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Starknet has published an introduction to its Quantum-Safe Bitcoin (QSB) scheme, stating that StarkWare researchers have verified a quantum-safe locking mechanism on the Bitcoin mainnet that requires no soft fork, no new opcodes, and no changes to consensus rules. The first QSB output was spent on August 26, 2026, in Bitcoin mainnet block 964,199, with the associated GPU computation cost reduced from approximately $320 to about $50. QSB builds its locking mechanism through hash computation, but each transaction still requires substantial computation, and moving assets into the scheme still requires a traditional transaction that carries quantum risk. The transaction does not comply with Bitcoin Core's default relay rules, and there is currently no accompanying wallet, address format, or recovery process. StarkWare stated that QSB is an emergency research solution, and that the long-term solution still requires the introduction of post-quantum signature mechanisms via a soft fork. Starknet's full quantum resistance also depends on the progress of Ethereum's underlying upgrades.
Odaily reports: The Solana blockchain network plans to reduce its target block time from 250 milliseconds to 200 milliseconds when it enters Epoch 1053 on Friday, completing a series of缩短 adjustments that began at 400 milliseconds in August.This upgrade will enable the network to produce 5 blocks per second, while simultaneously lowering the compute cap per block to keep overall throughput roughly unchanged.Faster block production may reduce transaction latency and transaction arbitrage activity, but it will also increase validator voting demands, put pressure on network connectivity, and shorten the transaction validity window. (CoinDesk)
Odaily News: Digital asset project World Liberty Financial (WLFI) stated during a stablecoin panel discussion at Token2049 in Singapore that it plans to push USD1 onto major online enterprises. Mesh co-founder and CEO Bam Azizi, a payment infrastructure provider, announced a partnership with WLFI, allowing USD1 holders to use the stablecoin through its merchant network, with plans to go live this quarter.WLFI is backed by the family of U.S. President Donald Trump. Its issued USD1 is issued by BitGo, with reserves including cash, U.S. government money market funds, and other cash equivalents, aimed at maintaining a value of 1 U.S. dollar. USD1 has a market capitalization of approximately $4.45 billion.The U.S. Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) conditionally approved WLFI in August to establish a national trust bank for issuing dollar-backed stablecoins and custodying digital assets. WLFI CEO Zach Witkoff stated that USD1 is currently issued through BitGo, and after obtaining the trust bank charter, WLFI will assume issuance responsibility itself. (Cointelegraph)
Odaily News: Russia has registered its first batch of cryptocurrency exchange operators and digital asset custodians under new regulations that took effect on September 1. The Bank of Russia has published the list of the first authorized operators, including 4 exchange operators and 5 custodians.Sberbank, Russia's largest bank, has been included in the custodian list alongside Atomyze, Voltari, and Cloud Infrastructure. Sberbank stated that it has applied for digital asset custodian status and plans to launch its first crypto products on December 1 through the SberBank Online, SberInvestments, and SberBusiness platforms, initially supporting Bitcoin (BTC), Ether (ETH), and USDt (USDT).T-Invest Lab, Zefir, and Sistema-Crypto were included in the exchange operator list, while VTB Bank appears on both lists. The registrations are based on a cryptocurrency bill signed by Russian President Vladimir Putin in August, which brings exchanges, custodians, brokers, and investors under the supervision of the Bank of Russia, and maintains the prohibition on using cryptocurrency to pay for goods and services. (Cointelegraph)
Odaily reports: The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), in a filing submitted on Monday, cited the appellate ruling in the case of Roman Sterlingov, the operator of cryptocurrency mixer Bitcoin Fog, as supplementary grounds for opposing Tornado Cash developer Roman Storm's acquittal motion.U.S. prosecutors stated that the ruling supports their position that the Southern District of New York is the proper venue for the trial. Prosecutors argued that Shakeeb Ahmed used Tornado Cash in a Manhattan apartment, and that this activity is sufficient to establish venue for the money laundering and unlicensed money transmission conspiracy charges against Roman Storm.Judge Katherine Polk Failla heard arguments on Roman Storm's acquittal motion in April 2026 but has not yet issued a ruling. A jury in August 2025 convicted him of conspiracy to operate an unlicensed money transmitting business, but failed to reach a unanimous verdict on the money laundering and sanctions conspiracy charges, with a retrial tentatively scheduled for April 26, 2027. (Cointelegraph)
Odaily News: Prediction market platform Kalshi's 15-minute gold market recorded 542 million contracts traded in September, with estimated fees of approximately $5 million, surpassing the Ethereum market's 318 million contracts and $2.6 million; the Bitcoin market's estimated fees during the same period reached $60.4 million.The gold contract was launched in August, allowing traders to bet on whether gold would rise or fall within 15 minutes. Kalshi stated that its commodity trading volume reached $400 million within 7 months of launch, more than 4 times the trading volume of the crypto market during the same period.In the 7 days ending October 5, fees from 15-minute crypto, commodity, and financial markets reached $20.4 million, accounting for 80% of the platform's non-sports fees; this category of markets contributed 13% of trading volume and 20% of fees. (Cointelegraph)
former federal prosecutor Renato Mariotti pointed out that the SEC's crypto asset FAQ, published on September 25 and updated on September 28, is merely non-binding staff guidance that can serve as a reference but is not a "protective charm." The FAQ, issued by the SEC's Division of Corporation Finance, addresses topics including staking receipt tokens, decentralized network buyback programs, and how marketing communications fit into the Howey test, but it does not name any specific assets or protocols and only provides principle-based statements. Mariotti stated that the FAQ only reflects the views of SEC staff, has not been formally approved by the Commission, and carries no legal force; since the rule proposed on August 18 has not yet been finalized and the Clarity Act is stalled in Congress, industry participants still need to rely on staff commentary to make their own judgments regarding disclosure and token design.
