🗽 The SEC is preparing an “innovation exemption” for crypto projects — a special regulatory framework that will allow startups to test blockchain solutions under the regulator’s supervision without fear of immediate lawsuits or fines.

This approach will make it possible to legally experiment with DeFi, tokenization, and payment services, while giving the SEC an opportunity to observe how these projects operate in real-world conditions.

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🪙 YZi Labs announces $1B Builder Fund.

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💸 Tether and Circle topped the ranking of projects with the highest monthly revenue in September.

Hyperliquid and PumpFun took second and third place in terms of earnings.

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💰 The Ethereum Foundation is forming a “Privacy Cluster” team to research and develop privacy features for the Ethereum network.

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🦊 MetaMask is launching futures trading and plans to integrate with Polymarket.

Meanwhile, Polymarket has announced two previously undisclosed funding rounds totaling $205 million, valuing the company at $1.2 billion.

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🪙 A former UBS executive revealed that his company, Solana Company, has acquired 2.2 million SOL ($525 million) for its balance sheet and plans to accumulate at least 5% of all SOL tokens (around $6 billion).

Partners include Pantera Capital and the Solana Foundation.

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☠️ Chainalysis estimates over $75B in crypto tied to illicit activity could be seized by governments and turned into strategic reserves.

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💸 Coinbase and Mastercard have begun negotiations to acquire stablecoin issuer BVNK, with the deal valued between $1.5 billion and $2.5 billion.

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🍷 Roger Ver, who was arrested in Spain last year, has reached a deal with the U.S. Department of Justice — charges of fraud and tax evasion will be dropped in exchange for a $48 million fine.

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🐳 Bank of America, Citibank, and Goldman Sachs are teaming up to launch a dollar-backed Stablecoin.

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🪒 Over the past 24 hours, the crypto market saw a record-breaking $19.3 billion in liquidations, the largest in history.

Arthur Hayes noted that automatic liquidations of collateral linked to cross-margin positions on a major CEX likely triggered the cascade that wiped out many altcoins.

He added that such deep levels on top-quality altcoins are unlikely to return anytime soon.

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🐳 CZ revealed the identity of the whale suspected of insider trading — it turned out to be the former head of the Bitforex exchange, with an estimated net worth of around $10 billion.

He denies all allegations, claiming he has no ties to the Trump family.

Now we’re waiting to see if CZ will drop any news about Hyperliquid.

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🪙 Bitcoin Core released a major update that sparked debate within the community. The key changes include optional encrypted connections between nodes and an increase of the OP_RETURN limit from 80 to 100 000 bytes, sharply expanding the amount of non-financial data in the blockchain.

This enables more complex applications but raised concerns about network congestion and legal risks. While the update does not alter the Bitcoin protocol, the discussions around it echo the 2017 “block size wars.”

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