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Privacy-focused blockchain Horizen (ZEN) said it will end bridging from L3 to Base at 1:00 p.m. UTC on Nov. 4. It advised users to unstake, claim ZEN rewards, transfer ZEN and USDC.e through Stargate, and withdraw ETH through the native bridge.

Cross River plans to introduce a tokenized lending platform on Arbitrum One, according to Ethereum layer-two network Arbitrum. Arbitrum One will provide the underlying infrastructure to tokenize and manage loans from the platform’s launch, while ZeroDev’s embedded wallet solution will support the customer experience. The platform was designed by Offchain’s enterprise services team.

The Crypto Council for Innovation and Aave are at odds over the standard for determining whether DeFi vaults qualify as securities, Crypto in America host Eleanor Terrett reported. CCI argued a manager’s control over and discretion in a vault’s investment strategy should be a key factor in the analysis. Aave, Veda Tech Labs and the Kamino Foundation pushed back, arguing a vault should not be classified as a security solely because a manager actively runs the investment strategy. The groups said regulators should also consider whether users retain rights to their assets and whether a legal common enterprise and an issuing entity exist.

The comment period for the U.S. SEC’s proposed cryptocurrency rules ends today, The Block reported. Bitwise and the Hyperliquid Policy Center have called for clearer standards on whether tokens qualify as securities, as well as clearer rules on airdrops, token buybacks and intermediaries in secondary markets. Hyperliquid also said the safe harbor framework should be improved so it can be used in practice.

Bitmine Chairman Tom Lee said the cryptocurrency market remained relatively stable despite the $6.3 billion Binance hack, signaling stronger resilience across the industry, according to Decrypt. Lee said ETH fell only around 4% after the hack, compared with an 8% first-day drop and a 20% decline over a week following the Bybit hack in February last year. He attributed the improved shock-absorption capacity to Binance covering its own losses, stablecoin issuers quickly freezing assets, the prevention of cascading damage in DeFi, and the early identification of North Korea as being behind the attack.

Decentralized exchange 1inch said its liquidity-sharing service Aqua has gone live on Base. Users can set positions directly from their wallets without restrictions on pools or asset lockup periods. 1inch DAO also said it will provide up to $50,000 per team to Base developers working on new Aqua strategies and SwapVM commands.

World Mobile Chain announced the start of the first phase of its WMTX recovery process. The procedure applies to eligible self-custody wallets that held under 10,000 WMTX at the time of the snapshot and whose balances have remained unchanged. The company advised users to review the guidance video and eligibility requirements before connecting a wallet.

CME Group’s average daily derivatives volume in October rose 15% from a year earlier to a record 30 million contracts, surpassing its previous high of 26.3 million contracts. Within that total, average daily crypto derivatives volume reached 145,000 contracts, with a notional value of about $7.85 billion.

Kraken said it restricted accounts linked to a more than $133 million cryptocurrency hack at a European Union institution, Cointelegraph reported. The exchange said the incident did not occur on its platform, but it is investigating signs that some of the stolen funds moved through Kraken. Kraken also stressed that no customer accounts or security systems were compromised. Suspected stolen funds were withdrawn from accounts at Kraken, Crypto.com and OKX, and $62.98 million in stablecoins was converted into 27,553 ETH in about four hours. Crypto.com also blocked related fund movements, while OKX is reviewing the matter.

ETHGas is developing “Institutional Blockspace,” a blockspace reservation service for banks and institutional investors, CoinDesk reported. Through the service, financial institutions can choose the validator that processes a transaction, verify compliance requirements, and reserve future blockspace. The goal is to make the timing of large transactions more predictable while having them processed on the Ethereum mainnet without a separate private blockchain.

Layer-1 blockchain Waves said WavesBridge will cease operations and all withdrawals will be halted after Nov. 30. Withdrawals for all supported blockchains and tokens will remain available through Nov. 30. Users must withdraw their assets before the deadline.

FalconX deposited an additional 50,000 HYPE, worth about $4.2 million, into Coinbase, according to Onchain Lens. Over the past three days, its cumulative deposits reached 350,000 HYPE, or about $30.57 million. Exchange deposits are typically interpreted as being intended for sale.

China and Oman have agreed to strengthen cooperation in central bank digital currencies and digital payments, Cointelegraph reported.

