BNB Chain announced that the Jenner hard fork will launch on the BNB Smart Chain testnet on October 28th, introducing the Payment Lane feature, supporting the use of millisecond-level block timestamps in smart contracts, and adding support for CAS20. BNB Chain reminds validators, node operators, block builders, and application developers to prepare for the upgrade in advance. Testnet node operators must switch to a compatible client before the upgrade is activated.

Meta Platforms' credit risk metric, CDS, rose to a record high, causing bond prices to fall. Data from ICE Data Services shows that the price of Meta Platforms' five-year credit default swaps rose 8.9 basis points to approximately 119.3 basis points per year. Meta plans to invest approximately $825 billion in leasing and contracts, primarily related to artificial intelligence computing power and infrastructure. (Source: ICE Data Services)

Boosters often say crypto voters can swing elections, but Democrats are seeking mileage out of tying crypto to Trump, corruption and attempts to buy seats in Congress.

Zipcoin has announced the closure of its project. The team stated that on October 21st, they received a notification from Railway that the project's codebase, credentials, and private keys had been compromised. Zipcoin will provide a six-hour selling window for holders, with remaining holdings to be sold and funds collected at 00:00 on October 23rd. The project was previously affected by the UNCX security incident on October 15th. Market data shows that ZC has fallen 89.42% in the past 24 hours, with a current market capitalization of $280,000.

Bitmine Chairman Tom Lee stated that Bitmine holds approximately 6 million ETH, representing 4.9% of the total supply. This is about 100,000 ETH short of the 5% limit, at which point purchases will cease. Bitmine made large purchases when the ETH price was around $1500. On October 19th, Bitmine increased its ETH holdings by 12,535 ETH, bringing its total holdings to 6,041,481 ETH, worth nearly $14.5 billion. Two days later, Bitmine pledged 159,728 ETH, meaning approximately 86.5% of its treasury assets were used for staking. (Source: Bitcoin.com News)