Binance.US has reportedly applied for US regulatory approval to offer prediction markets, joining a wave of crypto exchanges racing to bring the product to American customers — Financial Times

Ripple backed the SEC's Regulation Crypto Assets proposal in a 20-page comment letter, arguing the investment contract, not the token, is the security and oversight should end once issuer promises are met — crypto.news

An unnamed institution lost about $2.84M to North Korea-linked SquidSquad on BNB Chain, with the attacker laundering 1,111 ETH via Tornado Cash and Tron to Chinese OTC desks — ZachXBT

An institutional entity lost about $2.3M in MORPHO, now sent to Tornado Cash, less than two weeks after the same wallet lost $3.5M, with both thefts using EIP-7702 delegation — ZachXBT

Sophon will permanently shut down its zkSync-based mainnet on November 30, giving users until November 25 to withdraw SOPH, ETH, USDC and claim staking and farm rewards — crypto.news

Crypto market cap rose 39.6% in Q3 to about $3T, ending a three-quarter losing streak, while spot volume on top-10 exchanges fell 14.2% to $1.65T — CoinGecko

Tether led a $15M Series A in Mural, a payments startup founded by ex-Palantir engineers that lets AI agents move money with spending limits and approvals, lifting its total funding to $28M — CoinDesk

Zcash set its NU7 upgrade for block 3,543,405, expected around November 5, cutting block times from 75 to 25 seconds and shutting down Sprout, leaving unmoved funds unspendable — CoinDesk

Trump will spotlight a crackdown on foreign networks luring Americans into fake crypto investments today, with seizures of fraudulent crypto sites, as FBI scam complaints topped 1M last year — Reuters

UK bank customers filed 10,092 complaints over blocked transfers to crypto exchanges in 90 days, led by Lloyds with 2,297, while Starling, TSB and Chase UK block them entirely — Decrypt

Upbit is listing AXIS Robotics (AXIS) for spot trading against the Korean won, bitcoin and USDT, with trading opening on October 21 — Upbit

The OCC issued a final rule implementing the GENIUS Act, becoming the first US federal regulator to finalize stablecoin rules under the Trump-signed law — The Block

OpenSea opened its mobile app to everyone on iOS and Android, letting users trade tokens and NFTs across 25+ chains, follow other traders and track a self-custodial portfolio in one place — OpenSea

Dogecoin Labs launched with the Dogecoin Foundation, merging MyDoge, DogeOS, Such App and Foundation dev teams under CEO Jordan Jefferson to build a DOGE economy beyond memes — The Block

Shinhan Card, with about 20M cardholders, and SBI units are testing yen stablecoin payments so Japanese visitors could pay by card in South Korea, with no launch timeline yet — CoinDesk

Standard Chartered signed definitive agreements to buy 100% of crypto custodian Zodia Custody, folding it into its Securities Services unit pending regulatory approval — The Block

SkyAI, formerly Sharps Technology and once the fifth-largest Solana treasury company, sold all its SOL and is buying back up to 95% of its shares in a $201M tender offer — The Block

Kalshi will let some clients post crypto as collateral for leveraged perpetual-futures trades through bitcoin-backed loans under a new arrangement with a digital-asset lender — Bloomberg

Staked ETH hit a record 36.4% of total supply, up 6.55 percentage points from 29.8% at the start of 2026 — The Block

Grayscale opened in-kind investing across 10 ETPs, letting eligible investors swap BTC, ETH, SOL, XRP, DOGE, HYPE, ZEC and other tokens directly for fund shares without selling for cash first — Grayscale

S&P Global led a strategic investment in crypto market data firm Kaiko, extending its Series B to $110M, with BNP Paribas, Nasdaq Ventures, Coinbase Ventures and RBC also joining — Kaiko