NEAR Protocol will host a hackathon with a total prize pool of $250,000.

A $ZEC whale is buying $MASK! This whale holds over $15M in assets, including 10,241 $ZEC ($11.69M). Over the past 3 days, he has been accumulating $MASK, buying a total of 3.69M $MASK ($151K).

Multi-chain anti-MEV DEX aggregator Cashmere Labs, built on LayerZero, tweeted that it is expanding its ecosystem. Goat LP, an automated liquidity management tool for Uniswap v3/v4 positions on Robinhood Chain, will be open to all users. The team will next launch the Mountain product and its native token CSM. Within Mountain, Barn (a soulbound NFT) can earn CSM via continuous issuance, while Goat Street NFTs can be permanently bound to Mountain to receive issuance shares. CSM has a maximum total supply of 666 million tokens, with 65% allocated through Barn and Goat issuance. The team also plans an airdrop (wallets that have listed Goat Street NFTs on OpenSea will be excluded) and a launchpad.

，glassnode 发布数据指出，自本月早些时候山寨币杠杆达到年度峰值以来，大部分币种价格已经明显回落，但超过 40% 的大市值币种仍处于今年杠杆水平的最高点附近。在中盘币种中，这一比例已达到年度高位。山寨币杠杆交易仍然火热，而更大幅度的下跌将使多头头寸面临风险。

According to official announcements, BNB Standard Corporation (BNC), the BNB treasury firm, has named Alex Odagiu as its new CEO. Public records show Odagiu joined YZi Labs in September 2021 as an investment manager, and was promoted to Investment Partner at the firm in September 2025. During his tenure at YZi Labs, he was primarily responsible for Web3-related investments spanning DeFi, payments, stablecoins, real-world assets (RWA), and AI-crypto intersections, served as a mentor and judge for the BNB Chain MVB Accelerator across 10 seasons, participated in the EASY Residency incubation program, and backed projects including Avalon, Aspecta, Canton, Hemi, Concrete, Mysten Labs, and Aptos. In June 2026, he was appointed Interim President and Director of BNB Standard Corporation, and officially took on the CEO role on October 19, 2026, resigning from all his positions at YZi Labs, including Investment Partner and his seat on the investment committee. This past June, YZi Labs and BNB treasury firm CEA Industries (now rebranded as BNC) reached an agreement to resolve governance disputes and jointly advance management adjustments.

Smart trader Bharat Krymo (@krybharat) bought 5.02M $EDEL ($143.6K). He currently holds 113,263 $HYPE ($8.97M) and has made $12.89M in trading profits on Hyperliquid.

France’s Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF) announced on October 19 a list of websites that illegally offer crypto assets or crypto asset services in France, newly identified in the third quarter. The listed sites include alphaairobot.com, aureoncorevix.net, bitgrokapp.com, bitkelttrade.com, cryptobullbear.com, investpathline.com, and others. Since the start of 2026, AMF has added a total of 64 entries to this blacklist. The regulator noted that the list is updated regularly but is not exhaustive due to the continuous emergence of new unauthorised or fraudulent entities. The public can access the full blacklist via the "Espace épargnants > Protéger son épargne > Listes noires et mises en garde" section on AMF’s official website and the ABEIS website. They can also check the whitelist of authorised crypto asset service providers (PSCA) on AMF’s site to verify whether relevant institutions are permitted to operate in France.