Japan Considers Stablecoin Tax Refunds for Foreign Tourists
JPYC and Japan Tax-Free began exploring stablecoin refunds in March, giving the latest discussion an existing private-sector starting point. Japan’s transport and tourism minister, Tatsunori Ibayashi, told a parliamentary committee on October 21 that the government would consider using…
OpenSea faces push for Bitcoin Ordinals and Runes trading support
Bitcoin Ordinals and Runes supporters have renewed calls for native trading on OpenSea after Leonidas shared a comment attributed to a company marketer saying community feedback helps shape its product roadmap. Summary Leonidas has asked OpenSea to add native support…
Experts Warn of Systemic Risks as Crypto Lending Vaults Cross $10B
Key Takeaways DeFi lending deposits surged past $10 billion from $4 billion in early 2025, driven by institutional investors. Experts warn that collateral reuse and liquidity mismatches across platforms could trigger systemic contagion. Echo Base and Zigfinance executives advocate for…
Bitcoin ETFs Turn October Positive With $1 Billion in Three Days While ETH Funds Bleed $1 Billion
U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs took in $524.8 million on Wednesday, October 21, their third big day in a row, turning October’s flows positive after a rough start as buyers came back into BTC USD. ETH ETFs went the other way….
XRP Ledger’s Latest Fix Pushed to November After Voting Setback
XRPL’s bug fix was nearly ready to go live, but a brief voting dip reset the 14-day countdown. The XRP Ledger’s latest bug fix has been delayed until November after validator support briefly fell below the required threshold, just…
DeFi Giant Uniswap Taps 7 Rival Liquidity Sources to Burn UNI Tokens
Key Takeaways The DEX giant Uniswap launched Aggregator Hooks on Oct. 22, connecting seven external liquidity sources across three chains. Uniswap v4 collects protocol fees from trades routed through competing exchanges, contributing to UNI burns. Uniswap’s expansion builds on its…
Solana’s Reflect launches stablecoin creation in one transaction
Reflect has launched Create on Solana, offering users a way to issue a branded yield-bearing stablecoin in one transaction and choose how interest is divided among holders. Summary Create lets users launch branded tokens and choose how interest is shared….
Franklin’s XRP ETF Buys $2.25 Million as Bitwise’s Fund Sells: Is Wall Street Losing Interest in XRP, or Just Waiting?
U.S. spot XRP ETFs took in a net $708,510 on Wednesday, October 21, their first inflow in a week, as Franklin Templeton’s XRPZ bought $2.25 million of XRP. Bitwise XRP ETF lost $1.55 million. Two empty days came before it….
Ethereum Draft Targets Faster Finality and Future Quantum Defense
Key Takeaways Ethereum researchers propose cutting expected transaction finality from 16 minutes to 4 minutes. Ethereum’s Decoupled Consensus design separates block selection from finality voting. The proposal targets stronger security but has no approved implementation date. Ethereum Researchers Propose Cutting…
MemeCore (M) Flips Pepe (PEPE) After Pumping 25% in a Day: Details
M is now the fourth-biggest meme coin. The meme coin sector took a hard hit in the latest market-wide correction, with Dogecoin (DOGE), Shiba Inu (SHIB), and many others posting daily losses. MemeCore (M), though, defied the red wave,…
