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According to CoinDesk, Ethereum researchers have proposed an upgrade draft that aims to shorten the transaction finality time from the current approximately 16 minutes to about 4 minutes, reducing the capital lock-up costs for cross-chain transfer services. Submitted by Fast Finality Research Coordinator Ben Edgington and others, the proposal remains in the draft stage with no specific implementation timeline yet.
Odaily reports: Fintech company SoFi has launched SoFi Earn (SOFIE), calling it the first tokenized deposit from a nationwide U.S. bank offered to consumers. Each SOFIE corresponds to $1 in SoFi Bank deposits, with holders earning a 4.40% annual percentage yield, and funds covered by Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) insurance up to applicable limits.Users can convert SOFIE 1:1 into SoFiUSD, then use it to purchase cryptocurrencies within the SoFi app, or transfer U.S. dollars around the clock via blockchain networks. SoFi stated that the product is designed to allow digital dollars to continue generating yield before they are used.SoFi Earn is the fifth crypto product SoFi has launched in under a year. SoFi resumed cryptocurrency trading in late 2025 and currently supports trading of more than 40 tokens; its SoFiUSD is already deployed on Ethereum and Solana and is used to settle all of SoFi's card programs. (Decrypt)
The Cysic Foundation has issued a notice to the parties responsible for the unauthorized issuance of the CYS token, demanding the return of 275.872 ETH within 72 hours, which accounts for approximately 90% of the confirmed related proceeds. As a bounty for asset recovery, the party may retain the remaining approximately 30.652 ETH. The foundation stated that it has reconstructed key stages of the attack and preserved relevant technical and on-chain evidence; if payment is not received within the deadline, it will escalate the matter and cooperate with law enforcement to launch a criminal investigation.
According to The Block, the Starknet community supported researching a transition from Ethereum Layer 2 to an independent quantum-resistant Layer 1 with over 93.5% of voting power in a seven-day Snapshot governance vote, with more than 2,800 wallets participating. StarkWare CEO Eli Ben-Sasson stated that the team plans to release a whitepaper draft for public review in November.
A job posting published by Ethereum Institutional (@ethereuminsti) on its official X account announces that the organization is hiring an APAC Lead in Tokyo. The role involves establishing partnerships with Japanese banks, financial market infrastructure providers, asset managers, and enterprises, as well as planning and hosting forums and briefing sessions for financial institutions and institutional investors to advance Ethereum as the foundational infrastructure for next-generation financial services. Key requirements include: 5–7 years of hands-on experience in banking, asset management, capital markets, payments, or financial infrastructure; business-level fluency in both Japanese and English; prior experience in the digital assets space (with preferred qualifications in products or partnership deals serving financial institutions and institutional investors); and a broad network within Japanese financial institutions and among institutional investors.
According to GitHub, Ben Edgington (@benjaminion) submitted a core-layer EIP draft titled "Decoupled Consensus" on October 21. The proposal introduces a new consensus mechanism for the beacon chain, separating chain head voting from finality attestations to enhance reorg resistance and accelerate final confirmation. The proposal outlines three primary objectives: laying the groundwork for future post-quantum (PQ) upgrades, improving fork choice security, and shortening final confirmation time.
According to security researcher Spreek (@spreekaway), the administrative keys for swETH and rswETH under Swell DAO appear to have been compromised. Attackers are inflating the NAV (Net Asset Value) without asset backing by up to 1% per hour. Four malicious upgrade contracts have been deployed and are queued for multisig execution; if executed, they could result in the theft of approximately 2,500 ETH. Furthermore, analysis by ADL (@ADLXBT) indicates that the management keys control proxy administrator permissions. Once seized by attackers, these keys could allow the redirection of swETH/rswETH proxies to malicious implementation contracts, triggering minting or withdrawal functions to artificially inflate the NAV without corresponding asset backing. Spreek noted that any connection between this incident and the Railway platform remains speculative, with only a coincidental timeline observed and no concrete evidence available. The incident report he published was generated by Claude, and certain portions remain unverified.
Odaily reports: South Korean cryptocurrency exchange Upbit has issued an announcement stating that it has recently discovered bad actors impersonating the GIWA blockchain project, spreading false information about mainnet launch and digital asset issuance, and inducing users to transfer assets.Upbit stated that GIWA is an Ethereum Layer 2 network being developed by its parent company Dunamu, and is currently running only a testnet. The mainnet remains in the development and preparation stage, with no official launch date announced yet.Upbit reminds users to be wary of unconfirmed information regarding mainnet launches, token issuance, and investment opportunities, and not to trust unofficial channels that ask users to purchase digital assets, transfer funds, or connect wallets. Project updates should be based on information published on GIWA's official website and official social media channels.
