At 3:12 PM ET on October 15, 2025, Paxos mistakenly minted 300 trillion PYUSD during an internal transfer. The excess tokens were fully burned about 20 minutes later. Paxos attributed the incident to a technical error, confirmed no systems were compromised and customer funds remained secure, and stated the issue had been resolved. — link

Greekslive reported that Bitcoin’s block market saw a surge in put option activity, accounting for 28% of total volume (over $1.15B) in the past 24 hours, mainly in near-term out-of-the-money puts around $10.4K–$10.8K. Skew turned more negative, indicating rising bearish sentiment close to the October 11 crash level. — link

OKX announced a partnership with Standard Chartered Bank, integrating the bank’s regulated custody services into OKX’s European institutional framework. The collaboration will support safeguarded collateral mirroring and enhanced asset protection, offering institutional clients a more secure and efficient trading experience. — link

According to FT，U.S. President Donald Trump and his family earned over $1 billion in pre-tax profits from crypto ventures in the past year. Their crypto empire includes trading cards, meme coins, stablecoins, tokens, and DeFi platforms. The TRUMP and MELANIA coins generated $427M, WLFI token sales brought $550M, and the USD1 stablecoin recorded $2.71B in sales. — link

According to Electric Capital, from January to September 2025, the Ethereum ecosystem added 16,181 new developers, ranking first among all blockchains, followed by Solana (11,534) and Bitcoin (7,494). In terms of total active developers, Ethereum leads with 31,869, followed by Solana (17,708), Bitcoin (11,036), and then Polygon, Sui, BNB Chain, and Polkadot. — link

According to Lookonchain, over the past 30 hours, the LAB project team has repurchased more than 20.9 million $LAB tokens — worth approximately $2.35 million — from Binance Alpha, Bitget, and PancakeSwap. — link

Kraken announced the $100 million acquisition of Small Exchange — a CFTC-regulated Designated Contract Market (DCM) — from IG Group, expanding its footprint in the U.S. derivatives market. The move makes Kraken one of the few trading platforms to hold derivatives licenses across the U.S., U.K., and E.U. — link

OKX announced the delisting of several spot trading pairs, including SLERF, ALPHA, BADGER, OAS, MLN, and AIDOGE, scheduled to take effect between 08:00 and 16:00 on October 23, 2025. OKX advised users to manage their assets and cancel open orders in advance to avoid potential losses. — link

On October 15, spot Bitcoin ETFs saw a total net outflow of $104 million, while none of the twelve ETFs saw a net inflow. Spot Ethereum ETFs recorded a total net inflow of $170 million, with Blackrock ETF ETHA receiving the largest single-day net inflow at $164 million. — link

CME Group reported in its Q3 2025 earnings release that total quarterly trading volume for crypto futures and options surpassed $900 billion, setting a new all-time high. The average daily open interest (ADOI) reached $31.3 billion, with a nominal open interest peak of $39 billion recorded on September 18. Ethereum futures and options also hit multiple record highs, with single-day trading volume reaching up to $1.31 billion. — link

Tether announced a $250,000 donation to OpenSats to support the Bitcoin and broader free and open-source technology ecosystem. OpenSats, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, focuses on funding projects and contributors advancing Bitcoin and censorship-resistant technologies. — link

CEX Data Report in September: Spot trading volume on major exchanges decreased by 14% compared to August. The top three exchanges by change rate were Bybit (+1%), MEXC (+0.2%), and BitMart (-7%). The bottom three were Bitfinex (-27%), Cryptocom (-26%), and OKX (-25%). Website traffic to major exchanges in September decreased by 6% compared to August. The top three exchanges by change rate were Bitget (+25%), KuCoin (+3%), and BitMart (+1%). — link

Cobo co-founder Shenyu claims that US law enforcement has the private keys to 120k bitcoins. The law enforcement agencies did not obtain the private keys through cracking or intrusion, but rather discovered a randomness flaw in the generation of these private keys. The vulnerability affected over 220,000 wallet addresses. The private keys for these wallets were generated by a flawed pseudo-random number generator (PRNG). Because the PRNG uses a fixed offset and pattern, the private keys are more predictable. — link

YZi Labs (formerly Binance Labs) has invested in Temple Digital Group, developer of the native trading platform on Canton Network. Its flagship product, Temple, offers a privacy-focused trading stack that unifies tokenized assets, liquidity, and compliance on Canton's synchronized ledger. — link

According to Fortune, a16z has invested $50 million in Jito, the largest single investment to date. Jito is Solana's MEV infrastructure. — link

Decentralized energy network Daylight Energy has completed a $75 million funding round, including a $15 million equity investment led by Framework Ventures, with participation from a16z crypto, Lerer Hippeau, M13, and Coinbase Ventures. Daylight incentivizes households to install distributed solar and energy storage systems through a crypto network, tokenizing electricity revenue on-chain as digital assets. — link

Bitmine Chairman Tom Lee said in an interview with Fortune that the digital asset treasury (DAT) sector the bubble might already have burst. He noted that while Ethereum is still regarded as “Wall Street’s blockchain” amid growing competition and technical challenges, the increasing number of listed DATs trading below their net crypto asset value signals emerging signs of a market bubble. — link

Decentralized and deflationary Layer 1 and Bitcoin reliever chain VerifiedX announced a strategic partnership with security firm Halborn, focused on strengthening the core security, audit transparency, and resilience of the VerifiedX protocol. The collaboration will include a comprehensive audit of all core code, covering the consensus mechanism, peer-to-peer validator services, and the overall cybersecurity posture of the VerifiedX Layer 1 ecosystem. The partnership is expected to go well beyond initial audits with ongoing security and code reviews and advising on community bug bounty programs. — link

SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce stated at the Washington Privacy Summit that tokenization has become a core focus for the SEC. She noted that the Commission is working with Congress on digital asset legislation that addresses token issuance, classification of transactions, and custody rules. Peirce also emphasized the importance of financial privacy in this context. — link

Ripple has announced its acquisition of global treasury management firm GTreasury in a $1 billion deal. The acquisition aims to integrate Ripple’s digital asset infrastructure with GTreasury’s corporate treasury expertise to offer enterprise clients real-time cross-border payments and idle capital activation solutions. The transaction is expected to close in the coming months, subject to regulatory approval. — link