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The FCA settlement follows a year of promotions litigation, with Huobi Global’s court undertakings running until October 2031. Read the full story on CryptoSlate Understand the crypto stories that matter and what to watch next. Get The Catalyst in your inbox
Coinbase reported third-quarter net income of $719 million, driven largely by gains on its crypto holdings, as revenue held flat at $1.22 billion.
Users and on-chain sleuths have reported that the losses exceed $2.6 million as of now.
Coinbase fell further than Circle and Robinhood in the ranking, trailing only AppLovin and CoreWeave in its list.
Intercontinental Exchange (ICE), the owner of the New York Stock Exchange, is planning a US perpetual-futures market built on Hyperliquid. On Oct. 29, ICE and Trade[XYZ], a crypto startup building products on Hyperliquid, announced plans to establish a dedicated US market for round-the-clock perpetual futures covering crypto, equities, commodities, and currencies, subject to regulatory approval.… Read the full story on CryptoSlate Understand the crypto stories that matter and what to watch next. Get The Catalyst in your inbox
A new 1kx report finds that public companies are capturing a larger share of blockchain revenue, driven by institutional adoption and real-world applications. Publicly traded companies accounted for 16% of blockchain industry revenue in 2026, more than double their 7% share in 2022, according to a new report from crypto investment firm 1kx. The increase comes as overall blockchain revenue is projected to decline 28% year over year to roughly $100 billion in 2026. The report analyzed data from more than 2,600 protocols and earnings reports from 104 publicly traded companies through the third quarter. The researchers attributed the growing share of public companies partly to new stock market listings, including stablecoin issuer Circle, which went public in 2025, and revenue growth among exi…
Chrome's new autofill uses Google's Gemini AI to search your Gmail for order numbers, tracking details, and flight bookings and fill them into web forms. It is rolling out in the U.S.
The prediction markets platform halted trading on Thursday after it reported one of its third party providers had been compromised. Prediction markets company Polymarket reported its Predictions Trading API had experienced a “major outage,” resulting in the platform temporarily halting trading. In a Thursday update to its status page, Polymarket said that the platform was in “cancel-only” mode after it had identified and fixed an issue impacting its operations. As of 7:05 pm UTC, the platform reported all its systems were operational. “One of our third party providers was compromised, and we have referred this to relevant law enforcement,” said Polymarket. “Anyone who has been impacted will be made whole.”
Bitquery traced a temporary squeeze as funds left near midnight, while October 29’s lower borrowing rate showed a milder snapshot. Read the full story on CryptoSlate Understand the crypto stories that matter and what to watch next. Get The Catalyst in your inbox
Polymarket said one of its third-party providers was breached after users reported seeing their accounts drained.
Polymarket restricted trading and paused relayer actions as users report funds leaving their accounts. A suspected attacker wallet holds about $2.65 million in POL, per Arkham data.
XRP traded roughly a quarter below XRP Insights’ acquisition estimate, while three sessions showed a small, concentrated net holdings reduction. Read the full story on CryptoSlate Understand the crypto stories that matter and what to watch next. Get The Catalyst in your inbox
A hacktivist group says it took names, titles, and phone numbers of 41,000-plus DHS staff from a login system.
One analyst projected a potential price increase of around 85%.
Only 13% of Americans say a candidate’s support for crypto growth is very important, according to a survey conducted by Ipsos for the DeFi Education Fund, even as the industry spends heavily on next week’s elections.
USD.AI’s published terms put recovery with lenders and agents, while sUSDai withdrawals depend on cash across monthly epochs. Read the full story on CryptoSlate Understand the crypto stories that matter and what to watch next. Get The Catalyst in your inbox
The estimate assumes cat qubits that go about a century without a bit-flip, while Alice & Bob's largest demonstrator runs on a 12-qubit chip.
A third of Deribit's Bitcoin options settle Friday, a day after the Fed held rates with two officials voting to hike. Here's why that matters for Bitcoin's price.
Hyperliquid’s token pumped following news of ICE and Trade[XYZ] unveiling plans for US perpetual futures. Hyperliquid’s native token HYPE surged about 20% Thursday after New York Stock Exchange owner Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) announced plans for US perpetual futures with Trade[XYZ], whose investors include billionaire Wall Street investor Stanley Druckenmiller. HYPE traded above $96 at the time of writing, up by around 20% in the past 24 hours, according to CoinGecko, flirting with September’s all-time record of $97.96. Perpetual futures allow traders to take positions on asset prices without an expiration date. Hyperliquid is the largest decentralized exchange in the world to trade such instruments, DefiLlama data shows.
The exchange cited legal and regulatory compliance in its reason for cutting off services to users based in the two countries, currently the targets of international sanctions. Cryptocurrency exchange KuCoin announced that it would immediately suspend services for its users in Russia and Belarus, citing legal and regulatory compliance concerns. In a Thursday notice, KuCoin said it had suspended access to all products and services for users based in Russia and Belarus. According to the exchange, it would offer an “orderly exit process” to allow users to withdraw assets. “Compliance is at the core of our operations and guides our decisions on where and how we offer our services,” said the exchange in a Thursday X post regarding the service suspension.
