🦄 DeFi protocols generated around $600 million in fee revenue in September — with Uniswap leading at $136 million and Aave following with $100 million.

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🪙 BNB has surpassed USDT and XRP by market capitalization.

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🎖️ Gold is above $4 000 per ounce for the first time in history.

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🗽 The SEC is preparing an “innovation exemption” for crypto projects — a special regulatory framework that will allow startups to test blockchain solutions under the regulator’s supervision without fear of immediate lawsuits or fines.

This approach will make it possible to legally experiment with DeFi, tokenization, and payment services, while giving the SEC an opportunity to observe how these projects operate in real-world conditions.

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🪙 YZi Labs announces $1B Builder Fund.

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💸 Tether and Circle topped the ranking of projects with the highest monthly revenue in September.

Hyperliquid and PumpFun took second and third place in terms of earnings.

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💰 The Ethereum Foundation is forming a “Privacy Cluster” team to research and develop privacy features for the Ethereum network.

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🦊 MetaMask is launching futures trading and plans to integrate with Polymarket.

Meanwhile, Polymarket has announced two previously undisclosed funding rounds totaling $205 million, valuing the company at $1.2 billion.

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🪙 A former UBS executive revealed that his company, Solana Company, has acquired 2.2 million SOL ($525 million) for its balance sheet and plans to accumulate at least 5% of all SOL tokens (around $6 billion).

Partners include Pantera Capital and the Solana Foundation.

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☠️ Chainalysis estimates over $75B in crypto tied to illicit activity could be seized by governments and turned into strategic reserves.

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💸 Coinbase and Mastercard have begun negotiations to acquire stablecoin issuer BVNK, with the deal valued between $1.5 billion and $2.5 billion.

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🍷 Roger Ver, who was arrested in Spain last year, has reached a deal with the U.S. Department of Justice — charges of fraud and tax evasion will be dropped in exchange for a $48 million fine.

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🐳 Bank of America, Citibank, and Goldman Sachs are teaming up to launch a dollar-backed Stablecoin.

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