Key Preview for Next Week
October 26
- Blast announces cessation of operations: the economic model is unsustainable, and users must withdraw assets before October 26;
October 28
- Strategy plans to change preferred stock dividends to accrue daily, with a shareholder vote on October 28;
October 29
- The Federal Reserve will announce its new interest rate decision on October 29 at 2:00;
- The European Central Bank will announce its new interest rate decision on October 29 at 21:15;
- Strategy will disclose its third-quarter financial report after U.S. market close on October 29;
October 30
- The Bank of Japan will announce its interest rate decision on October 30;
- The Balancer community voted to approve an orderly shutdown proposal, and liquidity pools will operate until October 30;
October 31
- Polymarket: Trading fees are fully waived across eight major market categories, with the campaign continuing until the end of October;
November 1
- StandX: DUSD airdrop claims will open on November 1 at 8:00 Beijing time;
From October 26 to November 1, details of other noteworthy events in the industry are previewed below.
October 26
BNB Standard will ring the Nasdaq opening bell on October 26
Odaily Planet Daily News: Nasdaq-listed company BNB Standard Corporation (ticker: BNC) announced that it will ring the opening bell at 9:30 a.m. Eastern Time on October 26 at Nasdaq MarketSite in New York's Times Square, celebrating the company's adoption of its new name and the appointment of Alex Odagiu as Chief Executive Officer on October 19. Odagiu will attend together with board members and management, and the livestream will begin at 9:15.
BNC states that it holds the world's largest corporate BNB treasury and builds and operates businesses on BNB Chain, and plans to run BNB Chain validator nodes. Odagiu said that most institutional investors have not yet researched BNB.
Blast announces cessation of operations: the economic model is unsustainable, and users must withdraw assets before October 26
Odaily Planet Daily News: Blast posted on the X platform announcing that it will gradually shut down its L2 network. It stated that its original goal was to build a network that could operate long-term on its own economic model and serve users and developers, but the ongoing cost of maintaining Blast now exceeds the revenue generated by the L2, and the project team believes there is currently no credible path to economic sustainability, so it has decided to terminate Blast's operations. The project team apologized to users and developers who have used Blast, built on it, and supported the ecosystem, and stated that the current priority is to ensure the shutdown process is as smooth and safe as possible.
Blast requires all users to withdraw assets to the Ethereum mainnet, including balances held in the Blast PWA. To lower the withdrawal threshold for users, the project team plans to shorten the withdrawal waiting time to 24 hours. However, after the shutdown process begins, Blast will first handle the exit of its Lido assets, a process expected to take about a week, during which users will temporarily be unable to withdraw assets even though the withdrawal waiting time has already been shortened.
After the Lido asset exit process is completed, Blast will restore withdrawal functionality and adopt a 24-hour withdrawal waiting time. Users can withdraw assets through Blast's regular interface until October 26, 2026; after October 26, assets can still be withdrawn, but users will need to interact directly with the Blast Bridge contract deployed on Ethereum L1, and the project team will publish detailed operating instructions beforehand. Blast strongly recommends that users complete asset withdrawals before October 26.
Complete unbonding and withdrawal before October 26; Galxe reminds users to handle G staking and Smart Savings balances
Odaily Planet Daily News: Galxe officially posted that, as the Gravity Alpha mainnet is gradually taken offline, most core services have migrated to the Gravity Layer 1 network. Because staking unbonding and fund withdrawals require a 7-day waiting period, users holding G token stakes or Smart Savings balances need to complete operations before 11:00 UTC+8 on October 26, 2026. At that time, the G staking page will officially go offline; if Smart Savings users do not manually withdraw or migrate funds before the deadline, the remaining assets will be automatically transferred to Smart Balance and can no longer be withdrawn afterward.
Coinbase suspends Blast and reminds users to transfer out before October 26
Odaily Planet Daily News: Coinbase has suspended BLAST trading and reminds users to transfer assets out before October 26; BLAST not transferred out of Coinbase before that date will be inaccessible after the Blast network closes. Previously, Blast announced it would cease operations and advised users to withdraw assets to the Ethereum mainnet before October 26; Upbit also plans to delist BLAST on October 26.
Upbit will delist BLAST spot trading on October 26 at 12:00
Odaily Planet Daily News: South Korea's largest crypto trading platform, Upbit, announced that it will delist BLAST spot trading at 12:00 local time on October 26.
