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01Rules0 storiesPolicy, regulation, courts and enforcement.
02Rails13 storiesProtocols, products and infrastructure.
03Risk0 storiesSecurity, solvency and market integrity.

Lead story · Rails

Solana Governance Proposal SGP-0003 Aims to Increase Daily SOL Burns

A new Solana governance proposal, SGP-0003, bundles a transaction fee structure overhaul with an accelerated disinflation schedule to increase daily SOL burns.

  • Solana proposal SGP-0003 bundles a transaction fee structure overhaul with an accelerated disinflation schedule.
  • The proposal aims to increase daily SOL burn rates significantly if validator support threshold requirements are met.

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What happened

A new Solana governance proposal, SGP-0003, bundles a transaction fee structure overhaul with an accelerated disinflation schedule to increase daily SOL burns.

Why it matters

Solana proposal SGP-0003 bundles a transaction fee structure overhaul with an accelerated disinflation schedule.

What to watch

The proposal aims to increase daily SOL burn rates significantly if validator support threshold requirements are met.

24h breadthMixed · 53/100
Latest available market pulse.A compact snapshot of whether BTC, ETH, SOL moved higher or lower over the prior 24 hours.
Lower50 = flatHigher

Tracked assets were close to neutral overall.

Breadth starts at 50, adds three points for each 1% of average 24-hour movement across the tracked assets, and is capped between 0 and 100.
BTC$64,163.00+0.90%
BTC was 0.90% higher than the provider quote 24 hours earlier. Snapshot: 10:42 UTC.
ETH$1,872.97+0.80%
ETH was 0.80% higher than the provider quote 24 hours earlier. Snapshot: 10:42 UTC.
SOL$74.03+1.00%
SOL was 1.00% higher than the provider quote 24 hours earlier. Snapshot: 10:42 UTC.

CoinGecko snapshot at 10:42 UTC. Prices and 24-hour moves refresh automatically without rerunning the newsroom.

The complete daily file

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13 distinct stories, grouped by subject and ranked by the Editor-in-Chief.

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Bitcoin

Protocol, mining, custody, treasury and institutional adoption.

03

Ethereum & L2

Ethereum, rollups, staking, governance and application infrastructure.

Ethereum & L2 · rails

Bitmine Adds $19.6M in Ether and Repurchases 4.5M Shares

Bitmine added 10,399 ETH ($19.6 million) to its holdings, reaching nearly 5.8 million ETH (about 4.8% of Ether's circulating supply), while repurchasing 4.5 million shares.

Source trail

Evidence reviewed for this edition: cointelegraph. The publication record preserves 3 sources and the reviewed content hash.

Ethereum & L2 · rails

XRP Holders Can Now Borrow RLUSD on Ethereum Through $280M Pool

Flare's FXRP has been integrated as collateral into a $280 million RLUSD lending pool on Ethereum, enabling XRP holders to borrow RLUSD without selling their underlying tokens.

Source trail

Evidence reviewed for this edition: coindesk. The publication record preserves 2 sources and the reviewed content hash.

02

Solana

Network, validators, applications, payments and ecosystem activity.

Stories featured above.

02

Markets & Macro

Flows, derivatives, market structure, institutions and macro drivers.

02

Industry & Other

Cross-chain infrastructure and consequential industry developments.

Industry & Other · rails

South Korean Exchange Bithumb Targets 2028 IPO

South Korean crypto exchange Bithumb announced plans to seek a preliminary listing review in 2027 for a targeted 2028 initial public offering, after transitioning to international accounting standards (IFRS) this year.

Source trail

Evidence reviewed for this edition: decrypt. The publication record preserves 4 sources and the reviewed content hash.

Industry & Other · rails

Crypto Exchange Bitget to Exit Japan by Year-End

Crypto exchange Bitget announced it will completely cease operations in Japan, stopping new user registrations on Oct. 26, 2025, and closing all open positions by Dec. 31, 2025.

Source trail

Evidence reviewed for this edition: coindesk. The publication record preserves 2 sources and the reviewed content hash.

The social evidence desk

Voices from the Trenches

Source-preserved posts worth knowing today.

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@EleanorTerrettEleanor Terrett

Procedural matters related to the ongoing CR would explain why Leader Thune didn’t file cloture on the motion to proceed to the Clarity Act this evening, though not having the votes and major issues still being debated likely also factored in. Once the procedural matters on the CR are resolved, it leaves room for Thune to file cloture as soon as tomorrow (increasingly the expectation), which would put a potential Clarity Act vote on the schedule 30 hours after he files. Again, how this all shakes out is anyone’s guess given the bill’s outstanding issues, which include the lack of a bipartisan ethics agreement (still silence from the White House) and disagreements still brewing over the BRCA, but I’m hearing from a lot of folks that at this point there’s also a desire just to get members on the record, even if the bill fails.

RulesdevelopingOriginal ↗
@laurashinLaura Shin

'They were trading at five times different price because the token does not really represent the shares.' 📉 @carlosdomingo on the offshore derivative that got a Netflix stock split wrong. A vivid example of why 'tokenized stock' isn't always the real thing. https://t.co/Lfz163NSUn

RailsdevelopingOriginal ↗
@hasuflHasu⚡️🤖

Timing of this proposal is at best unfortunate, and at worst highly erosive of Ethereum governance practices.

RailsdevelopingOriginal ↗

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Markets

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Latest market data · 24h snapshot

What moved, and by how much.

This panel compares each provider quote with the quote 24 hours earlier. Editorial stories remain in the Editor-in-Chief’s priority order instead of being repeated or pulled into this fixed data region.

Mixed · breadth 53/100. A score of 50 means the tracked assets were flat on average.

24-hour price changeLatest · 10:42 UTC
Each row compares the current provider quote with its quote 24 hours earlier. Bar length is scaled to the largest move shown.
BTC$64,163.00
+0.90%BTC was 0.90% higher than the provider quote 24 hours earlier. Snapshot: 10:42 UTC.
ETH$1,872.97
+0.80%ETH was 0.80% higher than the provider quote 24 hours earlier. Snapshot: 10:42 UTC.
SOL$74.03
+1.00%SOL was 1.00% higher than the provider quote 24 hours earlier. Snapshot: 10:42 UTC.

Exact percentages are printed beside every row; color is supplemental.

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