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Dogecoin Contributor Mishaboar Urges Businesses to Fund Core Code Review
Dogecoin contributor Mishaboar is asking businesses building on DOGE to support Dogecoin Core and rigorous code review, calling review 'truly crucial, now more than ever.' The appeal came two days after Dogecoin Labs formed with the Dogecoin Foundation.
Markets·Alejandro Silva Ramírez·Just nowKeystone Wallet Website Breach Exposes Customer Addresses and Orders
Keystone Hardware Wallet says unauthorized access to its website on October 20 exposed customer names, contact details, shipping addresses and order details. The company says keys, recovery phrases and payment data are safe, and warns of impersonation scams offering refunds or replacement devices.
Markets·Ibrahim Rajab·6h agoArthur Hayes Sells $22.28M of ETH, ENA and UNI, Moves to Sidelines
Arthur Hayes says he dumped Maelstrom's entire directional book, about $22.28M led by 6,400 ETH, citing macro and geopolitical risk. Scammers fired 26 address poisoning transfers at his wallet as the sales went out.
Markets·Julie "Mooncat" Wolf·12h agoChainlink and LG CNS Announce Partnership on Korean Won Stablecoins
Chainlink and LG CNS announced a strategic partnership on Oct. 22 to expand Korean won stablecoins, integrate Chainlink tools into LG CNS's institutional platform and develop technical standards, building on an Oct. 6 memorandum. No financial terms or launch date were disclosed.
Markets·Blockchain Academics Newsroom·16h agoJPMorgan Brings MONY and JLTXX Tokenized Money Funds to Solana
J.P. Morgan Asset Management has made its MONY and JLTXX tokenized money market funds available on Solana through Morgan Money. Both were already on Ethereum. The real test: sustained balances and holder growth, not launch headlines.
Markets·Julie "Mooncat" Wolf·23h agoInitia Halts Layer-1 and Rollups After Exploit Drains About $2.7M
An attacker minted 2 million unbacked AUSD on Initia and bridged about $2.7M to Ethereum before the team halted its layer-1 and rollups. Co-founder Zon points to a Day 0 bug in the MoveVM implementation that does not affect native INIT.
Markets·Alejandro Silva Ramírez·YesterdayNetanyahu Asks for a Blockchain Plan to Counter Possible Sanctions
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said blockchain is one way to prepare for possible banking sanctions and that he has already asked for a plan. He offered no details on who would build it, which chain it would use, or when.
Markets·Alejandro Silva Ramírez·YesterdayWells Fargo, Arm and Intuit Object to Tokenized Shares on OKXICE
Wells Fargo, Arm Holdings and Intuit are among six more companies objecting to tokenization of their shares on OKXICE, the OKX and ICE venue, bringing objectors to 22 as the platform seeks to launch under the SEC's innovation exemption.
Markets·Hadi Ghadban·YesterdayCircle Match Opens Hourly USDC Mint and Redeem Auctions
Circle Match, live October 22, 2026, runs hourly batch auctions for eligible Circle Mint customers. Matched minters get a full fee rebate, redeemers pay a uniform clearing fee capped at the Express rate, and prefunding enables atomic settlement.
Markets·Alejandro Silva Ramírez·Oct 22, 2026Cloudflare CEO Reports Millions of Exploit Attempts on Critical PHP Flaws
Cloudflare recorded millions of exploit attempts against two critical PHP vulnerabilities after disclosure, and thousands in the 10 hours before, CEO Matthew Prince said. PHP shipped emergency fixes on Wednesday as the FBI urged organizations to patch or go offline.
Markets·Blockchain Academics Newsroom·Oct 22, 2026Ethereum Developers Cancel Oct. 26 Glamsterdam Fork on Hoodi Testnet
Ethereum developers have cancelled the October 26 Glamsterdam activation on the Hoodi testnet. Node operators are told to avoid fork-enabled builds. The upgrade already ran on Sepolia, but the floated early December mainnet window now looks less certain.
Markets·Hadi Ghadban·Oct 22, 2026Kraken xStocks Lineup Passes 1,000 Tokenized Instruments
Kraken's xStocks catalog counts more than 1,000 instruments as of October 22, 2026, a more than sevenfold jump from 131 in its September 18 FAQ. Pre-expansion volume topped $40 billion with 300,000+ holders. US, UK and Canada remain excluded.
