Governance
Legal
Fidelity’s $500,000 crypto settlement leaves IRAs outside wallet-transfer terms
The California agreement requires notice if Fidelity ends its retail transfer feature, while preserving security restrictions and IRA exclusions.
Staking
Two Aave stablecoin backstops shrank $12.4 million as reward rates rose
Two tracked Ethereum V3 Umbrella stakes fell 9.7%, while their implied annualized reward run rate stayed near $2 million.
Derivatives
SEC approves Coinbase earnings bets that stay settled when the numbers change
Cboe's rules cover Coinbase trading volume and MARA Bitcoin output, with separate procedures for missing or delayed figures.
Research
Claude unpicks an NSA mystery behind Ethereum passkey security
A 1997 timestamp reproduces P-256’s public seed, helping explain how a curve used for passkey signing was generated.
Macro
Trump waives new Russia tariffs as October 18 oil deadline arrives
The order leaves the new duties waived without a fixed expiry while keeping specified earlier sanctions in place.
Stablecoins
TRON moved $2.2 trillion in stablecoins while TRX supply grew for 108 straight days
TRX supply grew on all 108 days from July 1 through October 16 as burns fell short of newly issued rewards.
Technology
Ethereum sets October 26 for Hoodi’s 200 million gas test
Hoodi’s Glamsterdam test schedules a 200 million gas target, while the mainnet activation date remains undecided.
Mining
Binance Pool shuts on November 10, with record access ending two weeks later
Mining stops at 07:00 UTC, while final payments depend on eligibility and historical pages close two weeks later.
Lightning
Eclair patches a browser attack that could send commands to your Lightning node
The Oct. 15 release blocks a cached-authentication route to Eclair's API and requires direct browser interfaces to add a backend.
Stablecoins
Cardano shifts $26M to USDCx as bridge controls freeze payouts
Cardano’s $4.8 million in stablecoin development budgets shifts focus to payment schedules, contract controls, and dollar access through 2027.
Stablecoins
Visa and Mastercard adopt USDC payouts across 200 countries
Business payouts gain USDC funding through Visa's Inyo integration and Mastercard's BVNK platform, with access and rollout limits.
Stablecoins
Cross River Bank links $2.4B RLUSD to core banking system
The bank says fintechs can access dollar and RLUSD payments through one API, with availability limited to some US states.
