Vitalik Buterin is experimenting with digital minimalism, switching to Firefly to skip algorithmic feeds, defaulting his phone to airplane mode, and leaning on offline tools and local AI for a cleaner, more intentional tech life.

US midterms may grab headlines, but crypto’s momentum is already global and institutional, Grayscale estimates 80-85% of activity now happens outside the US, spanning hashrate, stablecoins, staking and trading. https://t.co/GsUIrRzVBZ

Chainlink has launched its 24/7 pricing service for tokenized equities, commodities and RWAs, blending traditional data with perpetual futures quotes, partnering with Aave to enable continuous collateral valuation on Horizon. ethereum:0x514910771af9ca656af840dff83e8264ecf986ca ethereum:0x7fc66500c84a76ad7e9c93437bfc5ac33e2ddae9

TRON continues to dominate stablecoin activity, capturing 73% of global volume in September as Justin Sun announced TRX options on Blockchain .com, expanding access while the network powers low-cost transfers across emerging markets. tron:native https://t.co/vXZ6wKhH73

Blockaid flagged an ongoing exploit on zkLink’s Ethereum bridge, where a forged batch root enabled unauthorized withdrawals, draining roughly $786k from the L1 escrow so far. https://t.co/uEOlho3nBj

Bitcoin saw 14,942 BTC leave exchanges on net—the largest single-day outflow in five weeks, just ahead of the Fed decision and key GDP/PCE data, as holders pulled supply away from selling venues. bitcoin:native https://t.co/1CtWnB46VN

XRP wallets holding 10M+ tokens now control 46.87B XRP, about 68.5% of supply, the highest concentration since late 2022, as large holders keep accumulating near $1.29. ripple:native https://t.co/vQLEvwbWyh

Grayscale credits Zcash’s longstanding 20% block reward allocation to developers with powering a decade of privacy tech upgrades, from early shielded pools to the latest quantum-resistant features. zcash:native https://t.co/75fdQ2FBZE

The OCC has granted final approval for Ripple National Trust Bank, giving the company a federally supervised platform to support RLUSD and offer digital asset custody services to enterprises. ripple:native https://t.co/PueyWLnNlt

On-chain data suggests Bitcoin miner MARA Holdings moved 1,000 BTC (worth about $80 million) in a recent transfer that appears consistent with a sale. bitcoin:native https://t.co/nfgJnulQPD