October 27
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October 28
Odaily Planet Daily News: According to an official CFTC announcement, the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Innovation Task Force is launching the "Frontiers Forum Series" of public seminars. The first forum is scheduled for October 28, with the theme of artificial intelligence and agentic finance, aiming to promote dialogue among regulators, industry, and the public on emerging financial technology and to balance technological innovation with investor protection and market integrity.
CFTC Chairman Michael Selig said he will engage directly with builders, users, and researchers of relevant technologies. The public may nominate speakers, and in-person attendance may be limited and subject to security screening.
Strategy plans to change preferred stock dividends to accrue daily, with a shareholder vote on October 28
Odaily Planet Daily News: Strategy Executive Chairman Michael Saylor said that Bitcoin itself does not pay coupons, and the company distributes dollar dividends to investors under the terms of the securities. The company raises funds by issuing stock or selectively selling holdings, and covers dividends and debt interest with cash reserves; its preferred stock is not collateralized by Bitcoin. Strategy's common stock MSTR provides Bitcoin exposure, while preferred stock STRC is aimed at investors seeking dollar income. STRC currently has an annualized dividend rate of 12%, with the rate adjusted monthly and dividends paid twice a month; the security has no maturity date and does not guarantee repayment of principal. On September 25, Strategy proposed changing dividends to accrue on each calendar day, with declared amounts usually paid on the next business day, while the regular dividend rate and total amount remain unchanged. Shareholders are scheduled to vote on October 28; if the proposal is approved, STRC's first daily record date will be November 1, and the first payment is scheduled for November 2. (Bitcoin.com News)
BNB Chain: Jenner hard fork will launch on testnet on October 28, introducing features such as a dedicated payment channel
Odaily Planet Daily News: BNB Chain announced that the Jenner hard fork upgrade will go live on the BNB Smart Chain testnet on October 28. This upgrade will introduce the Payment Lane feature, which by default reserves 5% of block Gas capacity for eligible payment transactions; support smart contracts using millisecond-level block timestamps; and add functional support for the new compliant asset standard CAS20. The specific arrangements for the opening of related features will be announced separately.
BNB Chain reminds validators, node operators, block builders, and application developers to prepare for the upgrade in advance. Among them, testnet node operators must switch to compatible clients before the upgrade is activated, and developers should check the impact of these changes on applications and development tools.
Upbit will delist the Synthetix SNX trading pair, and users must complete withdrawals before October 28
Odaily Planet Daily News: Upbit will end trading support for Synthetix SNX at 14:00 on September 28, and the affected trading pair is SNX/BTC. Users need to complete withdrawals before October 28; after the deadline, the relevant assets cannot be processed.
Binance will delist EPIC and QUICK on October 28
Odaily Planet Daily News: According to an official announcement, Binance will stop trading and delist all spot trading pairs for EpicChain (EPIC) and QuickSwap (QUICK) at 03:00 (UTC) on October 28, 2026. In addition, Binance Futures will close the contract positions for the above tokens and automatically settle them at 09:00 (UTC) on October 20, and opening new positions will be prohibited from 08:30 (UTC) on October 20. Withdrawal services will stop being supported at 03:00 (UTC) on December 28.
October 29
The Federal Reserve will announce its new interest rate decision at 2:00 on October 29
Odaily Planet Daily News: At 02:00 Beijing time on October 29 (Thursday), the Federal Reserve FOMC will announce its interest rate decision; subsequently at 02:30, Federal Reserve Chairman Warsh will hold a monetary policy press conference.
The European Central Bank will announce its new interest rate decision at 21:15 on October 29
Odaily Planet Daily News: At 21:15 Beijing time on October 29 (Thursday), the European Central Bank will announce its interest rate decision; subsequently at 21:45, European Central Bank President Lagarde will hold a monetary policy press conference.
Strategy will disclose its third-quarter financial report after the U.S. stock market closes on October 29
Odaily Planet Daily News: Strategy announced that it will disclose its third-quarter financial results after the U.S. stock market closes on October 29, 2026, and discuss the results via a video webcast at 5 p.m. Eastern Time that day. About two hours after the live broadcast ends, the replay will be uploaded to Strategy's investor relations website, and the video webcast will also be broadcast simultaneously.
