Regulation South Korea blocks the websites of 27 unregistered crypto exchanges The block extends an app-store crackdown that began in March 2025. The FIU has now referred 44 unregistered operators to investigators and says it will chase mirror domains without waiting for new losses. Oct 15, 2026
DeFi and infrastructure Solana switches to Alpenglow on October 21, finality drops to 150 ms The epoch boundary lands at about 14:50 UTC and the consensus hand-off follows 5,000 slots later. About 15.8 percent of stake... Oct 14, 2026
Security XRP Ledger patched a bug that could have minted 18 trillion XRP The flaw sat in the payment engine since 2015. An AI agent found it, the fix shipped in three days without an amendment vote, and... Oct 13, 2026
USD.AI Live CHIP Flatiron pays points on held USDai, staked sUSDai, staked CHIP and DEX liquidity, with multipliers up to 40x. USD.AI... Flatiron Season 2 ends · Oct 14 Checked Oct 9
Sonic Live S Claims have been penalty-free since April 18 for Season 1 and May 24 for Season 2. After October 15 anyone can trigger... Last claim day, unclaimed S burned after · Oct 15 Checked Oct 8
Midnight Confirmed NIGHT Both original claim windows closed in 2025. Claimed NIGHT still thaws in installments until December 4, 2026, and about... Redemption period ends (90-day grace period follows) · Dec 4 Checked Oct 13
Brownian Confirmed BRO The perp DEX shares order books with Orderly and splits 10 million points a week by trading volume. Its site now... BRO TGE target: no later than Q4 2026, market permitting · Dec 31 Checked Oct 12
Security Crypto wallet security in four decisions and one habit Most wallet theft targets people and process, not cryptography. Four decisions and one monthly habit cover the attacks that... Updated Oct 7, 2026
Listings and exchanges How exchange listings work and what they do to a token's price A listing opens a token to an exchange's customers, usually in set stages. Each stage has rules you can read in the notice, and... Updated Oct 7, 2026
Airdrops and TGEs How to farm airdrops safely with separate wallets and approval checks Farm from a separate wallet that holds only what a campaign needs, keep long-term funds on a hardware wallet, and review token... Updated Oct 7, 2026