<h2>MOU Centers on JPYSC Settlement, Infrastructure, Distribution and Regulation</h2>TL;DR<ul><li>BlackRock, SBI Holdings and Startale Group signed an exploratory agreement around tokenized money market funds and the JPYSC yen stablecoin.</li><li>The partners will assess technical infrastructure, business and distribution opportunities, and regulatory requirements.</li><li>No live product, participating fund, blockchain or commercial launch date has been confirmed.</li></ul><hr>Trade smarter on Jupiter, Solana’s leading DEX built for fast execution and deep liquidity.&nbsp;Swap tokens at competitive rates, route across multiple liquidity sources automatically, and access perpetuals, DCA, and advanced trading tools — all in one place!<div class="raw-html-embed"><div style="box-sizing: inherit; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: white; display: flex; align-items: center; justify-content: center;"><a href="https://jup.ag/?ref=g33ohytogabt" ref="noopener nofollow noreferrer" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: white; text-decoration: none; cursor: pointer; background-color: #4CAF50; padding: 5px 30px; text-align: center; font-size: 16px; margin: 5px 2px; border-radius: 5px;">Trade on Jupiter!</a></div></div><hr>BlackRock, the $15.5 trillion asset manager, signed a memorandum of understanding with SBI Holdings and Startale Group on October 27, 2026, to explore connecting tokenized money market funds with JPYSC, a regulated yen-denominated&nbsp;<a href="https://coin360.com/glossary/stablecoin">stablecoin</a>.&nbsp;The&nbsp;<a href="https://www.sbigroup.co.jp/english/news/pdf/2026/1027_a_en.pdf">agreement</a> involves BlackRock Financial Management, BlackRock Japan, SBI Holdings and Startale. It remains exploratory, with no live product, participating fund, selected&nbsp;<a href="https://coin360.com/glossary/blockchain">blockchain</a> or commercial launch date announced.<div class="page-break" style="page-break-after:always;">&nbsp;</div><h2>Partners Examine Tokenized Fund Settlement With JPYSC</h2>The partnership brings together BlackRock's asset-management capabilities, SBI's financial services network and distribution channels, and Startale's blockchain development work. The companies plan to examine three areas: technological infrastructure, business and distribution opportunities, and regulatory requirements for connecting tokenized money market funds with JPYSC. They also plan to engage financial institutions and other businesses about broader cooperation, with the stated goal of supporting onchain finance in Japan and other markets.Money market funds primarily invest in short-term financial instruments, while tokenization represents ownership interests through blockchain-based records. Connecting tokenized fund shares with a yen stablecoin could make it easier for eligible institutions to move between digital investments and digital cash without relying entirely on conventional settlement processes. The arrangement would also examine how yen-based payments could interact with tokenized financial assets.SBI Chairman Yoshitaka Kitao said Japan should “prepare early and build the foundations for the next generation of financial markets” as finance moves onchain. Startale CEO Sota Watanabe called connecting JPYSC with tokenized money market funds “an important step toward building the foundations of onchain finance.”<div class="page-break" style="page-break-after:always;">&nbsp;</div><h2>JPYSC Provides the Yen-Denominated Settlement Layer</h2>JPYSC is a yen-denominated trust-type stablecoin issued through SBI Shinsei Trust Bank under Japan's regulated trust-based stablecoin framework and distributed by SBI VC Trade. Developed with Startale, JPYSC is intended to support payments, settlements and transactions involving tokenized financial assets.SBI has separately expanded its digital-finance activity through an&nbsp;<a href="https://coin360.com/coin/ondo-ondo">Ondo</a> Finance partnership focused on tokenized Japanese equities. On October 16, SBI and Startale also announced plans to explore&nbsp;<a href="https://coin360.com/glossary/interoperability">interoperability</a> between JPYSC and Open USD, a dollar-denominated stablecoin initiative. That effort is separate from the BlackRock agreement, although both involve connecting components of institutional digital finance.<div class="page-break" style="page-break-after:always;">&nbsp;</div><h2>BlackRock Brings Existing Tokenization Work</h2>BlackRock already operates BUIDL, its tokenized liquidity fund, which has expanded to&nbsp;<a href="https://coin360.com/coin/avalanche-avax">Avalanche</a> and other blockchain networks. Its institutional tokenization work has also included stablecoin-related changes intended to accommodate digital-asset businesses, as well as BUIDL integrations showing how tokenized fund shares can interact with digital payment assets. The new agreement does not establish that BUIDL will be integrated with JPYSC.BlackRock has separately supported tokenized portfolio products developed with Ondo Finance. SBI contributes knowledge of Japan's financial regulations and distribution infrastructure, while Startale brings blockchain-development capabilities that include infrastructure for tokenized securities. The agreement comes as financial institutions examine whether blockchain-based systems can reduce settlement friction while maintaining existing investor protections.This article has been refined and enhanced by ChatGPT.

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Zcash Grant Funding Dispute Widens as Policy Group Presses SEC on Privacy

