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2026/10/21
SecondSight Appoints Six Executives from Insurance and Technology to Accelerate Expansion
CoinDesk reports:Executives from Marsh, CAC Specialty, and Woodruff Sawyer have joined SecondSight alongside President Jamie Bouloux to drive the company into additional lines of business.Bloomington, Indiana, October 21, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — SecondSight, a developer of an insurance industry operatin
DXtrade Launches Dedicated Crypto Trading Interface for Spot Traders
CoinMarketCap reports:A dedicated interface for cryptocurrency spot traders, offering a tailored trading experience.London, October 21 /PRNewswire/ -- Devexperts, a global software developer for capital markets, has launched a new dedicated cryptocurrency trading interface for its flagship white-lab
Kalshi Partners with BitGo to Enable Institutional Clients to Use Crypto as Margin for Perpetual Futures
ME News reports that on October 21 (UTC+8), the prediction market platform Kalshi entered into a三方 collateral management arrangement with the crypto custodian BitGo. Clients of Kalshi Prime, Kalshi’s U.S.-registered futures commission merchant, can now use digital assets held at BitGo Bank & Trust a
Bitcoin ETFs Add Nearly $550M in Two Days, Reversing Previous Week's Outflows
TL;DRU.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs added about $549.76 million across Monday and Tuesday, reversing more than twice the roughly $229 million withdrawn during the previous week.Tuesday contributed only $23.16 million after Monday’s $526.60 million surge, with BlackRock’s IBIT leading the latest session whil
SpaceX Stock Rises 10.3% as JPMorgan Doubles Price Target to $500
Key takeawaysSpaceX shares rally sharply after record quarterly earningsJPMorgan raises SPCX price target from $240 to $500AI computing growth drives increasingly ambitious Wall Street forecastsSpaceX stock surged toward $163 on October 21 after Elon Musk's company reported record quarterly earnings
Kalshi and BitGo Enable Crypto Collateral Loans for Futures Margin
Odaily Planet Daily reports that Kalshi has reached a new arrangement with BitGo, allowing select clients to use custodied crypto assets as collateral for loans, with the loan proceeds used as margin for leveraged perpetual futures trading on Kalshi’s exchange. This arrangement is available to clien
Kalshi to Allow Crypto Collateral for Perpetual Futures Margin
According to ChainCatcher, Bloomberg reports that the prediction market platform Kalshi has reached a new arrangement with the crypto asset custodian BitGo, enabling certain clients to use their custodied crypto assets as collateral for loans, with the loan proceeds used as margin for leveraged perp
Bitcoin ETF records $33.88M daily net outflow; Ethereum ETF loses $31.42M in a single day
ChainCatcher report: On-chain data analyst Lookonchain posted on X that on October 21, Bitcoin ETFs recorded a net outflow of 403 BTC, approximately $33.88 million; over the past 7 days, they saw a net inflow of 2,528 BTC, approximately $212 million. During the same period, Ethereum ETFs recorded a
Google Responds to PHP Security Vulnerability, Urges Upgrade to PHP 8.2 or Higher
BlockBeats news, on October 21, Google announced that Google Cloud is rolling out updated serverless base images for all supported PHP versions, urging customers to immediately upgrade to PHP 8.2 or higher and redeploy their services using the patched versions.Google stated that there is no vulnerab
OpenAI discovers major PHP security vulnerability, pledges $1 billion for cybersecurity support
OpenAI stated that, given the severe impact of recently discovered PHP security vulnerabilities and the widespread use of PHP, the company considers this one of the most significant security vulnerability events in recent years. According to OpenAI, cutting-edge AI models detected these vulnerabilit
Solana Activates Alpenglow, Cuts Transaction Finality to 150 Milliseconds
Core engineering team Anza said Solana activated the Alpenglow consensus protocol on mainnet-beta on Wednesday, reducing transaction finality from about 12.8 seconds to roughly 150 milliseconds. Alpenglow is Solana's biggest consensus upgrade since the network began operating in 2020. Validators rep
Solana Activates Alpenglow Upgrade, Reducing Transaction Finality to 150ms
Core engineering team Anza said Solana activated the Alpenglow consensus protocol on mainnet-beta on Wednesday, reducing transaction finality from about 12.8 seconds to roughly 150 milliseconds. Alpenglow is Solana's biggest consensus upgrade since the network began operating in 2020. Validators rep
JPMorgan Invests $23 Billion in One Year to Address U.S.-China Dependency
CoinDesk reports:JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon has long warned that the U.S. has allowed itself to become dangerously dependent on China. In his 2024 letter to shareholders, he stated that the U.S. “fell asleep” while China built its economic power. Recently, he has also criticized Washington’s slu
GMX Proposes Solana Revenue for GMX Buybacks and 180-Day Unstaking Lock
According to ME News, on October 21 (UTC+8), the GMX governance forum proposed GMLabs-003, planning to implement two adjustments starting October 28: first, after repurchasing GT, any remaining Solana protocol revenue will be entirely used to repurchase GMX, with the acquired GMX added to the stakin
Tom Lee’s Bitmine Stakes $390M ETH, Staked Treasury Share Hits 86.5%
TL;DRBitmine staked another 159,728 ETH worth about $390.6 million, lifting its total staked position to approximately 5.23 million ETH and 86.5% of holdings.The company held around 6.04 million ETH, leaving it roughly 63,500 ETH short of Tom Lee’s stated target of owning 5% of Ethereum’s circulatin