Unichain mainnet will migrate to OP Enterprise on October 29
Odaily Planet Daily News: The Unichain mainnet will migrate to OP Enterprise on October 29.
October 30
The Bank of Japan will announce its interest rate decision on October 30
Odaily Planet Daily News: On October 30 (Friday), Beijing time, the Bank of Japan will announce its interest rate decision, and Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda will hold a monetary policy press conference.
Brazil's crypto market faces a licensing deadline, and service providers must apply before October 30, 2026
Odaily Planet Daily News: Brazil's crypto market had on-chain transaction value of $318.8 billion over the past 12 months, ranking fifth globally in cryptocurrency adoption, with nearly one-third of related activity in Latin America completed through Brazilian wallets and platforms. Blockchain security company CertiK stated that virtual asset service providers must submit authorization applications to the Central Bank of Brazil (BCB) before October 30, 2026, along with independent audit reports.
The Central Bank of Brazil issued three resolutions on November 10, 2025, clarifying the licensing scope, minimum capital requirements, and foreign exchange rules for virtual asset service providers. The minimum capital for different license categories is approximately 10.8 million to 37.2 million reais. Most of the current approximately 120 service providers have not yet obtained formal licenses, and overseas operators must also move their operations to Brazil within 270 days.
About 80% of Brazil's declared cryptocurrency transaction volume is completed through tokens pegged to the U.S. dollar, of which USDT accounts for 88.7%. From 2019 to 2025, the total stablecoin transaction volume reached 1.13 trillion reais. CertiK statistics show that in the first half of 2026, the crypto industry lost $1.32 billion due to hacker attacks and exploits, involving 344 incidents. (Decrypt)
Balancer community votes to pass an orderly shutdown proposal, and liquidity pools will operate until October 30
Odaily Planet Daily News: Balancer officially announced that BAL holders have voted to pass the BIP-928 orderly shutdown proposal, while the fork proposal BIP-929 was not passed. Existing liquidity pools will operate normally until October 30, during which users can withdraw at any time.
According to the plan, October 16 is the final deadline for partners to apply to extend the operation of designated V3 pools until November 30; starting October 30, where contracts permit, the relevant pools will switch to withdrawal-only support, and the bug bounty program will end at the same time; on November 30, the V3 Vault will officially be suspended.
With losses of $23.75 million, Ostium's second-phase compensation portal will go live on October 30
Odaily Planet Daily News: Ostium posted the second-phase compensation plan, applicable to OLP holders with losses exceeding 1000 USDC who did not choose convenient allocation. Category A will be repaid in installments in USDC, with funds coming from recovered and future recovered funds and protocol revenue, of which protocol revenue first includes 50% of opening fees; Category B can convert losses into Ostium Labs equity, converted according to the valuation of the next financing round. The second-phase compensation portal will go live on October 30. Ostium was previously attacked in July, with losses of $23.75 million.
Phasing out, stablecoin protocol Ebisu's frontend will be discontinued on October 30
Odaily Planet Daily News: High-yield stablecoin protocol Ebisu announced that it will gradually shut down, and the frontend will be discontinued after 3 months, that is, on October 30. Users need to close vaults, withdraw Stability Pool deposits, and withdraw ebUSD DEX liquidity before October 30. ebUSD minting has been suspended. Ebisu aimed to provide fixed-rate credit through ebUSD, but the team was unable to expand ebUSD liquidity enough to support meaningful borrowing activity. After trying multiple solutions such as instant liquidation, multi-chain collateral, and structured vaults, it still did not solve the core bottleneck of the CDP protocol in creating sufficient liquidity and lasting demand for the stablecoin. Ebisu confirmed that the EBISU token will not launch, nor will there be an airdrop to xEBISU or BOLD holders. xEBISU has no monetary value and cannot be redeemed.
October 31
Polymarket: Trading fees are fully waived for eight major categories of markets, and the event lasts until the end of October
Odaily Planet Daily News: Polymarket announced on X that from today (October 21) until the end of October, trading fees will be waived for prediction markets in eight major categories on the platform: NBA, politics, economics, weather, finance, culture, public statements (Mentions), and technology.
Circle CCTP V1 will be deprecated starting October 31, shifting to V2
Odaily Planet Daily News: Circle CCTP V1 will be deprecated starting October 31, with deprecation completed on December 1, shifting to CCTP V2 (now directly called CCTP).