Pump.fun co-founder and COO Alon posted on X that the platform's in-house cross-chain bridge, Pump Bridge, is now available to all app users. According to the test data he published, compared with the previously used cross-chain service provider Relay, Pump Bridge improves buy execution speed by about 2x, reduces transaction error rate by 92% from over 11% to under 1%, and on average yields more tokens for the same capital, while currently charging no additional cross-chain fees.Alon noted that previously, roughly 1 in every 9 cross-chain buys on Relay encountered an error, with a typical transaction taking close to 4 seconds and about 10% of transactions taking more than 7 seconds. He also said that the social trading app FOMO is still using Relay.The above results come from randomized testing conducted between September 28 and October 7, covering networks including Robinhood, BSC, Base, Arc, and Ink but excluding Ethereum, with a total of 416,669 transaction results recorded, of which 383,326 were used for transaction timing statistics and 35,333 USDC buys under $500 were used to compare execution performance.In addition, Alon said that the platform fee rate for the Pump.fun app is 0.45%, Callout rewards are distributed at at least $300,000 per day and have totaled about $20 million over the past two months. During the limited-time referral reward campaign, referrers can receive all platform fees generated by referred users, while the platform says it will not retain any platform fee revenue.
Yuga Labs has announced the launch of Mudwater trading card NFTs on the Solana network. According to the official rules, each Bored Ape holder is eligible to receive 10 card packs, and each Mutant Ape holder is eligible to receive 2 card packs. Mudwater card pack trading volume has reached 78.3 ETH.
Odaily reports: Vantage Bank and Rio Bank, through the Participate loan servicing platform, used Hazel Network tokenized deposits to complete principal and interest payments for loan participants. Participate stated that after Vantage submitted the payment, the platform completed the allocation of principal and interest, and the tokenized deposits reached the receiving institution's digital wallet in less than 3 minutes. Loan balances and payment notifications were automatically updated in sync, connecting with the traditional process that relies on wire transfers, spreadsheets, and email notifications. The payment, announced on October 19, is the first implementation following the two banks' collaboration in April of this year. Custodia CEO Caitlin Long confirmed that the transaction occurred on the Ethereum mainnet. Hazel was jointly developed by Vantage Bank and Custodia: Participate is a company under BankLabs, providing loan workflows and payment instructions; Vantage provides banking services and reserves; Custodia handles wallets, blockchain operations, compliance, and reconciliation monitoring. According to the Hazel whitepaper, the settlement model includes both on-chain records and traditional bank ledger records, only approved participants can transact, and customer identity and account information remain off-chain. Participate plans to offer tokenized deposits and Fedwire payment automation services to 750 banks for loan participations and syndicated payments.
Odaily Report: As JPMorgan launched its token JPMD on Ethereum, 13 counterfeit tokens with the same name appeared on the market. JPMorgan's official documentation warns that same-name tokens at other addresses are unrelated to the bank. JPMorgan's genuine Ethereum token currently shows zero supply and zero holders.
Odaily reports: Decentralized trading and lending platform Dolomite has announced that, through Concrete's BTCcx infrastructure, it has integrated $100 million in Bitcoin-backed collateral into its on-chain lending market and has enabled borrowing functionality based on this collateral. BTCcx is an on-chain token issued and managed by Concrete, representing underlying Bitcoin held in qualified custody by BitGo, deployed on the Ethereum network. Concrete is responsible for the issuance and full lifecycle management of BTCcx and provides it as collateral to Dolomite's actively managed borrowing positions, allowing borrowing to be completed without the need to sell or move the underlying Bitcoin out of custody in advance. Following WLFIcx, this deployment expands the collaboration between Concrete and Dolomite from WLFI to Bitcoin and brings Bitcoin assets into Dolomite's lending market through the AssetCX architecture.
Odaily reports: Grayscale has announced the launch of an in-kind investing mechanism, allowing investors to directly deliver eligible digital assets in exchange for shares in Grayscale products. Grayscale stated that this mechanism is expected to reduce the burden on investors of self-custodying assets, lower potential trade execution costs, and make digital assets easier to incorporate into traditional portfolio management. Currently, the mechanism covers 10 products, including Bitcoin Mini Trust ETF (BTC), Ethereum Staking Mini ETF (ETH), Avalanche Staking ETF (GAVA), Chainlink Trust ETF (GLNK), Dogecoin Trust ETF (GDOG), Hyperliquid Staking ETF (HYPG), Solana Staking ETF (GSOL), Sui Staking ETF (GSUI), XRP Trust ETF (GXRP), and Zcash ETF (ZCSH).
