Crypto Exchange Kraken Plans to Launch Its Own Blockchain Early Next Year - Bloomberg ($)

EURC stablecoin supply hits all-time high as market cap approaches $100 million - The Block

Kraken Picks Optimism for New Layer-2 Network, Joining Coinbase's Base on 'Superchain' - CoinDesk

Election-Betting Site Polymarket Says Trump Whale Identified as French Trader - Bloomberg ($)

Bitcoin options traders position for price gains post-U.S. election - The Block

GOAT is no longer Truth Terminal’s largest holding - Blockworks

Botanix Labs, builders behind innovative ‘spiderchain’ network, is the first Bitcoin Layer 2 to join Chainlink’s Scale program - The Block

Coinbase Ventures and a16z’s CSX bring Skyfire’s total funding raised to $9.5 million - The Block

Why Web3 VCs Are Embracing Crypto+AI - CoinDesk

Bitcoin Project BOB Maps Out How the Original Blockchain Could Take Over DeFi - CoinDesk

Chainlink Taps Botanix Labs to Expand Into Bitcoin for the First Time - CoinDesk

Kraken unveils new Ethereum L2 built on Optimism’s Superchain - Blockworks

Tigran Gambaryan Has Left Nigeria Following Months-Long Detention - CoinDesk

Kraken plans ‘Ink’ Ethereum Layer 2 launch in 2025 built using the OP Stack - The Block

Ankr announces TON blockchain integration designed to help developers build apps for Telegram - The Block

GnosisDAO is launching a new $40 million venture fund targeting real-world assets, crypto infrastructure and payments - The Block

How AI is pushing memecoins into their next big phase - Blockworks

Bitcoin could test its all-time high above $73,000 on day of US election, says Standard Chartered analyst - The Block

Fitness app Moonwalk that pays crypto for step tracking raises $3.4 million from Hack VC - Fortune

Coinbase sees AI agents and crypto driving economic boom day after CEO Brian Armstrong offers memecoin trading bot a wallet - The Block

Gary Gensler’s ‘reign of terror on crypto’ will soon end, says Ripple CEO - DL News