defi

Extended Perps moved 99.93% of its dollars from Starknet to Arc

Extended bridged 99.93% of its dollars to Arc on Oct-22-2026, but Arc only added 104.5 million of the 113.99 that entered: the missing amount is Bitcoin price.

privacy

Tornado Cash: 566 deposits of 100 ETH after 74 days of outflows

The Tornado Cash 100 ETH pool closed on Oct-19-2026 with zero deposits and received 566 in the following 38 hours. Five days later, the ether remains inside.

regulation

GENIUS Act rule is final, but the OCC has no application window

The OCC's GENIUS Act rule takes effect Jan-18-2027, but as of Oct-25-2026 there is no date to apply: OMB has yet to approve the application form.

infrastructure

Ethereum burned 1.02% of what it issued in seven days

The EIP-1559 burn destroyed 213 ETH compared to 20,816 issued in the seven days leading up to Oct-25-2026: 1.02%. No deflationary week since Nov-2024.

trading

Polymarket US charges 2.72% of cash and Kalshi 1.52%

Polymarket US charged $2.72 for every $100 of cash (Oct 21-23, 2026) and Kalshi $1.52 (Oct 23 sample): with nearly identical fees, price decides the outcome.

infrastructure

EIP-7702: 12 revocations in 32,512 accounts in seven days

Oct 14-21, 2026: only 12 of the 32,512 accounts with EIP-7702 delegation in the census revoked it, and the circulating rate doubles when the sample shifts.

regulation

Treasury GENIUS docket: 161 letters and none from Tether

161 letters, none from Tether: the issuer of 76.95% of the measured digital dollar is absent from the Treasury docket on the GENIUS Act, closed Oct-20-2026.

defi

Arc Day 30: 0 pools with swaps and 44.85 M USDC against syrupUSDC

On Oct-16-2026, day 30 of Arc, Circle's chain: zero swaps in the 300 sampled pools and a spoke against syrupUSDC takes out 41.5% of the borrowed USDC.

infrastructure

Ethereum's exit queue: 72.56% of the ETH is consolidation

In Ethereum's exit queue on Oct-14-2026, 715,384 ETH (72.56%) move to a different validator without leaving staking: two queues, two limits.

stablecoins

67.63% of USDC is repo: the names, only in the N-MFP3

The USDC fund's repo was 67.63% of USDC in circulation as of Aug-31-2026; as of Sep-30 its 13 counterparties are only named in the N-MFP3.

infrastructure

How much does an L2 pay to Ethereum? From 0.14% to 189.89%

The 22 L2s paid Ethereum 0.2774% of what they billed users from July 15 to Oct 12, 2026; the median L2 pays 44 times that ratio: 12.27%.

security

Ledger did not remove CryptoBilis: it relabeled it as paused

Ledger deleted a reseller from its list on October 13, 2026, going from 153 entries to 152, and left CryptoBilis, the channel of the thefts, listed as paused.