Zcash Co-Founders Clash Over Future of $125M Grant Fund
Key TakeawaysZODL founder Josh Swihart has opposed Sean Bowe’s plan, calling the sole shutdown of ZCG a half measure.Zcash’s $125 million ZCG treasury sparks debate over funding concentration and market uncertainty.The draft ZIP proposes…
Bitcoin backed mortgages coming to Canada? APX opens waitlist, terms pending
APX Lending, a Toronto-based cryptocurrency lending company, has announced its plans to introduce Bitcoin -backed mortgages in Canada in the first quarter of 2027.
The proposed product would allow homebuyers to use their Bitcoin…
FEC Reports Filing System Down, Potentially Obscuring Crypto PAC Spending
The US Federal Election Commission (FEC) filing system is offline after reports of a hack, potentially obscuring expenditures by super political action committees (PACs) and other groups in the final days before the 2026 midterm…
DTCC Subsidiary Launches Tokenization Services
The Depository Trust Company (DTC), a subsidiary of The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC), has launched tokenization services enabling eligible users to mint tokenized representations of securities held at DTC.DTCC clients…
Lido Launches 0x02 Staking Module for Ethereum Validators Up to 2,048 ETH
TLDR
Lido activated its 0x02 Community Staking Module on October 23, letting operators run Ethereum validators of up to 2,048 ETH.
Operators bond 32 ETH for the first key and 30 ETH for each additional key, while Lido supplies…
XRP Price Barely Moves on Ripple OCC Approval as Whales Control 68.5% of Supply
Key TakeawaysRipple gained OCC trust bank approval, but XRP remained stagnant between $1.29 and $1.31.The disconnect from positive news sparked retail investor frustration and claims of market suppression.Santiment Intelligence reported…
Justin Sun now holds 2.82% of PEPE supply – The biggest individual holder
In a recent post on X, Arkham Intelligence noted that Justin Sun has a massive amount of PEPE in his official and predicted wallets, amounting to almost 3% of the total supply (worth $51.25 million). What’s more, this came into his…
CFTC Files Lawsuit Against Utah Over Prediction Markets
The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) announced legal action against Utah officials after the state’s attorney general said he would sue to compel Kalshi and its affiliates to return up to $60 million in profits allegedly…
Zcash Turns 10 as Grayscale Highlights Its 20% Developer Fund
Key TakeawaysZcash turns 10 on Oct. 28, with 20% of block rewards funding development and ecosystem grants.Sprout, Sapling, Orchard, and Ironwood show how protocol funding has sustained technical upgrades.Its next decade will hinge on…
Ethereum Pauses Glamsterdam Hoodi Fork Over EIP-8037 and EIP-8038 Gas Risks
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Ethereum core developers delayed the Glamsterdam fork on Hoodi after a ChainSecurity report.
Gas already spent can return mid-transaction, which lets the gasleft() value rise during execution.
A failed sub-call can…