RaaS #525: Big Week Ahead!

First Yen Backed Stablecoin, Farming Tips for Base Airdrop, and Moar!

October closes with stacked catalysts: MEGA ICO, VULT TGE, Lido V3, Polygon PoS upgrade, and OP/IMX unlocks. Macro volatility ahead with Fed’s PCE gauge, and Big Tech earnings reveal.

Mt. Gox has pushed its repayment deadline from Oct 31, 2025, to Oct 31, 2026, citing procedural delays. Creditors who haven’t completed KYC or faced issues during the process are still unpaid. Less short-term sell pressure, bullish for BTC.

ICYMI On The Radar: Luki and Blingoh go deep on crypto marketing skills, CT campaigns, Polymarket’s $15B ambition, Aster’s arena launch, Hyperliquid coverage, and Coinbase’s acquisition of Echo, plus thoughts on AI, branding, and DeFi vibes.

Kraken’s Aave fork, Tydro Markets, is live, with a possibility to farm INK, the upcoming governance token for its L2. ~$300M already bridged. Like Linea’s Ignition, returns depend on INK’s airdrop weight.

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Aster is launching a VIP Program on November 3, requiring users to meet both 14-day trading volume and ASTER holding thresholds. VIPs unlock lower fees and referral rewards. Affiliates will earn 30% commission for VIP 1 referrals, and 10% for VIP 2 or above.

Stablecoin cards are evolving from balance-sheet-backed rails to yield-powered credit. EtherFi and GnosisPay enable borrowing against vaults, preserving upside and potentially deferring taxes. As Revolut adds staking and DeFi credit scales, vaults may take over.

Your daily dose of bite-sized news to stay updated.

1. BNB Foundation has completed its 33rd quarterly BNB burn. 1.44M BNB burned, reducing total supply to ~137.7M.

2. Canada to unveil stablecoin regulatory framework in November federal budget.

3. MicroStrategy acquires 390 BTC for ~$43.4 million at ~$111,053 per bitcoin. Long time, no see, Saylor!

4. BitMine added 77,055 ETH last week, bringing total holdings to 3.31M ETH worth $13.75B.

5. Japan’s first yen-backed stablecoin, JPYC, officially launches.

6. x402 ecosystem hits $830M market cap with $250M daily volume. Top tokens include EIGEN, BNKR, FLOCK, PAYAI, and PING.

Base’s airdrop could be worth $7B, which is seven times larger than HYPE. Top apps to farm include BaseApp (triples activity via Farcaster/Zora), Farcaster (83% of Base txs), Zora (posts as NFTs), Virtuals (agent infrastructure), and others like Aerodrome, Morpho, and Limitless.

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Top Gainers: DIA, PAYAI, UB, SEDA, EVAA.

Route2FI’s $10K plan: farm perps (HL, Paradex, Lighter), go delta neutral, chase airdrops (e.g., Plasma, MegaETH), provide liquidity on Polymarket, grow a quality CT account, join InfoFi & paid posting campaigns, and build a tight 4–8 person alpha group.

High-signal reads are worth your time, all in one place.

1. Lightcone is a new “impact market” protocol that lets you trade assets in parallel universes where specific events definitely happen or don’t. It ignores probabilities and focuses purely on the price impact of hypothetical outcomes.

2. Crypto ETPs saw $921M in weekly inflows amid rate-cut hopes. Bitcoin led with $931M, while Ethereum saw $169M in outflows. U.S. funds dominated, and trading volumes hit $39B, 39% above the YTD weekly average.

3. Madras High Court ruled crypto is property, blocking WazirX from using a user’s XRP to cover July’s $230M hack losses. XRP wasn’t part of the ERC-20 exploit, so “socialized losses” can’t apply.

4. A practical guide on setting up and monetizing Discord servers, from creating roles, emojis, and bots to securing mod roles. Discord pros can earn $50–$5K/month managing communities, with jobs found via merit, referrals, or early project scouting.

5. Cryptodotcom applied for a U.S. national trust bank charter, joining Coinbase, Circle, Ripple, Paxos, and Bridge in chasing federal licenses. The OCC’s openness marks a shift as crypto firms seek nationwide access under unified banking regulation.

SEDA enables HIP-3 listings on Hyperliquid by powering Oracle infrastructure for RWAs, IPOs, and prediction markets. Every query burns tokens.

Pendle adds USDe and sUSDe pools (5 Feb 2026 maturity) on Ethereum, reviving the Pendthena pair. Long-dated and fixed, ideal for lazy yield enjoyers who prefer lock-and-forget farming.

That’s all for today!