Hyperliquid Proposes Compliance Model for US Market Entry
Hyperliquid CEO Jeff Yan proposes that US regulators oversee licensed firms operating on the blockchain rather than the protocol itself to facilitate market entry.

Hyperliquid CEO Jeff Yan proposes that US regulators oversee licensed firms operating on the blockchain rather than the protocol itself to facilitate market entry.

President Donald Trump stated that the CFTC is working to integrate the decentralized platform Hyperliquid into the U.S. market through regulated intermediaries.

Network School has acquired the decentralized social platform Farcaster from Neynar, with plans to rebrand it as the Network State Protocol and introduce AI-based moderation.

Coinbase's x402 payment protocol reached 43,100 monthly active senders in October 2026, marking a 152% growth driven by automated payments for AI agents.

IPX has raised $4 million in seed funding at a $125 million valuation to launch its intellectual property tokenization platform on Base.

Solana recorded over $7.1 billion in tokenized equities volume during Q3 2026, marking a significant milestone for the network's ecosystem.

Vitalik Buterin is pushing for a more decentralized Ethereum, proposing a 'walkaway test' to ensure the protocol functions independently of his leadership.

Hamilton Lane is integrating RedStone’s oracle services to facilitate onchain transactions for its SCOPE fund, prioritizing stablecoin transfers and collateralized lending.

Major banks are competing for corporate deposits by offering programmable liquidity, blockchain-based settlement, and advanced treasury automation to gain an edge over traditional interest rates.

Safe has moved its Safenet Aegis security network out of beta, introducing paid transaction checks and a new staking reward program across Ethereum, Gnosis, and Arbitrum.

The ZK token rose 6.2% after Vitalik Buterin praised the new Airbender Prime prover, while calling for a shift in industry focus toward security.

Solana Mobile is partnering with Ledger to launch the Ledger Atom device, integrating Solana’s dApp ecosystem with Ledger’s secure hardware technology.

The NFT market is grappling with a wave of platform shutdowns and ecosystem failures, leaving thousands of digital assets inaccessible and raising critical security concerns for investors.

Solana will transition to the Alpenglow consensus mechanism on October 21, aiming to reduce transaction finality to 150 milliseconds.

Hyperliquid founder Jeff Yan is lobbying for a regulatory exemption to prevent the platform's Layer-1 blockchain from being classified as a regulated exchange under US law.

Sectora Foundation has entered the final testing phase for four new products while maintaining the availability of its SECT token on the Uniswap decentralized exchange.

Standard Chartered has delayed its projection for the stablecoin market to reach a $2 trillion valuation by two years, citing a slowdown in token supply growth.

The Solana Foundation has opened an office in Shanghai and launched a promotional campaign, a move that Binance founder Changpeng Zhao says his own BNB Chain has not yet achieved.

Vitalik Buterin announced that the race for ZK-proof speed is won, urging developers to prioritize security for zkEVM systems following ZKsync's latest performance milestone.

Aptos has upgraded its blockchain to the Block-STM v2 engine, enabling dynamic parallel execution across up to 256 cores without requiring changes from developers.
