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BNY now offers XRP and RLUSD custody to eligible institutional clients, but Ripple’s announcement disclosed no funded XRP balance or new purchase. Separately, C2FO plans a limited, US-only RLUSD settlement rollout on the XRP Ledger through its Instant Pay platform.
X100 and Arkadiko suffered separate governance attacks after newly acquired voting power gained immediate authority. X100’s attacker used locked tokens and a flash loan, while Arkadiko’s vote activated a malicious vault contract, producing losses estimated at millions of dollars.
Polymarket’s five-minute Bitcoin markets now use 60-second averaged benchmarks rather than single snapshots. Early research found that a previously observed Binance settlement-time trading pattern subsided, but it did not establish current wallet profits or eliminate every possible manipulation strategy.
Zcash’s community is divided over whether to end, reduce or preserve developer funding as its grants program holds more than $125 million. The dispute follows rising ZEC prices, stronger privacy-transaction activity and growing institutional exposure to the cryptocurrency.
OpenAI says its AI system has challenged the Exponential Time Hypothesis through a result involving SAT problems. Researchers are reviewing the claim, but it does not establish a practical attack on Bitcoin’s mining process, private keys or signature systems.
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said U.S. leadership in digital assets could reinforce the dollar’s global role. He pointed to stablecoins, demand for Treasury securities and possible agency-led crypto safeguards after Congress failed to pass the Clarity Act.
The US midterm elections could determine whether the CLARITY Act advances or remains stalled, TD Cowen says. A Democratic sweep would be the biggest obstacle, while a Republican Senate—or a wider Republican victory—could improve the bill’s prospects.
NEXTPredict brought prediction-market exchanges, trading firms and policymakers together in New York as the industry explored uses beyond elections and sports. Speakers discussed a $3 million weather-related hedge, the limits of polling comparisons, financial contracts, regulation and faster news-driven trading.
Crypto groups have spent about $176 million across more than 100 U.S. midterm races, led by Fairshake, as the industry seeks bipartisan congressional support and a durable policy influence beyond President Donald Trump’s administration.
Bitcoin briefly fell below $80,000 as technology shares weakened and investors awaited the Federal Reserve’s rate decision. Spot Bitcoin ETFs recorded more than $773 million in outflows over two days, while analysts warned that macroeconomic uncertainty could keep cryptocurrency volatility elevated.
Meta has launched a planned $95 billion capital raise to support artificial-intelligence initiatives, while investors navigate falling oil prices, sharp losses in Brazil, major technology earnings and interest-rate decisions from three central banks.
Cardano developers have merged key Leios consensus and networking components as the blockchain targets an initial three-to-fivefold capacity increase and a potential 10-to-15fold expansion later. Testing, governance approvals and operator readiness remain necessary before the upgrade can be deployed.
Electrum has patched a vulnerability that let malicious servers replace pending Bitcoin payments before users increased transaction fees. At least one user lost funds, while the number of affected wallets and total stolen remain unknown. Version 4.8.3 addresses the reported attack.
The UK Financial Conduct Authority has proposed enhanced due diligence for crypto transfers involving personal wallets, while criticizing unexplained third-party risk scores and rigid tracing limits. The nonbinding consultation runs until December 24, 2026, before final guidance is issued.
Canada has proposed rules that would let eligible stablecoin holders redeem any amount directly with an issuer, with redemptions generally due within three business days and fees capped at 1%. The framework remains under consultation and is intended for implementation in fall 2027.
Lido has activated its 0x02 Community Staking Module, giving permissionless operators access to Ethereum validators with effective balances of up to 2,048 ETH. Operators bond 32 ETH for the first key, while initial capacity is limited to roughly 32 seed deposits.
Tether’s effort to bring AI agents into Bitcoin mining is expanding through 15 MDK integration commitments, but machine autonomy still depends on human approval, site permissions, software versions and the network paths used to reach equipment.
An October 23 exploit drained the reserve backing bridged USDC on Initia, causing withdrawals to fail as the Noble-held reserve fell from about $1 million to $63. Initia halted its network and rollups, while recovery, a patch and an audit remained underway.
