Babylon Proposes Native Bitcoin Collateral for Aave V4, Sidestepping Full Custody Transfer
Specter Investigation Links ProveX ETH Inflows to Heart-Connected Funds
Rocket Pool DAO Backs rETH Withdrawals, Maintains 4 ETH Operator Bond
Uniswap Launches ETH/USDC Pool With Asymmetric Buy and Sell Fees
UNCX Network Vesting Pool Exploited for $86,000
StarkWare Launches OffMarket, Bringing Private Trading to Polymarket
BlackRock Crypto ETF Assets Hit $80B in Q3, Up 63% but Short of 2025 Peak
Bitcoin Drops Below $83,300 After September CPI Comes in Hot
L2 Capital and Newton Labs Target $500M in Tokenized Pre-IPO AI Shares
Bitcoin Inflation Hedge Narrative Returns as Analysts Revisit Monetary Fundamentals
Qivalis Wins Dutch E-Money License for Euro Stablecoin Backed by 37 Banks
BitMEX Faces $27M Bitcoin Lawsuit in UK Over Unlicensed Derivatives Trading
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Specter Investigation Links ProveX ETH Inflows to Heart-Connected Funds
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UNCX Network Vesting Pool Exploited for $86,000
BlackRock Crypto ETF Assets Hit $80B in Q3, Up 63% but Short of 2025 Peak
Rocket Pool DAO Backs rETH Withdrawals, Maintains 4 ETH Operator Bond
StarkWare Launches OffMarket, Bringing Private Trading to Polymarket
Bitcoin Drops Below $83,300 After September CPI Comes in Hot
Bitcoin Inflation Hedge Narrative Returns as Analysts Revisit Monetary Fundamentals
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Specter's on-chain analysis links ProveX's January ETH inflows to wallets connected to Heart, suggesting potential overstatement of external investor demand during fundraising.
Uniswap Launches ETH/USDC Pool With Asymmetric Buy and Sell Fees
Uniswap has deployed a new ETH/USDC pool that charges different fees for buys and sells, designed to stop arbitrageurs from extracting value at liquidity providers' expense during volatile price swings.
UNCX Network Vesting Pool Exploited for $86,000
An attacker drained approximately $86,000 from UNCX Network's vesting pool on October 14, extracting five different tokens in a single transaction while leaving roughly $3.25 million in the affected Ethereum contract untouched.
BlackRock Crypto ETF Assets Hit $80B in Q3, Up 63% but Short of 2025 Peak
BlackRock's crypto ETF holdings climbed to $80 billion in Q3 2026, a 63% quarter-over-quarter jump reflecting renewed institutional appetite. The rebound remains short of 2025 peaks.
Regulation
Qivalis Wins Dutch E-Money License for Euro Stablecoin Backed by 37 Banks
Qivalis, backed by 37 European banks, has secured an e-money license from Dutch regulators under the MiCA framework, marking a major milestone in institutional stablecoin regulation. The token will be distributed through financial intermediaries and issued in the coming months.
BitMEX Faces $27M Bitcoin Lawsuit in UK Over Unlicensed Derivatives Trading
A UK court is weighing a $27 million claim against BitMEX over unlicensed perpetual swap trades executed between 2018 and 2022. The case targets 1,053 loss-making trades and adds a deceit charge, potentially setting precedent for how courts treat historical regulatory violations in crypto...
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Payward Secures Full VARA Approval to Launch Kraken in UAE With AED Trading and Institutional Services
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DeFi
Babylon Proposes Native Bitcoin Collateral for Aave V4, Sidestepping Full Custody Transfer
Babylon is advancing a governance proposal to bring native Bitcoin into Aave V4 as collateral, allowing holders to borrow against BTC without moving it off the Bitcoin network. The structure keeps collateral on Bitcoin while using WBTC to settle liquidations.
Rocket Pool DAO Backs rETH Withdrawals, Maintains 4 ETH Operator Bond
Rocket Pool's decentralized autonomous organization voted to enable rETH withdrawal mechanisms while keeping the 4 ETH minimum bond requirement for node operators, balancing user liquidity with network security in its Saturn 2 upgrade.
StarkWare Launches OffMarket, Bringing Private Trading to Polymarket
StarkWare opened OffMarket to the public today, giving Polymarket users a way to trade prediction market positions without broadcasting those positions to their on-chain accounts. The launch uses zero-knowledge proofs to maintain privacy while keeping protocol-level transparency intact.
Zest Protocol Sets October 23 Deadline for aeUSDC Exit Before V2 Migration
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Technology
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A new AI model called Ox Alpha has surfaced with no identifiable creators, a free price tag, and benchmark scores that outperform Anthropic's Claude Fable. The model ships with a 1 million token context window, accepts video as input, and is available at no cost.
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Quantinuum Surges 13% on Nasdaq IPO Debut, Raising $1.68B
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