The value of tokenized stock deposits in DeFi protocols has surpassed $300 million, up from $262 million last month and representing a 2451.5% increase from approximately $11.8 million a year ago. These deposits are distributed across 20 issuers and 10 blockchains. Growth was concentrated in the third quarter, starting at $80.1 million and rising to $265 million by September 30th, a quarterly increase of approximately 230%. In terms of on-chain distribution, Solana leads with $102.6 million, followed by Robinhood Chain and Ethereum in second and third place respectively. BNB Chain has $42.8 million, and Base has $24.3 million. Regarding issuers, xStocks accounts for over 39%, Robinhood has $70.8 million, Binance bStocks has $38.4 million, and Ondo Finance has $3.4 million. (Source: Cryptopolitan)

Ethereum ICO whale address 0x6C6… deposited 1,500 ETH into an exchange, worth approximately $3.46 million. This address previously purchased 100,000 ETH at a cost of $0.31 each and sold 50,000 ETH in February 2016 at an average price of $5.47 each, worth approximately $273,000. It currently holds 48,500 ETH.

Nasdaq-listed House of Doge Inc. announced the resignation of its CEO and CFO, appointing Curtis Hopkins as interim head. The company terminated its trademark licensing agreement with the Dogecoin Foundation and MadeUpNumbers Ltd., transferred the Such App assets to ABJ Labs Inc. in exchange for $4 million in stock, and plans to acquire McQueen Labs' MCQ Markets platform and lending business for $15 million. The company is required to change its name by December 31, 2026, and evaluate reverse stock splits and financing options.

Due to a roughly 56% drop in SK Hynix's share price from its all-time high, two leveraged ETFs under Tradr ETFs that link to SK Hynix's American Depositary Receipts (ADRs) will be liquidated around November 12th. These two products were launched on July 28th of this year. (Source: Bloomberg)

Binance will launch the USDC/AED spot trading pair on October 28, 2026 at 08:00 and will open its spot algorithmic order trading robot service for this pair.