<h2>Customer Data Leak Forces Device Destruction as Foundation and Electrum Report Separate Security Problems</h2>TL;DR<ul><li>Keystone said attackers obtained customer information and a WebAuth device-authentication key.</li><li>The company will destroy 18,835 devices using the compromised key and suspend pending shipments.</li><li>Foundation separately reported compromised infrastructure, while Electrum patched an actively exploited Bitcoin wallet flaw.</li></ul><hr>Trade smarter on Jupiter, Solana’s leading DEX built for fast execution and deep liquidity.&nbsp;Swap tokens at competitive rates, route across multiple liquidity sources automatically, and access perpetuals, DCA, and advanced trading tools — all in one place!<div class="raw-html-embed"><div style="box-sizing: inherit; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: white; display: flex; align-items: center; justify-content: center;"><a href="https://jup.ag/?ref=g33ohytogabt" ref="noopener nofollow noreferrer" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: white; text-decoration: none; cursor: pointer; background-color: #4CAF50; padding: 5px 30px; text-align: center; font-size: 16px; margin: 5px 2px; border-radius: 5px;">Trade on Jupiter!</a></div></div><hr>Keystone&nbsp;<a href="https://x.com/KeystoneWallet/status/2114719318722404578">said</a> on October 26, 2026, that an attacker obtained customer information and a WebAuth key used to authenticate genuine hardware wallets after exploiting a vulnerability in a third-party data monitoring tool. The company said recovery phrases,&nbsp;<a href="https://coin360.com/glossary/private-key">private keys</a>,&nbsp;<a href="https://coin360.com/glossary/crypto-wallets">wallet</a> credentials and transaction signing were not compromised.<div class="page-break" style="page-break-after:always;">&nbsp;</div><h2>Keystone Breach Reaches Customer Data and Device Authentication</h2>Keystone’s investigation covered records generated through the Shopify store on its official website. Purchase information from Amazon and other sales channels was not affected.<div class="raw-html-embed"><table style="border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%;"> <thead> <tr> <th style="border: 1px solid #fff; padding: 8px; text-align: left; color: #fff;">Category</th> <th style="border: 1px solid #fff; padding: 8px; text-align: left; color: #fff;">Count</th> <th style="border: 1px solid #fff; padding: 8px; text-align: left; color: #fff;">Status</th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td style="border: 1px solid #fff; padding: 8px; color: #fff;">Buyer records reviewed</td> <td style="border: 1px solid #fff; padding: 8px; color: #fff;">51,083</td> <td style="border: 1px solid #fff; padding: 8px; color: #fff;">Shopify purchase records</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border: 1px solid #fff; padding: 8px; color: #fff;">Previously erased records</td> <td style="border: 1px solid #fff; padding: 8px; color: #fff;">25,119</td> <td style="border: 1px solid #fff; padding: 8px; color: #fff;">Personal information already removed</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border: 1px solid #fff; padding: 8px; color: #fff;">Exposed buyer records</td> <td style="border: 1px solid #fff; padding: 8px; color: #fff;">25,964</td> <td style="border: 1px solid #fff; padding: 8px; color: #fff;">Names, contacts, addresses and order information</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border: 1px solid #fff; padding: 8px; color: #fff;">Incomplete checkouts</td> <td style="border: 1px solid #fff; padding: 8px; color: #fff;">12,873</td> <td style="border: 1px solid #fff; padding: 8px; color: #fff;">Contained submitted personal information</td> </tr> </tbody> </table></div>Keystone acknowledged that its automated data-erasure tool had failed to reliably delete information under its previous 180-day retention policy. The company said:<blockquote>“We failed to fulfill our commitment to erase customer data on time, and we accept responsibility for this failure.”</blockquote>It has shortened the retention period to 90 days and requested deletion of overdue records.The attacker also obtained Keystone’s WebAuth device-authentication key. Keystone said possession of the key could allow counterfeit hardware to pass its official authenticity checks. Newly manufactured wallets will therefore use a replacement key, while existing old-key inventory will be destroyed and pending shipments remain suspended.<div class="page-break" style="page-break-after:always;">&nbsp;</div><h2>Foundation Reports Phishing Emails From Official Domains</h2>Foundation, maker of the Passport&nbsp;<a href="https://coin360.com/coin/bitcoin-btc">Bitcoin</a> hardware wallet,&nbsp;<a href="https://x.com/FoundationHQ/status/2114564656199069844">disclosed</a> a separate security incident after scam emails were sent from its official domains. The company traced the unauthorized messages to one or more compromised Cloudflare API keys and revoked all API keys late on October 25. Foundation said Passport devices and stored funds were not compromised.The phishing emails told Passport users their funds were at risk and attempted to push them toward new recovery phrases or fraudulent websites. Recipients reported that messages contained personal information including names, addresses, email addresses and previous purchase information.Foundation CEO Zach Herbert later said “some of our backend infrastructure was compromised via a vulnerability in a self hosted app,” which he identified as Cal.com. Attackers may also have accessed Foundation’s customer-support inbox. Foundation said its hardware remained secure.The Foundation incident followed earlier problems involving other hardware-wallet companies. Trezor users received a fake “Critical Security Alert” through a third-party email provider in September, while a separate breach at shipping partner ShipMonk exposed names, addresses, phone numbers, emails and order information belonging to around 80,700 Trezor customers. Trezor said devices, private keys and wallet backups were not compromised. Casa CEO Nick Neuman also said BitBox customers appeared to receive similar phishing emails.Other incidents cited in the attached reports included a&nbsp;<a href="https://coin360.com/coin/safepal-sfp">SafePal</a> order-tracking bug that exposed almost 40,000 customers and&nbsp;<a href="https://coin360.com/news/ledger-cryptobilis-hardware-implant">compromised Ledger wallets</a> sold through CryptoBilis. The Ledger case involved hidden chips that captured recovery phrases during setup and transmitted them through LTE, with on-chain researchers estimating losses above $86 million.<div class="page-break" style="page-break-after:always;">&nbsp;</div><h2>Electrum Patches Bitcoin Payment Redirection Flaw</h2>Bitcoin wallet Electrum also&nbsp;<a href="https://github.com/spesmilo/electrum/security/advisories/GHSA-6jp4-8v48-cc5v">patched</a> a separate high-severity vulnerability after malicious servers exploited the wallet’s handling of unconfirmed transactions. Developers confirmed that at least one user lost Bitcoin after unknowingly approving a fraudulent transaction while trying to increase a pending payment’s fee.The flaw affected Electrum versions earlier than 4.8.3. Attackers could substitute an attacker-controlled transaction in the wallet’s unconfirmed history and use addresses matching the final four characters of the intended recipient. If the victim manually increased the fee, Electrum generated fresh signatures that made the substituted payment valid without exposing the user’s private keys.Electrum released version 4.8.3 after confirming active exploitation. The developers said clients connected exclusively to trusted servers were not exposed to the attack and advised users to verify complete recipient addresses and payment amounts when signing transactions.This article has been refined and enhanced by ChatGPT.

Keystone inspects hardware wallet authentication key following customer data breach

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Keystone Breach Exposes WebAuth Key Amid Other Wallet Security Incidents

<h2>ANT Filing Reveals $80.7 Billion Net Loss and Speculative Trillion-Dollar Valuations</h2>TL;DR<ul><li>Anthropic filed a Form S-1 for a proposed Nasdaq listing under the ANT ticker.</li><li>Crypto derivatives implied a valuation around $1.87 trillion, while no official IPO valuation has been set.</li><li>Anthropic reported $16.3 billion in first-half revenue and an $80.7 billion net loss dominated by noncash charges.</li></ul><hr>Trade smarter on Jupiter, Solana’s leading DEX built for fast execution and deep liquidity.&nbsp;Swap tokens at competitive rates, route across multiple liquidity sources automatically, and access perpetuals, DCA, and advanced trading tools — all in one place!<div class="raw-html-embed"><div style="box-sizing: inherit; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: white; display: flex; align-items: center; justify-content: center;"><a href="https://jup.ag/?ref=g33ohytogabt" ref="noopener nofollow noreferrer" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: white; text-decoration: none; cursor: pointer; background-color: #4CAF50; padding: 5px 30px; text-align: center; font-size: 16px; margin: 5px 2px; border-radius: 5px;">Trade on Jupiter!</a></div></div><hr>Anthropic<a href="https://www.anthropic.com/news/s1-sec">&nbsp;filed</a> for an initial public offering on Oct. 26, formally advancing plans to list Class A common stock on the Nasdaq Global Select Market under the ticker&nbsp;<a href="https://coin360.com/coin/aragon-ant">ANT</a>. The offering price, share count and final valuation have not been set, even as crypto derivatives and prediction markets are already pricing the Claude developer at well above $1 trillion.<blockquote>“Today, Anthropic, PBC filed a registration statement on Form S-1 with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission relating to its proposed initial public offering of its Class A common stock,” the company announced.</blockquote>Anthropic’s registration statement has not yet become effective. Securities therefore cannot be sold and offers to purchase cannot be accepted. Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley are identified as contacts for obtaining the preliminary prospectus. Trading could begin in November.The public filing follows a confidential IPO application submitted earlier this year.<div class="page-break" style="page-break-after:always;">&nbsp;</div><h2>Anthropic Reports Rapid Revenue Growth Alongside Heavy Losses</h2>Anthropic’s filing showed sharply higher revenue alongside a large headline net loss. Most of that loss came from accounting adjustments tied to financial instruments rather than operating expenses.<div class="raw-html-embed"><table style="border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%;">
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</table></div>The fair-value changes were primarily noncash accounting charges and reflected Anthropic’s rising private-market valuation. They did not represent payments of the same size to employees, suppliers or data-center operators.Computing and infrastructure expenses approached $9 billion during the first half of 2026. Anthropic had previously reported an operating loss exceeding $8 billion in 2025, when infrastructure costs exceeded annual revenue. The Claude developer also reported third-quarter revenue of $16.8 billion.<div class="page-break" style="page-break-after:always;">&nbsp;</div><h2>Crypto Markets Put Anthropic Near $1.87 Trillion</h2>Synthetic&nbsp;<a href="https://coin360.com/glossary/perpetual-futures">perpetual futures</a> linked to Anthropic traded at implied valuations ranging from $1.86 trillion to $1.88 trillion across&nbsp;<a href="https://coin360.com/review/binance">Binance</a>,&nbsp;<a href="https://coin360.com/coin/bitget-token-bgb">Bitget</a> and other exchanges on Oct. 25 and Oct. 26. Binance contracts hovered near $1,874 using an assumed share count of about 1 billion.These instruments provide speculative exposure rather than ownership of Anthropic shares. Their implied valuations depend on assumptions that can differ between trading venues and do not represent an official IPO valuation.<div class="raw-html-embed"><table style="border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%;">
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</table></div><div class="page-break" style="page-break-after:always;">&nbsp;</div><h2>Polymarket Traders Favor a Trillion-Dollar Debut</h2>Polymarket’s contracts tied to Anthropic’s first-day closing&nbsp;<a href="https://coin360.com/glossary/market-cap">market capitalization</a> had accumulated approximately $2.43 million in trading volume.The $1.75 trillion to $2 trillion bracket carried a 26% probability. A $2 trillion to $2.25 trillion outcome stood at 21%, while the $1.5 trillion to $1.75 trillion range was near 17%. Together, those three outcomes represented approximately 64% of implied probability.Traders assigned 4% probability to Anthropic failing to complete its IPO by Dec. 31, 2027, the market’s resolution deadline. The contracts settle based on Anthropic’s actual first-day closing market capitalization using its official listing price and shares outstanding.Anthropic has yet to establish those official pricing inputs, keeping the crypto-derivatives and prediction-market figures separate from the valuation ultimately set through the IPO.This article has been refined and enhanced by ChatGPT.

