BNB Chain has reported 12.3 million smart contract deployments in the third quarter of 2026, nearly tripling from 4.5 million in Q2 as the network expanded its AI agent tools and recorded higher transaction activity despite fewer daily active users. Summary BNB Chain recorded 12.3 million Q3 contract deployments, up approximately 173% from the previous
U.S. spot Bitcoin ETF inflows hit $110 million on Monday, October 26. BlackRock’s IBIT supplied all of it, according to SoSoValue. Spot Ether ETFs moved the opposite way, with $88.58 million in net outflows. BlackRock sat on both sides of the tape. IBIT drew Bitcoin buyers, while its ETHA fund led Ether redemptions. The split
Four financial and cryptocurrency companies have reported data security incidents involving customer contact details and internal business information, with Coinbase, Bithumb, Mirae Asset Global Investments and Daishin Securities disclosing separate breaches. Summary Coinbase confirmed that a small amount of customer contact information was exposed through its analytics provider Amplitude. Bithumb reported unauthorized access to its
The tokenised commodities market has so far been dominated by gold, the easiest commodity to bring on-chain because of its liquidity, custody infrastructure and wide recognition as a global financial asset. The next opportunity lies in extending that model into markets where traditional access remains narrow, inefficient or largely reserved for specialist institutions. Tokenised commodities
Block-backed Bitcoin development group Spiral has warned that Bitcoin is struggling to gain traction as everyday money despite seven years of improvements to its payment technology, calling for ambitious proposals that could help it compete with increasingly popular stablecoins. Summary Spiral warns that Bitcoin’s everyday payment adoption remains weak despite seven years of technical progress.
Ripple opened Swell 2026 in New York on Tuesday, October 27, a day after winning final OCC approval for its national trust bank, while the 1 billion XRP it unlocked from escrow on October 1 has still not left its wallets. That last part is the XRP Ripple story most of this week’s coverage misses.
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. Summary Utah faces a federal lawsuit seeking to block state enforcement against federally regulated event-contract markets. Federal lawyers want protection covering registered exchanges, their affiliates and partners involved in
However, the White House’s broader push to regulate crypto markets suffered a setback after Congress failed to pass the Clarity Act, which would have established a federal framework for the industry. Bessent called the failure a disappointment but said the Treasury Department could work with regulatory agencies like the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and
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. Summary Anthropic has filed for a Nasdaq listing, with its offering price and share count still undetermined. Applying FTX’s former 7.84% stake to a hypothetical
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. Summary Regulators are examining whether Polymarket sufficiently restricted American access to its offshore prediction market. The reported review includes advertising, location controls and safeguards on the separate U.S. platform. Federal
