Hey there, welcome to this week’s crypto roundup—big moves in regulation, DeFi, and a quantum twist on Bitcoin security.
Intercontinental Exchange announced a strategic investment in Trade.xyz to create a regulated US market for 24/7 perpetual futures on Hyperliquid, sparking a 13% rise in the HYPE token.
Read full storyThe Office of Foreign Assets Control sanctioned ten individuals and one entity tied to North Korean IT worker schemes, naming two Russian nationals who moved over $5 million in crypto for the regime.
Polymarket paused its international platform on Oct. 29 after a compromised third‑party script drained millions of POL tokens, then reopened trading and pledged full reimbursement.
DTCC’s Depository Trust Company activated its tokenization platform, allowing 20 major firms to mint and transfer blockchain tokens representing U.S. equities, ETFs and Treasuries.
Polygon Labs adds its Open Money Stack to Solana, giving businesses a single integration for bank funding, embedded wallets, cross‑chain transfers and global payouts.
Alice & Bob’s new research suggests a fault‑tolerant quantum computer with about 29,600 physical qubits could solve Bitcoin’s elliptic‑curve signature in roughly 62 minutes, tightening timelines for post‑quantum upgrades.