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A shareholder vote has cleared the way for Evernorth to proceed toward a corporate treasury built around XRP, with closing expected in October. Evernorth has cleared a shareholder vote tied to its plan to establish a corporate treasury centered on XRP, according to reports published October 2.

Trading volume in tokenized equities is approaching limits set by the exemption, the company says. Robinhood's crypto chief has flagged a regulatory hurdle standing between the company and a full U.S. rollout of tokenized stocks.

Santiment data shows the weakest reading for XRP sentiment since August 17, according to two crypto news outlets. XRP's bullish-to-bearish sentiment ratio has fallen to 0.67, according to data from on-chain and social analytics firm Santiment. Bitcoin.com News and CoinGape both reported the reading on October 2, describing it as the weakest since August 17.

The vote finalizes a deal that would make Evernorth one of the largest corporate holders of XRP ahead of a planned Nasdaq listing. Shareholders have voted to approve a merger involving Evernorth, clearing a key hurdle toward the company's planned Nasdaq listing.

The protocol halted operations following an attack that drained close to $4 million, adding to this year's running tally of crypto hacks. NEAR Intents has suspended its cross-chain services following an exploit that resulted in losses of approximately $3.8 million.

The payments giant has launched transactions on Solana, powering the state-backed Roughrider Coin. Fiserv has confirmed that its digital asset platform is now operational, marking a significant step for the payments processor's push into blockchain-based financial products.

Attackers targeted a Loop Safe module tied to Aave v3, making off with roughly 114 ETH. A security incident tied to Aave v3 infrastructure has resulted in losses estimated between $305,000 and $310,000, according to separate reports published Thursday.

The new tool uses zero-knowledge proofs to let users pay for AI inference without disclosing their identity. The Ethereum Foundation has rolled out a new tool called zkAPI, designed to let users pay for AI model access without exposing personal identity.

The cross-chain settlement platform claims to have traced an exploiter's identity and is demanding a response within two days. NEAR Intents has stated that it has identified a hacker responsible for an exploit against its system, according to a report from Cointelegraph.

The Bitcoin layer's co-founder returns to lead Stacks Labs after a five-year gap, and STX rallies sharply. Stacks, a layer built to bring smart-contract functionality to Bitcoin, saw its native token STX climb sharply on October 1. The rally coincided with news that Muneeb Ali is returning as CEO of Stacks Labs.

CoinGape and Coin Edition both report XRPL crossed 10 million x402 payments, but give different figures for how many payments settle daily. CoinGape and Coin Edition both report XRPL crossed 10 million x402 payments, but give different figures for how many payments settle daily.

The new application layer aims to let Dogecoin miners eventually secure smart contracts built on top of the network. DogeOS has opened its testnet to the public, introducing an Ethereum Virtual Machine-compatible application layer built on top of Dogecoin.

Crypto Economy and TronWeekly both quote Bitwise CIO Matt Hougan on the Clarity Act's Senate setback but report different Bitcoin and Ether price gains for the same post-vote period. Crypto Economy and TronWeekly both quote Bitwise CIO Matt Hougan on the Clarity Act's Senate setback but report different Bitcoin and Ether price gains…

The Coinbase-incubated network's latest update introduces additional controls that touch how tokenized assets are tracked on-chain. Base, the layer-2 blockchain built on Ethereum and incubated by Coinbase, has introduced an upgrade named Cobalt.

Ripple's token closed the prior three months in the green, setting up a watch on whether the streak extends through October. XRP closed out the third quarter with three consecutive months of positive performance, according to separate reports from CryptoPotato and Cryptonews.com.

The wallet provider is unwinding validator positions following a security incident, raising questions about where the staked ETH will go next. MetaMask Staking is in the process of exiting Ethereum validators connected to its service, according to reports published this week.

Community governance vote funds past bug-fix work while the privacy coin's price stays steady near the $1,400 mark. Zcash holders have approved retroactive grants totaling approximately $8.39 million, according to reports from crypto.news and The Cryptonomist. The funding is tied to compensation for work related to a bug fix within the network's ecosystem.

New data shows the city-state regaining ground as a regional digital asset hub, led by a sharp rise in institutional participation. Singapore's crypto market has posted a notable rebound, with total activity reaching $284 billion. The figure reflects a broad increase in trading and transaction volume across the city-state's digital asset sector.