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Decentralized exchange Aerodrome Finance (AERO) and Velodrome announced their official merger, launching the on-chain spot exchange Aero, deployed on seven networks: Ethereum mainnet, Base, Robinhood Chain, Ink, OP Mainnet, Arc, and Arbitrum, aiming to integrate the existing businesses of the two DEXs into a unified platform. The exchange is developed by Dromos Labs.According to a statement released on Wednesday, Aerodrome accounted for 58% of DEX trading volume on Base in the third quarter, while Velodrome accounted for 60% on OP Mainnet, with Aerodrome leading all DEXs in Bitcoin-USD trading volume during the same period. The new exchange extends this model to seven networks, which collectively handle approximately $120 billion in DEX trading each month. Alex Cutler, founder and CEO of Dromos Labs, stated that Aerodrome and Velodrome prevailed because the model is more beneficial to users, bringing Aero to the largest market on-chain, with 100% of the revenue generated returned to users staking AERO.As part of the merger, existing AERO and VELO tokens will migrate to the new AERO token, with veAERO and veVELO converting to sAERO. Aero introduces a new economic system, with the core feature Predictive Allocation allowing participants to stake AERO and direct liquidity reward budgets to markets expected to generate returns. Additionally, Aero launches Metaswaps, connecting cross-network transactions using existing on-chain liquidity; the Slipstream V3 upgrade introduces a dynamic fee mechanism that increases fees during rapid market fluctuations and captures MEV on supported Layer 2 networks.

According to official news, Metis Andromeda will make two adjustments in October: support for Stargate will be terminated on October 23, and LayerZero V1 related routing should be disabled by that date; starting October 30, LayerZero Labs' DVN (Decentralized Verification Network) and Executor will no longer provide services for Metis. Additionally, the Stargate V1 liquidity pool will close on December 15 across all chains.The official statement indicates that most holders do not need to take action. m.USDC, m.USDT, WETH, and METIS are issued by Metis's native cross-chain bridge and are unrelated to Stargate; minting and redemption will proceed as usual, and the Ethereum ↔ Metis native cross-chain bridge will also remain unaffected. Users providing liquidity to the Stargate liquidity pool on Metis must withdraw their liquidity before October 23. If there is any staking, it must be unstaked first, and then users should select the Metis Andromeda network in the Stargate application to withdraw.

Rome Protocol announced the launch of its native token ROME, which will be used as Gas for the Rome proprietary chain, and can be used for transactions on the chain from the first day of its launch. The protocol connects EVM applications with Solana, allowing Solidity contracts and users to interact with Solana programs and assets, and settle atomically on Solana; the protocol is already running on the mainnet, with more components in the development and testing networks.Rome EVM runs as a single program on the Solana mainnet, supporting multiple EVM chains and various Gas tokens, with EVM contracts sharing state with Solana programs. The mainnet program has been audited by Halborn, and the deployed binaries can be reproduced from public repositories. Solana zkEVM operates on the development network, using Solana for settlement, data availability, and verification; Canton zkEVM operates on the testing network. The mainnet has provided asset bridges such as USDC, oracle gateways, block explorers, and applications, allowing users to sign on the original EVM chain, self-custody their assets, and access the Solana lending market.Rome charges a small fee for each transaction on every chain it supports, half of which is retained in ROME, or purchased on the open market and added to a non-sale reserve. The project states that this is not a token sale, and it will not disclose valuation, dates, or market listings; supply and schedule will be announced after determining the trading venue.