Markets·Ibrahim Rajab·Oct 22, 2026Arbitrum One Daily Active Addresses Hit 571,767, a 408% Weekly Jump
Arbitrum One daily active addresses hit 571,767, up 408.2% week-over-week per growthepie. Transactions rose only 25.7% to 1.7M, revenue fell 2.4% and stablecoin supply dropped 5.8%, a weak signal of durable demand.
Markets·Ibrahim Rajab·Oct 22, 2026Fireblocks Denies Axios Report of $2.5 Billion Visa Acquisition Talks
Axios reported Visa was in late-stage talks to buy crypto custody firm Fireblocks for about $2.5 billion. Fireblocks says the deal is 'not true at present time,' a narrow denial as talk of a sale, with Coinbase also named, has circulated for weeks.
Markets·Ibrahim Rajab·Oct 22, 2026Dune Launches Onchain Trading Data Feeds in Real Time for Institutions
Dune has launched real-time market data feeds covering more than 200 onchain venues across 12 networks, pitching hedge funds, asset managers, market makers and brokers as tokenized stocks move toward onchain trading under a new SEC exemption.
Markets·Hadi Ghadban·Oct 22, 2026SoFi Launches SOFIE Tokenized Deposit Paying 4.4% APY
SoFi has launched SOFIE, which it calls the first national bank-issued tokenized deposit for consumers. Each token is $1 on deposit at SoFi Bank earning a variable 4.40% APY with FDIC cover, but converting to SoFiUSD drops both interest and insurance.
Markets·Alejandro Silva Ramírez·Oct 22, 2026Clifton Collins Linked Wallet Sends 500 BTC to Coinbase Prime
500 BTC, dormant since January 2016, moved from a Clifton Collins-linked wallet to Coinbase Prime on Oct. 20. It is the fifth 500 BTC transfer this year, with 2,500 BTC moved and about 3,500 BTC still in Collins-linked wallets.
Markets·Ibrahim Rajab·Oct 22, 2026$KIMCHI Memecoin on Pump.fun Locks Every Creator Fee to One Wallet
A new Solana memecoin on Pump.fun routes every creator fee, permanently, to an address labeled "Kimchi" that also received 75% of supply. The deployer bought 79.3% for about 87 SOL and reportedly cleared roughly $26,000 as market cap ran to about $40 million.
Markets·Ibrahim Rajab·Oct 21, 2026Matter Labs Launches Prividium Commander for Bank Digital Assets
Matter Labs launched Prividium Commander on October 21, 2026, a control plane bundling permissions, token issuance and compliance for banks. CEO Alex Gluchowski says the revenue goes to Matter Labs, not ZKsync tokenholders.
Markets·Julie "Mooncat" Wolf·Oct 21, 2026Vantage and Rio Bank Settle Loan Payment With Tokenized Deposits on Ethereum
Principal and interest reached the receiving bank's wallet in under three minutes. Vantage Bank and Rio Bank used tokenized deposits on Ethereum mainnet, running the payment through Participate and the Hazel Network built with Custodia Bank.
Markets·Ibrahim Rajab·Oct 21, 2026Binance Drops 2h44m of Blue Ocean Data From US Stock Perp Funding
A connectivity failure at US overnight trading venue Blue Ocean led Binance to exclude nearly three hours of premium index data from the 08:00 UTC funding calculation on its US stock perps, exposing the third-party risk behind TradFi perpetuals.
Markets·Julie "Mooncat" Wolf·Oct 21, 2026Bitcoin Volatility Nears 2026 Lows Ahead of Fed Meeting and $12B Options Expiry
Bitcoin volatility is closing in on its 2026 lows as K33 Research points to thin trading activity. DVOL sits near 37 and Bollinger Bands span about 6.5% of price, with the FOMC meeting on October 28 and a roughly $12 billion options expiry on October 30.
Markets·Blockchain Academics Newsroom·Oct 21, 2026Securitize to Mint Stablecoins Directly With Anchorage Digital Bank
Securitize, home to tokenized funds from BlackRock, Apollo and KKR, will source settlement dollars from federally chartered Anchorage Digital Bank instead of intermediaries, bringing OCC supervision to the cash leg of its trades.
Markets·Hadi Ghadban·Oct 21, 2026Eclair Ships Two Security Releases in Five Days for Lightning Nodes
ACINQ issued two Eclair security releases in five days. v0.14.4 closes a browser-based API flaw that could trigger unauthorized payments, and v0.14.5 fixes peer-behavior bugs that could let peers steal funds. No losses have been reported.
Markets·Hadi Ghadban·Oct 21, 2026