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  1. Elysium L2 Mainnet Launches on Hyperliquid with 100ms Blocks and HYPE Gas Token

    Elysium L2, built by Kinetiq as an Arbitrum Orbit rollup, activated its public mainnet on Hyperliquid on November 9, 2026, offering 100 ms canonical blocks and native HYPE gas payments.

  2. Midnight Network Ledger 9 Hard Fork Activates on Mainnet for Private Asset Transfers

    The Midnight Network activated its Ledger 9 hard fork on mainnet on November 6, 2026. The change introduces native ECDSA support and contract improvements for private asset transfers.

  3. NEAR Protocol Token Issuance Reduction Approved by House of Stake to 1.6%

    NEAR Protocol’s House of Stake approved a gradual cut in maximum annual token issuance from 2.5% to 1.6% on November 2, 2026.

  4. Domain Registrar Auction Puts U.S. ICANN-Accredited Firm With One Million Domains on the Block

    A large unnamed U.S. ICANN-accredited domain registrar with around one million domains under management heads to a private no-reserve auction run by Applicant Auction.

  5. Google Multi-Party Compute Enters Private Preview for Institutional Crypto Custody

    Google Cloud has placed its Multi-Party Compute platform into private preview for banks and financial institutions seeking distributed key management for digital assets.

  6. Stellar Bell Upgrade Goes Live on Testnet Ahead of Mainnet Vote

    The Stellar Bell upgrade reached testnet on November 3, introducing muxed contract addresses and millisecond ledger times for future scaling.

  7. Wealthsimple Penny AI Agent Debuts with CADD Stablecoin Announcement

    Wealthsimple announced Penny, an in-app AI assistant, and plans to offer its CADD stablecoin at a November 5, 2026 event in Toronto.

  8. Lido Swap Feature Enables Cross-Chain Trades on Ethereum Arbitrum and Base

    Lido launched a cross-chain swap tool on November 5, 2026, that lets users trade tokens inside its staking interface on Ethereum, Arbitrum and Base.

  9. SonicWall CVE-2026-19868 Patches Fix SonicOS SSLVPN SAML Bypass Flaw

    SonicWall disclosed CVE-2026-19868 on November 6, 2026, and issued patches for a high-severity authentication flaw in SonicOS that affects SAML-protected SSL VPN logins.

  10. Gnosis Pay Data Breach Exposes Customer Card and Wallet Details on Legacy System

    Gnosis Pay detected unauthorized access to its legacy consumer debit card system on November 3 and disclosed the incident on November 6 after notifying affected customers.

  11. FinCEN MEXC Order Bars U.S. Financial Institutions From Any Transactions With Exchange

    FinCEN issued an order on November 6, 2026, that severs MEXC Global from the U.S. financial system over $16 billion in illicit flows tied to sanctioned jurisdictions and cybercrime.

  12. Amundi Tokenized STOXX Europe 600 Share Class Launches on Ethereum

    Amundi launched a tokenized share class of its €22.8 billion STOXX Europe 600 index fund on Ethereum on November 5, 2026, in partnership with CACEIS.