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EIP-8450 proposal update, intended to introduce a quantum-resistant public key registration mechanism for Ethereum validators, using a hash-based cryptographic scheme, including leanXMSS keys and VRF tree roots.The update clarifies that the registration and replacement of quantum-resistant keys are authorized by BLS signature keys, and sets a replacement delay of at least one Epoch and a replay protection mechanism; this proposal is currently still in the Draft stage and has not yet been deployed.

According to data from Qichacha, National Data Group Co., Ltd. has completed its business registration with a registered capital of 30 billion yuan. The State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of the State Council invested 6 billion yuan, holding 20%; China Mobile, China Telecom, and China Unicom each invested 4.5 billion yuan, each holding 15%, totaling a 45% stake.Southern Power Grid and State Grid each invested 3.75 billion yuan, each holding 12.5%, totaling a 25% stake; China Xiong'an Group invested 3 billion yuan, holding 10%. The business scope includes big data services, data processing and storage support services, artificial intelligence application software development, blockchain technology-related software and services, cloud computing equipment technology services, and more.

Mike Selig, Chairman of the CFTC, stated that the crypto market should enjoy the same protections as the mature protective mechanisms adopted by the U.S. derivatives market for decades.While Congress has yet to take action, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) is advancing a voluntary federal registration mechanism for crypto trading platforms, bringing its regulatory standards closer to the high regulatory standards of the U.S. financial market.

Market news reports that Meta Platforms (META.O) has submitted a mixed securities shelf registration statement, with specific details yet to be disclosed.

CCTV's "Yuyuantan Tian" disclosed that after China launched the AI technology export registration management on October 16, DeepSeek and MiniMax have successfully completed their registration and the related technology has been open-sourced and authorized for overseas use.Currently, the new catalog is still open for comments, and a temporary registration system is being implemented. The Ministry of Commerce previously clarified that technologies that have entered the public domain through open-source are not included in the management scope, and there are automatic licensing and other facilitative measures for new technology open-sourcing, which can basically be reported and released immediately. Providing model services overseas through API, web pages, and apps is also not within the scope of this large model technology export management.

Digital asset treasury company Evernorth Holdings, Inc. and SPAC company Armada Acquisition Corp. II announced that the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has declared the S-4 registration statement related to their proposed business combination effective. This registration statement covers up to 11,499,992 shares of Class A common stock that may be issued and sold upon the exercise of warrants, calculated at an exercise price of $11.50 per share, corresponding to a scale of approximately $132.2 million.According to the arrangement, Armada shareholders registered as of August 20, 2026, will hold a special meeting on September 30, 2026, to vote on the transaction. If the transaction is approved and customary closing conditions are met, the combined company is expected to be listed on Nasdaq under the ticker symbol "XRPN," with the transaction anticipated to be completed by the end of the third quarter or the beginning of the fourth quarter of 2026. Asheesh Birla, founder and CEO of Evernorth, stated that the effectiveness of the registration statement is an important milestone in completing the proposed business combination.Evernorth is positioned as a digital asset treasury company aimed at building institutional-level XRP economic exposure, planning to deploy funds into the XRP ecosystem through strategies designed to enhance the per-share XRP holdings. Its investors include Arrington Capital, SBI Group, Ripple, Pantera Capital, Kraken, and GSR.

According to Bitcoin.com, asset management company Vaneck has applied to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to withdraw the registration documents for the Lido Staked Ethereum ETF. The document is dated October 14, 2026, the registration statement never became effective, and the fund has not sold any shares.The product was originally planned to hold liquid staking tokens stETH issued by the Lido protocol, rather than staking Ethereum directly through designated validators. The total locked value of Lido is currently about $23.6 billion, down from $33.3 billion a year ago.BlackRock launched ETHB, which stakes Ethereum directly through validators, in March 2026, with a net asset value of $409.8 million as of March 31.

The second-generation Tesla Roadster supercar has been unveiled, equipped with a cold air propulsion system developed in collaboration with SpaceX. Musk stated that Tesla will begin production of the Roadster sports car in 2028. In August of this year, Tesla, Inc. applied to register the "Roadster" trademark, classified internationally as a vehicle, with the current trademark status being in the application process.

According to Bitcoin News monitoring, a German Ledger user @jayr_crypto reported receiving a forged letter again this week. The letter impersonates Ledger, claiming that new regulations require users to register their Bitcoin wallets through a service called ZenLedger by October 31. The letter uses Ledger's official branding elements and mentions German financial regulators, while also including a QR code that directs users to a so-called mandatory registration process.The user believes that addresses exposed in a previous data breach are being used for targeted attacks on Ledger users. In the same week, Ledger coordinated with MediaMarktSaturn to suspend the sale of its hardware wallets in a European retail network covering 11 countries and over 1,000 stores.Earlier reports indicated that malicious spy implants were found inside Ledger devices purchased from European retailers. Ledger confirmed separately that compromised devices sold by a Southeast Asian distributor contained implants capable of stealing recovery phrases and transmitting them over cellular networks. Ledger has not confirmed any breaches of devices in Europe. Ledger users are currently facing physical supply chain tampering and targeted phishing attacks initiated using home addresses. Do not scan suspicious QR codes or enter recovery phrases.

The governance organization of Ethereum Name Service ENS DAO published a new proposal on X, suggesting the activation of ENSv2.The proposal plans to freeze new v1 .eth registrations, allowing domains that have not yet migrated to continue renewing and retaining existing domains, and subsequently transitioning the domain registration and resolution functions to v2.

The proposal for the activation of ENSv2 for Ethereum Name Service (ENS) states that after the official launch of ENSv2, new registrations for ENSv1 will cease, while existing .eth domain holders will not face a migration deadline and can continue to retain and use their registered domains.The proposal also arranges for ENS Labs to transfer its remaining management roles for ENSv2 to the ENS DAO, handing over the relevant management authority to the community.

