October 2026

Litecoin Core v0.21.5.8 strengthens MWEB validation, mining and mempool processing, resource management, and networking. The release also includes a soft-forking consensus rule scheduled for mainnet height 3,172,640.
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A wallet labeled “Drift Exploiter 5” on Etherscan transferred approximately 25,700 ETH to Tornado Cash on October 20, 2026, according to reports. The movement is connected to the April Drift Protocol exploit, which the protocol said left…
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J.P. Morgan Asset Management has included Bitcoin in its long-term assumptions for the first time, assigning a 10% annualized base-case return while excluding the asset from its main covariance models because of volatility and unstable…
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Kraken has made Unified Wallet available to eligible EEA clients on Kraken Pro, combining eligible balances for use as shared collateral across supported products.
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Solana’s analysis of proposed SIMD-0675 recommends a 10% stake floor and leader runs of three to seven windows, based on simulations using current validator-location data.
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The Litecoin Project published the Litecoin Core v24.0.1-rc1 release candidate on GitHub on October 19, 2026. The release page lists two assets but provides no detailed release notes.
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Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino said the company’s wallet freezes helped cut Iran-linked stablecoin volumes, challenging a Senate investigation that described USDT as a major payment mechanism for Iran-linked networks.
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Ethereum’s Glamsterdam upgrade is scheduled to activate on the Hoodi testnet on October 26, 2026. The activation will include a Hoodi gas-limit increase to 200 million, while no mainnet date has been set.
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Bitcoin Core has released version 31.1, an update that includes bug fixes, performance improvements, updated translations, and fixes for chainstate database rewrites and a privatebroadcast IP-address leak.
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The CFTC has issued an interim final rule stating that casino-style gambling products, including sportsbook wagers and casino games, are excluded from the statutory definition of a swap.
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