Echo Protocol Announces Shutdown After Nearly Two Years
Echo Protocol is winding down after nearly two years, with a November 14 loan-repayment instruction and a final November 19 withdrawal and unstaking cutoff.
Citi Research Highlights Aave’s Role in Tokenized Collateral
Citi Research sees collateral mobility as a major tokenization use case, according to Aave, whose Horizon market lends against approved real-world assets.
Pump.fun Adds OpenAI and Other Pre-IPO Tokens Through PreStocks
Pump.fun adds eight PreStocks tokens for trading and new coin pairings, including OpenAI and Anthropic, with economic exposure rather than direct share ownership.
NEAR Vote Proposes Cutting Annual Token Issuance to 1.6%
NEAR’s HSP-029 proposes lowering maximum annual issuance from 2.5% to 1.6% over 24 months, with a grace period and a separate validator upgrade required.
Tom Lee’s BitMine Buys 12,535 ETH as Holdings Reach 6.04 Million
BitMine added roughly $30 million worth of ETH over the past week, bringing its treasury closer to its 5% ownership target while most holdings remain staked.
Strategy Buys 267 Bitcoin, Expands Buyback Program to $3B
Strategy’s holdings reach 848,517 BTC after a $22.1 million purchase, as it repurchases $193.1 million of STRC and raises its preferred-security buyback ceiling.
Justin Sun Says He Sold 80–90% of ETH Trading Position
Justin Sun says he cut most of his ETH trading position, retained core Bitcoin holdings and sees AI and quantum computing as risks markets may underestimate.
Digital Gold Could Reach $170B by 2031, WGC and BCG Say
WGC and BCG project a $160–170 billion digital-gold market by 2031, while treating the $700 billion opportunity as longer-term potential demand.
BIS Study Finds Stablecoins Compete With Bank Deposits
BIS research links higher bank deposit rates to slower stablecoin growth, especially for USDC, while stopping short of proving an aggregate deposit drain.
Polygon Targets Visa and Stripe’s Payments Market After Coinme Deal
Polygon Labs has completed its Coinme acquisition, adding regulated US payments access as it builds out its stablecoin services.