ECX plans to launch its mainnet on October 31, and most Bitcoin holders can receive ECX at 1:1
Odaily Planet Daily News: ECX plans to launch in three phases. The Alpha phase will go live near Bitcoin block height 963648, the Beta phase is expected to take place on September 20 at block height 967680, and the permanent mainnet is planned to launch on October 31 at block height 973728. The project is driven by Paul Sztorc, founder and head of Layertwo Labs and developer of Drivechains and BIP-300/301.
ECX will copy the transaction ledger of Bitcoin at a designated snapshot and distribute ECX 1:1 to most Bitcoin holders on the new network. Users who control private keys through self-custody wallets at the time of the snapshot can directly obtain the corresponding assets. Users of exchanges and other custodial institutions need to wait for the relevant platforms to decide whether to support the fork and distribute ECX. The original BTC will not be exchanged, locked, or transferred.
The ECX plan initially launches seven dedicated sidechains: Thunder, Zside, Bitnames, Bitassets, Photon, Truthcoin, and Coinshift. Of the approximately 1.1 million early Bitcoin corresponding addresses associated with Satoshi Nakamoto, about 600,000 ECX will continue to be distributed to these addresses, and about 500,000 ECX will be transferred through special transactions as early investor and development funds, but this will not affect BTC on the Bitcoin network. (Bitcoin.com News)
MyNearWallet will cease operations on October 31, and users need to migrate to other wallets
Odaily Planet Daily News: NEAR Protocol stated that the NEAR ecosystem non-custodial wallet MyNearWallet will cease operations on October 31, and users need to migrate to a new wallet or access method. NEAR Protocol emphasized that user assets are still stored on-chain and are not custodied by MyNearWallet, so the wallet's retirement will not affect the on-chain assets themselves. The official recommendation is that users first conduct a small test before migrating and retain the original wallet recovery information until confirming that all balances have been transferred. MyNearWallet will subsequently gradually shift to migration and recovery functions.
Cardano Card will cease service on October 31, Wirex shifts to non-custodial model
Odaily Planet Daily News: Cardano Card will cease service on October 31, 2026, and cardholders can still use it normally before then. Its partner Wirex is shifting to a non-custodial model and discontinuing custodial infrastructure, and the cooperation between the two parties will terminate on the same day. Cardano Card stated that more details on the follow-up arrangements of this plan will be announced soon.
Entering the final grace period, Ronin Waypoint will be completely shut down on October 31
Odaily Planet Daily News: Ronin officially posted that the Ronin Waypoint migration has entered the final-stage grace period, lasting until 23:00 Beijing time on October 31, 2026. After the grace period ends, Ronin Waypoint will be completely shut down, and the migration will also be completed. Previously, Ronin required users to migrate assets in the Waypoint wallet to Ronin Stash or a mnemonic wallet before October 16; unmigrated assets may become inaccessible.
November 1
StandX: DUSD airdrop claims will open at 8:00 Beijing time on November 1
Odaily Planet Daily News: StandX has announced that it will gradually cease operations and has decided not to issue a token, and will conduct a one-time, no-lock-up DUSD airdrop using remaining project revenue and additional team funds. The platform has stopped all yield; starting October 20, perpetual contracts only allow position reduction; on January 15, 2027, all open positions will be closed at the mark price, and on January 31, DUSD redemption and withdrawals will be closed.
Airdrop claims will open at 08:00 Beijing time on November 1 and close at 16:00 on December 31.
Other (specific time undetermined)
Reportedly OpenAI will complete up to $30 billion in financing, with the relevant agreement planned to be signed before the end of next week
Odaily Planet Daily News: OpenAI will complete a round of financing of up to $30 billion, led by UAE investors, with a pre-money valuation of approximately $1.25 trillion.
The report said that this round of agreement will also enable OpenAI to obtain more computing power support from the UAE side, and the relevant agreement is planned to be signed before the end of next week. (Cailian Press)
Cysic plans to burn 7.2 million CYS before the end of October to offset the impact of unauthorized additional issuance
Odaily Planet Daily News: Cysic released an update on the cross-chain bridge security incident, stating that it plans to burn 7.2 million CYS from foundation reserves before the end of October to offset the impact of unauthorized additional issuance and bring the token supply back in line with its token economic model. After the burn is completed and confirmed, Cysic will publish the corresponding on-chain records.
