The Morning Minute (10.21) Top News: -Crypto majors are green up led by ZEC +12%; BTC at $83.4k -Staked ETH hits ATH at 35.9% after 6 straight quarters of growth -Seven more major companies object to tokenized stock trading -Collector Crypt smashes records in packs, revenue & daily users after Pump integration -Pump signs Kimchi and introduces new ad campaign; Kimchi coin runs to $40M 🌎 Macro Crypto and Markets -Crypto majors are green up 2-4%, ZEC leads; BTC +2.4% at $83.3k; ETH +3% at $2,460; SOL +2.5% at $107; HYPE +4% at $81; ZEC +12% at $1,280 -Top alt movers include ENA (+12%), PYTH (+11%), NEAR (+10%) and VVV (+8%) -Oil -1% at $99; Gold +0.2% at $4,150 -Stock futures are green as oil falls; DOW +0.1%, Nasdaq +0.6% -Microsoft, Alphabet, Goldman Sachs, Qualcomm, Caterpillar, McDonald’s and Western Digital joined the list of companies objecting to tokenized versions of their shares trading on the OKX-ICE venue, taking the count from nine to 16 in four days -Bitwise’s Q4 staking report shows Ethereum staking at a record 43.8 million ETH, or 35.9% of supply and roughly $106 billion at current prices, a sixth straight quarter of growth -The CFTC set the agenda for its first Frontier Forum on October 28, examining how AI could reshape derivatives markets and how traders’ own AI agents might operate under existing rules -Mastercard opened early access to Agent Pay for Machines, letting AI agents discover services and pay for them within human-set spending caps -Wallets tied to April’s $295.7 million Drift exploit moved 25,700 ETH worth about $61.6 million into Tornado Cash over roughly two hours after two months of dormancy -Zcash developers settled on block 3,543,405 for the NU7 upgrade, expected around November 5, cutting block times from 75 seconds to 25 and shutting down Sprout, the original privacy pool, permanently Corporate Treasuries & ETFs -The Bitcoin ETFs saw $23M in net inflows on Monday; the ETH ETFs lost $26M in net outflows Meme Coin Tracker -Meme leaders were mostly green; DOGE +4%, SHIB +4%, PEPE +9%, PENGU +8%, TRUMP +8%, SPX +7%, Bonk +7% -Robinhood chain leaders were mixed; Pons +10% to $195M; AI +20% at $90M; Cashcat +12% at $115M; Orbio +85%, Hookr +20%, Boner +25% and Priors +33% led top movers -Solana top movers included KIMCHI +650x to $30M, Pill +280% to $2.4M, and Stonk +23%; Ansem +10% at $100M 💰 Token, Airdrop & Protocol Tracker -Papertrade led onchain protocols in revenue on the day with $2.5M followed by Pump Fun at $2.18M and Hyperliquid at $1.92M -Pump Fun introduced Kimchi as its latest app partner and rolled out a new ad campaign “pill your friends” around the launch -Collector Crypt posted record numbers across the board after plugging into Pump.fun’s distribution -OpenSea rolled its mobile app out to everyone for the first time after a closed beta 🚚 What is happening in NFTs? -NFT leaders were mostly green; Punks +4% at 31.3 ETH, BAYC +8% at 5.99 ETH, Pudgy +2% at 2.45 ETH -Invisible Friends (+150%), Good Vibes Club (+36%) and Statements (+41%) led top movers; Fidenza +20%