Viral French Shopkeeper Turned Into a Million-Dollar Meme Coin Overnight
Key Takeaways PIERRE climbed from a $9,700 to over $1.7M market cap on Oct. 19, with $5.9M traded on Pumpswap in 24 hours. One Pump.fun trader turned $200 into $34,000, while 96.8% of 413,579 wallets made under $500 or lost…
PR: Best Crypto Exchanges for 100x Leverage Trading in 2026
Weekly Crypto Roundup Get the weekly briefing for Philippine crypto insiders, from the country’s longest-standing crypto and blockchain news publication. A 100x label on an exchange banner is easy to read and hard to interpret. It tells you the maximum…
Tron Quietly Outearns Ethereum, Base, Solana and Six More Chains
Key Takeaways Tron booked $23.41M in 30-day revenue per Defillama, ahead of Ethereum’s $6.34M and Solana’s $3.4M. Tron holds about $94.5B of the $302B stablecoin supply, the base for its fee income. Tron’s 30-day revenue slipped 4.2% from the prior…
Crypto Executives Forecast Market Growth, AI Integration as TOKEN2049 Concludes in Singapore
Weekly Crypto Roundup Get the weekly briefing for Philippine crypto insiders, from the country’s longest-standing crypto and blockchain news publication. Digital asset executives projected multi-trillion-dollar market expansions and unveiled onchain infrastructure for artificial intelligence as the TOKEN2049 conference concluded its…
Seoul Court Acquits ‘Jonber Kim’ in Massive $253M Crypto Scam
Key Takeaways A Seoul court acquitted influencer ‘Jonber King’ in a $253M crypto fraud and token manipulation case. Judges ruled prosecutors failed to prove white papers or fake proposals directly caused investor losses. The acquittal comes as South Korea deploys…
DICT, BetterGov.PH to Co-Develop Official Philippine Government Web Portal
Weekly Crypto Roundup Get the weekly briefing for Philippine crypto insiders, from the country’s longest-standing crypto and blockchain news publication. The Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) and civic tech volunteer network BetterGov.PH will co-develop the official national government…
Lagarde Advances Digital Euro to Defend EU Financial Autonomy
Key Takeaways ECB President Christine Lagarde confirmed a 12-month digital euro pilot set to launch in late 2027. The digital euro aims to protect Europe’s monetary sovereignty against the rise of US-led stablecoins. Full rollout by 2028 or 2029 hinges…
Wall Street Braces for Black Monday’s Return 39 Years Later
Key Takeaways The Dow plunged 22.6% on Oct. 19, 1987, and its 39th anniversary falls on another Monday. Oil above $100, AI stock losses and inflation have revived Black Monday fears across Wall Street. Bitcoin has held near $82,000, while…
Why RWA Tokenization and Onchain Credit Could Boost XRP Demand
Key Takeaways XRPL Commons’ Odelia Torteman cited $2B RLUSD market cap and top-3 RWA ranking as drivers of institutional adoption. XRPL Commons is partnering with AWS and Mastercard for its 2025 New York hackathon to incubate emerging startups. XRP briefly…
This Week in Crypto Law (October 18, 2026)
The opinion editorial below was written by Michael Handelsman for Kelman.Law. This Week in Crypto Law This week’s developments show courts and regulators addressing crypto through several distinct legal frameworks. A federal court declined to erase a settled CFTC enforcement…
