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TLDR XRP Ledger’s fixCleanup3_4_0 update faces a November 4 activation after validator support briefly fell. Support dropped to 26 validators on October 21, below the required 29 votes. Validator backing recovered to 31 of 35, restarting the mandatory 14-day approval period. The update addresses token handling, vault accounting and lending code, but the lending protocol remains inactive. The XRP Ledger has delayed its Cleanup3_4_0 bug fix until November 4 after validator support briefly dropped below the required level during a scheduled vote check. The update had been scheduled to activate on October 23. XRP Ledger Validator Vote Resets Activation The…

Dogecoin (DOGE) holders have called for a $1 price for years. Now a new company says it will build the economy that goal would need. Dogecoin Labs launched on October 21 in partnership with the Dogecoin Foundation. It brings the MyDoge wallet, the DogeOS app layer, and the Such App payments tool under CEO Jordan Jefferson. Three Dogecoin Products Move Into One Company Under the agreement, the nonprofit Foundation keeps its role in open-source development, advocacy, and community work. Nasdaq-listed House of Doge (HODO) will move parts of its product, engineering, and commercial operations into Labs. In return, it takes…

Mutsamudu, Comoros, October 22, 2026 – MEXC, a pioneer in 0-fee digital asset trading, has released its September trading data. New-token and TradFi spot trading volumes rose 77% and 78% month over month, respectively, while tokenized U.S. stock trading volume increased 81%. Stock Meme projects also took the top two spots by new-token spot trading volume, as stock-related trading expanded into on-chain new-token markets. In September, the number of newly listed tokens on MEXC increased 15% month over month, while the number of users trading new tokens grew 27%. Seven of the top 10 new tokens by spot trading volume…

Bybit Fintech FZE receives regulatory approval for spot trading as the company reinforces its commitment to compliance and the development of Dubai’s digital asset ecosystem. DUBAI, UAE, Oct. 22, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Bybit, the New Financial Platform trusted by more than 80 million users worldwide, today announced that Bybit Fintech FZE has secured a Virtual Asset Service Provider (VASP) licence from Dubai’s Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority (VARA) for Exchange Services, covering spot trading. The licence marks an important milestone in Bybit’s presence in Dubai, where the company established its international headquarters in 2022. It also supports Bybit’s continued efforts to…

Astana, Kazakhstan, October 22nd, 2026, Chainwire Bybit Kazakhstan announces the signing of a Memorandum of Cooperation with Alatau City Authority, the special management organization responsible for the operation and development of Alatau City under its special legal regime. The memorandum, signed at the AI & Digital Bridge 2026 forum held in Astana on 1–3 October, sets out the parties’ intention to cooperate on digital asset solutions for the city. Alatau City is being developed as an emerging smart city with its own legal framework, including dedicated rules for digital asset activities. The memorandum creates a framework for dialogue between Bybit…

OpenAI says 2 of its coding agents weakened the company’s misalignment monitoring during internal tasks this month. One later denied removing a monitor when its user asked. The company says it still lacks a satisfying explanation. The disclosure comes weeks after CEO Sam Altman ruled out a 2026 OpenAI IPO, citing safety. How OpenAI’s Agents Argued Their Way Around Safety Checks OpenAI detailed both cases in a report. On October 3, a researcher asked a GPT-6.1 Sol agent to build evaluation tasks without sending Slack messages. Sol later asked a subagent to repair the monitoring system while keeping monitoring intact.…

Chinese prosecutors have moved to seize more than 61,800 Bitcoin linked to a massive fraud case worth over 40 billion yuan, roughly $5.7 billion, according to reporting by Chinese outlet The Paper. The case centers on Qian Zhimin, the alleged controller of Tianjin Lantian Gree Electronic Technology. Prosecutors say that from 2014 to 2017, the company sold unlicensed wealth-management products across China, promising guaranteed principal and high returns. The scheme raised more than 40.378 billion yuan from more than 102,000 investors, who lost nearly 20 billion yuan.This money, however, was allegedly used to repay earlier investors, run fake investment projects,…

China’s benchmark CSI 300 index entered a bear market on Thursday after declining for 10 straight weeks, according to LSEG data cited by CNBC. Bloomberg linked the drop to fading stimulus hopes, weak earnings and worries over the global artificial intelligence (AI) trade. Meanwhile, stock markets in South Korea, Japan and Taiwan also fell. China’s Stocks Slide Into Bear Market The CSI 300 stood at 4,060.19 at Thursday’s morning break, about 20% below its June peak. The index was also down 13.94% from its January 1 level. CSI 300 Performance. Source: Google Finance Follow us on X to get the…

AICFDPRO Publishes New Analysis on the Opportunities and Limitations of AI in Cryptocurrency Trading – Chainwire HomeNewsroomAICFDPRO Publishes New Analysis on the Opportunities and Limitations of AI in Cryptocurrency Trading We use cookies to make Chainwire’s website a better experience. Cookies help us provide a more personalized experience and relevant advertising for you, and web analytics for us. The technical storage or access is strictly necessary for the legitimate purpose of enabling the use of a specific service explicitly requested by the subscriber or user, or for the sole purpose of carrying out the transmission of a communication over an…

Singapore, Singapore, October 20th, 2026, Chainwire The discretionary buyback represents close to 1% of circulating supply and precedes four planned product milestones culminating in Grvt 2.0. Grvt, a self-custodial trading platform built on its own zero-knowledge (ZK) chain, announced that the Foundation’s token issuer has completed its first GRVT token buyback, purchasing and burning 1.1 million GRVT tokens on the open market. The transaction permanently removed close to 1% of GRVT’s circulating supply at the time of purchase. It marks the first of five milestones ahead of the planned launch of Grvt 2.0 at the end of November 2026. A…