The largest and dominant asset, Bitcoin (BTC), is entering a critical phase after slipping below the $85,000 mark and losing roughly 2% over the past 24 hours. The token is currently trading at around $84,035, with its daily trading volume settled at $32.867 billion. In the past 24 hours, Bitcoin
Key Takeaways The largest U.S. based cryptocurrency exchange, Coinbase has completed its integration with Deribit, bringing the two platforms together as Coinbase Global Exchange and creating a single trading infrastructure for spot, perpetuals, dated futures and options. Coinbase announced the development on October 7, saying the combined platform will connect
The Cardano Foundation has launched its programmable token standard, CIP-0113, on the Cardano mainnet, giving issuers a way to build compliance rules directly into tokens designed for regulated assets. Announced on October 7 at TOKEN2049, the standard allows issuers of stablecoins, tokenized funds, bonds and other regulated assets to add
BitGo and HashKey Cloud have signed a strategic partnership agreement covering staking, institutional trading, custody and real-world asset (RWA) tokenization as the two companies expand their work with institutional clients in Asia. The agreement was signed in Singapore during TOKEN2049 week and expands a staking collaboration the companies began in
Ethereum is preparing to test a 200 million gas limit on the Sepolia testnet as the Glamsterdam upgrade moves to its next testing stage today. The latest change comes from Prysm v7.2.1, released by Offchain Labs on October 5, which adds the Sepolia gas-limit schedule and makes 200 million the
The Solana Foundation has launched Solana DvP, an open-source settlement program designed to help financial institutions settle tokenized assets and payments on the Solana blockchain. The Foundation announced the program on October 6, 2026, describing it as a “reusable” standard for delivery-versus-payment settlement. Solana DvP is built around atomic settlement,
Zcash has activated its NU7 network upgrade on public testnet, moving the protocol closer to a planned mainnet rollout in November. The upgrade went live at block 4,465,026 on October 4, ahead of the previously expected October 6 activation. NU7 reduces Zcash’s target block time from 75 seconds to 25
Payward, the financial infrastructure company behind Kraken, has partnered with Singapore Gulf Bank (SGB) to provide 24/7 settlement for institutional digital asset markets, according to an announcement on October 5, 2026. Under the partnership, Payward has integrated SGB Net, SGB’s real-time, multi-currency clearing network. The tie allows eligible institutional clients
DogeOS has opened its public Chikyū testnet, bringing an EVM-compatible smart contract layer to the Dogecoin ecosystem through a zero-knowledge rollup. The testnet went live on September 30, giving developers a place to build and test applications on top of Dogecoin without changing the network’s underlying Layer 1. DOGE is
The leading global bank, Standard Chartered has made a first research coverage of Ethena’s ENA token and set a $2 price target for the end of 2028, putting the bank’s forecast at roughly seven times ENA’s current market price. The report, published on September 30, focuses on Ethena’s position across
