Piero Cipolone: The digital euro is planned for pilot testing in the second half of 2027 and launch in 2029.

The People's Bank of China has decided to establish a non-bank large-scale redemption swap facility (BNSF) in the bond market. When asset management institutions face collective liquidity risks and systemic pressure in the bond market, the BNSF will support bank wealth management subsidiaries and public fund managers to borrow central bank bills from the People's Bank of China for market repurchase financing to purchase eligible bonds or product shares of redeemed public products and pledge them to the People's Bank of China.

Ethereum Foundation researcher Toni Wahrstätter stated that due to compatibility and security issues revealed in a ChainSecurity report regarding EIP-8037 and some smart contracts, core developers have decided to postpone the Hoodi testnet upgrade to Glamsterdam. Issues have been identified, including an increase in remaining gas during transaction execution causing gas count logic underflow and triggering rollbacks, and some contracts underestimating gas usage. ChainSecurity has identified 13 real-world cases and is disclosing them. Toni Wahrstätter stated that the relevant contracts will be investigated and solutions evaluated this week, reminding developers to check their contracts for compatibility with EIP-8037 and EIP-8038.

Polymarket has fired its Chief Marketing Officer, Matthew Modabber, over allegations that the marketing team produced promotional videos promoting fake deals and paid influencers for promotions through personal PayPal accounts. Modabber, who had served since January 2024, claimed to have increased the platform's daily trading volume from $300,000 to hundreds of millions of dollars. The two parties are currently finalizing severance packages. (Source: New York Post)

Upbit will suspend deposit and withdrawal services for 25 digital assets from October 31st to November 1st, 2026 (UTC+8) for monthly digital asset balance auditing. The suspension includes deposit and withdrawal services for BTC, XRP, ETH, SOL, DOGE, XLM, ADA, SHIB, ONDO, ETC, LINK, NEAR, SUI, ARB, ENS, TRUMP, ENA, SEI, PEPE, ATOM, UNI, CTC, SAND, APT, and CHZ. Staking applications for ETH, ATOM, ADA, and SOL will also be suspended.

Ethereum Foundation researcher Toni Wahrstätter stated that the ChainSecurity report reveals that EIP-8037 affects contract interactions. Contracts that hardcode the forwarding of Gas are affected by Gas repricing, and some invariants on which the coding pattern depends are broken, causing the gasleft() value to rise, leading to counter underflow or subcall anomalies. Furthermore, the measurement of the GAS opcode may underestimate usage. Toni Wahrstätter calls on application developers and auditors to investigate and report any issues related to EIP-8037/EIP-8038 in their contracts.