Banking
Stablecoins
Stablecoins moved $891 billion in a quarter after exchanges and bots were excluded
Coinbase-commissioned research measures filtered transfers, while its separate after-hours statistic covers a different period and includes automation.
Lending
Lido’s proposed exits would pay lenders with borrower collateral
Fallback Exits would reduce debt alongside collateral, while healthy-position eligibility and the lender’s route to ETH remain unsettled.
Research
Bitcoin is back near $83,000. Here’s how to assess its support
Glassnode’s proximity framework sets out how nearby inventory and actual buying could confirm support before the Oct. 27–28 Fed meeting.
Exchanges
Binance will reprice stock-token collateral even when Wall Street is closed
Starting Oct. 24, off-hours Binance prices can reduce the collateral cushion backing eligible bStocks margin accounts.
Quantum
Quantum-proof Bitcoin signatures would clog network nodes with 10x larger data
Coinbase’s Bitcoin quantum preparation push puts SHRINCS recovery and signing counters under scrutiny, with larger fallback signatures.
Banking
Germany’s main savings bank network launches Bitcoin trading
Deka’s launch brings crypto trading to participating savings banks, with a €0.99 order fee plus a spread and restricted transfers.
ETF
Switzerland approves landmark Bitcoin ETF after ruling trading volume sufficient
FINMA permits a Swiss-law retail fund to concentrate on Bitcoin while keeping custody safeguards, risk disclosures and sales duties.
Exchanges
Kazakhstan shuts down mobile access to 6 major crypto exchanges
September orders bind Apple and Google upon service and target unauthorized services in the AIFC.
Stablecoins
Kraken’s $80 stablecoin fee gap exposes hidden costs
An 80-basis-point trading-fee gap changes a conditional comparison, while payouts, account access and remaining route costs determine the full price.
Governance
BNB Chain burns $1.2B in October tokens, leaving real supply impact hidden
October’s burn retired about 30,369 more BNB than July’s, while most of the dollar increase reflected a higher implied valuation per coin.
Hacks
Drift hacker washes $63M through Tornado Cash, leaving recovery claims in limbo
The address Etherscan labels “Drift Exploiter 5” made 258 deposits on Oct. 20, nearly emptying this wallet.
Governance
BNB Chain splits asset power across 4 roles while admins hold the key
Jenner’s testnet release separates CAS20 creation from issuer powers, while shared compliance lists would depend on another network switch.