Anthropic files for Nasdaq IPO under ticker symbol ANT today

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Anthropic Files for Nasdaq IPO as Crypto Markets Price It Near $1.9 Trillion

<h2>Strive Adds $511 Million in BTC While Bitmine Pushes ETH Holdings Above 6 Million</h2>TL;DR<ul><li>Strategy ended a five-week Bitcoin buying streak and instead repurchased about $204.9 million of STRC preferred shares.</li><li>Strive added $511 million in Bitcoin, lifting its treasury to 43,000 BTC while opening a new SATS offering program.</li><li>Bitmine acquired another 10,452 ETH, taking its Ethereum holdings to 6,051,933 ETH and 4.95% of circulating supply.</li></ul><hr>Trade smarter on Jupiter, Solana’s leading DEX built for fast execution and deep liquidity.&nbsp;Swap tokens at competitive rates, route across multiple liquidity sources automatically, and access perpetuals, DCA, and advanced trading tools — all in one place!<div class="raw-html-embed"><div style="box-sizing: inherit; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: white; display: flex; align-items: center; justify-content: center;"><a href="https://jup.ag/?ref=g33ohytogabt" ref="noopener nofollow noreferrer" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: white; text-decoration: none; cursor: pointer; background-color: #4CAF50; padding: 5px 30px; text-align: center; font-size: 16px; margin: 5px 2px; border-radius: 5px;">Trade on Jupiter!</a></div></div><hr>Corporate crypto treasury activity split during the latest reporting period, with Strategy pausing&nbsp;<a href="https://coin360.com/coin/bitcoin-btc">Bitcoin</a> purchases while Strive and Bitmine Immersion Technologies continued adding digital assets. Strategy redirected cash toward STRC preferred-share repurchases, Strive moved closer to the largest public Bitcoin holders, and Bitmine increased both its&nbsp;<a href="https://coin360.com/coin/ethereum-eth">Ethereum</a> treasury and share buybacks.<div class="page-break" style="page-break-after:always;">&nbsp;</div><h2>Strategy Ends Five-Week Bitcoin Buying Streak</h2>Strategy did not buy or sell Bitcoin between Oct. 19 and Oct. 25, ending five consecutive weeks of acquisitions, according to an&nbsp;<a href="https://assets.contentstack.io/v3/assets/bltf8d808d9b8cebd37/blt2949e627b54cb525/6adec46d6ee1cccbf5a11f9e/form-8-k_10-26-2026.pdf">8-K filing</a> with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Its holdings remained at 848,517&nbsp;<a href="https://coin360.com/coin/bitcoin-btc">BTC</a>, worth about $67.9 billion and representing more than 4% of Bitcoin's total supply. Strategy acquired those holdings for about $64 billion, including fees and expenses, at an average price of $75,446 per Bitcoin.Instead, Strategy repurchased 2.07 million STRC preferred shares for about $204.9 million using its USD Cash reserve. Its USD Reserve stood at $4.83 billion as of Oct. 25, while its USD Cash balance was $242.4 million.MSCI said earlier this month that it would adopt new rules covering "non-operating" companies, which could ultimately result in MSTR being excluded from its indexes. Steve Lee, co-founder of Neoclassic Capital, previously said reduced index-investor demand could push Strategy shares closer to the value of their underlying Bitcoin holdings and make new stock sales less attractive as a fundraising tool.Bitcoin Treasuries data showed Strategy leading a group of 200 public companies using some form of Bitcoin acquisition model:<div class="raw-html-embed"><table style="border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%;"> <thead> <tr> <th style="border: 1px solid #fff; padding: 8px; text-align: left; color: #fff;">Company</th> <th style="border: 1px solid #fff; padding: 8px; text-align: left; color: #fff;">Bitcoin Holdings</th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td style="border: 1px solid #fff; padding: 8px; color: #fff;">Strategy</td> <td style="border: 1px solid #fff; padding: 8px; color: #fff;">848,517 BTC</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border: 1px solid #fff; padding: 8px; color: #fff;">Metaplanet</td> <td style="border: 1px solid #fff; padding: 8px; color: #fff;">44,000 BTC</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border: 1px solid #fff; padding: 8px; color: #fff;">Twenty One</td> <td style="border: 1px solid #fff; padding: 8px; color: #fff;">43,514 BTC</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border: 1px solid #fff; padding: 8px; color: #fff;">Strive</td> <td style="border: 1px solid #fff; padding: 8px; color: #fff;">43,000 BTC</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border: 1px solid #fff; padding: 8px; color: #fff;">MARA</td> <td style="border: 1px solid #fff; padding: 8px; color: #fff;">35,577 BTC</td> </tr> </tbody> </table></div>Strategy shares fell 6.9% last week and closed Friday at $146.02. Bitcoin declined 1.1% over the same period and briefly traded below $80,000 on Monday.<div class="page-break" style="page-break-after:always;">&nbsp;</div><h2>Strive Moves Closer to Second Place</h2>Strive&nbsp;<a href="https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/0001920406/000162828026067141/asst-20261026.htm">acquired</a> 6,182 BTC between Oct. 17 and Oct. 23 in a purchase valued at $511 million, lifting its Bitcoin treasury to 43,000 BTC. The company ranked fourth among public corporate holders and continued closing the gap with Metaplanet and Twenty One. CEO Matt Cole has set a goal of ending the year as the second-largest public Bitcoin holder. At current treasury levels, Strive would need to acquire an average of about 105 BTC per week to surpass Metaplanet.Strive ended Oct. 23 with $504.4 million of cash and cash equivalents, compared with $317.5 million one week earlier. Class A shares outstanding increased by about 3.3 million to 118.1 million. The company also established an at-the-market program covering up to $1 billion of&nbsp;<a href="https://coin360.com/coin/sats-1000sats">SATS</a> preferred stock, with proceeds available for general corporate purposes including Bitcoin purchases, working capital and other investments.Strive continued holding 505,000 Strategy STRC preferred shares, valued at $50.2 million compared with $49.3 million one week earlier. SATA preferred shares outstanding remained around 14 million. Strive also closed an offering of 7 million SATS preferred shares on Oct. 20, raising roughly $630 million before expenses. SATS pays a 15% annual dividend, with enough funds set aside to cover the first 18 months of payments.<div class="page-break" style="page-break-after:always;">&nbsp;</div><h2>Bitmine Raises Ethereum Treasury Above 6 Million ETH</h2>Bitmine Immersion Technologies&nbsp;<a href="https://www.prnewswire.co.uk/news-releases/bitmine-immersion-technologies-bmnr-announces-eth-holdings-reach-6-05-million-tokens-and-total-crypto-and-total-cash--marketable-securities-holdings-of-15-billion-302919315.html">added</a> 10,452&nbsp;<a href="https://coin360.com/coin/ethereum-eth">ETH</a> over the past week, increasing its Ethereum treasury to 6,051,933 ETH. Using an ETH value of $2,356, the position was worth approximately $14.3 billion as of Oct. 25. Bitmine said the holdings represented 4.95% of Ethereum's&nbsp;<a href="https://coin360.com/glossary/circulating-supply">circulating supply</a> of 122.2 million ETH.Of the total, 5,227,037 ETH was staked through Bitmine's MAVAN platform and&nbsp;<a href="https://coin360.com/glossary/DeFi-Staking">staking</a> partners, equal to about 86% of its holdings. Bitmine projected $318 million in annualized staking revenue at current levels and as much as $368 million if all of its ETH were staked.Beyond ether, Bitmine held 215 BTC, a $180 million stake in Beast Industries, a $76 million investment in Eightco Holdings, and $514 million of cash and marketable securities. Combined crypto, cash, marketable securities and other investments totaled $15 billion.Bitmine also repurchased 2.04 million shares during the week at an average price of $22.48. Year-to-date buybacks reached 22.9 million shares for a total cost of $399.6 million and an average price of $17.48.Chairman Tom Lee reiterated his view that the "crypto&nbsp;<a href="https://coin360.com/glossary/bull-market">bull market</a> is underway." Lee pointed to ETH's 13% pullback from its recent peak, compared with a 20% decline in the U.S. semiconductor sector over the same period.&nbsp;<a href="https://coin360.com/coin/ethereum-eth">Ether</a> traded around $2,322 on Monday, down 0.4% over 24 hours, while Bitmine shares closed Friday at $22.40, also down 0.4%.This article has been refined and enhanced by ChatGPT.

