XRP Ledger is testing a zero-balance account scheme, with sponsors contributing 1 XRP as a reserve.

[Tarek Mansour: Kalshi Plans to Raise Age Threshold and Limit Deposits for Younger Users] Tarek Mansour, CEO of prediction market platform Kalshi, stated that the company is in discussions with regulators to increase user protection measures and is willing to raise the participation age threshold to 21. Kalshi will impose a monthly deposit cap of $2,500 on users under 21 and will create special accounts for these users to deter high-risk behavior. (Source: Bloomberg)

[Compound Co-founder's Affiliated Wallet Adds 40,000 COMP, Total Holdings Reach $1.2 Million] A wallet associated with Compound co-founder Robert Leshner added 40,000 COMP tokens, worth nearly $900,000, approximately one hour ago through Genesis Trading and another unknown address. The wallet now holds approximately 55,000 COMP tokens, bringing its total holdings to nearly $1.2 million. Robert Leshner transferred 15,000 COMP tokens to this wallet two years ago, and the wallet has not sold any COMP tokens in the past two years.

Since January, Bitcoin has only closed above $85,000 for five days, and has never closed above that level for more than three consecutive days. (glassnode)

[Depository Trust Company Launches DTCC Tokenization Service, Ondo Finance Joins] The Depository Trust Company (DTC) has officially launched its DTCC Tokenization Service (DTS), with Ondo Finance joining Broadridge, DRW, Fireblocks, and other institutions in its ecosystem. DTC participants can switch between traditional and tokenized forms of security equity. In July of this year, Ondo's CRCLon and SPYon became among the first tokenized stocks backed by DTC tokenized equity. In May of this year, Ondo joined the DTC Digital Asset Solutions Industry Working Group. (Source: Ondo Finance Official Blog)

In Q3 2026, open interest on perpetual DEX contracts increased by 76% quarter-over-quarter to $24 billion, while trading volume decreased by 16% to $1.4 trillion. Hyperliquid's open interest more than doubled to $13 billion, representing a market share of approximately 53%. HIP-3 deployment platform trade[xyz] had open interest of approximately $3.9 billion, while Variational, Lighter, and Aster saw increases of 78%, 107%, and 66% respectively. This growth was primarily driven by the launch of new markets.