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SecurityArkadiko’s own vote installed a contract that emptied vaults. A quorum is not a lock.
Arkadiko said a governance attack on 22 October 2026 drained vault collateral, on the order of 2 million stSTX and 1.65 sBTC in its preliminary count. It paused governance and vault redemptions. It has not published a dollar total.EasyCryptoGuides · · 4 min read
TechnologyEthereum postponed Glamsterdam on Hoodi. A testnet delay is not a mainnet upgrade.
On 22 October 2026 the Ethereum Foundation said Glamsterdam will not activate on the Hoodi testnet on 26 October. The slot was epoch 132,352. A replacement date has not been set, and mainnet users have nothing to install.EasyCryptoGuides · · 4 min read
SecurityCoinDCX says old deposit addresses were still taking money. A retired address is still an exchange.
On 22 October 2026 CoinDCX said a process for sweeping deposits off retired addresses had failed. The exchange says it credited the users and that current wallets were not compromised. It has not confirmed the $16 million figure.EasyCryptoGuides · · 4 min read
RegulationThe OCC finished a GENIUS Act rule. It is not a licence, and the application window is not open.
On 21 October 2026 the OCC adopted the rule that implements the GENIUS Act for issuers it supervises. The statute and the rule take effect on 18 January 2027. Filing to become an issuer is a later announcement.EasyCryptoGuides · · 4 min readRegulationThe SEC posted names for tokenized-stock venues. A listing is not approval.
The Division of Trading and Markets listed TSV LLC, OKXICE TSV, and Kephas Corporation, which trades as Perpetuals.com. Staff say the list and the FAQs have no legal force. The September order is still the order.EasyCryptoGuides · · 3 min read
CompaniesJPM Coin on Ethereum is a bank deposit. It is not a stablecoin.
Kinexys said JPM Coin, ticker JPMD, is now available to institutional clients on Ethereum as well as Base. It represents dollar deposits at the bank. The public chain does not make it a public coin.EasyCryptoGuides · · 3 min read
SecurityLedger devices from one reseller had an extra part. The chip was not the hole.
Buyers from a Southeast Asian reseller were told not to set unused devices up. Researcher estimates of the loss run from the tens of millions into the mid-nineties. Ledger has not confirmed a total. The Secure Element was not the clipboard.EasyCryptoGuides · · 4 min read
CompaniesSecuritize listed stock entitlements on Solana. The share is still a share.
On 8 October 2026 Securitize said eligible investors can hold security entitlements to twelve listed US stocks, issued on Solana and traded through its broker-dealer. Dividends are the point. A Solana wallet is not the transfer agent.EasyCryptoGuides · · 5 min readRegulationThe CFTC asked questions about a crypto exchange licence. Questions are not the licence.
On 5 October 2026 the CFTC published an advance notice of proposed rulemaking for Regulation CTX and Regulation CAM. The Federal Register printed it on 13 October. Comments run to 14 December. There is no rule text in force.EasyCryptoGuides · · 3 min readRegulationFinCEN withdrew two wallet proposals that had never taken effect.
On 5 October 2026 FinCEN withdrew the December 2020 unhosted-wallet proposal and the October 2023 plan to treat crypto mixing as a primary money-laundering concern. Both withdrawals took effect on 6 October. Neither draft had ever been in force.EasyCryptoGuides · · 3 min readRegulation