Strategy pauses Bitcoin buying streak to repurchase STRC preferred shares

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Strategy Pauses Bitcoin Buys as Strive and Bitmine Expand Crypto Treasuries

<h2>Failed Wallet Sweeps Left Funds in Deprecated Addresses</h2>TL;DR<ul><li>CoinDCX confirmed a 15.99 million USDT loss after an automated wallet-sweeping process failed.</li><li>CEO Sumit Gupta had earlier described breach warnings as a possible “false alarm.”</li><li>Bitquery traced funds through multiple wallets to exchanges, while Tether froze part of the transferred USDT.</li></ul><hr>Trade smarter on Jupiter, Solana’s leading DEX built for fast execution and deep liquidity.&nbsp;Swap tokens at competitive rates, route across multiple liquidity sources automatically, and access perpetuals, DCA, and advanced trading tools — all in one place!<div class="raw-html-embed"><div style="box-sizing: inherit; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: white; display: flex; align-items: center; justify-content: center;"><a href="https://jup.ag/?ref=g33ohytogabt" ref="noopener nofollow noreferrer" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: white; text-decoration: none; cursor: pointer; background-color: #4CAF50; padding: 5px 30px; text-align: center; font-size: 16px; margin: 5px 2px; border-radius: 5px;">Trade on Jupiter!</a></div></div><hr>CoinDCX&nbsp;<a href="https://coindcx.com/blog/coindcx-news/on-chain-wallet-activity-update-21-oct-2026">confirmed</a> on October 25, 2026, that it lost 15.99 million&nbsp;<a href="https://coin360.com/coin/tether-usdt">USDT</a> from wallets that had been deprecated after its July 2025 hack. The exchange attributed the loss to an internal sweeping failure involving deposits that users continued sending to the old addresses. CoinDCX said those deposits were still credited to users, but the subsequent transfer of the assets into its main wallets failed. The company said it absorbed the resulting operational loss.CoinDCX said its automated sweeping service was supposed to move deposits from those deprecated addresses into active wallets but “had failed for a particular period.” Trading and withdrawals continued as normal, according to the exchange, which also said it would increase monitoring of its older infrastructure.CoinDCX later acknowledged that its review took longer than it should have. “It took us some time to do the thorough review of the deprecated infrastructure and confirm the sequence of events. We could have been more proactive, but we shared this update as soon as we had the complete picture,” the exchange said.<div class="page-break" style="page-break-after:always;">&nbsp;</div><h2>CoinDCX Reverses Earlier Position on Wallet Activity</h2>The confirmation followed an earlier denial from CoinDCX leadership. On October 22, researcher Darcy flagged suspicious&nbsp;<a href="https://coin360.com/coin/tron-trx">TRON</a> transfers. CEO Sumit Gupta described the warnings as a possible “false alarm” and said hackers appeared to be reusing addresses compromised during the previous incident. CoinDCX also said some reports about the activity were misleading.<a href="https://coin360.com/glossary/blockchain">Blockchain</a> investigator ZachXBT<a href="https://coin360.com/news/coindcx-16m-hack-denial-wallet-activity">&nbsp;challenged that explanation</a>. He pointed to activity showing that wallets described as retired had still been used for deposits in April and May 2026. The exchange’s later acknowledgment of the failed sweeping process confirmed that funds had continued reaching deprecated addresses after users had been advised not to use them.<div class="page-break" style="page-break-after:always;">&nbsp;</div><h2>Bitquery Traces USDT Movements From CoinDCX Wallets</h2>Bitquery’s on-chain investigation showed activity across multiple wallets associated with CoinDCX and provided a timeline for the movement of the funds.<div class="raw-html-embed"><tdstyle="border:1pxsolid#fff;padding:8px;color:#fff;">FundsfrozenbyTether<tdstyle="border:1pxsolid#fff;padding:8px;color:#fff;">2.21 million across nine wallets on October 22 </tdstyle="border:1pxsolid#fff;padding:8px;color:#fff;"></tdstyle="border:1pxsolid#fff;padding:8px;color:#fff;"><table style="border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%;"> <thead> <tr> <th style="border: 1px solid #fff; padding: 8px; text-align: left; color: #fff;">Metric</th> <th style="border: 1px solid #fff; padding: 8px; text-align: left; color: #fff;">Finding</th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td style="border: 1px solid #fff; padding: 8px; color: #fff;">Initial tracking date</td> <td style="border: 1px solid #fff; padding: 8px; color: #fff;">October 21</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border: 1px solid #fff; padding: 8px; color: #fff;">Wallets linked to transfers</td> <td style="border: 1px solid #fff; padding: 8px; color: #fff;">40</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border: 1px solid #fff; padding: 8px; color: #fff;">Largest&nbsp;wallet balance tracked</td> <td style="border: 1px solid #fff; padding: 8px; color: #fff;">$15.82 million from 88 transactions</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border: 1px solid #fff; padding: 8px; color: #fff;">Last regular transfer</td> <td style="border: 1px solid #fff; padding: 8px; color: #fff;">12:14 UTC</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border: 1px solid #fff; padding: 8px; color: #fff;">First suspected theft movement</td> <td style="border: 1px solid #fff; padding: 8px; color: #fff;">12:19 UTC</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border: 1px solid #fff; padding: 8px; color: #fff;">Fee top-ups tracked</td> <td style="border: 1px solid #fff; padding: 8px; color: #fff;">276 since August</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border: 1px solid #fff; padding: 8px; color: #fff;">Funds sent toward exchanges</td> <td style="border: 1px solid #fff; padding: 8px; color: #fff;">About&nbsp;9.63millionthroughsixintermediatewalletswithin18hourstoOKX,BinanceandGate</td></tr><tr></tr> <tr> <td style="border: 1px solid #fff; padding: 8px; color: #fff;">Funds remaining in tracked wallets</td> <td style="border: 1px solid #fff; padding: 8px; color: #fff;">At least $30,000 in Bitquery’s October 23 snapshot</td> </tr> </tbody> </table></div>Bitquery also observed sweeping activity after the suspected theft. Its findings showed continued operational activity involving addresses CoinDCX had characterized as deprecated. Blockchain data, however, could not determine how the person responsible gained access to the wallets.The cause of that access remained unresolved in the material provided. CoinDCX explained the failed internal transfer process and the&nbsp;<a href="https://coin360.com/glossary/accumulation">accumulation</a> of deposits in deprecated wallets, but it had not explained how the unauthorized transfers occurred or why the old wallets remained operational.<div class="page-break" style="page-break-after:always;">&nbsp;</div><h2>CoinDCX Reports 23.1 Million Registered Users</h2>DefiLlama listed CoinDCX reserves at $173.3 million on October 26, alongside $1.47 million in 24-hour spot trading volume. The two figures measure different things: reported assets and trading activity. They do not show the exchange’s customer liabilities or establish whether deposits are fully backed.CoinDCX’s September report recorded 23.1 million registered users and a 57.07 crore INR Crypto Investor Protection Fund. The exchange had previously lost roughly $44 million during the July 2025 hack. Separately, TRM Labs found that infrastructure and operational compromises accounted for roughly 76% of crypto hack losses during the first half of 2026 despite representing 15% of incidents.<a href="https://coin360.com/review/coinbase">Coinbase</a> invested in CoinDCX in October 2025 as part of an expansion into India and the Middle East. Chainalysis ranked India sixth globally for grassroots crypto adoption. Those developments preceded the latest scrutiny over CoinDCX’s handling of its deprecated wallet infrastructure and its reversal from an initial breach denial to confirmation of the loss.This article has been refined and enhanced by ChatGPT.