Aero announced the token exchange terms and schedule for the merger of Aerodrome and Velodrome. The merger will start on October 21 at 20:00 (Eastern Time), at which point the token emissions of the two old platforms will cease. Existing AERO will be exchanged at a 1:1 ratio for the new AERO, with each VELO exchanging for approximately 0.044 AERO. This ratio applies to both circulating tokens and locked tokens. The exchange rate for VELO depends on the supply at the time of launch, with Aerodrome holders receiving 94.5% of the new supply and Velodrome holders receiving 5.5%.According to DefiLlama data, as of October 9, the total locked amount for the two exchanges is approximately $422 million. The merger was announced in November 2025, and the developers, Dromos Labs, originally planned to complete it in the second quarter of 2026. The new model replaces the original weekly voting cycle with real-time allocation, allowing staked AERO (sAERO) holders to direct rewards to the liquidity pool and accumulate earnings along with exchange revenue. There is an initial 47-hour cooling period for allocation adjustments.Existing veAERO and veVELO positions will be converted to new sAERO positions, with the remaining lock-up time carried over and rounded up to the nearest whole week, and permanent locks will convert to the longest staking period. Tokens will not be automatically exchanged; self-custodied assets must be managed through the upgrade portal at aerodrome.finance or velodrome.finance, and rewards and rebases must be claimed and active votes cleared first.

According to monitoring by Lookonchain, Monochrome Exchange, an Australian digital asset management company founded by Jeff Yew, former co-founder and CEO of Binance Australia, has launched the MCR token IEO, raising over 5.5 million USDT to date.The total supply of MCR is 210 million tokens, of which 5%, or 10.5 million tokens, are allocated for this public IEO. The IEO tokens will be locked for 1 month after the TGE, followed by a 3-month linear release. MCR holders can enjoy discounts on spot and derivatives trading fees, priority subscription rights for Digital IPOs and token issuances, and can earn rewards through staking, enhance Launchpad quota weight, and participate in node programs, while also engaging in platform governance through Monochrome DAO.20% of the platform's net profit will be used for open market repurchases of MCR and destruction each quarter, while 25% of the Digital IPO fee income will be included in the quarterly repurchase and destruction fund, aiming to continuously reduce the circulating supply of MCR through platform business growth.On September 13, 2021, Monochrome announced the completion of a $1.8 million Series A financing round, co-led by Litecoin founder Charlie Lee, Blockstream Chief Strategy Officer Samson Mow, former Binance Chief Financial Officer Wei Zhou, and founders of Blueshyft and DeFi protocol Synthetix, Kain Warwick, with a post-investment valuation of approximately $15 million.On August 18, 2022, Monochrome Asset Management obtained the country's first financial services license (AFSL), which will be used to issue cryptocurrency-related exchange-traded funds (ETFs).

Aerodrome's Slipstream V3 has been launched, introducing protocol-level internal MEV auctions in concentrated liquidity AMMs, distributing the value captured by sandwich bots and arbitrageurs to active liquidity providers and sAERO token holders. The protocol expects related revenue to reach tens of millions of dollars.This version also introduces dynamic fees, automatically increasing fees during market volatility, and continues the concentrated liquidity design of Uniswap V3, achieving capital efficiency up to 4000 times that of traditional AMMs.Aero plans to integrate Aerodrome on Base with Velodrome on Optimism into a single AERO token, set to launch on the Ethereum mainnet in the second quarter of 2026; Aero Lite has launched the Slipstream pool on Circle's Arc, and Dromos Labs is developing pool-level fee rebates and KYC options for institutional clients.

According to Decrypt, Google has fixed a high-severity vulnerability CVE-2026-85046 in the Chrome browser that was exploited by hackers. This vulnerability exists in the V8 engine, which is used to run JavaScript and WebAssembly.Google confirmed that the vulnerability has been exploited in the wild but did not disclose the identity of the attackers, the targets, or the specific method of exploitation. The patch has been included in Chrome versions 152.7977.82/83 and will be pushed out in the coming days or weeks.The vulnerability was reported by security researcher Salvatore Gulizia on August 4, and Google awarded him a $1,000 bug bounty. This update includes a total of 12 security fixes, of which 9 are high-severity and 2 are medium-severity. Google has not yet linked this vulnerability to cryptocurrency asset theft incidents, but browser wallets, exchange accounts, and trading extensions have previously been targeted in other ways.

