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JUST DAO sets $50M minimum treasury reserve, to add GasFree revenue to JST buybacks from Q4 2026

JUST DAO's Oct 23, 2026 announcement upgrades the JST buyback and burn program. It sets a $50M minimum reserve that buybacks will not draw below and schedules an estimated $20.34M surplus for four installments from Q4 2026.

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News BriefTechnologyOct 22, 2026

GoBTC Pay releases free WooCommerce plugin for Bitcoin checkout

GoMining's GoBTC Pay has published a free WooCommerce plugin in the WordPress Plugin Directory. Instant confirmation applies only inside its own wallet ecosystem, and the plugin has functional limits.

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News BriefMarketsOct 20, 2026

Blockchain.com Launches Buy-Only Options on Seven Cryptoassets

Blockchain.com added call and put options to its Trading Account on Oct. 20, 2026. The product is buy-only, expires within a week, and is for eligible users in supported jurisdictions.

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Deep DiveMarketsOct 20, 2026

Crypto Prime Brokerage Is Rebuilding on a TradFi Stack, but Proof Is Thin

Crypto prime brokerage is professionalizing around off-exchange custody, collateral mirroring and regulated custodians. The October 2026 evidence shows announced and conditional capability, concentrated providers and unfinished US rulemaking, not a proven reduction in systemic risk. Ripple Prime's expanded agreement with Brevan Howard is the one named prime brokerage data point, though no terms or balances are disclosed.

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News BriefMarketsOct 19, 2026

Bitmine adds 12,535 ETH, now holds 6.04M ETH and 4.9% of supply

Bitmine Immersion Technologies reported 6,041,481 ETH and $15.1 billion in total holdings on Oct. 19. The dollar total has fallen over three weekly updates even as the reported ETH count rose.

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News BriefTechnologyOct 18, 2026

Anza and Solana Foundation schedule Alpenglow mainnet switch for Oct 21

Anza and the Solana Foundation have scheduled Alpenglow to replace TowerBFT on Solana mainnet on Oct 21, and the Foundation lists the activation as epoch 1064. The roughly 150 ms finality figure is a protocol target, not a measured mainnet result.

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News BriefTechnologyOct 17, 2026

Cardano Leios Testnet Peaks at 26.8 TxkB/s, Mainnet Still Pending

Cardano's public Leios testnet recorded a 26.8 TxkB/s peak in its Earth phase, according to Blockonomi. That is about six times the Praos-only mainnet figure the outlet cites. The metric is data throughput on a testnet, and mainnet delivery still needs governance approval.

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