🤖 Telegram has introduced new bot username endings: agent, ai, app, game, and gay.
You can add a new username via @BotFather while keeping the original one. Both usernames will point to the same bot.
🇪🇺 EU to restrict USDT on MiCA-licensed platforms
ESMA has ordered MiCA-licensed crypto firms to wind down services involving non-compliant stablecoins, including USDT
Firms have till January 8, 2027 to complete the process, with limited operations allowed for existing holdings
🤖 Google Cloud x Sui
Mysten Labs and Google Cloud are developing a system to verify AI agent actions and ensure they stay within authorized permissions
Agent data will be stored in Google Cloud, while Sui and Walrus will verify the records haven’t been altered
❌ Abstract Is Shutting Down
Abstract announced it will shut down its chain on December 15, 2026, citing limited DeFi activity, thin liquidity and an economically unsustainable model
Users must migrate their assets before the deadline or risk losing access to their funds
🐕 Kyrgyzstan’s President Gifted CZ a Taigan
Binance founder Changpeng Zhao received a Kyrgyz Taigan selected by President Sadyr Japarov
CZ hasn’t revealed its name yet. When he revealed Broccoli in 2025, a memecoin with the same name hit $176M in market cap that day
💰 Open USD Goes Live on Four Networks
Stablecoin OUSD is live on Ethereum, Solana, Base and Tempo. Open Standard’s founding partners include Coinbase, Mastercard, Shopify, Stripe and Visa
OUSD is issued by Stripe’s Bridge and can be minted and redeemed 1:1 for USD with no fees
💵 Polkadot may launch its own stablecoin, dotUSD
The community is voting on a $5M allocation: $2.5M in USDT to mint dotUSD 1:1 and $2.5M in DOT for a DOT/dotUSD liquidity pool
Later, dotUSD could be minted using overcollateralized DOT. The vote is still ongoing
🏆 Arbitrum has become the first blockchain to surpass 7,000 RWA
Arbitrum One now tracks 7,083 real-world assets, compared with 3,098 on Solana and 2,871 on Ethereum.
🚨 Around $351.6M was moved from several Bitget hot wallets in unauthorized transactions
Withdrawals are temporarily suspended. Bitget says user funds are safe and any losses will be covered by its $464M+ Protection Fund.
🏦 Coinbase has launched USDC loans backed by Bitcoin through Morpho Midnight.
The interest rate and repayment date are fixed upfront, allowing users to access liquidity without selling their BTC
The new option sits alongside Coinbase’s existing loans with variable rates.
⚡️ Solana is testing transaction finality in 0.15 seconds.
Alpenglow has reached the public testnet, aiming to cut finality from roughly 13 seconds to just 0.15 seconds.
That would make final confirmation almost 85 times faster than it is today.
Coinbase is bringing IPO access to US retail investors.
Users will be able to request shares before trading begins, starting with Oura. Shares can be requested at the IPO price, but allocations are not guaranteed.
Zcash is preparing a major NU7 upgrade
Developers are targeting Nov. 5 for the mainnet launch. The upgrade is expected to speed up block creation by cutting block times from 75s to 25s, while preserving the halving schedule.
$ZEC is currently trading above $1,500