DeFi
Draft ERCs give AI agents units and income records
Two draft Ethereum standards, ERC-8454 and ERC-8004, propose shared registries and wallet-linked income histories for AI economic activity on Ethereum.
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Nadia Rahman
Markets Editor · 9 years covering crypto · 442 stories
Nadia Rahman is CoinScoop's Markets Editor. She covers Bitcoin, macro liquidity and the spot-ETF complex, and previously reported on rates and FX for a global newswire.
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Ethereum
EIP-8279 tightens gas accounting ahead of Glamsterdam
A new Ethereum EIP commit for EIP-8279 tightens gas accounting, removing an unsafe refund path and adding execution-gas budget checks ahead of the Glamsterdam hard fork.
Markets
Binance adds five bStocks as collateral, four equity perpetuals
Binance is adding five bStocks as collateral for margin accounts and launching four USDⓈ-margined perpetual contracts tied to listed companies, all on October 21.
Analysis
JPMorgan puts Bitcoin at 10% annual return for a decade
JPMorgan's latest report projects Bitcoin to return 10% annually over the next decade, placing it above traditional assets like U.S. equities and gold.
News
Mastercard puts pre-settlement risk scores on stablecoin payments
Mastercard launched Stablecoin Security, an API-driven tool providing pre-settlement fraud, scam, and sanctions screening for stablecoin payments, starting in North America.
Altcoins
Zcash proposal targets quantum links in shielded pools
New Zcash proposals, Flock and Zakura, aim to protect shielded transactions from quantum attacks by enabling recovery for privacy pools and one-time viewing keys.
News
Qubic freezes chain after 1,400 wallets drained by weak seeds
Qubic froze its layer-1 network after an attacker drained $1.4 million from over 1,400 wallets due to weak seed generation, with 87.1% of funds frozen on-chain.
DeFi
Binance sets VELODROME-to-AERO migration timetable
Binance has released its schedule for converting Velodrome Finance (VELODROME) tokens to Aerodrome (AERO) at a 1:0.044 ratio, with the combined protocol launching October 21, 2026.
Analysis
Ethereum EIPs add LLVM compiler claiming up to 971x gains
Ethereum EIPs received two commits adding an LLVM optimizing compiler, claiming performance gains of up to 971x over interpreted bytecode in benchmarks.
DeFi
EIP-29991 proposes dividend-paying equity tokens
EIP-29991 proposes adding dividend accounting to ERC-20 equity tokens, allowing one immutable dividend asset per share with defined distribution and withdrawal functions.