Bitcoin News posted on platform X that the SEC has approved the listing of the 3x Bitcoin ETF launched by Cboe BZX under Volatility Shares, which aims to track 3 times the daily volatility of the Bitcoin futures benchmark.When Bitcoin futures rise by 1%, the fund aims for a pre-fee profit of 3%; when it falls by 1%, the target is a loss of 3%. This ETF still needs to wait for the registration statement to take effect before it can be traded, and the fund holds Bitcoin futures rather than Bitcoin spot.

The developer of the decentralized lending protocol Aave, Aave Labs, has published an ARFC on the governance forum, proposing the establishment of the Aave Foundation. This entity will be a memberless foundation company in the Cayman Islands, which will hold the Aave trademark and related intellectual property for the Aave Protocol.The proposal only covers Phase 1, which includes entity registration and the appointment of initial independent directors and supervisors. The transfer of trademarks, domain names, and intellectual property of the codebase, as well as the scope of operations, will be addressed in subsequent phases and must be submitted for governance separately. Phase 1 only applies for registration, legal work, and reasonable expenses for the appointment of directors, supervisors, and secretaries, with no recurring budget; future funding must be proposed separately.The foundation is established under the Foundation Companies Act, with its charter goals limited to holding, protecting, and licensing intellectual property for the Aave Protocol. Aave Labs, DAO service providers, and their affiliates have no right to appoint directors or supervisors and cannot hold such positions. After the initial appointments, the removal and appointment of directors can only be done through an AIP. If this ARFC reaches community consensus, it will enter Snapshot, and then the related expenses will be authorized through an AIP, followed by registration in the Cayman Islands and completion of the appointments.

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) updated the MiCA registration list, with BCash, Xenios Blockchain Group, Capital Wallet Greece, and Piraeus Bank becoming the first registered cryptocurrency service providers in Greece. The list added six institutions from Germany, France, and Slovenia, bringing the total number of registered institutions to 359.The Hellenic Capital Market Commission (HCMC) is responsible for regulating the first three institutions, while the Bank of Greece is responsible for regulating Piraeus Bank. HCMC denied that its officials communicated with European Central Bank (ECB) officials regarding Binance's MiCA application in Greece and also denied making any statements about Lagarde intervening in that application; Binance withdrew its application on June 24.

Belarus High-Tech Park (HTP) has registered the country's first two cryptocurrency banks. The two institutions first obtained HTP resident enterprise status and then need to be certified by the National Bank of Belarus and included in the cryptocurrency bank registry, with the specific names of the institutions not yet disclosed.According to the relevant decrees issued by Belarus this year, cryptocurrency banks can combine digital token operations with banking, payment, and other related financial services.

On September 24, the official homepage of the local AI assistant QClaw displayed that due to business adjustments, QClaw will stop new user registrations starting today and will officially cease operations on December 24. The official statement indicated that user data migration will be supported, and migration users will receive point subsidies.According to Jiupai News, on March 10 of this year, Tencent launched the entire "Lobster" product matrix, covering general users, developers, and enterprise users. The products include WorkBuddy, QClaw, Tencent Cloud Lighthouse, intelligent agent development platform ADP, Tencent Cloud Desktop, and more. Tencent announced at that time that QClaw was in internal testing.Tencent introduced that QClaw is a local AI assistant launched based on OpenClaw, supporting one-click installation on Windows and Mac, and can be remotely controlled through WeChat conversations. After users send commands via WeChat on their phones, the assistant can automatically operate the computer to perform tasks and return results.

a16z, in collaboration with the DeFi Education Fund, submitted a joint proposal to SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce, proposing the establishment of safe harbor rules and the creation of a "rebuttable presumption," meaning that decentralized exchange (DEX) protocols and their front-end interfaces do not fall under the definition of "exchanges" as defined by the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.On the same day, a16z also submitted a second letter urging the SEC to establish a registration system for centralized cryptocurrency trading platforms, similar to the alternative trading system (ATS) rules from 1998. Both letters were dated September 14, and three days later, the SEC issued an "Innovation Exemption" for tokenized stock trading venues.

Yushu Technology Co., Ltd. has recently undergone a business change, with the registered capital increased from 364 million yuan to 404 million yuan; the registration authority has changed from the Market Supervision Administration of the Hangzhou High-tech Industrial Development Zone (Binjiang) in China to the Market Supervision Administration of Zhejiang Province, China.

The company TransparentBusiness, which operates Unicoin, has filed a lawsuit in the Southern District of New York Federal Court against Universal Navigation, which operates Uniswap Labs, requesting the court to rule that its UNICOIN trademark does not infringe or dilute the trademarks UNI, UNISWAP, and UNICHAIN claimed by Uniswap, and to request the court to cancel the U.S. trademark registration for UNI.The complaint shows that Uniswap's legal counsel sent three letters to Unicoin on June 3, July 17, and August 14, accusing it of trademark infringement, dilution, domain name squatting, and unfair competition, and demanding that Unicoin cease using the UNICOIN and other identifiers containing UNI, transfer the domain names unicoin.com and unicoin.org, provide income and profit accounts, and pay Uniswap's legal fees. Unicoin also requests the court to confirm that the aforementioned domain names do not violate the U.S. Federal Anti-Cybersquatting Consumer Protection Act.The lawsuit comes weeks before the public issuance of the UNCN token listed on the Unicoin official website on September 28. As of the time of publication, DeFiLlama data shows that the Uniswap protocol ranks first among decentralized exchanges with over $3.9 billion in 24-hour trading volume.