ether[.]fi launched its own USD stablecoin powered by Ethena
Abstract announced it would shut down on December 15, 2026, with users required to bridge assets off before then
MetaMask Staking nearly finished exiting its Lido validators, with stETH APR at 2.23%
OKX raised at a $25B valuation from StanChart and Circle
Superform launched Earn Stocks on Base, powered by Aave, offering DeFi yield on NVDA, TSLA, GOOGL, and other MAG 7 stocks
Aptos Labs unveiled MonoMove, an execution engine upgrade with up to 55x faster smart contract execution in tests, with mainnet planned for 2027
Vitalik said at OKX NOW Singapore that Ethereum fees would fall, privacy would improve, and AI would increasingly handle on-chain interactions over the next two years
Ethereum Economic Zone executed the first atomic L1-to-L2 transaction on Ethereum mainnet
Navra, led by SoFi and Figure co-founder Mike Cagney, raised $19M in a Series A led by Ribbit Capital
Conduit sued Tether, alleging $2.76M in USDT was frozen without explanation for over a year
Winklevoss twins filed an S-1 for a spot Zcash ETF on Nasdaq under ticker WINK, with Gemini as custodian and a 0.25% sponsor fee
Hyperscale Data reported $56.4M in bitcoin, cash, and restricted cash, including nearly 220 BTC worth $19M
DeFi Development Corp. authorized a buyback of up to all of its CHAD preferred stock, though it didn’t currently plan to repurchase
Solana Foundation launched an open source delivery versus payment settlement program with input from JPMorgan
Rain applied to the OCC for a national trust bank charter covering digital asset custody, reserve management, and stablecoin issuance and redemption
Fairshake planned to back 32 House incumbents in the midterms, including $1M each for six lawmakers, all of whom backed the Clarity Act
Rep. Don Davis introduced a bill banning federal candidates and their families from trading prediction market contracts tied to their own elections
Spiko raised $90M in a Series B led by NEA, bringing total funding to $120M, with $2.7B in AUM
Artizen paused operations and told users to claim payouts or withdraw ART and USDC
MoonPay became payments infrastructure partner for ether.fi
Solana announced the Intelligence Summit for November 13 in London, ahead of Breakpoint
Variational treasury crossed $10M in USDC, with about $2.5M added in September
Ripple Prime started providing multi-asset prime brokerage, clearing, and financing to Brevan Howard
South Korea’s finance minister said the government would gather industry, expert, and parliamentary views on the planned crypto tax, which was set to take effect next year
USDC Bridge added Solana support, connecting it to 18 supported ecosystems
ZIG Finance and World Liberty Financial partnered to deploy USD1 into real-world investments, with first deployment live via PayFi Vault on Concrete financing cross-border payment and remittance flows
Base invites chains considering winding down to migrate, pitching lower costs and deep borrow/earn markets
Derive completed migration to V3 architecture, withdrawals for some assets may take up to a week to resume
