President Trump Pardons Binance Founder CZ

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Crypto News

• ⭐️ US President Trump pardons Binance $BNB founder Changpeng Zhao (CZ); CZ pleaded guilty to violating the Bank Secrecy Act in November 2023 & served four months in prison.

• Binance $BNB founder Changpeng Zhao (CZ) accepts Peter Schiff's challenge to debate Bitcoin $BTC vs tokenized Gold $XAU.

• Solana $SOL Foundation announces Launch On Solana, new open source Solana tools to help developers get to market faster; to introduce new products & tools soon.

• Google adds EigenCloud $EIGEN on Google Cloud Web3 Faucet; developers can request EIGEN (on Ethereum Hoodi Testnet) to build, test, & deploy.

• Crypto[.]com files application for National Trust Bank Charter with US OCC; Coinbase $COIN, Circle $CRCL, Bridge, & others have also recently applied.

• OpenEden $EDEN releases Strategic Blueprint; to expand USDO, launch a tokenized fund, launch a delta-neutral yield token, expand to non-USD stablecoins, & more.

• Ripple $XRP completes acquisition of Hidden Road for $1.25B; rebrands to Ripple Prime; enables Ripple to expand its services.

• Aave $AAVE acquires Stable for an undisclosed amount; Stable app to be phased out, Stable team to focus on new consumer apps for Aave.

• Farcaster acquires Clanker (tokenbot) $CLANKER for an undisclosed amount; to integrate Clanker into the Farcaster app soon.

• Fireblocks acquires Dynamic for an undisclosed amount; adds Dynamic’s wallet & onboarding tools to Fireblocks’ custody stack.

Alpha

• State Of Alpha by Olimpio; discusses Stable, MegaETH $MEGA, Plasma $XPL, MetaDAO, USDai, Lighter, & Tydro $INK.

• MegaETH $MEGA ICO by Havcaaren.

• ⭐️ Stable launches pre-deposit campaign with $825M cap; insiders deposited & filled the cap before any public announcement.

• Abstract launches Early Bird Flash Badge; users who signed up to Abstract before mainnet launch are eligible.

• Socket posts "▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓░░░░░░░ 69%" on X; to potentially launch mainnet, TGE, & airdrop soon.

• Wormhole $W launches Portal Earn, a new loyalty & rewards program; bridge, swap, and/or stake to earn XP.

• Spicenet launches Spicenet Portal; complete quests, climb the leaderboard, & earn rewards.

Airdrops

• Airdrops, Checkers, & Points by Olimpio.

• ⭐️ Lighter Founder & CEO Vladimir Novakovski says "The holidays will be lit this year" in response to Cobie asking "when is lighter"; to potentially launch TGE & airdrop in December.

• ⭐️ Polymarket CMO Matthew Modabber confirms plans to launch Polymarket $POLY token & airdrop; to focus on token launch after relaunching in the US.

• Meteora launches $MET airdrop claim; Meteora Points holders, Jupiter $JUP stakers, & more are eligible.

• aPriori launches $APR airdrop claim; aPriori community members, MadLads & Moonbirds NFT holders, & more are eligible.

• Infinex founder Kain Warwick announces Infinex token & airdrop are launching soon; to launch at the end of December or early January.

• zkPass teases $ZKP on X; to launch TGE & airdrop in December.

• ICYMI Airdrops, Checkers, & Points (October 13th) by Olimpio.

Finance News

• ⭐️ US President Trump nominates Michael Selig as CFTC Chair; Selig currently serves as Chief Legal Counsel for the SEC’s Special Task Force on Crypto.

• US September CPI inflation rises to 3.0%, below expectations of 3.1%; Core CPI inflation falls to 3.0%, below expectations of 3.1%.

• US President Trump ends trade negotiations with Canada; cites Canada's anti-tariff advertisement; Canada has since paused the ad.

• US President Trump Administration is NOT in talks to take stakes in several quantum computing companies, according to Yahoo Finance; contradicts earlier reports from WSJ.

• SpaceX transfers 1,215 Bitcoin $BTC (~$135M) to two new wallets; also recently transferred 2,495 Bitcoin $BTC (~$277M) to two unmarked addresses; potentially internal wallet shuffles.

• JPMorgan Chase $JPM to allow Bitcoin $BTC & Ethereum $ETH as collateral for institutional clients; may not occur until 2026.

• Fidelity $FNF Digital Assets adds supports for Solana $SOL custody & trading; applies across all Fidelity Digital Assets platforms.

• Solana Company $HSDT partners with Helius, Twinstake, & Anchorage Digital for staking & custody services; currently holds ~2.2M Solana $SOL (~$426M).

• Rumble to launch Bitcoin $BTC tipping with support from Tether; Rumble currently holds 211 BTC (~$24M); Tether also currently holds a 48% stake in Rumble.

Security and Exploits

• Ledger announces Ledger Nana Gen5; features Secure Element chip, Clear Signing, & more; also announces a redesigned Ledger Wallet app and an Enterprise Multisig platform.

• Trezor announces Trezor Safe 7; features new TROPIC01 chip, "quantum-ready" security, wireless connectivity, & more; available on November 23rd.

• Ocean Protocol $OCEAN to return $120M in $FET to Fetch[.]ai; Ocean Protocol had converted ~661M OCEAN to ~286M FET and then transferred the tokens Binance & GSR Markets.

• Mozilla to require new Firefox extensions to disclose whether they collect and/or share user data starting on November 3rd; all Firefox extensions by H1 2026.

Token Unlocks

• Humanity $H / ~$23M / OCT 25th
• Plasma $XPL / ~$33M / OCT 25th
• Sign $SIGN / ~$12M / OCT 28th
• Grass $GRASS / ~$79M / OCT 28th
• Jupiter $JUP / ~$21M / OCT 28th
Sourced from Tokenomist

Funding

• Pave Bank raises $39M in a Series A funding led by Accel.

• DepinSim raises $8M in Strategic funding led by Outlier Ventures.

• Pieverse raises $7M in Strategic funding led by Animoca Brands & UOB Ventures.

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