Ripple has expanded its partnership with Water.org with a $6 million commitment and a $1.25 million RLUSD grant to fund water and sanitation loans in Indonesia, the Philippines and Uganda.

A fake job posting PDF opened the floodgates, revealing that North Korean hackers had amassed $11.8 billion over a decade, and the encryption industry was now facing a state-level cyber force.

The doubling of Ethereum's gas cap makes L1 cheaper, ENSv2 abandons its dedicated L2 and goes directly to the mainnet, and a number of applications are moving custody and settlement back to L1.

India’s Reserve Bank and Financial Intelligence Unit are reviewing the use of overseas crypto cards as users report that the cards cannot be used in the country. According to Foresight News, The Economic Times cited two people familiar with the matter who said the cards let Indian residents convert cryptocurrency into rupees for domestic purchases and cash withdrawals. Over the past few days, access to some users’ cards and service providers’ websites has reportedly been blocked. Since October 29, multiple users have posted on social media that their crypto cards do not work in India. The sources said the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) and the Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) are in discussions with Visa and Mastercard, and that the payment networks may have begun disabling crypto card transactions made in India or initiated from the country. The RBI, Visa and Mastercard did not respond to requests for comment. The blocks may be linked to a warning from Digital South Trust, an Indian nonprofit blockchain research organization. In August, the group applied for a Visa-backed RedotPay virtual crypto card, conducted several online transactions in India and submitted records to regulators. The report and legal and tax professionals interviewed by the newspaper said the cards may breach India’s Foreign Exchange Management Act (FEMA) and regulatory frameworks for prepaid payment instruments (PPI) and payment and settlement systems (PSS).

Four Democratic U.S. senators have accused X of giving prediction market Polymarket preferential treatment in its advertising system. According to Foresight News, Semafor reported that Catherine Cortez Masto, Adam Schiff, Jacky Rosen and Richard Blumenthal jointly sent a letter raising the allegation. They said users reporting Polymarket ads through X’s standard interface could not select a reporting option, while ads from other platforms, including Kalshi, could be reported normally. The senators said the apparent preferential treatment raised questions about whether X was giving Polymarket an unfair competitive advantage and benefiting U.S. President Donald Trump and his family. Donald Trump Jr. is an investor and adviser to Polymarket. X and Polymarket did not respond to requests for comment.

Sunrate launched the Agentic Card at Hong Kong FinTech Week, a programmable, multi-currency corporate virtual card that lets AI agents create cards, make payments and check transaction results within preset permissions and rules. According to ChainCatcher, the card has received Mastercard Agent Pay certification.

Reddit shares plunged more than 30% on Friday after CEO Steve Huffman warned that Google's AI-powered search features are cutting traffic referrals to the platform, raising concerns about its ability to sustain user growth and advertising revenue.

BTCPay Server warned operators to shut down older installations after attackers gained administrator access and drained connected hot wallets, targeting versions 2.4.1 and earlier. The project has urged users to update to version 2.4.7, while investigating the attack and the total amount stolen.

The United States will hold midterm elections on November 3, 2026. As these elections approach, the crypto industry is using its financial power to participate in political competition…

Following the $6.3 billion cryptocurrency theft, AI is rewriting the security boundaries of the cryptocurrency world, and platforms and institutions have begun to save themselves.

BlackRock's ETHA saw a net outflow of $1.42 billion in October, accounting for 88% of the total outflow from Ethereum ETFs, as institutions are reassessing the opportunity cost of holding ETH.

From Luckin Coffee and Didi Chuxing to Lark Office, 17 national-level apps have opened official Skill or MCP entry points, but the payment step is still left to users to confirm themselves.

Hyperliquid earns a billion dollars a year from transaction fees but has never raised funds. More and more crypto projects are abandoning tokens and VCs, and the market is starting to price tokens based on cash flow rather than narrative.