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Aster’s recent delisting from DeFiLlama has triggered a pullback in demand for its native token, ASTER. Following the DEX’s removal and mounting doubts over its data accuracy, ASTER’s price performance has flattened, reflecting uncertainty in the market. With key investors reducing their holdings, the altcoin might soon witness a move to the downside as sentiment weakens.Sponsored SponsoredASTER Faces Confidence Crisis After DeFiLlama DelistingOn October 5, the founder of leading decentralized finance (DeFi) analytics platform DeFiLlama0xngmi announced on X that Aster’s reported volumes appeared to mirror those of Binance’s perpetuals market, raising red flags about the accuracy of its data. This revelation has…

Solana’s price has maintained a strong uptrend for nearly four months, placing the altcoin among the best-performing assets in the current market cycle. The recent surge brought SOL close to breaking the $250 mark before shifting sentiment and reduced investor participation halted its momentum. The lack of sustained support from holders now threatens to derail the rally.Solana Holders Pull BackInvestor activity on the Solana network has slowed significantly over the past few weeks. The number of active addresses has dropped to a 13-month low, suggesting reduced engagement and on-chain participation. This decline signals waning confidence among retail traders, many of whom…

The Bank of England (BoE) will exempt crypto exchanges and other operationally critical firms from proposed stablecoin holding limits, potentially supercharing money into Bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH).As Bloomberg News reported on Oct. 7, the central bank plans to grant waivers to firms that require large token inventories for market-making and settlement operations, according to a person familiar with the matter.The BoE will also permit the use of stablecoins for settlement within its Digital Securities Sandbox.The shift addresses backlash over draft rules reported in September that would have capped individual stablecoin holdings at £10,000 to £20,000 and limited firms to…

The Ethereum Foundation, which oversees the development of the Ethereum network, announced the “Privacy Cluster,” a team of 47 experts across the blockchain industry tasked with bringing privacy features to the layer-1 smart contract network.Ethereum’s privacy cluster brings together researchers, engineers and cryptographers to develop protocol-level privacy features, including private payments and private decentralized identity solutions, according to a Wednesday announcement.The Foundation introduced Privacy Stewards for Ethereum (PSE), a privacy-focused research and development initiative, in September, and the Privacy Cluster will work closely with PSE to build out privacy-preserving enhancements.These privacy-preserving developments include developing zero-knowledge infrastructure, a way of verifying…

Wisconsin Representative Bryan Steil, one of the original cosponsors of the House of Representatives’ crypto market structure bill, the CLARITY Act, said Republicans’ timeline of passing the legislation before 2026 was still the plan, despite the ongoing government shutdown.In a Wednesday CNBC interview, Steil said Republicans’ plan for passing legislation to establish what they called regulatory clarity for the digital industry was still on track. Party leaders in the Senate pledged to have the chamber’s version of the bill signed into law by 2026, but as the government shutdown entered its eighth day, many in the industry have voiced concerns.“I…

TransCrypts, a blockchain startup building tools for people to own and share verified credentials, has raised a $15 million seed round led by Pantera Capital. The round included Lightspeed Faction, Alpha Edison, Motley Fool Ventures, and a mix of returning investors such as Mark Cuban and Protocol Labs.The funding follows a strong summer for the San Francisco-based company. In September, TransCrypts won CoinDesk’s Pitchfest at Consensus Hong Kong, taking home $10,000 in tokens, a trophy, and ten coaching sessions.Founder and CEO Zain Zaidi said that the win helped the team refine its vision for what he calls “self-sovereign identity”— a…

Hyperliquid, the decentralized perpetuals exchange, announced Wednesday that it has listed MON-USD hyperps, allowing traders to go long or short the token in a pre-market phase.MON is the native token of Monad, a Layer 1 blockchain designed to be fully compatible with the Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM) — a feature that makes it easier for developers to migrate their applications from Ethereum.Both Hyperliquid’s announcement and Monad’s recent posts suggest that an airdrop may be imminent, with the project’s official teasing their “airdrop claim loading” feature reaching 98% on Oct. 8, according to Monad’s latest update on X.Based on trading in…

“Never visit unknown websites promoted through unsolicited tokens,” the warning reads. Shiba Inu (SHIB) is one of the crypto projects with the largest and most active communities. Unfortunately, this popularity also makes its users a frequent target for scammers. In the following lines, we’ll highlight the latest scheme and explain how to stay protected. What’s Happening? Shibarium Trustwatch – an X account which warns the SHIB Army about potential threats – recently revealed that real Shiba Inu tokens have been airdropped to wallets, but fraudsters have attached a deceptive message urging people to visit a dubious website “to claim…

A majority of lawmakers in the US Senate voted to confirm Jonathan McKernan as Under Secretary for Domestic Finance at the Department of the Treasury.In a Tuesday vote of 51 to 47, the Senate confirmed McKernan to the US Treasury, serving under Secretary Scott Bessent. Though the US government has been shut down since lawmakers failed to pass a bill extending funding beyond Sept. 30, Congress can essentially continue to operate.McKernan, nominated to the Treasury by US President Donald Trump in June, has previously suggested opposition to debanking policies in the government, but did not explicitly tie the alleged practice…

After launching its FAssets system, which lets users bring non-smart contract assets like XRP and BTC into DeFi, the network’s next move focuses on growing the FLR holder base. To make this happen, Flare has teamed up with TOP Wallet, a Telegram-native Web3 app used by over 100 million people worldwide. Together, they’re rolling out the FLR Launch Campaign, a large-scale activation that brings FLR directly to users inside Telegram—no external wallet needed. Bringing FLR to Telegram’s Web3 Hub Running from October through November 2025, the Wallet x Flare campaign is built around three pillars: deep product integration, community education,…