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Google tests crypto-key security Google Multi-Party Compute is in private preview with financial institutions, CoinDesk reports, citing Google. The service combines distributed signing, transaction policies and key recovery for digital assets. Commercial availability is planned for early 2027, according to the report. Partner names and pricing have not been disclosed. https://www.coindesk.com/tech/2026/10/28/google-to-preview-crypto-custody-security-system-as-ai-threats-grow

Nasdaq-100 exposure comes onchain Janus Henderson and Centrifuge announced JQQQ, a blockchain-native fund seeking to track the Nasdaq-100 under license from Nasdaq. It is launching exclusively on Stellar. Janus Henderson is the sub-investment manager; Anemoy is the investment manager. The fund is available only to eligible investors and is not available to US persons. https://centrifuge.io/blog/jqqq-janushenderson-nasdaq

Ripple and Robinhood connect financial rails Ripple says RLUSD is live on Robinhood Chain and Bitstamp, with Robinhood app availability expected later this year. Robinhood will use RLUSD on the XRP Ledger for institutional settlement and integrate Ripple Treasury. Ripple Prime already provides Bitstamp with lending and margin financing. https://ripple.com/ripple-press/ripple-and-robinhood-partner-to-power-the-next-generation-of-finance/

Ripple says it has received final OCC approval for Ripple National Trust Bank, following conditional approval in December 2025. According to its October 26 release, the bank's scope includes RLUSD reserve management and fiduciary digital asset custody. Standard Custody & Trust Company remains the RLUSD issuer under NYDFS supervision. Company release: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20261026570843/en/

Anthropic files for an IPO. The company filed a public S-1 registration statement with the SEC on October 26 and plans to list its Class A shares on the Nasdaq Global Select Market under ANT. The number of shares and the offering price range have not been determined. The registration statement is not yet effective. Official announcement: https://www.anthropic.com/news/s1-sec

BNB Chain is building a new L1. The EVM-compatible network currently runs as an internal devnet. Its documentation specifies 200 ms blocks and BNB for gas and staking, bridged from BNB Smart Chain. The roadmap targets public testnet by the end of 2026 and mainnet in early 2027. These are planned dates; no public endpoints are available yet. Documentation: https://docs.bnbchain.org/newl1/faq/ Network details: https://docs.bnbchain.org/newl1/get-started/network-info/ Roadmap: https://www.bnbchain.org/en/blog/bnb-chain-h2-2026-tech-roadmap-doubling-down-on-speed

October funding snapshot DropsTab reports $497M raised across tracked projects on October 1–24. Its coverage includes AI companies. Three of the largest rounds: Nous Research $90M, Spiko $90M and Mecka $60M. All three amounts are confirmed by the companies. This is a partial-month snapshot, not a full-month comparison. Data: https://t.me/drops_analytics/8433 Nous: https://icodrops.com/nous-research/ Spiko: https://icodrops.com/spiko/ Mecka: https://icodrops.com/mecka-ai/

Funding ≠ survival. DropsTab's October 22 shutdown list contains 82 names. The 46 entries with project-level funding figures account for about $727M in historical VC rounds and token sales. The top 10 represent $433.3M, or 59.6% of the disclosed total. Another four entries show parent-company funding only; 32 show no amount. The list includes company closures, product sunsets and announced wind-downs. The fundraising total is not an estimate of investor losses. Our infographic breaks down the source snapshot. Source: DropsTab / Drops Analytics, October 22, 2026 https://t.me/drops_analytics/8429

a16z Crypto rebrands as a16z Frontier Andreessen Horowitz is renaming a16z Crypto to a16z Frontier and broadening the scope of its new fund. Its areas of interest include AI, autonomous machines, biology and networks connecting people with AI agents. The firm will continue investing in crypto, with blockchains supporting stablecoins, financial services and machine-to-machine transactions. Chris Dixon will lead the fund alongside Marc Andreessen, Ben Horowitz, Eddy Lazzarin and Guy Wuollet. Source: Chris Dixon / a16z — October 22, 2026 https://a16z.com/a16z-frontier/

Pump.fun listed pre-IPO tokens for OpenAI, Anthropic, Anduril, Neuralink and four others on Oct 19. Token prices imply ~$3.9T in combined valuation. The tokens themselves hold ~$15M on-chain. What holders actually get, and when the real shares could list.

