On October 17, aPriori, a startup company in the cryptocurrency trading infrastructure, announced on its official X account that the airdrop application is in progress (49% completed).

On September 11th, Ronin stated in a blog post that by integrating OPStack, the project will receive a milestone grant of $5-7 million from Optimism Foundation, Eigen Labs, Boundless Foundation in the form of tokens such as OP, ZKC, EIGEN. Earlier last week, Ronin governance validators officially voted to adopt Optimism's OP Stack as the Ethereum layer 2 scaling solution.

Citibank analyst Jin-Wook Kim said that South Korea's commitment to invest $350 billion in the United States could put pressure on the South Korean won. Learning from the lessons of the 1997-1998 financial crisis, South Korea is unlikely to use its $416 billion in foreign exchange reserves, so public institutions may need to raise $20-30 billion in foreign currency each year. The remaining $86-96 billion in financing may need to rely on the bond market. Large-scale bond issuance may push up financing costs and put pressure on the South Korean won. Even if private companies share some of the financing burden, the decrease in the proportion of US export income converted into South Korean won due to US investment may also bring depreciation risks. Citibank expects South Korea to ask the United States to provide solutions for potential foreign exchange shocks and seek to extend the deadline for investment commitments. 

According to official sources, MGBX will go live on LIGHT (Light) spot trading on August 28, 2025 at 16:00 (SGT)

 the UXLINK Korean exchange token exchange progress announcement recently received many inquiries from the Korean community about the progress of token exchange on Upbit, Bithumb, Coinone, GOPAX and other exchanges, and now explains the current situation. The UXLINK team is currently closely cooperating with the four major exchanges in Korea to exchange the UXLINK tokens originally based on the Arbitrum network for UXLINK tokens based on the Ethereum (ETH) mainnet. This token exchange will follow the same principles as other exchanges: Tokens held before the hack event will be exchanged at a 1:1 ratio; Tokens purchased after the hack event will be exchanged according to the compensation plan approved by the community vote. This rule applies to all exchange users and on-chain users. Due to the different user scales of each exchange and the data of frozen assets, we are currently verifying data with most exchanges. Once this process is completed, the exchange will proceed according to the established schedule.

according to Cointelegraph, the supply of stablecoins on Ethereum has reached $180 billion, hitting a record high.

according to FT, the Avalanche Foundation is in talks with investors to establish two "digital asset treasury companies" in the United States, planning to raise a total of $1 billion, with the funds being used to purchase at a discount millions of AVAX tokens held by the foundation.

Circle and Tether are being questioned by DeFi risk management company LlamaRisk because their bug bounty programs are "seriously inadequate," with the highest amount not exceeding $10,000.

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 according to the on-chain analysis platform Lookonchain, the whale address 0xFB3B continues to recharge the ASTER token to Daniel Larimer's (@bytemaster7) Binance wallet.

Coinbase stated, "The fix has been implemented, and the issue of some users being unable to transfer cryptocurrencies has been resolved. We will continue to monitor to ensure all services are back to normal." Earlier reports stated that Coinbase said, "Some users may currently be unable to initiate cryptocurrency transfers; our team is investigating this issue and will provide updates shortly."

a new view is gaining popularity, which believes that the value of most cryptocurrencies today is not captured by the blockchain itself, but is concentrated at the application layer. This trend is becoming more apparent with the rise of Hyperliquid and may change investors' behavior in the coming months.

 the main stock indexes in Europe widened their losses, with Euro Stoxx 50 index futures falling by 0.9%, Germany's DAX index futures sliding by 1.2%, and UK's FTSE index futures dropping by 1%. 

Binance founder CZ stated in a post on X platform that all DAT companies should use third-party cryptocurrency custody institutions, and their account settings should be reviewed by investors. This is a prerequisite for any investment in BNB DAT by YZi Labs.

 according to on-chain analyst OnchainLens (@OnchainLens), a newly created wallet once again withdrew 7,766 ETH from OKX, worth $34.02 million. The wallet currently holds a total of 15,543 ETH, worth $68.41 million.

 according to strategicethreserve data, the reserve entities of Ethereum and spot ETFs now hold more than 9% of the current Ethereum supply, now at 9.2%. Among them:

 the Thai police arrested Chinese citizen Liang Ai-Bing on Wednesday, who is suspected of being involved in a $14 million cryptocurrency fraud case related to the now-defunct platform FINTOCH. FINTOCH had promised a daily return rate of 1%, falsely claimed to have the support of Morgan Stanley, and even hired actors to play the role of a fake CEO, ultimately running off with the funds in May 2023 (exit scam).

according to Onchain Lens monitoring, a "whale" (referring to a large coin holder) sold 91,356 AAVE tokens at a price of $225, with a transaction value of $20.59 million (settled in USDC).

Joseph Lubin, the founder of Consensys and co-founder of Ethereum, posted on social media that holding Linea can bring further reward opportunities, mainly other token rewards; some from Consensys, some from protocols we collaborate with. MetaMask and Linea are working together to create the relevant mechanisms to achieve this goal. Holding LINEA tokens indicates that you are a member of the community and may participate in activities such as building, staking, and using. In the future, users who hold a certain number of tokens for a certain number of days may receive additional token airdrops, with higher rewards for holding more tokens for longer periods.

 the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) has released a new regulatory policy manual outlining the classification of crypto assets under the Basel capital rules. Starting from January 1, 2026, Hong Kong will implement the Basel framework by amending its capital, disclosure, and significant risk exposure rules. The manual categorizes crypto assets into two groups. The first group includes tokens pegged to traditional assets and stablecoins with effective stabilization mechanisms, which will be treated similarly to equivalent traditional assets. The second group includes unsecured tokens, such as Bitcoin and Ether, as well as ineligible tokenized assets and stablecoins, which will face comprehensive capitalization and stricter treatment. Stablecoins licensed under Hong Kong's latest "Stablecoin Ordinance" will be considered lower-risk assets. Industry professionals can provide feedback on the revised rules by October 10th.