CoinDCX exchange confirms 15.99 million USDT loss from deprecated wallets

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CoinDCX Confirms $15.99M USDT Loss After Earlier Breach Denial

<h2>£50 Million Allocation Extends Ripple Partnership</h2>TL;DR<ul><li>Aviva Investors launched a tokenized share class of its largest fund on the XRP Ledger.</li><li>The new share class started with a £50 million investment.</li><li>The underlying fund remains offchain under a “digital twin” structure.</li></ul><hr>Trade smarter on Jupiter, Solana’s leading DEX built for fast execution and deep liquidity.&nbsp;Swap tokens at competitive rates, route across multiple liquidity sources automatically, and access perpetuals, DCA, and advanced trading tools — all in one place!<div class="raw-html-embed"><div style="box-sizing: inherit; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: white; display: flex; align-items: center; justify-content: center;"><a href="https://jup.ag/?ref=g33ohytogabt" ref="noopener nofollow noreferrer" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: white; text-decoration: none; cursor: pointer; background-color: #4CAF50; padding: 5px 30px; text-align: center; font-size: 16px; margin: 5px 2px; border-radius: 5px;">Trade on Jupiter!</a></div></div><hr>Aviva Investors, the asset management arm of UK insurer Aviva,&nbsp;<a href="https://ripple.com/ripple-press/aviva-investors-expands-its-tokenised-offering-with-the-launch-of-a-sterling-liquidity-fund-tokenised-share-class/">launched</a> a tokenized share class of its £22 billion ($29.4 billion) Sterling Liquidity Fund on the XRP Ledger with Ripple on Monday, October 26. Aviva invested £50 million ($66.7 million) in the new share class. The launch does not move the entire fund onto the&nbsp;<a href="https://coin360.com/glossary/blockchain">blockchain</a>; it gives investors an onchain representation of shares in the existing fund.The investment brings Aviva’s total holdings across its two tokenized money market fund offerings to more than £86 million ($114.8 million). The other product is a tokenized U.S. dollar liquidity fund share class that Aviva launched on the&nbsp;<a href="https://coin360.com/coin/xrp-xrp">XRP</a> Ledger on July 29 with approval from the Central Bank of Ireland.<div class="page-break" style="page-break-after:always;">&nbsp;</div><h2>How Aviva’s Digital Twin Fund Structure Works</h2>The Sterling Liquidity Fund dates back to 2002 and is an Ireland-domiciled UCITS money market fund. It invests in high-grade, sterling-denominated short-term debt instruments and provides daily liquidity. Under Aviva’s “digital twin” model, investors’ holdings are represented onchain while the fund itself continues to operate offchain.Investors need an eligible digital&nbsp;<a href="https://coin360.com/glossary/crypto-wallets">wallet</a> to access the tokenized share class. BNY Mellon holds the fund’s assets, while digital asset custodian Komainu and digital infrastructure platform Licuido supported the launch. Aviva said the tokenized shares retain the conventional fund’s investment objective, risk profile, liquidity characteristics and regulatory protections.<div class="page-break" style="page-break-after:always;">&nbsp;</div><h2>Aviva Builds on Earlier XRP Ledger Fund Launch</h2>Aviva first partnered with&nbsp;<a href="https://coin360.com/coin/xrp-xrp">Ripple</a> in February with plans to bring some of its traditional investment funds onto the XRP Ledger. Ripple said at the time that Aviva was its first European investment management partner. The sterling launch extends that partnership after the earlier dollar-denominated fund share class.“We believe tokenized funds can increase efficiency and ultimately lead to improved client outcomes,” Aviva Investors CEO Mark Versey said. Aviva also plans to examine further tokenization opportunities with Ripple.This article has been refined and enhanced by ChatGPT.

Aviva and Ripple collaborate on tokenized sterling fund share class

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Aviva Launches Tokenized Sterling Fund Share Class on XRP Ledger

<h2>Retail Wallet Rollout Extends Hong Kong’s Regulated Stablecoin Market</h2>TL;DR<ul><li>HSBC launched RedCoin, its first Hong Kong dollar-denominated stablecoin, for retail payments through PayMe.</li><li>PayMe users can activate stablecoin wallets for peer-to-peer transfers and payments to participating merchants.</li><li>HSBC plans to extend RedCoin to tokenized investments and wholesale corporate and institutional uses.</li></ul><hr>Trade smarter on Jupiter, Solana’s leading DEX built for fast execution and deep liquidity.&nbsp;Swap tokens at competitive rates, route across multiple liquidity sources automatically, and access perpetuals, DCA, and advanced trading tools — all in one place!<div class="raw-html-embed"><div style="box-sizing: inherit; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: white; display: flex; align-items: center; justify-content: center;"><a href="https://jup.ag/?ref=g33ohytogabt" ref="noopener nofollow noreferrer" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: white; text-decoration: none; cursor: pointer; background-color: #4CAF50; padding: 5px 30px; text-align: center; font-size: 16px; margin: 5px 2px; border-radius: 5px;">Trade on Jupiter!</a></div></div><hr>HSBC&nbsp;<a href="https://www.about.hsbc.com.hk/news-and-media/hsbc-redcoin-launches-today">launched</a> RedCoin (RCHKD), its first Hong Kong dollar-denominated&nbsp;<a href="https://coin360.com/glossary/stablecoin">stablecoin</a>, through PayMe on Friday, October 23, 2026. More than 3.3 million PayMe users will be able to activate stablecoin wallets in the coming days for transfers and payments to more than 100,000 merchants.RedCoin is designed to be redeemable one-for-one for Hong Kong dollars, while HSBC Digital Assets Custody provides safekeeping services for the stablecoin. HSBC is also one of Hong Kong’s three commercial banks authorized to issue Hong Kong dollar banknotes.Maggie Ng, chief executive officer for Hong Kong at HSBC, said:<blockquote>“Money, assets and information are moving from traditional infrastructure to always-on, data-rich and increasingly programmable digital networks.”</blockquote>John O'Neill, HSBC's managing director for digital assets and currencies, said the bank plans to introduce more products and expand into “wholesale corporate and institutional use cases.”<div class="page-break" style="page-break-after:always;">&nbsp;</div><h2>HSBC Plans Tokenized Investment Access Through RedCoin</h2>HSBC plans to add RedCoin wallets to its HSBC HK Mobile Banking App later this year. The planned integration would allow customers to use the wallets to subscribe to tokenized investment products, including a new share class of the bank’s Hong Kong dollar money market fund. HSBC also plans to expand RedCoin into wholesale corporate and institutional applications.The launch adds RedCoin to HSBC’s existing digital-asset activities. The bank has participated in Hong Kong Monetary Authority&nbsp;<a href="https://coin360.com/glossary/blockchain">blockchain</a> initiatives including the e-HKD pilot program and Project Ensemble. HSBC also offers digital bonds for institutional investors through HSBC Orion, HSBC Gold Token for retail clients and the HSBC Tokenised Deposit Service for wholesale payments.<div class="page-break" style="page-break-after:always;">&nbsp;</div><h2>Hong Kong’s Stablecoin Licensing Framework Takes Shape</h2>Hong Kong’s Stablecoins Ordinance took effect in August 2025 and established a licensing framework for fiat-referenced stablecoin issuers. The Hong Kong Monetary Authority issued its first stablecoin issuer licenses in April 2026 to HSBC and Anchorpoint Financial.Anchorpoint Financial is a joint venture of Standard Chartered, HKT and Animoca Brands. Anchorpoint later began a phased institutional rollout of its HKDAP stablecoin in August through HashKey Exchange, initially targeting eligible institutions and professional investors. HSBC’s RedCoin rollout extends regulated Hong Kong dollar stablecoin access directly to retail users through PayMe.This article has been refined and enhanced by ChatGPT.

