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.@Ripple's RLUSD now trades on Coinbase, with 1:1 conversions from dollars and supported dollar stablecoins. Moody's assigned RLUSD A2 long-term and P-1 short-term deposit ratings, covering tokens native to Ethereum and the XRP Ledger. via @hardeyjumoh cryptoslate.com/ripples-rlus…

.@Ripple says it is on track to exit 2026 at a $900M annualized product revenue run rate. XRP is down 28.8% this year, per CryptoRank, after an 11.6% loss in 2025. via @hardeyjumoh cryptoslate.com/ripple-is-he…

South Korea's @fsckorea says regulators began on-site checks after Bithumb reported signs of exposed staff data. Customer exposure is still under review; Bithumb says the affected system isn't part of its core crypto trading systems. via @akibablade cryptoslate.com/bithumb-face…

In Ethena Pay's Earn+, a hypothetical 2% USDe discount would cut initial equity by 22% at the roughly 11x target, before costs. The disclosed USDe oracle follows USDT, so a USDe-only drop may not lower reported collateral health. Analysis by @akibablade cryptoslate.com/ethena-pays-…

🏛️ NEW PREDICTION MARKET: How many Senate seats will Republicans hold? The 47-or-fewer outcome led at 40.5% in the Oct. 28 snapshot. Voter frustration over household costs and the war could affect several races. cryptoslate.com/predictions/…

Robinhood ($HOOD) reported Q3 net income of $476M, down 14% year over year, while net revenue hit a record $1.4B. Net income included $67M in unrealized losses, mainly tied to Robinhood Ventures Fund I. via @akibablade cryptoslate.com/robinhood-po…

Coinbase says Amplitude exposed some customer contact data, with no evidence of access to Coinbase systems. Citing four disclosed data leaks, @cz_binance urged users to swap SMS codes for passkeys or hardware security keys. via @hardeyjumoh cryptoslate.com/coinbase-say…

Sports made up 98.2% of Polymarket US’s face-value turnover in the 30 days through Oct. 26, per DeFi Rate. Its $13.7B total counts each contract at $1 regardless of price; traders paid $3.4B. via @pelicamatos cryptoslate.com/polymarket-b…

🔎 NEW PREDICTION MARKET: Will Ethereum fall to $2,300 this week? The downside $2,300 outcome led at 72% in the Oct. 28 CryptoSlate snapshot. The market uses Binance ETH/USDT one-minute candle lows to assess the target. cryptoslate.com/predictions/…

.@GalaxyHQ’s Treasury & Corporate segment generated $348M in Q3 net income, exceeding the group’s $323M total. Data Centers posted a $435,000 net loss despite $69M in adjusted EBITDA. Analysis by @akibablade cryptoslate.com/galaxys-ai-d…

Euro-area banks reported their strongest deterioration in retail-funding access since the @ecb survey began in 2011. A net 9% reported worse access in Q3, up from 3% in Q2; the ECB called the deterioration moderate. via @akibablade cryptoslate.com/euro-area-ba…

🗞 Top #Crypto Gainers & Losers: Wed, Oct 28 (24H) 📈 Biggest Gainers Bitway $BTW +15.66% Pons $PONS +14.70% Pepe $PEPE +10.05% 📉 Biggest Losers Cap $CAP −24.27% AKEDO $AKE −11.24% Venice Token $VVV −7.63% cryptoslate.com/biggest-gain…

Ethereum clients Teku 26.10.3 and Besu 26.10.2 drop four certificate roots from Docker images after a certificate-authority compromise at eMudhra. Binary installs need their Java runtime checked separately. Teku reports no exploitation. via @akibablade cryptoslate.com/ethereum-cli…

🪙 NEW PREDICTION MARKET: Will gold reach $4,100 this week? The above-$4,100 outcome was at 50% in the Oct. 28 snapshot. Fed guidance can affect gold through expectations for real interest rates and the dollar. cryptoslate.com/predictions/…

Bitcoin's seven-day implied volatility ran 9.2 points above realized volatility in Laevitas’s Oct. 26 snapshot. Buyers can lose part of what they paid if central-bank decisions pass without enough movement and implied volatility falls. via @akibablade cryptoslate.com/bitcoin-opti…

Kraken will replace 176 trading pairs with synthetic markets, canceling outstanding orders between Nov. 6 and Nov. 9. The new markets charge taker fees even on limit orders and drop partial fills and post-only orders. via @hardeyjumoh cryptoslate.com/kraken-to-ca…

.@RobinhoodApp ($HOOD) reported $173M in Q3 event-contract revenue, more than its $120M in crypto revenue. Crypto revenue fell 55% year over year, while net revenue rose 12% to $1.42B. via @hardeyjumoh cryptoslate.com/robinhood-no…

.@OfficialSUNio Completes 52nd Buyback and Burn: Total SUN Burned Surpasses 685M as SunSwap Accelerates Ecosystem Integrations #promoted cryptoslate.com/sun-io-compl…

Bitcoin beat the S&P 500 in 10 of 18 October sessions through Oct. 26, yet fell 4.25% overall while the index rose 0.33%. On sessions it trailed, Bitcoin’s average shortfall was 1.44%, about twice its 0.71% average edge when it led. via @pelicamatos cryptoslate.com/bitcoin-beat…

A Delphi Digital study commissioned by ETHGas models a four-minute expected wait for an eligible Ethereum block at 5% eligible proposer weight. At 40%, the modeled wait drops to 30 seconds. via @pelicamatos cryptoslate.com/ethereums-3-…