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MEGAETH TO HOLD PUBLIC TOKEN SALE OCT 27–30 VIA ENGLISH AUCTION; MIN BID $2,650
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YieldBasis: The Next Chapter of Scaling
YieldBasis has moved into its next structured scaling phase, following $YB emission and activation of on-chain governance. This stage focuses on:
> Upgrading pool mechanics
> Strengthening the core infrastructure (crvUSD peg & liquidity)
> Expanding the crvUSD credit line
> Enabling the veYB fee switch and completing the governance-driven utility cycle👇
Source: https://x.com/yieldbasis/status/1982140801523020033
USDT0 Partners with Aori to Power Fast, Frictionless Cross-Chain Stablecoin Transfers
> Aori’s SDK helps make omnichain stablecoin transfers more seamless and straightforward.
> With Aori integrated, USDT0 now offers an “express lane” for users needing instant movement across chains.
Source: https://x.com/aori_io/status/1981746642974838858
October 24th Rollup
🐚Research & Ideation💡
- TBPN: Media Market Map
- 0xjawor: Too Many Tokens, Not Enough Belief
- Decentralised Co: The Embedded Economy
- Artemis: Stablecoin Payments from the Ground Up (Part 2)
- Shoal Research: Defi App - Building Crypto’s Everything App
- S4mmyEth: Why the Emerging Payment Protocol x402 Matters
🐚News & Markets📰
- Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino Projects $15 Billion Profit for 2025
🐚 Project Updates 🔔
- Farcaster Buys $65K of $CLANKER
- Variant Announce Investment in MetaDAO
- Pumpfun Acquires Trading Terminal Padre
- MegaETH Launches KPI Rewards for $MEGA
- Stable Pre-Deposit Phase 1 Reaches $825M Cap
- Jupiter Portfolio Adds “Net Worth History” Feature
- Ripple Completes Hidden Road Acquisition, Launches Ripple Prime
- POLYMARKET CMO CONFIRMS $POLY TOKEN AND AIRDROP PLANS
Farcaster Buys $65K of $CLANKER Using 2/3 of the Protocol Fees Generated in the Last 24hr
> The other 1/3 is being reserved as USDC for tax purposes.
> Buys are manual for now but will be automated in the coming weeks.
Source: https://x.com/farcaster_xyz/status/1981827837087633663
Binance Will List Giggle Fund ($GIGGLE) and SynFutures ($F) with Seed Tag Applied
Source: https://x.com/binance/status/1981924529002983477
Ripple Completes Hidden Road Acquisition, Launches Ripple Prime
> Ripple has officially Completed Hidden Road Acquisition, and Hidden Road is now Ripple Prime.
Source: https://ripple.com/insights/ripple-closes-hidden-road-acquisition/
FARCASTER BUYS $65K OF $CLANKER USING 24 HOUR FEES, PROCESS WILL SOON BE AUTOMATED: FARCASTER
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Amir Ormu: 90% Loss for $PADRE Holders ISN'T ACQUIRING; It is a Form of STEALING
> "What Is the point of having a token if teams can sell 100% of the equity with no legal consequences?"
Source: https://x.com/AmirOrmu/status/1981754858798506049
Variant Bought $2.5M of META at $8.6 Per Token Yesterday (As a Part of the Passed Proposal)
> MetaDAO LLC and Variant signed an agreement
Source: https://x.com/metaproph3t/status/1981784525048082751
Shoal Research: Defi App - Building Crypto’s Everything App
Every breakthrough technology needs its killer app. For social, it was Facebook. For AI, it was ChatGPT. DeFi App aims to fill that role for DeFi.
> As the internet becomes the new infrastructure for finance, payments, and global commerce, a new opportunity emerges to build innovative consumer products on DeFi’s open, permissionless rails.
> In this report we explore DeFi App and how it aims to capture this compelling new opportunity👇
www.shoal.gg/p/building-cryptos-everything-app
Source: https://x.com/shoalresearch/status/1981792870592860575?s=46
Findings:
> Identified $136B in stablecoin payments from Jan 2023–Aug 2025.
> Stablecoin payments within the sample as of August 2025 annualized at a $122 billion run rate
> B2B leads at $76B, followed by P2P ($19B), card ($18B), B2C ($3.3B), and prefunding ($3.6B); all growing fast except P2P.
> USDT dominates with ~85% market share, USDC trails behind.
> Tron leads in volume, followed by Ethereum, BSC, and Polygon.
Source: https://www.stablecoin.fyi/
Stable Hits $825M (0.4% of Tether) Within Minutes From 270+ Addresses
x.com/subinium/status/1981537151465771373
Source: https://dune.com/hashed_official/stable
Polymarket CMO Matthew Confirms $POLY Token and Airdrop.
Source: https://x.com/GreekGamblerPM/status/1981661109221236742
MegaETH Launches KPI Rewards for $MEGA
> Token emissions tied to data, not dates.
