing the primary account’s private keys.
The upgrade replaced an earlier version containing a bug and now complies with the XLS-75 technical standard. Activation required support from more than 80% of validators for two consecutive weeks. With 35 active validators, at least 29 votes were required. The vote had already failed in September: support fell below the threshold, resetting the two

The Arbitrum (ARB) cryptocurrency has experienced one of its sharpest moves in recent weeks. Over the course of one hour, its price fell 11.15% to $0.1633 after reaching $0.1887 earlier in the day. The decline from around $0.184 to current levels was accompanied by a surge in social media discussions, intensifying the asset’s volatility.
Over the past 24 hours, ARB trading volume amounted to approximately $14.55 million. The daily trading range was from a low of $0.1633 to a high of $0.1887. On a 24-hour basis, the decline reached 11.11%, underscoring how quickly market sentiment is changing.

Two initiatives in the crypto payments sector—from XRP Ledger and Hedera—outlined different but complementary approaches to managing financial operations carried out by AI agents. At the center of both publications is the issue of trust: how to allow algorithms to prepare and execute payments in XRP, RLUSD, and other assets without losing human or institutional control.
On October 4, XRP Ledger documentation described a workflow in which an AI assistant first prepares a payment, while a separate wallet handles signing and sending it. Before confirming, the user sees the recipient’s full addres

Ripple plans to launch a lending service by 2027 in which XRP will be used as collateral to finance customer payments. Ripple President Monica Long said this on October 3 during a conversation with Christina Chan, Senior Director of Ecosystem Development. According to her, the pilot project is already underway, and the service is scheduled to go live in 2027.
The initiative envisions XRP deposited in lending pools serving as collateral to cover part of customers’ payment obligations. Long noted that many of Ripple’s customers already use short-term lending to finance operations, with a signifi

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin conducted an experiment with a private AI, while video blogger PewDiePie revealed details of creating the local Ajax model after two blocks by OpenAI. Both projects lie at the intersection of artificial intelligence, privacy, and decentralized infrastructure; Ethereum (ETH) is directly related to the crypto market because the key payment layer, zkAPI, operates on the Ethereum mainnet.
On October 4, Buterin said he was testing a system that uses his health and travel data to provide personalized recommendations on nutrition and exercise, without sending priva

Bitcoin broke through key resistance around $85,000 after a significant portion of sell orders were filled or withdrawn. On October 2, the intraday high reached $87,000, while, according to Glassnode, significantly less liquidity remained above than before. CryptoQuant recorded a narrowing of the Accumulation Trend indicator bands, resembling episodes in March and April 2025. At that time, following similar signals, Bitcoin rose from around $84,000 to $109,000.
Fundstrat Head of Digital Asset Strategy Sean Farrell believes that pressure in the US debt market could become a strong bullish catal

According to the tenth annual survey by Lloyds Banking Group, published on October 2, 2026, 71% of UK financial sector executives expect tokenization to change the structure of financial services. The sample included 100 senior executives from UK banks, insurance companies, asset managers, and financial sponsors.
Respondents identified faster payments and settlements as the technology’s main advantage — 60%. Another 41% highlighted more efficient management of collateral and liquidity. Lloyds noted that moving assets to distributed ledgers reduces the amount of capital frozen in settlement pro

MetaMask announced that it is responding to a security incident affecting part of its infrastructure and, as a precautionary measure, is removing the affected validators from staking.
In a Wednesday update, MetaMask said it is addressing the ongoing threat internally and working with external partners and security consultants. The company did not specify what the security issue involved, but said it had not identified any immediate threat to MetaMask wallets.

Avalanche (AVAX) delivered the largest increase in the market capitalization of tokenized stocks over the past 30 days, at $266 million. By comparison, BNB Chain added $116 million, Robinhood Chain $100 million, and X Layer $95 million. At the same time, the number of addresses holding tracked tokenized stocks rose 64.3% to 4.04 million, while the number of addresses transferring such assets jumped 115.7% to 3.24 million. This indicates a shift from simple holding to active use of the instruments.
Over the past seven days, Avalanche recorded $131.2 million in inflows into tokenized stocks, eig

Chainlink and Oracle announced that they are connecting to Swift’s blockchain ledger, designed to coordinate interbank payments with tokenized deposits. Chainlink presented an access model in which banks retain control over transaction-signing keys, while the Chainlink Runtime Environment (CRE) manages interaction between institutional systems and the shared ledger. Oracle, in turn, uses Oracle Blockchain Platform, Digital Assets Data Nexus, and Banking Payments as a pre-integrated technical foundation for connecting to Swift’s infrastructure.
The Chainlink model is based on self-signing: fina

The Quant (QNT) token became the best-performing asset among the top 100 by market capitalization over the week, gaining more than 300% after Quant emerged at the center of traditional banks’ projects to move deposits onto the blockchain.
The rally was triggered on September 24. On that day, The Clearing House—a clearing organization owned by the 25 largest US banks, including JPMorgan Chase, Bank of America, and Citi—selected Quant to create a new tokenized deposit network. The Clearing House’s payment networks process more than $2 trillion per day, and the network is expected to launch in th

Large Dogecoin holders have become active amid a revival in exchange-traded funds. According to analyst Ali Martinez, over the past 96 hours, so-called whales have acquired more than 1.14 billion DOGE, equivalent to approximately $112 million at current prices. This comes after the meme token gained 15% over the week and its price moved into the key resistance zone around $0.098.
Key levels. Around $0.098, approximately 28 billion DOGE previously changed hands, according to the Cost Basis Distribution Heatmap, making it the main resistance zone. If the price consolidates above it, the next sup