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TLDR:
BNB Chain mcap +$6.4B; H and WLFI led gains; small caps rallied.Big catalysts: Ondo RWAs, Polymarket integration, 33rd burn, KGST launch.Despite gains, BNB underperformed SOL/ETH/BTC; fees still industry-leading.
The market is in the green again as several bullish catalysts light the path toward a promising Q4.

BNB Chain #market Recap
The BNB Chain sector is back in top form this week, adding over $6.4 billion to its market capitalization and gaining 2.5% week-over-week (WoW).
Nine of the top 10 BEP-20 tokens are currently in the green, with Humanity Protocol (H) and World Liberty Financial (WLFI) leading the way with 94% and 18% WoW gains, respectively.
But the biggest winners are primarily concentrated among the small caps, including:
APRO (AT): +270.3% (Binance Alpha listing + airdrop; Aster “Rocket Launch” $200K rewards)BurnedFi (BURN): +92.5% (Unclear catalyst)Unibase (UB): +92.8% (BNB Chain x402/agent rollout; prior Binance Alpha/Futures visibility)EVAA Protocol (EVAA): +46.5% (Binance Alpha + Futures listings; Binance competition spotlighted EVAA)
Besides Humanity Protocol (H), small caps are also concentrated among this week's trending list.
Despite its growth, the BNB Chain ecosystem is currently underperforming other sectors, including the Solana ecosystem (+7.6% WoW), the Ethereum ecosystem (+2.9% WoW), and the Bitcoin ecosystem (+3.7%).
Like most L1s, BNB Chain saw either a slight decline or stagnation across many on-chain metrics this week. Notably, it saw a significant decline in DEX trading activity and fee revenue.
It still leads the L1 space in terms of fee generation, and saw a slight improvement in total value locked (TVL)—largely due to the expansion of Circle's USYC product.

BNB Chain News Roundup
Several major developments in the BNB Chain ecosystem underpinned this week’s bullish momentum. A summary of the most significant stories is provided below.
#ONDO Brings Tokenized U.S. Stocks/ETFs to BNB Chain: Ondo Global Markets has expanded to BNB Chain, enabling 24/7 access to 100+ tokenized U.S. stocks and ETFs for non-U.S. users. BNB Chain touts a reach that includes millions of wallets.


#bnb Completes Its 33rd Quarterly Burn (~1.44M BNB): The 33rd burn destroyed ~1.44M BNB (≈$1.2B at announcement), executed directly on BSC. This continues BNB’s auto-burn schedule aimed at reducing supply and aligning incentives across the ecosystem.


#Polymarket Integrates BNB Chain: The prediction market has enabled BNB deposits/withdrawals natively on BNB Chain, lowering costs and improving UX for event markets. Expansion may boost cross-chain liquidity into BNB apps.


#Kyrgyzstan Launches National Stablecoin & CBDC Pilot on BNB Chain: The Kyrgyz government announced a national stablecoin (KGST) and CBDC pilot utilizing BNB Chain infrastructure; plans also include a national crypto reserve that holds BNB, per officials.



>> That’s all for this update. Check in next week for another dose of BNB Chain news and insights! Source: CMC _ Week in BNB | 1 day ago

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TLDR:
BNB Chain sector lost ~$24B; fear intensified across altcoins.BNB fell 8.2% WoW; a few listings-driven outliers rallied.Usage softened, yet BNB Chain leads L1 on-chain revenue.

BNB Chain #market Recap
It was another punishing week for altcoins, and the BNB Chain sector failed to buck the downtrend.
The sector shed a whopping $24 billion from its market capitalization (mcap) in one of the most dramatic declines in recent history.
As you might expect, roughly three-quarters of the top 100 BEP-20 tokens by market capitalization are in the red, with some of the worst performers down more than 30% apiece.
These include:
ZEROBASE (ZBT): -67.1%4 (4): -51%ChainOpera AI (COAI): -47%Aster (ASTER): -30.2%
Meanwhile, BNB (BNB) fell back to below the $1,100 price point after losing 8.2% week-on-week (WoW)—one of the largest seven-day declines in its eight-year history (in dollar terms).
Despite the brutal sell-off, a small fraction of tokens managed not just to resist the downtrend but also to record impressive gains this week.

