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Founders Fund led a $5 million purchase of Anvil’s ANVL governance tokens, with Pantera Capital, Bullish and other investors participating. The Ethereum-based protocol is also launching a software kit designed to help businesses use crypto collateral for financial guarantees without building blockchain code.
Crypto’s future may depend less on launching new tokens and more on building always-on markets for events, commodities and private companies. CoinDesk published an analysis arguing that blockchain networks could make price discovery itself a core product, provided infrastructure can support liquidity and speed.
Bitcoin and Ethereum showed limited movement while privacy coins Zcash and Monero outperformed during a quiet crypto session. Zcash remained below its September peak despite strong longer-term gains, while interest-rate uncertainty and weak US jobs data restrained the broader market.
An ECB executive board member warned that Europe could face greater payment fragmentation without a pan-European digital euro. The central bank has not decided whether to issue one, but a pilot could begin in 2027 and issuance could follow in 2029.
BlackRock says AI agents could become a major source of crypto demand as they begin making frequent, low-value payments for data, computing and other services. Its research favors stablecoins for everyday transactions and bitcoin for longer-term value preservation.
OKX has added Circle, Ripple, Qube Research & Technologies and Standard Chartered’s SC Ventures as strategic investors at a $25 billion pre-money valuation. The exchange is using those partnerships to expand stablecoin payments and launch OKX Money for mainstream users.
FinCEN is withdrawing proposed rules covering crypto held in unhosted wallets and cryptocurrency mixing. The decision removes planned reporting requirements and follows privacy concerns, while the agency says it will continue monitoring mixers for money laundering and terrorist financing.
A study published in the Journal of Financial Crime found that flash loan attacks caused $1.211 billion in DeFi losses across 72 incidents between February 2020 and July 2024, with Ethereum accounting for more than 80% of the damage.
Ripple Prime will provide Brevan Howard’s funds with multi-asset prime brokerage, clearing and financing across traditional and digital markets, expanding a relationship that includes a $500 million Ripple investment in 2025.
OKX has secured undisclosed investment from Circle, Ripple, QRT and Standard Chartered’s SC Ventures at a $25 billion pre-money valuation, as it expands into payments, stablecoins and tokenized U.S. stocks through a planned joint venture with ICE.
Ethereum’s Glamsterdam upgrade has launched on the Sepolia testnet, marking one of the final rehearsals before developers determine its Hoodi and mainnet activation dates. The upgrade targets improved scalability and efficiency through parallel processing, new block validation rules and higher gas capacity.
OKX has raised an undisclosed amount from existing partners and investors at a $25 billion valuation. The financing extends its March round, which brought in $200 million from ICE, while the exchange pursues a broader financial-technology strategy.
Real Vision founder Raoul Pal says a pause in AI stocks could let capital rotate into crypto, while a weaker dollar would improve market liquidity. He expects AI agents to increase activity on Ethereum and Solana, but says Ethereum’s greater capital concentration challenges claims that Solana will overtake it.
Arbitrum has joined Paxos’ Global Dollar Network and launched USDG across its decentralized-finance ecosystem. The Ethereum layer-2 is seeking a share of reserve-generated economics as stablecoin competition expands among blockchain, payments and financial companies.
Paxos has launched its $3.09 billion USDG stablecoin natively on Arbitrum, with integrations across major DeFi protocols and proposed incentives of 100 million ARB to support liquidity, adoption and ecosystem development.
Former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo says US crypto rules could be vulnerable after the midterm elections because Congress has not passed durable legislation. He is urging bipartisan action after the Senate failed to advance the CLARITY Act in September.
Polymarket has begun testing Protocol V2, a redesigned smart contract system for prediction markets, ahead of a tentative Nov. 2 switch for new markets. Existing positions will stay on the current system, while pUSD becomes the sole collateral token.
OKX has raised fresh capital from Circle, Ripple, Standard Chartered’s SC Ventures and Qube Research & Technologies at an unchanged $25 billion valuation, while its ICE-backed venture seeks approval to offer tokenized shares in 63 US companies.
