Crypto Markets & On-Chain Ecosystem Developments

zkLink, a cross-chain protocol, experienced a security exploit on October 29, 2026, resulting in a loss of approximately $783K. The incident was revealed and analyzed by SlowMist_Team, which identified a transient storage flaw that allowed attackers to forge batch roots and enable unauthorized withd

According to the Shenzhen Intermediate People's Court official WeChat account, on October 26, the court disclosed a criminal case involving virtual assets valued at over 2.58 million yuan.

According to @SolanaFloor, the Step Drainer attack targeted StonkFun and nine other crypto platforms as of October 31. StonkFun's team migrated to new infrastructure and restored the website. The platform confirmed its on-chain operations remained unaffected during the incident.

According to COINOTAG, Shiba Inu's on-chain holder base reached 1,696,223 on Oct. 30 as the memecoin added 147,593 wallet addresses since the start of 2026. The count for Day 303 was published at 12:00 UTC on Oct. 30, with 210 new holders recorded that day alone.

According to @whale_alert, Coinbase Institutional received 550,157 SOL, valued at approximately $52.67 million, in a major transfer. The transaction reflects activity in the Solana ecosystem and institutional interest in the network.

Bitcoin traders are adopting a cautious stance as midterm elections approach, with the cryptocurrency's options market signaling low expected volatility on Election Day, according to BitGo Research. Despite prediction markets largely favoring a Democratic outcome, Bitcoin options reflect only modest

Trezor issued a security warning on October 30 after a customer in Indonesia reported finding a suspected cellular implant inside a Trezor Safe 5 hardware wallet purchased from former authorized reseller CryptoBilis through marketplace Tokopedia in August 2026. The suspected implant could potentiall

According to Trezor's October 30 security advisory, the hardware wallet manufacturer warned customers of a suspected surveillance implant discovered inside a Trezor Safe 5 device purchased from authorized reseller CryptoBilis through Indonesian marketplace Tokopedia in August 2026. The implant was

According to Samsung, USDC transfer functionality will arrive in Samsung Wallet across approximately 82 million compatible Galaxy devices in the United States this week. Sui and Solana have been named as technology partners supporting the feature.

According to TRM Labs investigation, TRON (TRX) fell approximately 6% on October 31, retreating toward $0.32 support following the routing of $628 million through the TRON network during Binance's October 29 security breach. Investigators identified that $628 million moved from Binance wallets thro

Two Texas brothers, Raymond Christian Garcia and Isiah Angelo Garcia, were sentenced to 15 and 15.5 years in federal prison on October 29, 2026, for kidnapping a Minnesota family at gunpoint and forcing the transfer of more than $8 million in cryptocurrency. U.S. District Judge Donovan W. Frank impo