Robot paying with HSBC RedCoin stablecoin on PayMe app

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HSBC Launches RedCoin HKD Stablecoin for PayMe Users

<h2>Central Banks Add Policymaker Roles as Digital Money Settlement Tests Expand</h2>TL;DR<ul><li>Bank Negara Malaysia and the Bank of Thailand joined Singapore’s BLOOM initiative as policymaker members.</li><li>BLOOM is testing cross-border settlement using regulated stablecoins, tokenized deposits and interoperable digital-money networks.</li><li>Participants include Ripple, Visa, Mastercard, the World Bank Group and major financial and technology companies.</li></ul><hr>Trade smarter on Jupiter, Solana’s leading DEX built for fast execution and deep liquidity.&nbsp;Swap tokens at competitive rates, route across multiple liquidity sources automatically, and access perpetuals, DCA, and advanced trading tools — all in one place!<div class="raw-html-embed"><div style="box-sizing: inherit; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: white; display: flex; align-items: center; justify-content: center;"><a href="https://jup.ag/?ref=g33ohytogabt" ref="noopener nofollow noreferrer" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: white; text-decoration: none; cursor: pointer; background-color: #4CAF50; padding: 5px 30px; text-align: center; font-size: 16px; margin: 5px 2px; border-radius: 5px;">Trade on Jupiter!</a></div></div><hr>Bank Negara Malaysia and the Bank of Thailand&nbsp;<a href="https://www.mas.gov.sg/news/media-releases/2026/mas-bnm-and-bot-partner-with-industry-to-advance-cross-border-settlement-in-digital-money">joined</a> Singapore’s BLOOM initiative as policymaker members on October 23, 2026, expanding regional work on cross-border payments involving&nbsp;<a href="https://coin360.com/glossary/stablecoin">stablecoins</a> and tokenized deposits. The Monetary Authority of Singapore, or MAS, said the initiative is examining how different forms of digital money can operate across institutions, markets and payment networks.BLOOM stands for Borderless,&nbsp;<a href="https://coin360.com/exchange/liquid">Liquid</a>, Open, Online, Multi-currency. The public-private initiative is designed to help financial institutions use stablecoins and tokenized deposits for cross-border payments. MAS said BLOOM aims to cut costs and help institutions bring services to market faster by reducing the need to establish separate arrangements with each counterparty or market.MAS launched BLOOM in October 2025, building on Project Orchid, which began in 2021 to examine uses for a digital Singapore dollar. BLOOM’s work extends beyond cross-border settlement to corporate cash management, trade finance and payments executed by AI agents within predefined limits. Singapore has also separately tested a wholesale central bank digital currency.Participants include Airwallex, Circle,&nbsp;<a href="https://coin360.com/review/coinbase">Coinbase</a>, JPMorgan, Mastercard,&nbsp;<a href="https://coin360.com/coin/xrp-xrp">Ripple</a>, Standard Chartered, Stripe, Visa and the World Bank Group. The expanded policymaker group brings Malaysia and Thailand directly into work examining how regulated digital money can move across borders and different financial systems.<div class="page-break" style="page-break-after:always;">&nbsp;</div><h2>BLOOM Tests Interoperability, Compliance and Cross-Border Settlement</h2>MAS said the work will examine how banks handle different forms of digital money in cross-border transactions and how separate networks can interoperate. The initiative will also test safeguards including identity checks, sanctions screening and transaction controls.<blockquote>“The future of finance will involve multiple forms of digital money operating across different institutions and markets,” MAS Deputy Managing Director Leong Sing Chiong said.</blockquote>Bank Negara Malaysia Deputy Governor Aznan bin Abdul Aziz said cross-border payments using multiple forms of digital money were becoming a more tangible prospect. Bank of Thailand Deputy Governor Daranee Saeju said BLOOM would help the central bank examine regulatory approaches to tokenized money, particularly for cross-border payments and wholesale settlement.Malaysia had already begun work on related digital-money use cases. Bank Negara Malaysia announced in February that three initiatives would test ringgit stablecoins and tokenized deposits for domestic and cross-border wholesale payments in 2026.Ripple separately announced its participation in BLOOM in March. The company said it would test trade payments using&nbsp;<a href="https://coin360.com/coin/ripple-usd-rlusd">RLUSD</a> on the&nbsp;<a href="https://coin360.com/coin/xrp-xrp">XRP</a> Ledger. Its trial with supply chain fintech company Unloq uses the SC+ platform to automate payment releases when predefined conditions are met.This article has been refined and enhanced by ChatGPT.

Robot bridging Southeast Asian central banks for cross-border stablecoin payments

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Malaysia, Thailand Join Singapore BLOOM Cross-Border Stablecoin Initiative

<h2>Gas-Accounting Concerns Force Developers to Cancel Planned Testnet Activation</h2>TL;DR<ul><li>Ethereum canceled the planned Glamsterdam activation on the Hoodi testnet after security concerns involving existing smart contracts.</li><li>ChainSecurity found 13 real-world examples where proposed gas changes could alter how contracts handle failed operations.</li><li>Hoodi has no new activation date, while Glamsterdam’s mainnet schedule remains undecided.</li></ul><hr>Trade smarter on Jupiter, Solana’s leading DEX built for fast execution and deep liquidity.&nbsp;Swap tokens at competitive rates, route across multiple liquidity sources automatically, and access perpetuals, DCA, and advanced trading tools — all in one place!<div class="raw-html-embed"><div style="box-sizing: inherit; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: white; display: flex; align-items: center; justify-content: center;"><a href="https://jup.ag/?ref=g33ohytogabt" ref="noopener nofollow noreferrer" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: white; text-decoration: none; cursor: pointer; background-color: #4CAF50; padding: 5px 30px; text-align: center; font-size: 16px; margin: 5px 2px; border-radius: 5px;">Trade on Jupiter!</a></div></div><hr><a href="https://coin360.com/coin/ethereum-eth">Ethereum</a> developers have postponed the&nbsp;<a href="https://coin360.com/news/ethereum-sepolia-200m-gas-prysm-glamsterdam">Glamsterdam upgrade</a> on the Hoodi testnet, canceling its planned October 26 activation after security researchers identified risks tied to changes in Ethereum’s gas accounting. The delay applies to Hoodi testing and does not mean Glamsterdam itself has been canceled.The Ethereum Foundation&nbsp;<a href="https://blog.ethereum.org/2026/10/22/glamsterdam-hoodi-delay">announced</a> the postponement after developers sought more time to study how the proposed gas changes could interact with&nbsp;<a href="https://coin360.com/glossary/smart-contracts">smart contracts</a> already deployed on Ethereum&nbsp;<a href="https://coin360.com/glossary/mainnet">mainnet</a>. ChainSecurity&nbsp;<a href="https://x.com/chain_security/status/2113303061078671814">said</a> on October 22 that it was in responsible disclosure with affected projects after finding “13 real-world examples” of the security issue.<blockquote>“It has just been decided to delay the Glamsterdam hard fork on the Hoodi testnet because of security impacts we identified,” ChainSecurity wrote.</blockquote><figure class="image"><img alt="tweet-2113303061078671814.webp" src="https://cdn.coin360.com/tweet_2113303061078671814_d451db7747.webp"></figure>Ethereum researcher Christine Kim said&nbsp;<a href="https://coin360.com/glossary/node">node</a> operators should revert to an older software version that does not schedule the upgrade or wait for their execution client team to release a version canceling it. Preston Van Loon, a developer working on the Prysm consensus client, said a Prysm release removing Glamsterdam from Hoodi’s schedule would follow the same day.<figure class="image"><img alt="tweet_2113303447080476996_20261023_200738_via_10015_io.webp" src="https://cdn.coin360.com/tweet_2113303447080476996_20261023_200738_via_10015_io_b0fed89bb7.webp"></figure><div class="page-break" style="page-break-after:always;">&nbsp;</div><h2>Glamsterdam Gas Changes Could Alter Contract Failure Behavior</h2>The security concern centers on changes to how Ethereum accounts for gas when contracts create or access&nbsp;<a href="https://coin360.com/glossary/blockchain">blockchain</a> state. Glamsterdam introduces EIP-8037 and EIP-8038, along with a separate pool of gas for creating new state.Some deployed contracts rely on gas checks or expect an external call to run out of gas under specific conditions. ChainSecurity said those assumptions can help prevent insufficient gas griefing, where an attacker deliberately provides too little gas so that a valid operation fails and becomes recorded as a permanent failure.Glamsterdam changes those mechanics. Gas can be returned or refilled after a failed call, while repricing can alter how much gas an operation needs. That can leave a contract with a different gas balance from what its existing logic expects.<blockquote>“Even with unchanged contract code, a failure path that previously reverted can now complete,” ChainSecurity said.</blockquote>The firm urged projects to review their contracts. The Ethereum Foundation is assessing how many deployed contracts could be affected. The findings indicate a compatibility issue involving existing contract assumptions rather than a deliberate change to those applications’ underlying code.<div class="page-break" style="page-break-after:always;">&nbsp;</div><h2>Hoodi Delay Leaves Mainnet Timeline Open</h2>Glamsterdam has already been activated on Sepolia, another Ethereum test network. The Hoodi postponement therefore affects the next stage of testing rather than reversing the upgrade across Ethereum’s test networks.<div class="raw-html-embed"><table style="border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%;"> <thead> <tr> <th style="border: 1px solid #fff; padding: 8px; text-align: left; color: #fff;">Network or Upgrade</th> <th style="border: 1px solid #fff; padding: 8px; text-align: left; color: #fff;">Status</th> <th style="border: 1px solid #fff; padding: 8px; text-align: left; color: #fff;">Key Detail</th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td style="border: 1px solid #fff; padding: 8px; color: #fff;">Hoodi</td> <td style="border: 1px solid #fff; padding: 8px; color: #fff;">Delayed</td> <td style="border: 1px solid #fff; padding: 8px; color: #fff;">The planned gas-limit increase to 200 million was removed with the canceled activation.</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border: 1px solid #fff; padding: 8px; color: #fff;">Sepolia</td> <td style="border: 1px solid #fff; padding: 8px; color: #fff;">Activated</td> <td style="border: 1px solid #fff; padding: 8px; color: #fff;">Glamsterdam went live October 6 with a&nbsp;gas limit of nearly 200 million, more than three times mainnet’s 60 million.</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border: 1px solid #fff; padding: 8px; color: #fff;">Ethereum mainnet</td> <td style="border: 1px solid #fff; padding: 8px; color: #fff;">Not finalized</td> <td style="border: 1px solid #fff; padding: 8px; color: #fff;">Developers had aimed for the end of 2026 and discussed possible December activation dates.</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border: 1px solid #fff; padding: 8px; color: #fff;">Hegotá</td> <td style="border: 1px solid #fff; padding: 8px; color: #fff;">Future upgrade</td> <td style="border: 1px solid #fff; padding: 8px; color: #fff;">Expected in 2027 and could introduce native privacy features.</td> </tr> </tbody> </table></div>Glamsterdam also includes block-level access lists, which allow computers to check transactions in parallel, and enshrined proposer-builder separation, which moves the process for deciding who assembles&nbsp;<a href="https://coin360.com/glossary/blocks">blocks</a> into Ethereum’s protocol rules.No replacement Hoodi activation date has been announced. Developers must investigate the compatibility concerns before testing resumes, while the mainnet deployment schedule remains undecided.<a href="https://coin360.com/coin/ethereum-eth">ETH price</a> was reported below $2,400 and down around 0.5%, trading within a daily range of $2,370 to $2,415. The Hoodi postponement represents a change to the upgrade’s testing schedule rather than a change to current Ethereum mainnet operations.This article has been refined and enhanced by ChatGPT.