$1WIN public sale: 130M tokens claimed in 8 minutes The sale opened October 15 at 15:00 UTC. By 15:08, contributions had topped $3.9M — the full value of the 130M tokens on offer at $0.03 each. That price values the total 1B token supply at $30M, compared with around $400M for Shuffle and $100M for Rollbit. 1win has operated one of the world’s largest iGaming platforms since 2016, generating revenue without a token. Its token enters the market at a valuation roughly 3–13x below those peers. What backs $1WIN? • A share of platform revenue funds open-market buybacks. • 10% of every token spent is burned. • No additional token issuance. ⏳ Missed the first 8 minutes? The sale is still open. The oversubscription round runs until October 30. The same 130M tokens are allocated proportionally across all contributions. As more funds enter, each participant’s share decreases, and excess USDC is refunded to the same wallet after the round closes. Example: if demand reaches 5x the available supply, a $1,000 contribution would allocate about $200 to tokens, with $800 refunded. 🔓 Sale tokens are delivered in full — no lockups or vesting. 📅 Claims open October 31 at 1wintoken.com. 💵 Entry starts at $10. Solana wallet + USDC. No registration. #promo

Zcash peaked at $1,653 on Sept 27. It’s now $1,154 — down 30%, and −16% over 30 days. ZCSH ETF saw ~$105M of October outflows across 9 of 10 settled days. Monero, with no ETF and no catalyst, is +11% over the same month. NU7 go/no-go lands Oct 20.

Twelve-month performance across the top 60: ZEC +764% · QNT +140% · HYPE +94% · XMR +78% MNT −75% · DOT −74% · ADA −71% · DOGE −66% A year ago Zcash was 1/18th the size of Dogecoin. It is now 1.6× larger.

Anatomy of $LAPTOP's first 24 hours: · 100M tokens (10% of supply) moved to a project multisig 7 days before trading · 42.5M distributed pre-launch, including to GSR and Wintermute · Peak came 7 minutes after open · ~80% of tracked wallets ended up in the red Founder allocation remains locked.

Bitcoin +15.9% in 48 hours after the White House crypto meeting and the CLARITY Act push. But BTC landed almost exactly mid-pack: 8 of 15 majors beat it, 7 didn't. Full 2-day breakdown, including HYPE, PUMP and TRUMP ↓

BitMEX and BitMart announced closure three days apart. Neither collapsed — both just chose to walk away. That's new. A decade of exchange failures cost users $20B+, mostly from hacks and leverage. The full graveyard, 17 venues, 2014–2026 ↓

Polymarket · Fair or Foul? 8 of the platform's most contested resolutions, $418M+ in combined volume — from Ronaldo's "sweat vs tears" to Strategy's May Bitcoin sale (now in NY Supreme Court). Common thread: UMA works on objective facts. Subjective ones become coordination games.

A single SpaceX IPO ($75B) raised 8.3× more than all 10 biggest crypto ICOs in history combined (~$9B). 9 trading days in: SPCX at $185 (+37%), mcap $2.42T, ATH $225.64. 10 vs 10, side by side: capital raised, day-1, +1Y, where they trade today.

A single SpaceX IPO ($75B) raised 8.3× more than all 10 biggest crypto ICOs in history combined (~$9B). 9 trading days in: SPCX at $185 (+37%), mcap $2.42T, ATH $225.64. 10 vs 10, side by side: capital raised, day-1, +1Y, where they trade today.

A single SpaceX IPO ($75B) raised 8.3× more than all 10 biggest crypto ICOs in history combined (~$9B). 10 vs 10, side by side: capital raised, day-1, +1 year, where they trade today.