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Blockchain

XRP Ledger's fixCleanup3_4_0 Slips to 4 November After a Two-Hour Dip

Support fell to 26 of 35 validators for about two hours on Wednesday, resetting a 14-day clock. The fix had been due at 09:34 UTC on Friday.

· 23 Oct 2026· 🕐 3 min read

News

HSBC's RedCoin Goes Live on PayMe as Wallet Timing Splits Accounts

RedCoin reached PayMe on Friday, redeemable one-for-one for Hong Kong dollars. Three accounts of the same launch disagree on when a wallet can be activated.

· 23 Oct 2026· 🕐 3 min read

Blockchain

Solana's Alpenglow Switch Completes, 446 of 654 Validators Certify

The handover took about 900 milliseconds and validator votes now sit off chain. The 150ms finality figure is still a target; no account reports a measured result.

· 22 Oct 2026· 🕐 3 min read

DeFi

Drift Exploiter Returns to Tornado Cash as Three Tallies Diverge

Three trackers counted the same day's deposits and published 13,400, 19,600 and 25,700 ETH. What the wallets still hold does not reconcile either.

· 22 Oct 2026· 🕐 3 min read

News

Bybit Announces a Dubai Spot Licence, VARA's Register Shows an IPA

Bybit said on Thursday that VARA licensed its Dubai entity for spot trading. The regulator's public register still lists an in-principle approval from 2024.

· 22 Oct 2026· 🕐 3 min read

Market

Bitcoin ETFs Take $1.08B in Three Sessions as BTC Slips Under $82K

Three sessions brought about $1.08 billion into US spot bitcoin funds. By Thursday morning the price had given back Wednesday's high and sat under $82,000.

· 22 Oct 2026· 🕐 3 min read

Blockchain

Zcash Sets NU7 at Block 3,543,405 While the Spec Says Undecided

The height puts activation around 5 November and cuts block time to 25 seconds. ZIP-259 still lists it as undecided, and two accounts of the review differ.

· 22 Oct 2026· 🕐 3 min read

News

FCA Sets 18 November Deadline on DeFi and Crypto Perimeter Drafts

Two papers landed on Wednesday: non-Handbook DeFi guidance and five proposed exclusions from the perimeter. Final text is planned for January 2027.

· 22 Oct 2026· 🕐 3 min read

Altcoin

Dogecoin Labs Takes Over MyDoge, DogeOS and Such App Under One CEO

A wallet with more than 500,000 users, an EVM app layer and a merchant payments beta now sit in one organization, with MyDoge's founder as chief executive.

· 21 Oct 2026· 🕐 3 min read

News

OCC's Final Stablecoin Rule Drops the Yield Presumption It Proposed

The rule takes effect on 18 January 2027. Issuers still cannot pay interest for holding a stablecoin, but affiliate arrangements lose an automatic presumption.

· 21 Oct 2026· 🕐 3 min read

News

Ripple Backs the SEC's Crypto Rule, Others Want Its Caps Raised

The comment window on Regulation Crypto Assets closed on 20 October. Ripple asked the SEC to adopt it as written; the Blockchain Association wants $150M.

· 21 Oct 2026· 🕐 3 min read

Market

Ether ETF Outflows Pass $1.08B in October as Bitcoin Funds Add $550M

US spot Ether ETFs have shed $1.08 billion since 1 October, erasing September's inflows, while bitcoin funds took in about $550 million across two sessions.

· 21 Oct 2026· 🕐 3 min read