Ethereum researcher Justin Drake warns that AIâdriven math could soon threaten ECDSA, urging a cautious shift to unused addresses, but the community remains divided on the urgency and practicality of such a move.
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Starknet is considering a move to Layerâ1 to achieve quantum resistance by 2027, requiring governance approval and major protocol changes.
Samsung has integrated Solanaâs USDC stablecoin into Samsung Wallet, enabling 82âŻmillion U.S. Galaxy users to send crossâborder payments instantly and at low cost, marking a major step toward mainstream crypto adoption.
Samsungâs new USDC feature lets 82âŻmillion Galaxy users send zeroâfee, instant crossâborder remittances to over 60 countries, turning the familiar Samsung Wallet into a mainstream stablecoin payment tool.
Securitize is tokenizing Apple, Nvidia, Tesla and other U.S. megaâcaps on Solana, with plans to list them on NYSEâs digital platform and the OKXICE venue, offering 24/7 trading, faster settlement, and new onâchain collateral possibilities.
Greece is drafting a 10% capitalâgains tax on crypto profits, exempting earnings under âŹ500, to align with EU standards while keeping the market attractive.
Samsung Wallet will let 82âŻmillion U.S. Galaxy users send USDC to crypto wallets or bank accounts abroad in late October, with no fee for crypto transfers and regulated custody via Bastion and Coinbase.
Lido announced a new, lowerârisk lending protocol called LidoâŻLend, a Morpho Blue fork that will feature isolated markets and deposit screening; the project is still awaiting DAO approval and an audit before launch.
Ethereum researcher Justin Drake warns that AI could break Bitcoin and Ethereum wallet security in months, urging large holders to move funds to new addresses with hidden public keysâa strategy dubbed âbunker mode.â
Greeceâs draft bill proposes a 10âŻ% tax on crypto capital gains, lower than the 15âŻ% rate officials floated earlier, with a âŹ500 exemption and a 12âmonth retroactive window for reporting gains.
Standard Chartered expands its crypto custody services to Singapore, adding a fourth jurisdiction to its global network.
DeusâŻX Capital is winding down in JanuaryâŻ2027 as its backers split into AI and fintech ventures, reflecting a broader shift of investor attention from crypto to artificial intelligence.
VitalikâŻButerin warns that AIâdriven math threatens current cryptographic schemes, urging the crypto community to pause hasty wallet migrations and adopt audited, multiâsignature, and postâquantumâready practices to safeguard funds.
Bitcoinâbacked loans are increasingly used for realâworld expenses like tuition and working capital, with lenders moving toward fixedârate products and expanding collateral beyond BTC to assets like gold, signaling a shift from speculative trading to mainstream credit.
Securitize and LGâŻCNS have teamed up to develop tokenizedâfund and stablecoin solutions for Korean banks, with a focus on market development, technology integration, and digitalâasset infrastructure, all pending regulatory approval.
Gateâs new GateâŻMoney app bundles cash, crypto, stocks, gold and more into one account, letting users convert and spend from any holdingâan ambitious push to make crypto a mainstream, everyday money app, especially in Asia.
Zcashâs shieldedâtransaction privacy is rising as AI exposes blockchain data, offering a scalable solution amid growing regulatory scrutiny.
Polygonâs OpenâŻMoneyâŻStack now supports TRON, enabling singleâintegration, lowâcost USDT transfers across chains for businesses.
Kazakhstanâs central bank is exploring a tengeâpegged stablecoin and asset tokenization with Tether, planning a pilot in Alatau City to test digitalâasset use cases under regulatory oversight.
Ethereumâs Titan PropAMM uses maker priority and freshness guarantees plus a payâperâuse update model to overcome latency and throughput challenges, enabling market makers to compete with Solanaâs highâvolume PropAMMs and reshaping the MEV and PBS landscape.
The U.S. government moved $100âŻmillion in Bitcoin and BNB from seized assets to custodial accounts, but it has not sold them or used taxpayer money to buy new crypto.
Solana Microscope is an openâsource tool that decodes program activity into Grafana dashboards and alerts, with builtâin health checks to keep the monitoring pipeline reliable.
The U.S. Treasury moved $103âŻmillion in seized Bitcoin and BNB to Coinbase Prime, consolidating assets from major forfeiture cases without announcing a sale, signaling a strategic rather than marketâdriven move.
Moodyâs has rated Sky Protocolâs USDS stablecoin B3, marking the first stablecoin rating and reflecting growing institutional interest in a transparent, dollarâbacked digital asset.
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