Robot halting Hoodi testnet upgrade due to security concerns

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Ethereum Delays Glamsterdam Hoodi Fork Over Smart Contract Security Risks

<h2>Tianjin Confiscation Case Opens While London Ownership Fight Continues</h2>TL;DR<ul><li>Chinese prosecutors have applied to confiscate 61,896 BTC seized from Zhimin Qian in the UK.</li><li>A Tianjin court accepted the confiscation case and opened a six-month process for victims and other interested parties.</li><li>The UK High Court ruled that Chinese law should govern victims’ ownership claims to the seized Bitcoin.</li></ul><hr>Trade smarter on Jupiter, Solana’s leading DEX built for fast execution and deep liquidity.&nbsp;Swap tokens at competitive rates, route across multiple liquidity sources automatically, and access perpetuals, DCA, and advanced trading tools — all in one place!<div class="raw-html-embed"><div style="box-sizing: inherit; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: white; display: flex; align-items: center; justify-content: center;"><a href="https://jup.ag/?ref=g33ohytogabt" ref="noopener nofollow noreferrer" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: white; text-decoration: none; cursor: pointer; background-color: #4CAF50; padding: 5px 30px; text-align: center; font-size: 16px; margin: 5px 2px; border-radius: 5px;">Trade on Jupiter!</a></div></div><hr>Chinese prosecutors have&nbsp;<a href="https://m.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_34246863">applied</a> to confiscate 61,896&nbsp;<a href="https://coin360.com/coin/bitcoin-btc">BTC</a> seized from Zhimin Qian in the UK, while Tianjin No. 2 Intermediate People’s Court has agreed to hear the case. The application seeks&nbsp;<a href="https://coin360.com/coin/bitcoin-btc">Bitcoin</a> and other assets that prosecutors argue are proceeds of a large fundraising fraud. A parallel legal fight remains active in London, where the UK High Court has ruled that Chinese law should govern victims’ claims to the seized cryptocurrency.The Tianjin court said it accepted the prosecutors’ application on September 28 and published its notice on October 13. The court said evidence showed Qian had committed fundraising fraud, mainly in Tianjin’s Hedong district. At a&nbsp;<a href="https://coin360.com/coin/bitcoin-btc">Bitcoin price</a> of around $82,000,&nbsp;<a href="https://coin360.com/review/coin360-dex">COIN360</a> data put the seized Bitcoin’s value at about $5.1 billion. The Chinese proceeding does not itself determine that all confiscated assets will go to the government or that victims will immediately receive compensation.<div class="page-break" style="page-break-after:always;">&nbsp;</div><h2>Prosecutors Link Assets to Multibillion-Yuan Fundraising Scheme</h2>Prosecutors identified Qian as the controller of Tianjin Lantian Gerui Electronic Technology. Between April 2014 and August 2017, the company allegedly sold unlicensed wealth-management products across China while promising guaranteed returns. The scheme raised more than 40.378 billion yuan, or about $5.7 billion, from more than 102,000 investors. Prosecutors said investor losses exceeded 19.977 billion yuan as much of the money was allegedly diverted from genuine business activity.Prosecutors allege funds were instead used to repay earlier investors, operate fictitious investment projects, buy Bitcoin and purchase property, cars, jewelry and other assets. Qian fled China in July 2017 with computers containing Bitcoin wallets and later reached the UK, where some of the cryptocurrency was converted into other assets. British authorities ultimately seized Bitcoin along with additional cryptocurrencies, cash, jewelry and investment holdings connected to the case.The Chinese confiscation application also covers several other cryptocurrencies and financial assets:<div class="raw-html-embed"><table style="border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%;"> <thead> <tr> <th style="border: 1px solid #fff; padding: 8px; text-align: left; color: #fff;">Asset</th> <th style="border: 1px solid #fff; padding: 8px; text-align: left; color: #fff;">Amount or Scope</th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td style="border: 1px solid #fff; padding: 8px; color: #fff;">Bitcoin Cash</td> <td style="border: 1px solid #fff; padding: 8px; color: #fff;">About 72,746 units</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border: 1px solid #fff; padding: 8px; color: #fff;">Bitcoin Gold</td> <td style="border: 1px solid #fff; padding: 8px; color: #fff;">About 72,746 units</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border: 1px solid #fff; padding: 8px; color: #fff;">Bitcoin SV</td> <td style="border: 1px solid #fff; padding: 8px; color: #fff;">About 72,746 units</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border: 1px solid #fff; padding: 8px; color: #fff;">XRP</td> <td style="border: 1px solid #fff; padding: 8px; color: #fff;">Around 3.6 million</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border: 1px solid #fff; padding: 8px; color: #fff;">Dogecoin</td> <td style="border: 1px solid #fff; padding: 8px; color: #fff;">Some 70 million</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border: 1px solid #fff; padding: 8px; color: #fff;">Other assets</td> <td style="border: 1px solid #fff; padding: 8px; color: #fff;">U.S. dollar, euro and pound cash, jewelry, bank balances and investment portfolios</td> </tr> </tbody> </table></div>UK authorities had already converted the listed non-Bitcoin crypto holdings and placed the proceeds in an interest-bearing account. Chinese prosecutors argue that the seized property should be recovered, returned to victims where applicable and otherwise confiscated. Because Qian had been a wanted fugitive for more than a year, prosecutors said the case falls under Chinese rules allowing confiscation proceedings without the suspect being present.Victims can apply to participate through a WeChat mini-program. Those who do not join the proceeding can still receive repayments from recovered assets. The notice period runs for six months before the court hears the confiscation case. That process leaves the distribution of the assets subject to the court proceedings rather than automatically transferring the entire pool to either the Chinese government or the victims.<div class="page-break" style="page-break-after:always;">&nbsp;</div><h2>UK High Court Puts Chinese Law at Center of Bitcoin Claims</h2>Qian was sentenced to 11 years and eight months in the UK in November 2025 after pleading guilty to acquiring and possessing criminal property. Weeks after the guilty plea, UK prosecutors told the High Court that they were planning a compensation scheme for victims. They later said victims could instead be compensated through a redress scheme administered from China.Unnamed UK Treasury officials had also privately raised whether the seized Bitcoin could help&nbsp;<a href="https://coin360.com/glossary/wallet-address">address</a> a shortfall in the country’s public finances, the Financial Times reported at the time. Legal experts, meanwhile, argued that victims could be entitled to compensation if they established a sufficient link to the cryptocurrency. AMBCrypto described the London proceeding as involving £3.8 billion, or about $5 billion, in seized Bitcoin.The High Court ruled on October 12 that Chinese law should govern thousands of victims’ claims to the coins, improving the UK government’s chances of retaining the assets. Fieldfisher, the law firm representing claimants, said it is seeking to appeal. The ruling did not decide whether the victims own the Bitcoin because evidence on the substance of Chinese law had not yet been heard.David Phillips, a dispute resolution partner at London law firm SMB, wrote that the decision shows that “a victim cannot necessarily recover cryptocurrency simply by proving: ‘That Bitcoin was bought with money taken from me.’”<blockquote>“Cryptoassets may operate without borders, but proprietary rights in them remain capable of raising intensely territorial questions of applicable law,” Phillips added.</blockquote>Detective Sergeant Isabella Grotto, the lead investigating officer in the case, also described the asset-tracing effort as unusually complex:&nbsp;<blockquote>“This was a long, complex, and unprecedented investigation into the laundering of criminal proceeds through cryptocurrency. Over a number of years, significant efforts were made to move and disguise the funds and convert them into assets in the UK.”</blockquote>This article has been refined and enhanced by ChatGPT.

