The XRP Ledger Foundation has added Flare to its recommended validator list and removed Anodos Finance at its own request, with the foundation and Ripple now publishing matching sets of 35 validator keys. XRP Ledger Foundation said in its announcement…

Bitcoin search interest has fallen to a reported five-year low, with BTC trading near $81,000, while Robinhood has reported a 55% annual decline in quarterly cryptocurrency revenue. According to Kalshi, Google search interest in Bitcoin has fallen to its lowest…

Trenton Johnston has been sentenced in Miami for his role in a cryptocurrency laundering scheme involving more than $13 million in stolen funds, after investigators linked the Canadian to fake support calls and demonstrations of his methods on Discord. According…

Solidus Labs has flagged more than $170 million in suspicious oil-linked perpetual orders on Hyperliquid during March’s energy-market volatility. Lookonchain said the activity involved two accounts between March 8 and 10, with large orders repeatedly canceled while trades were completed…

Blockchain.com has made TRX options available through its Trading Account as part of a seven-asset launch, with a $5 minimum premium and access restricted to eligible users outside the United States and other excluded markets. TRON DAO confirmed the availability…

The Federal Reserve has held its benchmark interest rate at 3.75%–4.00% on Oct. 28, with two officials favoring another quarter-point hike as Bitcoin trades near $80,800. The Federal Open Market Committee approved the decision by a 10–2 vote, according to…

A cryptocurrency user has lost approximately $50,000 in USDT to an address-poisoning attack on Ethereum, according to Scam Sniffer. Scam Sniffer said the fraudulent address matched the intended recipient’s first four and last six characters. The security platform shared the…

Morpho has passed $2 billion in deposits across its real-world asset lending markets, with outstanding loans approaching $900 million and tokenized credit and stock-backed borrowing available across its network. Morpho’s RWA dashboard recorded $2.145 billion in total deposits and $894.18…

Circle has reported 30% growth in USDC assets under custody on Kraken since their September 2025 partnership, alongside nearly 1 billion EURC traded on the exchange since listing. Circle, in an Oct. 28 post presenting its Kraken case study, said…

Bitwise has raised its long-term Bitcoin price forecast to $1.6 million by 2036, citing institutional demand, limited new supply, and growing demand for assets that can protect against currency debasement. Bitwise Asset Management released its 2027 Bitcoin Long-Term Capital Market…

Ethereum Name Service has launched ENSv2 on Ethereum mainnet, introducing individual registries for subnames and an optional commemorative NFT for wallets eligible under a June 1 snapshot. ENS Labs announced the Oct. 27 release alongside a redesigned ENS App and…

NFT farming games have drawn copycat criticism after Yield Fields sold out its 3,333-deed collection, with an Oct. 28 post describing six variations on the farming theme and questioning the quality of games built with AI. In an Oct. 28…

Tether and Circle have retained the top two places in DeFiLlama’s revenue rankings, with a combined $169.34 million over seven days, as the platform’s Oct. 28 data show lower weekly decentralized exchange trading activity. DeFiLlama’s Oct. 28 revenue table lists…

Ripple Swell has drawn reports of a planned appearance by U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, as the company has announced a Robinhood partnership covering RLUSD, institutional financing, and treasury management. Ripple’s October 27 announcement describes an agreement spanning both Robinhood’s…

Lynq and ZeroBeta have connected institutional borrowing and trading margin to tokenized U.S. Treasuries on Avalanche, allowing eligible pledged holdings to keep earning interest. Lynq’s announcement, published Oct. 27, describes an integration between its settlement network and ZeroBeta’s BlueShift risk…

Polymarket has faced renewed CFTC scrutiny over whether it honored the U.S. access restrictions tied to its $1.4 million settlement in 2022, according to Reuters. Reuters reported on Oct. 27, citing two people familiar with the matter, that the review…

Anthropic’s IPO filing has brought renewed attention to FTX’s $1.3 billion sale of its investment in the AI company, as an undiluted calculation puts the former stake above $100 billion. Anthropic announced on Oct. 26 that it had filed an…

Midnight has passed one million mainnet transactions, with Input Output Group announcing the milestone after Midnight Explorer reported a total of 1,019,963 on Oct. 27. Input Output Group said Midnight mainnet had passed one million transactions in an Oct. 27…

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission and the U.S. government have sued Utah over its enforcement against prediction markets, bringing the agency’s state jurisdiction challenges to 10. The CFTC’s Oct. 27 announcement said the lawsuit seeks to stop Utah from using…

FOMO’s offer of $500 a month for at least 30 promotional videos has sparked a dispute among crypto creators over production time, workload, and referral-based compensation. Eliza, a video creator, criticized the offer in an Oct. 26 X post that…