eCash (ECX) targets Bitcoin block 973,728 for a separate Drivechain network
Ordinary BTC balances copied 1:1 in coin units. Replay protection is opt-in; project FAQ documents early-coin repurposing on ECX.
ecash.com/faq/
PREDICT Pre-TGE sale: Oct 29, 08:00–10:00 UTC via Binance Wallet
Alpha Points required; cap 6 BNB. Key first, tokens at TGE.
Oct 27: project reported ~400K USDT in unauthorized wallet transfers and pledged refunds.
icodrops.com/predict/
DTCC tokenization goes live
34 securities available to tokenize; 20 DTC participants have signed access agreements.
Launch networks: Canton and DTCC’s private Besu.
dtcc.com/press-releases/2026…
Google tests crypto-key security
Its institutional MPC service is in private preview, CoinDesk reports, citing Google. Commercial availability is planned for early 2027.
coindesk.com/tech/2026/10/28…
Nasdaq-100 exposure comes onchain
Janus Henderson and Centrifuge announced JQQQ, a blockchain-native fund launching exclusively on Stellar. Eligible investors only; unavailable to US persons.
centrifuge.io/blog/jqqq-janu…
Ripple and Robinhood partner on stablecoins, treasury and institutional markets
RLUSD is live on Robinhood Chain and Bitstamp; Robinhood app access is expected later this year.
ripple.com/ripple-press/ripp…
Ripple reports final OCC approval for its national trust bank.
Scope: RLUSD reserves and digital asset custody. Standard Custody remains RLUSD's issuer.
businesswire.com/news/home/2…
Anthropic has filed a public S-1 for a proposed IPO, with plans to list on Nasdaq under ANT.
Share count and price range are still unset; registration is not yet effective.
anthropic.com/news/s1-sec
BNB Chain is building a new EVM-compatible L1.
Internal devnet: 200 ms blocks, existing BNB for gas and staking.
Roadmap targets: testnet by end-2026, mainnet in early 2027. No public endpoints yet.
docs.bnbchain.org/newl1/faq/
DropsTab reports $497M raised across tracked projects on Oct 1–24.
Largest rounds: Nous Research $90M, Spiko $90M, Mecka $60M.
Partial month; coverage includes AI companies.
t.me/drops_analytics/8433
82 names on DropsTab’s shutdown list. ~$727M in disclosed raises.
46 entries have project-level funding data. The top 10 account for 59.6% of the total.
Includes product sunsets and wind-downs. Funding ≠investor losses.
t.me/drops_analytics/8429
a16z Crypto rebrands as a16z Frontier
Andreessen Horowitz is renaming a16z Crypto to a16z Frontier and broadening the scope of its new fund.
Its areas of interest include AI, autonomous machines, biology and networks connecting people with AI agents. The firm will continue investing in crypto, with blockchains supporting stablecoins, financial services and machine-to-machine transactions.
Chris Dixon will lead the fund alongside Marc Andreessen, Ben Horowitz, Eddy Lazzarin and Guy Wuollet.
Source: Chris Dixon / a16z — October 22, 2026
a16z.com/a16z-frontier/
$1WIN @1winToken sale drew $3.9M in 8 minutes — covering all 130M tokens at $0.03.
Still open until Oct 30: allocations are proportional; excess USDC is refunded.
From $10 • Solana + USDC
No lockups or vesting. Claims Oct 31.
1win-token.com/rDtcy4?source…
#promo
Zcash peaked at $1,653 on Sept 27. It’s now $1,154 — down 30%, and −16% over 30 days.
ZCSH ETF saw ~$105M of October outflows across 9 of 10 settled days. Monero, with no ETF and no catalyst, is +11% over the same month.
NU7 go/no-go lands Oct 20.
Anatomy of $LAPTOP's first 24 hours:
· 100M tokens (10% of supply) moved to a project multisig 7 days before trading
· 42.5M distributed pre-launch, including to GSR and Wintermute
· Peak came 7 minutes after open
· ~80% of tracked wallets ended up in the red
Founder allocation remains locked.
