Altcoins
Bowe proposes ending Zcash’s automatic grants funding
Zcash co-founder Sean Bowe proposes ending automatic funding for Zcash Community Grants (ZCG), which holds 91,452.98 ZEC and $8.8 million in U.S. dollar-denominated assets.
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Marcus Feld is CoinScoop's DeFi and on-chain analyst. He digs into L2 activity, stablecoin flows and protocol revenue, translating raw chain data into plain-English calls.
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Bitcoin
Kraken opens BTC and ETH options to eligible EEA clients
Kraken has opened BTC and ETH options to eligible clients in the European Economic Area, offering cash-settled options with portfolio margin through existing Derivatives accounts.
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News
Arbitrum proposes controlled restart for Stylus activations
Arbitrum proposes a controlled restart for Stylus activations on Arbitrum One, allowing the Arbitrum Foundation to authorize audited contracts after a 21-day pause.
Markets
Binance to open PREDICTUSDT perpetual pre-market trading October 25
Binance Futures will launch PREDICTUSDT perpetual pre-market trading on October 25 at 08:15 UTC, offering up to 5x leverage for the Predict.fun token.
Ethereum
EIP-8425 tightens who can recover after Ethereum drops `ecRecover`
Ethereum's EIP-8425 proposal, updated on October 24, tightens account eligibility for post-ECDSA recovery and removes the `ecRecover` precompile at the quantum freeze time.
News
OCC finalizes GENIUS Act rules for stablecoin issuers
The OCC finalized GENIUS Act rules for stablecoin issuers, effective January 18, 2027, establishing a concrete framework for federally chartered banks.
Ethereum
Lighthouse v8.4.0-rc.0 lands four days before Hoodi’s Amsterdam fork
Lighthouse released v8.4.0-rc.0, a client build for validators to test before the Amsterdam fork activates on the Hoodi testnet on October 26, 2026.
DeFi
Compound guardian cancels Proposal 618 before voting
Compound's Community Multisig, acting as Proposal Guardian, cancelled Proposal 618 before voting opened, following a previous cancellation of Proposal 613.
DeFi
Aave V3.8 proposal pairs security upgrade with proposed risk cuts
Aave's V3.8 proposal focuses on a security upgrade with a transient-storage reentrancy guard, while LlamaRisk recommends tighter caps for USDe, LINK, and rETH.
Bitcoin
Mt. Gox pushes repayment deadline to 2027 with $2.8B still pending
Mt. Gox has extended its repayment deadline to October 31, 2027, for the sixth time, with approximately 34,388 BTC still awaiting distribution to creditors.
