Smart Contracts - Page 11

S&P Global agreed to buy smart-contract security firm OpenZeppelin and led an extension of Kaiko's Series B to $110 million. MoonPay agreed an all-stock deal for SEC-registered North Capital that awaits regulatory approval. What the buyers are getting, and what is still unconfirmed.

In a month, a 50/50 ICE–OKX venture published a venue notice under the SEC's Innovation Exemption, Robinhood promised share redemption and voting after AMC's criticism, Ondo connected to DTCC's Fund/SERV and added in-kind conversion, and Aave began lending USDC against Coinbase share tokens. Two questions run through all of it: what do holders actually own, and who can use it?

In one month UK authorities named collateral mobility as tokenisation's near-term prize and asked about tokenised gold, CFTC staff updated their FAQs on tokenised customer-fund investments, ESMA proposed an optional EU "28th regime" for tokenised securities, and an ICE–OKX venture published a notice under the SEC's Innovation Exemption. What is rule, what is guidance and what is only a proposal.

Sui reports 40.6 million transactions per second through off-chain "tunnels", not its base chain, and says Hashi, its Bitcoin collateral layer, goes live this month. Polygon's payments stack adds TRON's USDT. Lido contributors propose a security-first lending market that still needs a DAO vote. What each claim does and does not mean.

Europol’s cybercrime centre says the quantum threat to crypto sits with exposed wallet keys, not blockchains, and urges a phased upgrade now. Separately, Ethereum researcher Justin Drake calls for “bunker mode” over AI-driven maths, with Vitalik Buterin backing caution. What is analysis, what is opinion, and what has not been broken.

Coinbase linked US firms to Deribit, Russia registered its first crypto firms, and French Hill said agency rules are no substitute for law.

Samsung Wallet is adding USDC transfers for eligible US Galaxy users, with Bastion as custodian. Moody's rated Sky, issuer of USDS and DAI, at B3.

Theta EdgeCloud will supply GPU compute to Weaver Labs' stadium edge platform; AkashML is a launch supplier for Architect's Liquid Inference auction; Fluence says it signed a $2.4M WorldEngine contract; peaq and dualmint say 200 tokenised claw machines are fully funded. What each company says, and what is unverified.

SEC proposed crypto custody rules (91 FR 63870, Release IA-7023 / IC-36353, File S7-2026-35), published 6 Oct 2026. Would allow limited adviser self-custody when no qualified custodian is available, and state trust company custody under conditions. Comments due 7 Dec 2026. Proposed only.

Ronin’s Karst mainnet upgrade was set for 7 October 2026 at 16:00:01 UTC. Users need no action; node operators had to move to op-reth v2.2.3. Written for readers after that scheduled window.