Canton-based trading platform Cancore raises $7.2 million at $60 million token valuation theblock.co/news/deals/2026-…

NEAR Adds Confidential Jio Pre-IPO Trading Ahead of Listing The contract offers up to 5x leverage and is expected to become an equity perpetual after listing, without delivering shares or IPO allocations thedefiant.io/news/defi/near…

Ethereum Name Service Queues Upgrade That Closes Its Old Registry to New Names Migration would have no deadline and would be irreversible, while some names are excluded from automatic reservations in the new system thedefiant.io/news/nfts-and-…

CF Benchmarks brings Wall Street pricing infrastructure onchain, including data used by BlackRock coindesk.com/markets/2026/10…

Morning Minute: Tokenized Stock Battle Looms Over Robinhood’s Earnings Call One of crypto’s primary growth sectors for this upcoming cycle is under attack. Will Vlad Tenev speak up on today’s Robinhood earnings call? decrypt.co/381907/morning-mi…

Bitcoin shows signs of weakness while Ripple's bank win fails to bolster XRP coindesk.com/daybook-us/2026…

Investor who called for AI pivot in 2023 says bitcoin is going to $57,000 coindesk.com/markets/2026/10…

Strategy Shareholders to Vote on Daily STRC Dividends The Oct. 28 proposal covers four preferred stocks and needs a majority of all outstanding common voting power; abstentions and broker non-votes count against it thedefiant.io/converge/tradf…

An AI label alone no longer wins lenders, JPMorgan says coindesk.com/markets/2026/10…

Solana bug reports now cost 1 SOL as AI floods security teams with spam coindesk.com/tech/2026/10/27…

Circle faces up to 20% revenue risk from AI agents, Mizuho says Mizuho cited 10-20% medium-term reserve revenue downside risk as AI agents steer USDC holders toward higher-yielding fiat alternatives. theblock.co/news/business/20…

StoneX lifts Strive price target 34% as new stock offering bolsters bitcoin strategy theblock.co/news/business/20…

Keystone breach deepens: Hackers stole key used to verify wallets as genuine Keystone initially disclosed a leak of customer information but has since disclosed that hackers also stole a key that could allow counterfeit wallets to pass authenticity check… cointelegraph.com/news/keyst…

BlackRock joins SBI and Startale to link tokenized MMFs with Japanese yen stablecoins BlackRock, SBI Holdings, and Startale will explore connecting tokenized money market funds with SBI's Japanese yen-pegged stablecoin JPYSC. theblock.co/news/business/20…

Ripple Wins Final OCC Trust Bank Approval for RLUSD Reserves and Custody RLUSD will retain its New York-regulated issuer while the national trust bank manages reserves and provides fiduciary digital asset custody thedefiant.io/converge/tradf…

Canada’s Draft Stablecoin Rules Cap Redemption Fees at 1% and Ban Yield Ottawa opened a 60-day consultation on draft rules requiring one-to-one reserves and fast redemption from stablecoin issuers, while keeping the ban on paying holders interest. decrypt.co/381889/canada-dra…

Osmosis Ends OSMO Inflation, Shifting Staking Rewards to Revenue The change removes an estimated two percentage points of issuance-funded staking APR and freezes about 51.9 million pre-minted developer tokens thedefiant.io/news/defi/osmo…

NBA Embraces the CFTC on Prediction Markets as the NFL Fights It in Court The agreement, which follows similar deals with MLB and NHL, establishes information-sharing to guard against insider trading as sports betting migrates to CFTC-regulated venues. decrypt.co/381864/nba-cftc-p…

Canada opens consultation on stablecoins, citing US GENIUS Act As part of the potential implementation of its Stablecoin Act, the Canadian government will hear from the public on a proposed framework for tokens from non-financial institutions. cointelegraph.com/news/canad…

Why Prediction Markets Got the Brazilian Election So Wrong Experts say Brazil's prediction market ban left the odds in the hands of traders with little knowledge about the election. decrypt.co/381858/why-predic…