China seeks confiscation of 61896 BTC seized in UK

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China Seeks 61,896 BTC as UK Court Shapes Qian Victim Claims

<h2>Fund’s Broader Strategy Emerges Months After Crypto-Only Pledge</h2>TL;DR<ul><li>a16z crypto reportedly plans to rename itself a16z Frontier and expand its investment strategy beyond crypto.</li><li>The shift follows its recent pledge that Fund 5 would remain fully dedicated to crypto entrepreneurs.</li><li>General partner Ali Yahya has told investors he is leaving to build his own startup.</li></ul><hr>Trade smarter on Jupiter, Solana’s leading DEX built for fast execution and deep liquidity.&nbsp;Swap tokens at competitive rates, route across multiple liquidity sources automatically, and access perpetuals, DCA, and advanced trading tools — all in one place!<div class="raw-html-embed"><div style="box-sizing: inherit; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: white; display: flex; align-items: center; justify-content: center;"><a href="https://jup.ag/?ref=g33ohytogabt" ref="noopener nofollow noreferrer" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: white; text-decoration: none; cursor: pointer; background-color: #4CAF50; padding: 5px 30px; text-align: center; font-size: 16px; margin: 5px 2px; border-radius: 5px;">Trade on Jupiter!</a></div></div><hr>Andreessen Horowitz’s&nbsp;<a href="https://coin360.com/news/a16z-crypto-2-2b-haun-ventures-1b-funds">a16z crypto</a> plans to rename itself a16z Frontier and broaden its investment strategy beyond crypto, The Information&nbsp;<a href="https://www.theinformation.com/articles/andreessen-horowitz-drop-crypto-name-flagship-blockchain-fund">reported</a> on October 22, 2026, citing a person briefed on the matter. The reported shift comes five months after the venture firm closed a $2.2 billion fifth fund focused on crypto entrepreneurs.The wider mandate would formalize activity that had already moved beyond&nbsp;<a href="https://coin360.com/glossary/blockchain">blockchain</a> startups. a16z crypto has backed Kalshi, a prediction market, and Ornn, an AI compute marketplace. The change would also remove “crypto” from the name of one of Andreessen Horowitz’s most prominent sector-specific investment operations.<div class="page-break" style="page-break-after:always;">&nbsp;</div><h2>Frontier Rebrand Follows a Crypto-Only Fund Commitment</h2>The planned rebrand contrasts with how a16z crypto described Fund 5 when it closed in May. A company spokesperson said the fund was “100% dedicated to investing in crypto entrepreneurs.” Communications partner Paul Cafiero separately said the money was “100% dedicated to investing in crypto entrepreneurs across all stages.”a16z crypto has accumulated substantial capital since launching and its previous funds remain much larger than the latest vehicle. The firm’s fundraising history and recent moves by other venture firms show how investment mandates have expanded alongside crypto-focused strategies.<div class="raw-html-embed"><tdstyle="border:1pxsolid#fff;padding:8px;color:#fff;">a16zfourthcryptofund<tdstyle="border:1pxsolid#fff;padding:8px;color:#fff;">4.5 billion </tdstyle="border:1pxsolid#fff;padding:8px;color:#fff;"></tdstyle="border:1pxsolid#fff;padding:8px;color:#fff;"><tdstyle="border:1pxsolid#fff;padding:8px;color:#fff;">FundexpandedintoAIandroboticsinJuly</tdstyle="border:1pxsolid#fff;padding:8px;color:#fff;"><tdstyle="border:1pxsolid#fff;padding:8px;color:#fff;">HaunVentures<tdstyle="border:1pxsolid#fff;padding:8px;color:#fff;">1 billion </tdstyle="border:1pxsolid#fff;padding:8px;color:#fff;"></tdstyle="border:1pxsolid#fff;padding:8px;color:#fff;"><table style="border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%;"> <thead> <tr> <th style="border: 1px solid #fff; padding: 8px; text-align: left; color: #fff;">Firm or Fund</th> <th style="border: 1px solid #fff; padding: 8px; text-align: left; color: #fff;">Figure</th> <th style="border: 1px solid #fff; padding: 8px; text-align: left; color: #fff;">Context</th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td style="border: 1px solid #fff; padding: 8px; color: #fff;">a16z crypto</td> <td style="border: 1px solid #fff; padding: 8px; color: #fff;">Close to $10 billion across five funds</td> <td style="border: 1px solid #fff; padding: 8px; color: #fff;">Raised since its first&nbsp;350millionvehiclelaunchedin2018</td></tr><tr><td style="border: 1px solid #fff; padding: 8px; color: #fff;">Raised during the 2022&nbsp;bull market</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border: 1px solid #fff; padding: 8px; color: #fff;">Paradigm</td> <td style="border: 1px solid #fff; padding: 8px; color: #fff;">1.2billion</td></tr><tr><td style="border: 1px solid #fff; padding: 8px; color: #fff;">Raised in May with plans to back financial startups outside crypto</td> </tr> </tbody> </table></div>a16z’s fourth vehicle remains its largest crypto fund. Paradigm has also widened its focus, while Framework Ventures and Haun Ventures have expanded their mandates beyond strictly crypto investments. Paradigm had already removed crypto and&nbsp;<a href="https://coin360.com/glossary/web3-companies-projects">Web3</a> language from its homepage in 2023 as reports linked the firm to AI, robotics and other frontier technologies.Crypto venture funding has also declined from the previous year. DefiLlama data showed investment into crypto startups at about $5 billion during the first quarter of 2026, compared with roughly $6 billion a year earlier.<div class="page-break" style="page-break-after:always;">&nbsp;</div><h2>Ali Yahya Plans Departure as a16z Broadens Focus</h2>General partner Ali Yahya has told some investors that he plans to leave a16z and work on his own startup. Yahya joined the firm in 2017 as the crypto team’s first full-time member and was promoted to general partner in 2021.The planned change also leaves Chris Dixon closely associated with the existing crypto operation. Dixon’s a16z crypto biography continued to list him as founder and managing partner of a16z crypto when the reported rebrand emerged. Leo Schwartz called the move “a symbolic shift for one of the most prominent crypto venture operations,” noting Dixon’s longstanding role as a public face of the Web3 movement.This article has been refined and enhanced by ChatGPT.

a16z rebrands crypto fund as a16z Frontier expanding investment mandate