PANews reported on October 22nd that crypto influencer AB Kuai.Dong revealed that the BNB-based Pokémon platform was suspected of absconding. Tonight, a Pokémon card platform called GachaDrop, a competitor to Solana's Cards, launched and released its tokens. Because the website offered card draws and purchases, it was initially considered a legitimate project by the community. However, one hour after the launch of its DROP token, which had 1,700 participants, the project announced issues with the token contract and decided to issue a new token. This caused the old DROP token's market capitalization to plummet from $3 million to zero. The new DROP token also experienced a brief surge before returning to zero. On-chain data indicates that only a handful of meme bloggers and scientists who bought into the initial trading volume saw any gains.



Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin defended his blockchain’s 45-day exit queue after Galaxy Digital’s head of digital called it “troubling,” sparking backlash. Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin has finally addressed some concerns over the lengthening Ethereum staking exit queue, which has now grown to 45 days. His response came after Galaxy Digital’s head of DeFi, Michael Marcantonio, called the exit queue length “troubling” on X and compared it to Solana which only needs two days to unstake. He has since deleted the posts. However, Buterin seemingly took a more ideological stance on the subject, describing unstaking from Ethereum as “more like a soldier deciding to quit the army,” adding that staking is more about “taking on a solemn duty to defend the chain.”Read more