Binance founder Changpeng Zhao said repeated security breaches in the cryptocurrency industry could hinder mainstream adoption and called for support from the U.S. government, according to an interview with Talking Tokens. Zhao said crypto adoption would slow if security incidents continue and response systems do not improve. At the same time, Zhao said trial and error is unavoidable in the development of new technology and expressed a long-term view that technological progress and positive change would continue. Zhao added the crypto industry, including Binance, wants support from the U.S. government because it is the party able to communicate with North Korea.

TRON said a governance proposal centered on smart contract optimization has passed and taken effect. The upgrade is intended to optimize data storage handling for smart contracts to improve execution stability and the reliability of node operations. TRON said the change will support a more stable network environment for developers and ecosystem applications.

Layer-1 blockchain Sei said voting is underway on proposal SIP-6 to upgrade Sei’s consensus mechanism to Autobahn for Sei Giga.

Aventus, a blockchain ticketing infrastructure project, said it has completed restoration work on the Aventus Bridge and resumed operations. The bridge had been temporarily suspended after an exploit in August to address vulnerabilities and restore the AVT reserves needed for normal transfers. The bridge is now operating normally, and AVT transfers between Ethereum and the Aventus network have resumed.

Cryptocurrency trading platform Backpack warned of possible scams involving fake stock token airdrops and urged users to verify token authenticity using its official list of Solana mint addresses. A mint address is used to identify a token on the Solana blockchain.

BTC could fall by $10,000, international oil prices could drop to $50 a barrel, gold could decline to $3,000 an ounce, and the yield on the 10-year U.S. Treasury could fall to around 3% if the U.S. stock market undergoes a 20% correction, Bloomberg Intelligence senior macro strategist Mike McGlone said.

France’s lower house has rejected two bills that would have taxed unrealized gains on cryptocurrency holdings when investors move their tax residence overseas, Cointelegraph reported. One bill to include cryptocurrency under the existing exit tax regime was voted down 55-27. A separate bill also failed, by a 60-31 vote, that would have taxed unrealized gains when taxpayers meeting certain residency requirements relocate abroad while holding more than €800,000 ($897,000) in cryptocurrency. Discussions on crypto tax reform are continuing, however. Proposals still awaiting review would require taxpayers to report cryptocurrency held in personal wallets and other storage if the year-end value exceeds €100,000, and would exempt gains from cryptocurrency payments for goods and services of up to €1,000 a year.

Lisk said it is developing a dedicated smart contract to let users claim funds remaining on the Lisk chain. The company added that withdrawals still being processed when the chain was shut down will also be deposited to the receiving address on Ethereum.

Daily active addresses on the XRP Ledger more than doubled to 36,342 on Nov. 3 from 15,678 on Oct. 3, even as XRP remained in a downtrend, Finbold reported. Over the same period, XRP fell about 16.2% to $1.24 from $1.48, while its market capitalization shrank by about $15.2 billion. The data indicates on-chain activity increased despite the price decline.

Decentralized exchange Hyperliquid (HYPE) generated about $713 million in revenue over the past 12 months, driven by its proprietary Layer 1 blockchain and perpetual futures trading service without external venture capital backing, Crypto Briefing reported. Most of the revenue came from perpetual futures trading fees. Its monthly revenue this year ranged from $38 million to $74 million, while revenue over the past 30 days came in at $65 million to $74 million. Annualized, that implies roughly $700 million to $800 million in revenue. Separately, founder Jeff Yan identified real-world asset tokenization as the next area of growth.

Clearpool said CPOOL holders will be able to swap their tokens one-for-one for the new token CLEAR from Nov. 17, 2026, through Feb. 17, 2027. The company said CLEAR is an Ethereum-based ERC-20 token that will support governance and the protocol’s expansion to the XRP Ledger. Details on the swap tool and centralized exchange (CEX) arrangements will be announced later.

South Korea’s Ministry of Economy and Finance said no decision has been made on whether or how to tax derivatives such as perpetual futures traded on offshore virtual asset exchanges. The ministry’s statement came after Maeil Business Newspaper reported the government was moving to classify U.S. stock-linked perpetual futures traded on offshore virtual asset exchanges as overseas stock derivatives and impose an 11% capital gains tax. The ministry said the report was not true and urged caution in coverage.