Odaily News: Real-time data for decentralized trading platform Hyperliquid's 24/7 perpetual contracts is now available on the Bloomberg Terminal, allowing professional investors to monitor its contracts related to cryptocurrencies, crude oil, gold, the S&P 500 index, chip manufacturers, and foreign exchange. This integration does not support direct execution of Hyperliquid trades through the Bloomberg Terminal.Under the AQAv2 framework, Hyperliquid has received its first $14.58 million USDC payment, covering a 30-day period. This mechanism allocates approximately 90% of the cost-adjusted reserve yield generated from USDC supply to Hyperliquid, which is directed into the Assistance Fund for purchasing HYPE.Following the related developments, the price of HYPE briefly exceeded $95, approaching its all-time high of $97.96. The number of wallets holding more than 10 HYPE has surpassed 50,000, reaching its highest level since August 15. (Bitcoin.com News)
According to GlobalNewswire, DeFi Development (DFDV), a Nasdaq-listed Solana treasury company, disclosed that it added approximately 26,203 SOL to its holdings last week, bringing its total position to roughly 2.5642 million SOL, valued at approximately $302 million. DFDV also revealed that its SOL and equivalent asset holdings have grown by approximately 11% since reporting its second-quarter results on August 12. Additionally, it completed the initial dividend distribution for its CHAD Variable Rate Preferred Shares on October 1. This instrument is designed to generate returns through SOL staking and validator node operations to fund dividend payments and act as a financing mechanism for further SOL accumulation.
Odaily News: HL HUB (Community) posted on X that Hyperliquid is expected to receive its first AQAv2 reserve yield distribution tomorrow (October 3). Approximately $14.5 million in passive yield generated from USDC reserves will flow into the Assistance Fund for HYPE buybacks.It is reported that under AQAv2's revenue-sharing mechanism, Hyperliquid stablecoin deployers are required to allocate 90% of stablecoin reserve yield to the Hyperliquid protocol, and 100% of these proceeds will be used for buying back and burning HYPE tokens. Stablecoin reserve yield sharing is accumulated and settled on a 30-day cycle, with proceeds automatically transferred to the Assistance Fund on the 8th day after the cycle ends. Formal yield accrual began on August 26, so the first yield payment will be made on October 3.
On October 2, 2026, key U.S. data including nonfarm payrolls, the unemployment rate, and wage growth will be released, alongside the initial September CPI reading for the euro area and Japan's August unemployment rate. Multiple senior Federal Reserve officials will deliver speeches in quick succession that day, and markets must closely monitor shifts in liquidity expectations.
Odaily News: Cosine disclosed the interim investigation reports by SlowMist and Google Cloud's Mandiant on the Bitget hot wallet breach. Both reports indicate that the attackers first compromised systems related to third-party security products, then moved laterally into Bitget's wallet business environment.SlowMist's investigation revealed that one of the third-party security product nodes had a zero-day vulnerability, with related malicious activity traced back to as early as August 31. On September 25, the attackers also used an internal employee identity to access the management platform of another third-party security product and used highly customized withdrawal tools to interact with the wallet system's withdrawal logic. Mandiant stated that after gaining persistent access through third-party security devices, the attackers moved laterally to production wallet task servers and deployed malicious programs.Mandiant also stated that no evidence of Bitget private key leakage has been found so far, and cold wallets were not affected. Both security teams are continuing to investigate the specific intrusion paths the attackers took between the relevant systems.
Odaily News - Nasdaq-listed company DeFi Development Corp. (DFDV) announced that since September 21, it has increased its holdings by approximately 47,706 SOL, bringing its total SOL and SOL equivalents holdings to approximately 2,538,010, currently valued at approximately $309 million. This increase brought its SOL holdings up approximately 2% week-over-week, and up approximately 10% since the release of its second-quarter earnings report on August 12, during which it accumulated more than 226,000 SOL. (Globenewswire)
Odaily reports: An analysis published by a16z crypto on September 23 shows that the total trading volume of real-world asset perpetual contracts in August 2026 reached $117.3 billion, of which on-chain platforms accounted for approximately $101 billion, or 86%; centralized exchanges accounted for approximately $16 billion, a 44x increase compared to the same period last year. A year ago, on-chain platforms accounted for only one-third or less of trading volume.As of the end of August, open interest stood at $4.8 billion, roughly 30 times larger than the $161 million recorded in July 2025. By trading volume, equities accounted for 48%, commodities 28%, and indices 18%, marking a shift from the previous structure dominated by commodities. a16z stated that Hyperliquid's HIP-3 protocol, launched in October 2025, simplified the creation of new perpetual markets and enhanced liquidity sharing.