> 53% of the MEGA supply is reserved for KPI-based distribution
> The KPIs metrics include growth, performance, and decentralization
> Rewards gated to $MEGA stakers, the longer you stake (10–30 days), the higher your reward.
Source: https://x.com/megaeth_labs/status/1981712581330121053
Thiccyth0t: Life Lessons from Trading
> Traders get paid to guess where money will move.
> There are many ways people win guessing games
> Each of these skills is called an “edge”
> The game is winner takes most.
> It’s easier to hunt as a team. Stacking everybody’s best skills clears more thresholds
> Trust is built through iterated trust falls that grow in size.
> You have to be willing to sacrifice everything if you want to win
> Play only the games you can learn to win again and again.
> People in the trading industry tend to age terribly.👇
Source: https://x.com/thiccyth0t/status/1981835308116443169
x402 Explained - Is It All Hype?
x402 is an innovative technology that is actually relevant to crypto, presenting a very powerful use case for stablecoins to enable AI agents to interact with the internet natively:
> What x402 is, why & how?
> How x402 Unlocks AI Agents
> What x402 coins could look like👇
Source: https://x.com/jarrodWattsDev/status/1982036553481568512
Arch: The Execution Layer Bitcoin Deserves
> Arch functions primarily as an execution layer for Bitcoin, not a place you move Bitcoin to. No bridging. No depositing. No wrapped assets.
> It is betting that the market wants Bitcoin execution that doesn't require trusting new custody solutions
> That makers and takers can have different security models without breaking the system.👇
Source: https://x.com/LH_exe/status/1981752961861640555
Why the Emerging Payment Protocol x402 Matters
> AI Agents + Payments is only going to get bigger. x402 is positioning itself at the enabler of this parabolic payment boom.
> It's dubbed the "Payments MCP" [Model Context Protocol]
> Backers include: Coinbase + Cloudflare👇
Source: https://x.com/S4mmyEth/status/1981672515844878508
Jupiter Portfolio Has Added “Net Worth History” Feature to Track Portfolio’s Performance
> Track total dollar value, updated daily
> Look back with up to 3 months of history
> For users with more than 150 $JUP staked, full history is automatically updated daily. Other users’ history updates as they interact with products.
Source: https://x.com/JupiterExchange/status/1981742370166075620
TBPN Introduces Media Market Map.
> A simple market map to help understand the evolving media landscape.
Source: https://x.com/tbpn/status/1981797702733275187
Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino Projects $15 Billion Profit for 2025
> “This year we’re going to approach another $15 billion profit. That’s very rare…“We have a 99% profit margin,” he added.
Source: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-10-24/stablecoin-leader-tether-expects-profit-to-increase-to-15-billion-this-year
Too Many Tokens, Not Enough Belief
> Crypto no longer feels earnest.
> We meme about decentralization and financial freedom, yet every week brings another Trump Coin, insider pump, or influencer rug as liquidity and attention keep fragmenting.
> Crypto needs belief again. Not hopium, not memes, not another locked-token presale at a $300M FDV.
Source: https://x.com/0xjawor/status/1981382654294368569
FOLLOWING PUMPFUN ACQUISITION $PADRE TOKEN LOSES ALL PLATFORM UTILITY, DOWN 75% IN LAST 24h
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Variant Announce Investment in MetaDAO
> “We believe the project is now well-positioned to offer users what they want: economic alignment with the projects they love.”
Source: https://x.com/dbarabander/status/1981783720190230647?s=46&t=txFAbiSPTdLLDlAYj9X_AA
Pumpfun Acquires Trading Terminal Padre
> Pumpfun will dedicate resources to making Padre a top pro trading terminal in the space by giving the users advanced, performant & rewarding product.
> The $PADRE token will no longer have utility on the platform with no further plans for the future.
Source: https://x.com/pumpdotfun/status/1981722548350894498
Artemis x Castle Island x Dragonfly: Stablecoin Payments from the Ground Up (Part 2)
> This report surveyed 22 stablecoin-based payments companies + estimates from 11 additional firms, across B2B, P2P, B2C, Card, and Prefunding.
> It provides a rare, ground-up view of how stablecoins are actually used in the real world.
x.com/artemis/status/1981724792110891254
Source: reports.artemisanalytics.com/stablecoins/artemis-stablecoin-payments-from-the-ground-up-2025.pdf
Stable Pre-Deposit Phase 1 Reaches $825M Cap
Source: https://x.com/stable/status/1981534243202486519
POLYMARKET CMO CONFIRMS $POLY TOKEN AND AIRDROP PLANS AMID U.S. RELAUNCH: POLYMARKET
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Decentralised Co: The Embedded Economy
Prediction markets, stablecoins and agentic finance will blend to change how the web monetises itself.
> This article explore how these markets will change the unit economics of content platforms and the primitives that will power the shift.👇
x.com/joel_john95/status/1981691244679168488
Source: https://www.decentralised.co/p/the-embedded-economy