News
South Korea blocks 27 unregistered crypto exchange websites
South Korea's Financial Intelligence Unit has blocked 27 unregistered crypto exchange websites, including KuCoin and BitMart, extending app restrictions to web access.
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Markets
Tether backs EFY Finance for institutional stablecoin use in Latin America
Tether invested in EFY Finance to boost institutional stablecoin use in Latin America, integrating USD₮ and USA₮ into EFY's payments and custody infrastructure across 17 countries.
Markets
Blur’s frontend is shutting down after a 99.5% volume collapse
Blur's frontend is shutting down on November 12 after its monthly trading volume collapsed by over 99.5% to under $7 million.
Analysis
Aave weighs USDe listing on X Layer
Aave is considering listing Ethena's USDe on Aave V3 on X Layer, but LlamaRisk requires $5 million in local DEX liquidity first.
Altcoins
DATA Network retires its chain for Sui after $30M investment
DATA Network is abandoning its independent blockchain and moving its AI training data protocol to Sui, backed by a $30 million investment from the Sui Foundation.
Altcoins
XRP Ledger patches bug that could have minted 180 times its supply
An overflow bug in the XRP Ledger's payment engine, present since 2015, could have minted 18 trillion XRP, 180 times its supply, before being patched by RippleX.
DeFi
Arbitrum holds RAD dollar budgets flat even as ARB climbs
Arbitrum's OpCo maintains flat dollar budgets for its RAD program in Q4 2026, decoupling delegate compensation from ARB's recent price increase.
![Arbitrum holds RAD dollar budgets flat even as [ticker ARB] climbs](https://coinscoop.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/article-1379-200x130.png)
News
CFTC Puts Prediction Markets Inside Swap Rules, Exempts Gambling
The CFTC proposed rules to classify sports, politics, and weather contracts as swaps, while exempting sportsbook wagers and casino games from its definition.
Bitcoin
DOJ targets 127,271 BTC in Iran forfeiture push
The US Department of Justice has filed forfeiture complaints targeting over $1 billion in crypto, including 127,271 BTC, allegedly tied to the Iranian government.
![DOJ targets 127,271 [ticker BTC] in Iran forfeiture push](https://coinscoop.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/article-1369-200x130.png)
Ethereum
EIP-8440 proposes recursive proofs for Ethereum execution sync
EIP-8440 proposes recursive proofs for Ethereum execution sync, replacing 110,000 payloads and 21 GB of data with a single verification.