BNB Chain #news Roundup
Despite the bearish overtones, several bullish developments pierced through the fog this week. A recap of the most significant can be found below.
#coinbase Adds BNB to Its Asset-Listing Roadmap: Coinbase Markets announced that BNB was added to its roadmap, increasing transparency around potential future listings (not a guarantee). The move broadens BNB’s prospective U.S. exchange exposure and narrative reach.


#opbnb Experiences a Temporary Outage: BNB Chain reported a temporary opBNB outage affecting safe/finalized states and certain CEX flows; operations were subsequently restored after mitigation.


#CMB International Tokenizes a $3.8B USD Money Market Fund on BNB Chain: CMB International (China Merchants Bank) brought its flagship USD MMF on-chain via CMBMINT/CMBIMINT tokens, distributed by DigiFT—a major RWA milestone for BNB Chain’s institutional track.


>> That’s all for this update. Join us next week to keep tabs on the latest BNB Chain news and developments! Source: CMC _ Week in BNB | 1 week ago

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The crypto market is struggling to find stable ground after #Fed 'eral Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, speaking after the central bank cut the interest rate by 25 basis points, suggested another reduction in December isn't guaranteed.

Bitcoin (BTC) is down 2.5% over the last 24 hours to $110,200, while the broader market as measured by the CoinDesk 20 (CD20) index lost 1.7%.

While Wednesday's reduction was expected, Powell's hesitancy about further easing sparked a pullback in risk assets. The move came even as President Donald Trump signaled #trade tensions with China are easing.

The turbulence led to more than $820 million of crypto market liquidations over the last 24 hours. Equities indexes saw slight drops and #GOLD is struggling to remain above the $4,000 mark.

Still, the central bank also announced it would end its balance sheet runoff by Dec. 1, a move that could add liquidity to financial markets. To Spanish bank Bankinter, what’s stopping traditional asset prices from rising is a case of “altitude sickness.”

“The next 48 hours should be spent digesting the immense flow of information, particularly corporate earnings and central bank news,” the bank’s analysts wrote in a note. “The underlying tendency is to react quite positively, with the only constraint being the 'altitude sickness' from new highs.”

Lofty heights are not a problem for crypto given bitcoin is trading some 13% below the all-time high it hit less than a month ago. To QCP Capital, it’s a result of muted enthusiasm.

“The 10 October flash crash left both retail and institutional players cautious, and order book liquidity has yet to recover,” the firm's analysts wrote. “Meanwhile, digital asset treasuries #DAT 's are adding to sell pressure as many trade below 1 mNAV.”

These discounts could see more DATs buy back shares with funds that may come through asset sales. Ether treasury firm #ETHZilla made headlines earlier this week for doing just that, selling $40 million in ETH to repurchase shares at a discount to NAV.

Meanwhile, Friday’s $13 billion options expiry is adding more pressure to crypto prices. According to Deribit data, market makers are exposed to negative gamma at strike prices between $100,000 and $111,000.

That setup means hedging activity could amplify price swings into the end of the week. Stay alert!

Source: CoinDesk Daybook

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Think of a blockchain like a digital notebook that keeps track of transactions - who sent what to whom, and when.
In a traditional system (like a bank), one company owns that notebook and controls all the records.
If their servers go down or someone inside makes a mistake, those records could be changed or lost.
A blockchain, on the other hand, is shared among thousands of computers around the world. Each computer - called a node - has its own copy of the exact same notebook.
If someone tries to cheat by changing a transaction, everyone else's copies will instantly disagree, and the network will reject the fake one.
Result: the blockchain is trustworthy because everyone is watching everyone else's copy.

