Markets
Binance adds four tokenized stocks as collateral and pairs
Binance adds JPMorgan Chase, Eli Lilly, Securitize Corp, and StablecoinX Inc. as tokenized stocks (bStocks) on October 7, allowing them as collateral.
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Nadia Rahman
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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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DeFi
Arbitrum weighs 100M ARB boost for USDG strategy
Arbitrum DAO is considering a proposal to make Paxos-issued USDG a core strategic initiative, tied to a requested 100 million ARB expansion of the DRIP program.
Altcoins
Solana Foundation launches institutional DvP settlement program
The Solana Foundation launched an open-source DvP settlement program for financial institutions, aiming for atomic transactions and finality in seconds.
News
FinCEN withdraws crypto mixing and self-hosted wallet proposals
FinCEN has withdrawn its 2023 proposal on crypto mixing and a 2020 proposal targeting self-hosted wallets, citing privacy concerns and potential chilling effects on lawful activity.
Altcoins
Zcash NU7 testnet cuts target block time to 25 seconds
Zcash activated its NU7 upgrade on a public test network, reducing target block time from 75 seconds to 25 seconds, a 66.67% reduction.
Analysis
Ethereum EIP puts write age into PBT leaves
A new Ethereum Improvement Proposal (EIP) adapts EIP-8188's last-written-block signal for Ethereum's Partitioned Binary Tree, adding 4 bytes to storage leaves while keeping account size flat.
Ethereum
Ethereum Magicians draft two-registry governance framework
Ethereum Magicians have drafted the Agent Collective Decision Framework (ACDF), a two-registry governance model for on-chain decisions by agents, humans, or contracts.
Analysis
CityVest borrowed $425,000 from advised funds without disclosing the conflicts
CityVest and its subsidiary CV Manager borrowed $425,000 from advised funds for operating expenses, including payroll, without disclosing conflicts to investors, leading to an SEC settlement.
Altcoins
Arbitrum proposal adds an L1 recovery vote with a 25-day timelock
A new Arbitrum proposal introduces an L1 recovery vote with a 25-day timelock, allowing repairs on Ethereum if L2 governance and Security Council fail.
News
Arbitrum pauses Stylus activation without disclosing specific risks
Arbitrum's Security Council paused Stylus activation and installed a One-Step Proof guard for BoLD due to undisclosed "known risks," setting activation cost prohibitively high.
