Market Digest

CW 43 U.S. President Donald Trump pardoned Binance founder CZ, calling his prosecution political and marking a potential shift in crypto regulation. BNB began trading on Coinbase and Robinhood. Meanwhile, Hong Kong approved Asia’s first Solana spot ETF, set to debut on October 27.

CW 42 Uniswap added support for Solana through Jupiter’s DEX aggregator, marking its first non-EVM integration. A public debate arose over listing fees between Binance and Coinbase, highlighting exchange practices. Binance also launched a $400M “Together Initiative” to aid liquidated users.

CW 41. WBETH, BNSOL, and USDE briefly depegged on Binance during a sharp market drop, prompting compensation to users. Chinese memetokens gained traction on BSC as Binance prepared UTF-8 support and launched Meme Rush. Meanwhile, Grayscale enabled ETH staking within its U.S. ETFs.

CW 40. MetaMask confirmed plans for a rewards program tied to LINEA, with $30M in incentives and benefits for long-time users. James Wynn transitions from Hyperliquid to Aster, hinting at a collaboration. Meanwhile, BTC and BNB reached new all-time highs, with BNB now ranking third by market cap.

CW 39. The CFTC is considering stablecoins as collateral in U.S. derivatives. In Korea, Naver plans to acquire Upbit’s operator Dunamu. Meanwhile, UXLINK disclosed an $11.3M breach, triggering token losses and a sharp price drop.

CW 38. Circle launched native USDC on Hyperliquid and became a direct HYPE holder, signaling deeper involvement in the ecosystem. Curve proposed Yield Basis, a new protocol to boost bitcoin liquidity with $60M crvUSD. Meanwhile, LMAX introduced BTC and ETH perpetual futures with up to 100x leverage.