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NEAR cuts max inflation to 2.5%, adds validator support
NEAR Foundation announced on October 21, 2025, that it backs a protocol upgrade to cut the network's maximum annual token inflation from 5% to 2.5%. The change requires 80% of staked, block-producing validators to run the new binary before taking effect. Police confirm Cryptology founder Kostya Kudo's death was suicide
Kyiv police completed the initial investigation into Konstantin Kudo's death, founder of Cryptology. It was officially established that the 32-year-old entrepreneur took his own life due to financial problems, leaving a farewell message to loved ones. Ripple eyes $1B XRP treasury while acquiring GTreasury
Ripple is courting ~$1 billion for a new XRP‑focused digital‑asset treasury (DAT) and may seed it with its own tokens, per Bloomberg. The raise would run via a SPAC while Ripple builds corporate rails through a $1B GTreasury buy and other deals. 
Beijing vows to fight to the end as markets brace for fallout
China is mixing tough talk with diplomacy, warning it will “fight to the end” while leaving the door open for talks to protect its economy. This stance accelerates the world’s drift into competing economic blocs and alters the rules of trade, capital flows and investor behavior. $400 billion destroyed in 4 hours: is crypto still decentralized?
Donald Trump posts on Truth Social about 100% tariffs on Chinese goods – and $400 billion in crypto market cap vanishes within hours. Over $19B in forced liquidations. 1.66 million traders lose money. Can we call a market decentralized when it depends on a single presidential post? PancakeSwap China X account hacked, CAKE holds gains
PancakeSwap warned on October 8 that its Chinese account @PancakeSwapzh was compromised and used to push a fraudulent meme coin called “Mr. Pancake.” The DEX urged users to avoid any links from that handle and said updates would come only from the main @PancakeSwap account while it works with X to restore control. Pantera Capital: it’s not too late to get into crypto
Bitcoin’s push to fresh highs has many newcomers wondering if they missed the boat. Pantera Capital’s Cosmo Jiang says they haven’t. In a CNBC Fast Money interview, he pointed to survey data showing a majority of investors still hold no digital assets – a sign that adoption is early, not late. Kadena is dead: what should ASIC miner owners do?
On October 21, 2025, Kadena Foundation announced its closure, leaving thousands of specialized ASIC miner owners with hardware they now need to figure out what to do with. We examine what options remain for miners and whether it's worth continuing to support the network. 
Liquidations: what is ADL and why even CEXs use it
On October 11, 2025, the crypto market experienced the largest single-day liquidation volume in its history – around $19 billion was liquidated in just a few hours. Hyperliquid traders had it the worst: according to CoinGlass data, the platform liquidated $10.3 billion – more than Binance ($2.4 billion) and Bybit ($4.6 billion) combined. 
BlackRock CEO: tokenization is the next wave for investing
Larry Fink says we’re at the start of tokenizing mainstream assets – real estate, equities, bonds – and even ETFs. The idea: meet crypto‑native users in a digital wallet, then route them into long‑term products. He calls it a “new wave of opportunity” for BlackRock. 
Metaplanet suspends warrant exercises to optimize BTC plan
Metaplanet Inc. said it will pause the exercise of three outstanding batches of Stock Acquisition Rights – the 20th, 21st and 22nd series – citing a need to better manage fundraising amid changing markets. In a notice dated Oct 10, 2025, the company set a suspension window from Oct 20 (inclusive) to Nov 17 (inclusive), covering 20 trading days. Fasset becomes the first stablecoin‑powered Islamic digital bank
On October 7, 2025, Dubai-based Fasset announced that it had obtained a provisional banking license in Malaysia. The approval lets Fasset access an innovation sandbox for Islamic fintech and positions it as the world’s first Islamic digital bank operating on stablecoin rails. China Financial Leasing to raise $11M for crypto‑AI platform
China Financial Leasing Group (HKEX: 2312) plans to raise HK$86.7 million (~$11.1 million) via a private placement as it pivots toward digital assets. In a Sunday filing, the company said Innoval Capital will subscribe for 69.38 million new shares at HK$1.25 each, funding the build‑out of a crypto + AI investment platform and related asset‑management capabilities.