Instead of recording transactions one by one, blockchains group them into chunks called blocks.
Each block contains:
A list of transactions - for example, who sent Bitcoin to whom;
A timestamp - showing exactly when the block was created;
A cryptographic hash - a digital fingerprint that uniquely identifies that block.
Once a block is filled with transactions, it gets linked to the one created just before it.
Each new block includes its own fingerprint and the previous block's fingerprint, forming a chain that goes all the way back to the very first one (the genesis block).
Here's why that matters: if someone were to change even one transaction inside an old block, that block's fingerprint would change too, which breaks the chain.
Since everyone on the network has the original version, the fake one gets rejected immediately.
That's what makes the blockchain secure and practically unchangeable - the data is sealed into history.

Now let's zoom in: how does your transaction actually make it into that chain?
Step 1: broadcast.
When you hit "Send," your wallet creates a message that says:
"I, [your wallet address], want to send 1 BTC to [Alex's wallet address]."
It includes your digital signature (proof you authorized it) and gets broadcast to thousands of nodes across the network.
Step 2: verification.
The network checks:
Do you actually have 1 BTC?
Are you trying to spend it twice (double-spending)?
Is your signature valid?
If everything checks out, your transaction is marked as valid and sent to a waiting area called the mempool - basically a queue for unconfirmed transactions.

Step 3: inclusion in a block.
A miner (on Proof of Work blockchains like Bitcoin) or validator (on Proof of Stake ones like Ethereum) selects transactions from the mempool, packages them into a new block, and proposes it to the network.
Other nodes review the block. If it's valid, the network accepts it and adds it to the chain, permanently.
Your transaction now has 1 confirmation, meaning the network agrees it's valid and recorded.
Each time another block is added on top, your transaction gains another confirmation. The more confirmations it has, the more secure it becomes.
That's the magic of blockchain: thousands of computers working together to verify, record, and make digital history.

So, to sum it up:
A blockchain is a shared, tamper-proof digital ledger that keeps everyone honest without needing a middleman. Transactions are grouped into blocks, linked together with cryptography, and verified by a network that never sleeps.
Next time you send or receive crypto, remember - behind that simple "Send" button, a global army of computers is hard at work making sure your transaction is legit and locked into history forever.
And it's... beautiful

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CoinDesk Daybook

Bitcoin (BTC) is hovering around $113,000 after dropping 1.4% in 24 hours, while the broader crypto market, measured via the CoinDesk 20 (CD20) index, fell 2%.

The declines come amid a rotation into #Stablecoins ahead of the #Fed 'eral Reserve’s policy decision later today. A 25 basis point interest-rate cut is a near certainty. The CME FedWatch tool shows a 99.9% chance of it happening, while traders on Polymarket put the odds at 98.1%.

Traders are also on the lookout for signs the Fed is set to slow its balance sheet runoff, which would further ease financial conditions and be a potential boon for risk assets.

Trading activity has thinned. Liquidity on centralized exchanges has dropped sharply, with order book depth sitting at just 40% of pre-liquidation levels, according to Foresight Ventures, as traders rotate into stablecoins.

“Traders are rotating into USD stablecoins and concentrating liquidity in deep order books,” #OKX Singapore CEO Gracie Lin told CoinDesk. According to Wintermute, stablecoin supply is now rising again for the first time since September, which shows “macro tailwinds are beginning to translate into fresh inflows.”

Similarly, perpetual futures funding rates are now positive again for most major tokens, while open interest for BTC and ETH is “rebuilding at a measured pace.”

“While Uptober had a bit of a false start, macro tailwinds, cooling inflation, 'stabilizing' geopolitical tension, and a dovish FED are setting the stage for a supportive rest of the year, which historically (Q4) has been the strongest for bitcoin,” wrote #Wintermute OTC desk strategist Jasper De Maere.

Positioning and macro tailwinds seem to suggest a breakout is looming, a position various analysts appear to be taking. Nevertheless, President Trump’s #meeting with Chinese President Xi later this week could boost uncertainty. Stay alert!

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