Circle, the issuer of USDC, announced the public testnet launch of its payments-focused blockchain Arc, with participants including BlackRock, Visa, HSBC, AWS, and Anthropic. Arc aims to bring real-world financial activities onchain, featuring USD-based fees, sub-second settlement, and optional privacy controls. Circle said it plans to gradually decentralize Arc, opening validator participation and governance in the future.https://t.co/JuO7A3NeiA ...

Bitcoin ETF Flows - Bitcoin ETFs have seen $26.9 billion in net inflows this year [1] - BlackRock's IBIT accounts for $28.1 billion of the total Bitcoin ETF inflows [1] - Excluding BlackRock, Bitcoin ETF flows would be negative [1] Market Dynamics - K33 Research suggests competitors may benefit as BlackRock avoids altcoin ETFs [1] - Overall inflows into Bitcoin ETFs could be limited [1]

Listing Announcement - Upbit, South Korea's largest crypto exchange, will list KERNEL on its KRW market [1] - Trading is scheduled to commence at 16:30 local time [1] Project Information - KernelDAO is identified as a restaking infrastructure project [1]

On October 27, Bitcoin spot ETFs recorded a total net inflow of $149 million, marking their third consecutive day of inflows. Ethereum spot ETFs saw a total net inflow of $134 million, with no net outflows among the nine funds.https://t.co/Hj2Gs49bWa https://t.co/GIFVx5L9UK ...

According to data from Artemis, on-chain perpetuals protocol Lighter has recorded higher daily trading volume than Aster and Hyperliquid over the past three days, though its open interest remains lower than the two. As of October 26, Lighter’s open interest stood at $1.7 billion, while its daily trading volume reached $8.6 billion.https://t.co/I5BoA1e6AS ...

Trump-linked Bitcoin mining and treasury firm American Bitcoin announced the acquisition of 1,414 BTC worth approximately $163 million, bringing its total holdings to 3,865 BTC (around $445 million). The company was formed in March when mining firm Hut 8 exchanged its mining hardware for equity, and it listed on Nasdaq in early September.https://t.co/U7c5ivDwjg ...

Developer Disagreement - F2Pool 联合创始人 Chun Wang 表示 BIP-444 是一个坏主意，不支持任何软分叉操作，无论临时还是永久 [1] - Chun Wang 对“一些开发者在错误的方向上越走越远”表示遗憾 [1] - 旨在通过临时软分叉来抑制比特币网络垃圾信息的提案引发了开发者之间的激烈争论 [1]

Earlier today, following a price anomaly in the HYPE market, decentralized perpetuals platform Lighter clarified that a runaway bot triggered low-volume trades at unusually high prices. The incident caused no liquidations or broader impact. To prevent chart distortion from the extreme wick, the data was removed from the front end. On-chain records remain unchanged and viewable via block explorers. https://t.co/Qxqh39MPFM ...

Security Risks in Blockchain - Solana founder argues L2s and bridges like Wormhole share the same worst-case risk: multisigs can upgrade contracts and move assets without users' knowledge [1] - The core issue is whether a set of external keys can control user funds [1] - Multisigs effectively define the sequencer's authority [1] - Under current designs, L2s do not truly inherit Ethereum's security [1]

Bitwise has announced that its Spot Solana Staking ETF (ticker: BSOL) will begin trading tomorrow. The fund is the first U.S. exchange-traded product to hold and stake 100% of its assets in spot Solana (SOL). BSOL is designed to allocate all assets to on-chain staking, with Solana’s current average annual staking yield estimated at approximately 7%. https://t.co/ggrUZvJHqn ...