Odaily reports: Privacy blockchain network Zano has disclosed that an inflation vulnerability involving Gateway Addresses has forced it to plan a rollback of approximately 24 hours of blockchain history, and has urged users to immediately cease all economic activity related to ZANO and Confidential Assets.Zano has promised to compensate for losses caused by the rollback, but has not yet announced the target block height for the rollback, the patched version, the compensation process, the mechanics of the vulnerability, or the amount of unauthorized assets created. Gateway Addresses went live on August 26 with Hard Fork 6. (Bitcoin.com News)
Odaily reports: According to Spartan Capital monitoring, Robinhood Chain launched its mainnet on July 1, 2026. By the end of August, on-chain TVL had grown to $711 million, with August on-chain gas revenue reaching $6.6 million. The majority of August trading volume came from Uniswap, and on August 31, single-day on-chain fees briefly reached $2.1 million.Robinhood operates the sequencer and receives approximately 90% of on-chain fees; after deducting Ethereum settlement costs and the 10% licensing share paid to Arbitrum DAO, August net revenue was approximately $6 million.Robinhood Earn users deposited USDG and borrowed through Morpho, with deposits growing from $9.5 million on July 1 to $456 million on August 31, accounting for 68% of TVL at the end of the month. Users' estimated annualized yield was approximately 7%, while the lending side yield was approximately 3.7% at the end of August, with the spread subsidized by incentive funds from Morpho and its lending partners.As of the end of August, more than 340,000 tokens had been issued on-chain; Meme tokens paired with Robinhood Stock Tokens recorded $518 million in trading volume in August. Currently, on-chain trading activity is primarily driven by crypto-native users, and Robinhood's 27 million funded accounts have not yet migrated to the chain at scale. Robinhood wallet gas subsidies will continue until September 29, and Earn yields are planned to be gradually reduced.
Odaily reports: The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued a position on September 17, granting a five-year exemption for qualifying tokenized U.S. stocks, allowing them to be traded on-chain in the United States. The tokens must carry the same dividend, voting rights, and share class rights as the underlying stocks.Synthetic exposure products are not covered by the exemption. AMC Entertainment CEO Adam Aron called Robinhood's tokenized AMC shares a "quasi-fake market" and threatened legal action, while Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev stated that public companies have no right to approve every product developed based on their stocks.Over seven trading days from August 31 to September 9, the median deviation between the closing price of Robinhood AMC tokens in the Uniswap pool and the closing price of AMC on the New York Stock Exchange was 0.87%, with a maximum deviation of 2.71%. The Uniswap pool carries approximately 95% of the related trading volume. (CoinDesk)
Odaily News — According to Glassnode's latest "The Week On-chain - Escape Velocity" report, among the exchanges tracked by Glassnode, Gate has climbed 4 positions in BTC spot trading volume rankings over the past two years, marking the largest gain on the list and securing the third spot globally. During the same period, Gate's share of BTC spot trading volume within the tracked scope surged from 2.0% to 9.1%, a net increase of 7.1 percentage points — the largest growth among all exchanges.The report notes that Gate's rise is both sustained and long-lasting. Over the past 24 months, Gate has held a top-three position in BTC spot trading volume for 9 months, demonstrating continuously strengthening market competitiveness. As the exchange leading all platforms in both ranking improvement and market share growth, Gate's trading activity and market participation in the BTC spot market continue to expand.Glassnode also points out that the 24-hour spot trading volume across all exchanges has rebounded 121% from its August trough, with returning capital flowing to multiple trading platforms. Against the backdrop of an overall recovery in market activity, Gate's simultaneous gains in market share and global ranking stand out notably, fully demonstrating its growing momentum and expanding industry influence in the BTC spot market.
According to a Binance announcement, due to a security incident involving Zilliqa, the project team has announced the migration of ZIL from the Zilliqa mainnet to the ZILEVM network. Binance will discontinue support for the Zilliqa mainnet and will support ZIL deposits and withdrawals via the ZILEVM network. ZIL will be migrated from the Zilliqa mainnet to the ZILEVM network at a 1:1 ratio. Binance paused ZIL deposits and withdrawals on the Zilliqa mainnet at 9:00 on August 5, and will reopen deposits and withdrawals on the ZILEVM network upon completion of the migration without further notice. During the migration period, spot trading, leverage trading, contract trading, and Binance wealth management services remain unaffected.
Odaily News: A person familiar with the matter revealed that the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) is investigating Kalshi for suspected wash trading. Since August, Kalshi traders have executed nearly 1 million trades in the Ethereum futures market, with each trade being almost identical in size, drawing the attention of federal regulators and traders. Kalshi stated that there is no fake trading on the platform, and that the recurring quotes are fixed quotes posted by market makers, which faster traders seize upon. Kalshi co-founder Luana Lopes Lara said that attracting large traders to new markets to promote broader adoption is not uncommon.