Author: James Wilson

Tokenized equities have reached $3.8 billion in market value as weekly decentralized exchange trading has climbed 55-fold since January, according to DWF Labs. Summary $3.8 billion in tokenized equities represents roughly six times the market’s value in early January. $2.54 billion in weekly DEX trading remained below the report’s $7.26 billion late-August peak. Ondo retained the largest issuer position, while xStocks and Binance each approached $1 billion. $313 million in tokenized equities was deployed in DeFi by Oct. 15, DWF Labs estimated. As per a report shared with crypto.news by DWF Labs, titled The Bright Side: Tokenized Equities, weekly spot…

LayerZero Labs has introduced Aerie, a research system that its developers say can aggregate 32,768 quantum-resistant Falcon signatures in 0.65 seconds on an Apple laptop without GPU acceleration. Summary 32,768 Falcon-512 signatures were aggregated in 0.65 seconds using 16 worker threads. Aerie’s standard aggregate includes retained signature data, with a smaller shared-salt version requiring extra conditions. The researchers report faster proof generation than leanVM, while leanVM’s proofs verified faster. NIST lists Falcon as undergoing standardization, separately from its finalized ML-DSA signature standard. LayerZero’s Oct. 16 announcement identifies researchers from its own team, a16z crypto research, Carnegie Mellon University, and Imperial…

Lighter has launched an EVM development network with one-second blocks that lets smart contracts manage trading orders, while its developer documentation lists mocked proofs and an unfinished asset-recovery mechanism among the test environment’s limits. Summary Lighter has launched an EVM devnet with one-second blocks and smart contract order management. Developers can read trading data, submit orders, and transfer assets between Lighter EVM and Core. The devnet uses mocked proofs, while its permissionless asset-recovery mechanism remains partly functional. Teams can request early access, with availability set to expand in the coming weeks. Axiom, which built the network with Lighter, announced the…

Cobo has announced that its consumer wallet app will close on Dec. 1, 2026, with users required to withdraw their assets before the shutdown or face monthly account management fees starting at $100. Summary Dec. 1 marks the consumer app’s closure, with withdrawals required before midnight UTC+8. Monthly fees will equal 2% of remaining assets, subject to a $100 minimum. Jan. 1, 2027, is the first scheduled deduction date, covering December’s account management fee. Cobo says the closure covers its consumer app, which stopped accepting registrations in 2021. Cobo’s shutdown notice, dated Oct. 15 and displayed on its website on…

UNCX’s Vesting V2 exploit has exposed a share-accounting flaw that let attackers inflate their claims on pooled tokens, Immunefi’s security chief has explained following reports of roughly $1.5 million drained across four chains. Summary Withdrawal and cancellation functions left share accounting out of balance, according to Magalhães. Reported losses reached roughly $1.5 million across four networks, with copycat wallets and bots involved. Magalhães advised private contact with affected teams before public withdrawal warnings when possible. Providers and affected projects share responsibility for working toward reimbursement, he said. Gonçalo Magalhães, head of security at Immunefi, told crypto.news that the contract failed…

Stablecoin remittances have shown a cost gap of roughly 84% against traditional transfers in a comparison attributed to Borderless.xyz, with a $200 payment costing $2 through stablecoin-funded routes versus $12.72 using an older World Bank benchmark. Summary Stablecoin-funded remittances cost $2 per $200 transfer in Borderless’s reported comparison, roughly 84% below traditional costs. The comparison uses Q3 2026 stablecoin pricing and Q3 2025 World Bank data. Reported payout completion rates ranged from 73% in Costa Rica to 98.6% in Mexico. A $10,000 stablecoin-funded eurozone payment cost as little as $26 through the lowest-priced provider. According to a new third-quarter report…

Celestia price has climbed above $0.70 as strengthening daily momentum and a bullish weekly trend put its recovery from a months-long trading range to the test. Summary TIA traded near $0.702 on Oct. 16, gaining approximately 19% during the daily session. Weekly RSI reached 64.98 as price moved above its previous consolidation. Daily MACD strengthened, with TIA trading above its 50-day and 200-day moving averages. CoinGlass showed a prominent overhead liquidation cluster around $0.725–$0.73. Celestia’s recovery has accelerated after spending much of the year trading near the bottom of a prolonged decline. Binance’s daily TIA/USDT chart showed the token at…

Pi Network has put a new app count at the center of its first ecosystem summit. More than 300 Mainnet apps are reported alongside a claimed audience of over 60 million engaged Pioneers, 18.1 million people who passed identity checks, and more than 420,000 nodes. None of those figures measures repeat use of an app or the value of goods and services paid for with PI. The summit provides a fresh reason to examine what a Mainnet app is and what its public record can show. Summary Pi announced a November 17 to 19 online ecosystem summit in an October…

Global Ledger has identified $187.75 billion in high risk exposure across 99 crypto exchanges, with 10 platforms accounting for 90.9% of flagged inflows between 2021 and 2025. Summary Global Ledger identified $187.75 billion in risk exposure across 99 crypto exchanges between 2021 and 2025, with 10 platforms accounting for 90.9% of flagged inflows. Sanctions became the largest source of exposure, accounting for 62.2% of risky inflows and 53.8% of risky outflows in 2025. USDT on Tron accounted for 68% of flagged inflows and 80.4% of outflows in 2025, while Bitcoin’s share of risky deposits fell to 11%. The study found…

Ethereum price has recovered more than 4% to approximately $2,462 on October 16, following a drop toward $2,325 as traders examine whether declining exchange reserves can support another attempt to break above $2,550. Summary Ethereum gained approximately 4% over 24 hours after recovering from Thursday’s recent low near $2,325. CryptoQuant reported Binance Ethereum reserves fell 430,000 ETH between August 25 and October 16, 2026. Analyst Ted Pillows identified $2,550 as important resistance following Ethereum’s bounce from the $2,350 zone. Binance Ethereum open interest declined 4.7% over 30 days, according to CryptoQuant analyst CryptoOnchain recently. BitMine reported holding more than six…