According to the official announcement, Binance has announced that it will gradually launch Aerodrome (AERO) to SimpleEarn flexible products, the "Buy Crypto" page, Binance Instant Exchange, Binance Leverage (cross margin and isolated margin), and VIP lending starting from July 17, 2026, at 16:00 (UTC). Users can instantly purchase AERO through VISA, MasterCard, and other methods, and use AERO in the instant exchange, leverage, and lending features. Related services will be available within one hour after the AERO spot launch.

Binance's originally scheduled launch of Aerodrome (AERO) on July 17, 2026, at 19:00 will be postponed to July 18, 2026, at 00:00. Users can pay attention to subsequent announcements for specific trading pair information.

Binance will launch Aerodrome (AERO) spot trading on July 17, 2026, at 19:00, and will open trading pairs AERO/USDT, AERO/USDC, and AERO/TRY.The AERO deposit channel will open one hour later, and withdrawals are expected to be available on July 18 at 19:00. AERO will carry a seed label, and users must complete the corresponding quiz to gain trading access.

According to monitoring by Catcher Predict, in the market prediction on Polymarket for the event "Swiss Open: Jérémy Chardy vs. Stefanos Tsitsipas," the sub-market "Total Games: Over 2.5" saw a dramatic fluctuation in the winning probability of the "Over 2.5" option, soaring from 74.5% an hour ago to the current 94.5% (a fluctuation of 20%). Please note the impact of related breaking news.

According to the latest official announcement from the Chrome Web Store, the platform will officially implement the updated Developer Program Policy starting August 1, 2026. This update clearly delineates boundaries for regulated goods and services, listing "prediction markets" as a prohibited product category, strictly prohibiting any extensions from offering, facilitating, or supporting real-money trading based on prediction results.In addition, the new regulations further tighten data privacy and AI safety standards. The policy requires that user data collected by extensions must be strictly and exclusively used for the single purpose disclosed; if there is a change in data processing methods, users must be proactively notified. At the same time, extensions designed to circumvent AI-driven service safety protections, usage restrictions, and other protective mechanisms are explicitly prohibited. After August 1, if any extensions are found to be non-compliant with the above policies, the Chrome Web Store will take enforcement actions.

According to PR Newswire, AI infrastructure company Neurometric AI announced the completion of a $4 million financing round, with participation from Betaworks, ex-Ante, Everywhere.vc, and others.The company disclosed that it has officially launched an automated Token engineering platform to optimize the cost and performance management of AI Agent workloads, and the new funds will be used to expand the engineering and AI research teams.

Today, Bitget CFD Chief Analyst Lewis Huang pointed out in an online live broadcast themed "Logic of Gold Trend Analysis" that this week's market focus will be on the U.S. May PCE Price Index and the final value of Q1 GDP.Previously, CPI and PPI data reached new highs, non-farm employment showed robust performance, and signals of inflation rebound combined with the Federal Reserve's hawkish stance have led the market to gradually digest rate hike expectations. He emphasized that Waller has clearly stated that controlling inflation is the top priority, and the interest rate dot plot shows that rate hikes in 2026 are becoming an internal consensus, and the market needs to prepare for a higher and longer-lasting interest rate environment.Regarding the gold trend, Lewis Huang stated that due to the impact of geopolitical conflicts driving up energy prices, the overall year-on-year increase in the Personal Consumption Expenditures (PCE) Price Index may rise to 3.4% or even higher. If the Personal Consumption Expenditures (PCE) Price Index rises unexpectedly, the U.S. Dollar Index will gain strong momentum, while non-interest-bearing assets like gold will face weakening risks. He suggests that CFD traders closely monitor inflation expectation differentials and flexibly capture opportunities for U.S. dollar bullishness or guard against gold downturns.

According to CoinDesk, Base ecosystem's largest DEX Aerodrome plans to launch a Predictive Allocation mechanism, which allocates incentives based on predicted future liquidity demand, replacing the traditional model based on historical data.

