MapQuest Now Shows Drivers Where Flock Cameras Are Watching
MapQuest’s app now offers an optional map layer that plots known license plate readers from Flock Safety and other vendors, as backlash against the cameras grows.
Two Aave stablecoin backstops shrank $12.4 million as reward rates rose
Two tracked Ethereum V3 Umbrella stakes fell 9.7%, while their implied annualized reward run rate stayed near $2 million. Read the full story on CryptoSlate Understand the crypto stories that matter and what to watch next. Get The Catalyst in your inbox
JUST Completes 5th JST Buyback & Burn: Over 170M Tokens (~$23.53M) Burned Ahead of Major Deflationary Upgrade
On October 17, JUST, the leading DeFi infrastructure in the TRON ecosystem, announced the completion of its fifth buyback and burn of its native token JST as scheduled. Over 170M JST were burned in this round (approx. 1.72% of total supply), backed by…
Bitcoin ETFs Shed Nearly $1 Billion in Two Weeks as Uptober Stays Red
Bitcoin ETFs lost a net $228.6 million this week, following a $681.1 million drain the week before and pushing October deep into the red.
Claude unpicks an NSA mystery behind Ethereum passkey security
Anthropic’s timestamp recipe reconstructs P-256’s public seed, adding provenance evidence while leaving selection criteria and base-point origins unexplained. Read the full story on CryptoSlateUnderstand the crypto stories that matter and what to watch…
Stablecoin supply stalls, but payments jump 45% as Visa, Mastercard and Stripe connect crypto to cash
Analytics firm Allium said stablecoin payments hit $482 billion this year so far, up 45%, as card spending surges and global payment firms add crypto rails.
Banks Hold a Lever Over Stablecoin Adoption, BIS Economists Say
A Bank for International Settlements working paper found that stablecoin growth slows when U.S. banks raise deposit rates, with Circle’s USDC most sensitive.
Trump waives new Russia tariffs as October 18 oil deadline arrives
The waiver has no fixed expiry, and any Bitcoin benefit depends on how it affects inflation and financing conditions. Read the full story on CryptoSlateUnderstand the crypto stories that matter and what to watch next. Get The Catalyst in your inbox
Bitcoin’s $100,000 year-end hope divides analysts as inflation clouds outlook
Bitwise sees a potential return above $100,000, while LO:TECH expects a narrower trading range as interest-rate uncertainty weighs on the market.
Crypto audits might give investors a false sense of security as Q3 hacks led to $1.18 billion in losses, according to Hacken
Crypto security firm Hacken reports $1.18 billion in losses from 107 incidents in Q3 2026, highlighting why smart contract audits alone cannot protect crypto investors.