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J.P. Morgan long-term Bitcoin forecasts and risks
J.P. Morgan Asset Management included Bitcoin in its Long-Term Capital Market Assumptions (LTCMA) for the first time in the 2027 edition, modeling a 10% annual compounded return over the next 10–15…
JPM Coin expansion to Ethereum for institutional clients
JPMorgan announced that JPM Coin is being expanded to the Ethereum network and opened to institutional clients.
Drift protocol theft and asset movements to Tornado Cash
This narrative synthesizes reporting on the April 1 Drift Protocol exploit and the October on-chain movements tied to the attackers.
Sophon mainnet shutdown and withdrawal deadline
Sophon announced it will permanently shut down its mainnet on November 30, 2026, and set November 25, 2026 as the deadline for users to withdraw assets.
GENIUS Act and the rollout of payment stablecoin rules
The story centers on the U.S. Treasury’s proposed rule to implement Section 3 of the GENIUS Act and industry responses, notably a 26-page comment letter from the Blockchain Association submitted on…
Ethereum Glamsterdam testnet preparation and implications
Ethereum developers and network operators are preparing the Glamsterdam protocol bundle to activate on the Hoodi testnet at 17:42:48 UTC on October 26, 2026. The Foundation set the Hoodi epoch at…
BlackRock's push to integrate tokenized funds into finance
BlackRock has accelerated the conversion of traditional financial products into blockchain-based tokens and is now focusing on getting those tokenized assets accepted inside conventional banking and…
XRP Ledger software updates and lending plans
The XRP Ledger is processing a cluster of interrelated amendment proposals and software releases that split along maintenance fixes and new financial features.
Bitmine Ethereum treasury accumulation strategy
Bitmine Immersion Technologies continued its Ethereum accumulation, reporting a purchase of 12,535 ETH last week that raised its treasury to 6,041,481 ETH as of October 18. Using a 122.1…
Qubic network halt and QU token theft aftermath
Qubic halted its mainnet on October 18 after an attacker exploited weak wallet recovery seeds to drain roughly 2.94 trillion QU tokens from more than 1,400 accounts, a loss reported at about…
Cysic bridge exploit and unauthorized CYS issuance
Cysic reported that it suspended its cross-chain bridge after an attacker exploited a processing flaw to mint 10 million CYS on BNB Smart Chain on October 17. The project’s preliminary findings point…
BAYC Mudwater trading cards on Solana collection
Yuga Labs launched Mudwater, a physical-and-digital trading card collection built on Solana and targeted at Bored Ape Yacht Club (BAYC) and Mutant Ape Yacht Club (MAYC) holders.
Investigation into international money-laundering and crypto networks
Thai immigration police arrested a 37-year-old Chinese national identified in reports as Mr. Wu (also named Wu Chaoshuai) at a luxury housing estate in Bangkok’s Saphan Sung district.
Crypto PACs and the high-stakes Ohio Senate contest
Fairshake’s network and allied super PACs have concentrated a large portion of the crypto industry’s 2026 political spending on one pivotal special election in Ohio.
Anthropic and AI’s Macroeconomic Impact on the US
At the IMF and World Bank meetings in Bangkok, Anthropic co-founder Jack Clark presented his company’s internal economic model, saying rapid AI adoption could raise U.S.