According to Odaily, digital hardware wallet manufacturer NGRAVE disclosed on October 19 that attackers hijacked a third-party notification service used by its LIQUID companion app and sent fake security alerts to users, resulting in approximately 70 wallet addresses being stolen for about $2.56 million across 4 blockchains. Among the losses, Bitcoin accounted for approximately $1.77 million, XRP approximately $454,000, Ethereum assets approximately $316,000, and Stellar approximately $18,000.The attackers lured users into clicking on counterfeit websites and entering their 24-word recovery phrases or Perfect Keys, after which automated scripts transferred the assets within minutes. NGRAVE stated that the ZERO hardware wallet and private keys were not directly compromised, and that victims voluntarily handed over their recovery credentials during the phishing process.The unauthorized access may have begun on October 11. After obtaining one access key, the attackers acquired a key with broader permissions and sent fake notifications on October 17. NGRAVE detected the anomaly approximately 1 minute after the notifications appeared, but the first wallet had already been drained 6 minutes later, and the notification system was shut down that evening.NGRAVE's CEO stated that the company failed to fulfill the most basic security responsibilities of a crypto security company, and said that the affected keys have been replaced, with two-person approval, domain restrictions, and emergency shutdown mechanisms added. The company also reminded affected users to create new wallets and contact the support team, noting that some device information, wallet activity, IP addresses, and approximate locations may have been exposed. (Bitcoin.com News)
Odaily reports: Optimum has announced that its block propagation software mump2p has officially launched on the Ethereum mainnet. ether.fi previously offered the software as an optional feature, but has now mandated its adoption across all 12 of its node operators. Currently, a total of 16 node operators are running mump2p in production environments, collectively managing approximately 22,000 validator keys and over 1.4 million staked ETH, accounting for more than 3% of Ethereum's total staked supply. Partners include Blockdaemon, Everstake, P2P.org, Stakefish, and Bitcoin Suisse.mump2p operates as a sidecar gateway, rather than replacing Ethereum's default GossipSub, it layers on top of libp2p and uses random linear network coding technology. Optimum claims that mump2p achieves block arrival speeds 2.42 times faster than GossipSub, with arrival time variance reduced by approximately 7.88 times. Optimum is led by MIT professor Muriel Médard and launched its private testnet in June 2025. The company previously completed an $11 million seed round led by 1kx and plans to expand to other high-throughput blockchains beyond Ethereum.
According to PRNewswire, Blockchain.com has officially launched its options trading feature, which initially supports seven assets including Bitcoin (BTC), Ethereum (ETH), Solana (SOL), Hyperliquid (HYPE), Avalanche (AVAX), XRP, and TRON (TRX). Users can purchase Call or Put options and select expiration dates and strike prices.
Odaily reports: Real-world asset platform tx has launched the USD stablecoin USTX for use in its wallet and its planned tokenized stock market. Users can mint USTX using USDC from 8 blockchains and redeem it back to USDC, with supported networks including Ethereum, Solana, and Base.Fintech platform Brale is responsible for issuing USTX, managing reserve assets, and executing minting and redemption. tx co-founder and Chief Legal Officer Ashley Ebersole stated that USTX is not a USDC-backed wrapped asset or a synthetic representation of USDC; it uses an independent 1:1 reserve structure through Brale.According to tx's disclosure, each USTX is backed by $1 in assets, with reserves including cash, bank deposits, government money market funds, and short-term U.S. Treasury bills. Eligible USTX users can also earn rewards through the tx wallet program, and Ashley Ebersole said the reward program was designed based on legal advice to comply with the relevant provisions of the GENIUS Act. (Cointelegraph)
Wintermute's latest market report indicates that, driven by a higher-than-expected U.S. Consumer Price Index (CPI) and a correction in the AI sector, the Nasdaq index fell 5.52% for the week, while Bitcoin dropped 1.99%, regaining and holding the key $82,500 support level after briefly breaking below it. Altcoins declined 5.69% overall, with capital rotating from high-beta and micro-cap tokens back into mainstream assets such as Bitcoin and Ethereum. Major assets currently offer a more attractive risk-reward ratio.
Odaily reports: According to monitoring by on-chain analyst Ai Yi, @machibigbrother has accumulated a trading volume of $1.56 billion since October 10, with realized losses of $833,000, ranking 10th on the loss leaderboard; the account received an airdrop of 437,000 PAPER tokens (405,000 tokens), yet after offsetting, the account remains down $424,000. @machibigbrother mostly opened ETH long positions on @papetrade_xyz, with leverage ranging from 50x to 1000x, mostly at 100x, and continuously posted multiple tweets praising the platform's model.