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Spacecoin announced the execution of the first blockchain transaction through space, completed via a CTC-0 satellite. Summary Spacecoin announced its first end-to-end blockchain transaction via a nanosatellite The signal went from Chile to Portugal through space and was validated on the blockchain Blockchain has just left Earth. The satellite-powered DePIN project, Spacecoin, completed the first-ever blockchain transaction to travel through space. Unveiled on Wednesday, Oct. 1, at the TOKEN2049 event in Singapore, the transaction was transmitted via a nanosatellite over 7,000 kilometers between Chile and Portugal. “This is the first time a blockchain transaction has truly left Earth and come…

Lighter has launched its public mainnet after eight months in private beta, entering the competitive perpetual decentralized exchange (perp DEX) sector. The company announced the rollout on October 2. Its platform enables low-cost, low-latency perpetuals trading with custom zero-knowledge (ZK) circuits. These cryptographic systems validate transactions without exposing underlying data. They allow verifiable matching and liquidations. Public Launch After Beta Built as an Ethereum layer 2 (L2), Lighter combines high-frequency performance with onchain transparency. The project published audit reports showing that its smart contracts and ZK infrastructure underwent external review. According to the team, this design balances scalability and security…

The cryptocurrency market may experience its first extended cycle due to more institutional capital and trading products in the Web3 industry, making digital asset investments more accessible. Some investors predict a crypto “supercycle” that may invalidate the theory of the four-year crypto market cycle related to the Bitcoin (BTC) halving, and see digital asset valuation rise beyond this historic time frame. For the world’s second-largest cryptocurrency, Ether (ETH), the supercycle may be catalyzed by Wall Street’s growing adoption of blockchain technology, according to BitMine Immersion Technologies, the world’s largest corporate Ether holder. The first major driver for Ether may be…

Digika.ai, the AI-based blockchain-based freelance marketplace, has declared a new partnership with the renowned freelance payment firm CryptoPay that seeks to rebrand the manner in which users and businesses interact. 🚨 📣 We’re excited to announce our partnership with @CryptoPay_Coin DGK Token powers https://t.co/aasUcLTd5s — the AI + blockchain freelance marketplace reshaping how professionals and businesses connect across borders.Through this collaboration, we’re combining: ⚡… pic.twitter.com/Nck0FkpOKQ — digika.ai (@digikaai) October 2, 2025 The partnership also reflects an emerging trend of using Web3 technologies and artificial intelligence in the real world to build secure and effective digital ecosystems. Each of the two…

Trikon, a popular Web3 platform for chain abstraction and gaming, has partnered with WORLD3, a renowned project merging Web3, autonomous agents, and AI. The partnership focuses on accelerating streamlined interactions between AI agents and humans with the integration of chain abstraction. The official social media announcement shared by Trikon discloses that the partnership utilizes AI-led chain abstractions for seamless interoperability in gaming, social, DeFi, and other such domains. Hence, the joint effort is poised to broaden decentralized automation while also reshaping the Web3 future. 📣 Trikon × WORLD3 🤝Excited to partner with @WORLD3_AI the AI x blockchain platform shaping Autonomous…

As Hyperliquid and Aster jockey for DeFi supremacy, Tron founder Justin Sun unveiled his own decentralized perpetual contracts exchange on Wednesday called SunPerp. The platform is designed to subsidize users’ transaction fees, conceal order books and permission data through “dark pools,” and eventually connect to other ecosystems, including Ethereum and Solana, according to a press release. Onstage at crypto confab in Singapore, the Chinese-born billionaire said the service, which is already in its public beta phase, offers Tron’s global users the ability to trade crypto derivatives that don’t feature an expiration date for the first time. “We have synthesized the…

Ethereum (ETH) exchange-traded funds (ETFs) saw another day of significant outflows, with $108.31 million in withdrawals reported on Tuesday, September 23. Surprisingly, BlackRockdid not report the largest losses, losing only 3,630 ETH, worth approximately $15.1 million, however, its sale is still notable, as the fund had not sold Ethereum in nearly a week, since September 17, when it dumped over $20 million worth of the cryptocurrency, again exactly one week after selling over $45 million in ETH, according to data retrieved by Finbold from Arkham. Also worth noting is the fact that no Ethereum fund saw any inflows yesterday, showing…

A new thesis from DeFi analyst Patrick Scott argues that despite losing market share to rivals, Hyperliquid remains the most investable decentralized exchange for perpetual futures. Perp DEX market in flux Perpetual futures — or perps — are crypto derivatives that allow traders to speculate on prices without an expiry date. The decentralized platforms that host them, known as perp DEXes, have surged in popularity as traders move activity away from centralized exchanges (CEXes) such as Binance. Scott noted that perp DEXes have expanded from less than 2% of CEX perpetual trading volume in 2022 to more than 20% last…

ZKsync has welcomed ADI Chain—the first blockchain built with its Airbender technology and hosting the upcoming UAE dirham-backed stablecoin—into its Elastic Network. Summary ADI Chain is the first blockchain built with ZKsync’s Airbender technology, delivering Ethereum block proofs in ~35 seconds. Testnet went live on August 21, giving developers early access; mainnet expected soon. ADI Chain will host the UAE stablecoin initiative and serve as the platform for a dirham-backed digital currency being developed by Abu Dhabi institutions. ZKsync (ZK) has announced the integration of the ADI Chain into its Elastic Network, a modular system of rollups and validiums that…

Cronos, Morpho, and Crypto.com have announced a collaboration aimed at bringing advanced lending and borrowing markets to the Cronos blockchain, with plans to expand into real-world asset (RWA) tokenization. The announcement marks the next phase of their relationship, following earlier integrations of Morpho Vaults into Crypto.com’s product offerings, and represents a significant step in broadening Morpho’s lending infrastructure beyond Ethereum (ETH). Lending markets coming to Cronos As part of the collaboration, Cronos and Morpho will introduce stablecoin lending markets backed by wrapped assets such as CDCBTC and CDCETH. The first vaults on Cronos are expected to launch in Q4 2025,…