Paxos Labs launched PAXGy on September 24, a token built around PAX Gold that channels underlying gold exposure into institutional bullion-lending markets to generate yield. PAXGy’s exchange rate against PAXG is designed to rise as lending income accrues. The token is available on OKX, Uniswap, 0x, X Layer and Ether.fi, giving PAXG holders a way to earn on-chain yield without selling their gold.

Scroll has completed a major upgrade to the proving system behind its zkEVM, moving from OpenVM v1.6.0 to OpenVM v2.0.0 and replacing the underlying proof system with SWIRL. The upgrade was executed on September 22 and required deploying a new onchain verifier contract on Ethereum. The new stack uses SWIRL via STARK Backend v2.0.0 and adds a new recursive verifier circuit, a continuation aggregation pipeline and a deferral framework. The release also integrates three security fixes previously shipped in OpenVM v1.7.0 to improve network reliability.

Polygon has published version 2.0 of its Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCA) white paper for the POL token, dated September 15, 2026. The original POL white paper was notified to the Central Bank of Ireland in December 2025 and made public in January 2026. The updated filing, submitted on August 25, 2026, adds Digital Token Identifier information required under the current submission process. Polygon said the revision supports MiCA compliance and documents POL’s admission to trading across multiple EU and EEA venues.

On October 1, 2026, the Ethereum Foundation and the Open Anonymity Project launched zkAPI on Ethereum mainnet, enabling users to pay metered API fees without revealing their identity. Users can deposit credits such as ETH or USDC into an on-chain vault contract in a single transaction. Spending is authorized with Groth16 proofs on the BN254 curve, using Poseidon hash commitments and a nullifier to prevent double-spends. Payment notes are tracked in a 32-level Merkle tree.

South Korea’s ultrawealthy investors pared back Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix in the third quarter, posting net sales of about 864.8 billion won and 718.9 billion won, respectively, the largest sell-offs among domestic stocks. Clients with at least 1 billion won in financial assets recorded combined net selling of more than 1.5 trillion won across the two names, underscoring broad profit-taking. They also shifted toward preferred shares with dividends and covered-call ETFs that make monthly distributions, while some added leveraged ETFs for higher-risk exposure, according to a Korea Economic Daily analysis.

Franklin Templeton’s tokenized asset value on the XRP Ledger has surged by more than 6,000%. The data indicates a rapid expansion in the scale of tokenized assets it has issued on the XRP Ledger. The increase is being viewed as a sign of accelerating institutional adoption of the XRP Ledger for tokenization.

Nvidia shares set a record intraday high of $237.88 on October 2, leaving the stock up about 26% year to date. The company recently authorized an additional $150 billion in share repurchases, supporting investor sentiment. Wall Street remains bullish, with analyst Joseph Moore maintaining a Buy rating and a $300 price target, calling the current valuation attractive.

The crypto sector recorded 55 major hacks in September with total losses of $766.49 million, up about 462% from August’s $136.3 million, according to PeckShield. Bitget accounted for about $387 million and said it will fully reimburse users from its User Protection Fund, while Liquid Network lost about $320 million, with $285 million returned after attackers withdrew roughly 4,000 BTC from the Liquid Federation wallet. Excluding those two incidents, the remaining 53 hacks totaled about $59 million, below August’s overall losses. PeckShield said the two cases now rank as the largest and second-largest crypto thefts of the year to date.