Scammers ran a working copy of Dunamu's unlaunched GIWA network on its reserved chain ID 9134 and drained 766.25 ETH from users. The ID got through an exchange's listing checks, so a matching network ID is now weak evidence that a chain is the real one.
Perspective Coverage
3 publishers
- Builder
- Builder 38%
- Operator
- Operator 40%
- Investor
- Investor 22%
Reality
- Evidence68
- Adoption
- Insufficient
- Hype gap+12
- Incentives60
- Confidence70
Coinbase will convert each VELO into about 0.044 of the merged AERO token, and old AERO one for one, from November 2 to 4. Velodrome's 5.5% of new supply matches its share of trailing revenue, and old tokens are frozen on the exchange while the swap runs.
Reality
- Evidence55
- Adoption55
- Hype gap+5
- Incentives
- Insufficient
- Confidence50
At least six overseas blockchains signed payment and tokenization deals with Korean banks, brokerages and asset managers in the 93 days to Sept. 23. Many are still memorandums or pilots, and Shinhan Asset Management alone works with three of the networks, so Korean buyers are keeping their options open.
Reality
- Evidence45
- Adoption25
- Hype gap+15
- Incentives50
- Confidence40
Kakao Pay and KakaoBank signed a non-binding memorandum with Fireblocks for stablecoin infrastructure, the second such agreement Kakao has signed since July, while KB Financial and Toss have already run won-stablecoin pilots.
Perspective Coverage
3 publishers
- Builder
- Builder 27%
- Operator
- Operator 35%
- Investor
- Investor 38%
Reality
- Evidence58
- Adoption22
- Hype gap+34
- Incentives72
- Confidence68
A one-day lead in active wallets against a 9x deficit in locked value, with real-world assets at 4% of volume. The chain Robinhood pitched for tokenized stocks is trading something else.
Reality
- Evidence32
- Adoption52
- Hype gap+34
- Incentives63
- Confidence34
Token holders approved moving 546.9 million OP out of the user airdrop reserve into a fund the Foundation directs. Support was about 62 percent of votes cast.
Reality
- Evidence55
- Adoption22
- Hype gap+12
- Incentives74
- Confidence46
The self-custodial neobank added investing and borrowing in one release, with liquidation rules designed so users do not blow up. Retention is the wager.
Reality
- Evidence42
- Adoption30
- Hype gap+35
- Incentives76
- Confidence55