The Ether: Saturday, October 17, 2026

Blocks: 26,208,547 - 26,215,721
Slots: 15,447,599 - 15,454,798

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The day in review

Protocol

Core devs set October 29 call to discuss Glamsterdam and Hegotá upgrade plans.
A new draft ERC proposed equity tokens that pay one fixed dividend asset.

Apps

Polygon closed its Coinme buyout, gaining 37 licenses to chase payments rivals like Visa and Stripe.

World

DTCC detailed plans to tokenize 25 securities on Besu and Canton, backed one to one by holdings at DTC.

The Defiant:

DTCC outlines 25-security tokenization rollout on Besu and Canton, tokens backed 1:1 by securities held at DTC

The main US securities depository plans to issue tokens backed one for one by stocks it holds, using Besu, an Ethereum client software, as one of its networks.

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Top podcasts this day

Bankless:
Weekly Rollup, Oct 16: Redtober Is Here | AI Debt Fears | $102M Ledger Attack | Richard Heart Arrested
podcast · 9.9k views · 14d ago
chapters (11)
1. 0:00Intro
2. 0:09Redtober: Crypto Selloff & Early Bull
3. 10:38Hot Inflation & AI Market Risks
4. 19:55Ray Dalio's Debt Warning
5. 26:23Ledger's $102M Supply-Chain Attack
6. 31:34France's Crypto Wallet Reporting Proposal
7. 34:52Bank of America, CZ & Debanking
8. 41:15Richard Heart Arrested
9. 48:43PaperTrade's 1,000x Leverage Game
10. 53:28Solana Upgrades & Starknet's Layer 1 Vote
11. 57:52NEAR Foundation & Venice AI Growth

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