According to GeekWire, AI startup Prometheus, co-founded by Jeff Bezos, has completed a $12 billion Series B funding round, with a valuation of approximately $41 billion. Investors include JPMorgan Chase, BlackRock, Goldman Sachs, DST Global, and Arch Venture Partners.Prometheus has dropped "Project" from its original name and is dedicated to creating what Bezos calls "general artificial intelligence engineers," using AI tools to accelerate the physical product development process from design to manufacturing. Prometheus co-CEO Vik Bajaj stated that over the past few years, they have been able to transform complex issues from design to manufacturing into end-to-end AI problems. Bezos revealed that the company may acquire some manufacturing businesses that could benefit from its technology and help improve their production processes.This marks Bezos's first CEO role since stepping down as Amazon's CEO in 2021. The company currently has about 150 employees and is headquartered in San Francisco, with teams in London and Zurich. Bezos mentioned that the product launch timeline has not yet been determined, but an early version is set to be released soon.

Digital asset market infrastructure provider Prometheum recently launched Digital Brokerage Solutions, offering agency clearing, custody, and trading services for broker-dealers and registered investment advisors (RIA), enabling them to provide cryptocurrency assets and tokenized securities directly to clients through traditional brokerage accounts.Co-founder and co-CEO Aaron Kaplan stated that hundreds of billions of dollars in tokenized securities have been issued on-chain, but there is a lack of distribution channels to reach mainstream investors. He believes that the crypto industry has solved the tokenization issue but has not yet addressed the distribution problem, and that broker-dealer and RIA channels are key to achieving scalable reach to investors.

According to Decrypt, digital asset market infrastructure provider Prometheum has officially completed its first batch of cryptocurrency transactions after nearly a decade of establishment and raising approximately $100 million, currently only supporting Ethereum transactions.Prometheum has been controversial in the industry for supporting the compliance path and regulatory stance of the U.S. SEC during Gary Gensler's tenure, and in 2023 became the first company to obtain a Special Purpose Broker-Dealer (SPBD) license from the U.S. SEC and FINRA, allowing it to custody digital asset securities under a federal regulatory framework. However, with Gary Gensler's departure, the U.S. SEC's withdrawal of lawsuits against companies like Coinbase, and the regulatory framework shifting to a more lenient model, the compliance and custody license advantages that Prometheum has built over the long term are being weakened.

SlowMist has issued a security warning stating that a high-risk phishing activity targeting TRON wallet users has been discovered. Attackers created a fake Chrome extension for the TronLink wallet, using Unicode bidirectional control characters and Cyrillic homographs to disguise the brand name. After installation, the extension loads a complete phishing page through a remote iframe, forming a "shell-core separation" credential theft chain.The malicious extension name uses homographs for disguise, and its Chrome Store page inherits the high user count and positive reviews of the real extension, lowering the review threshold. There is very little local code, only loading remote pages, making static analysis nearly impossible to detect malicious behavior. The remote phishing page perfectly replicates the official TronLink web wallet interface, stealing mnemonic phrases, private keys, Keystore files, and passwords, and relaying them in real-time via a Telegram Bot.Built-in anti-analysis features disable right-click, developer tools, drag-and-drop, and printing, and redirect based on the geographic and language settings of Russian users to evade detection. SlowMist recommends immediately uninstalling suspicious extensions, clearing local storage, checking for abnormal traffic, and if credentials have been entered, creating a new wallet and transferring assets immediately.

According to The Cryptonomist, Grayscale rebalanced two of its crypto funds after reviewing the first quarter of 2026. Among them, the DeFi fund added Ethena (ENA), giving it a weight of 13.59%, making it the fourth largest holding in the fund. The previous holding, Aerodrome Finance, has been removed. The current top four holdings in the fund are: Uniswap (35.22%), Aave (21.36%), Ondo (19.83%), Ethena (13.59%).The other Smart Contract fund did not introduce new assets but adjusted the proportions of its internal holdings. Ethereum remains the largest holding (30.14%), followed by Solana (29.69%) and Cardano (17.96%).