CANDY Weekly: The Week in Crypto and the CANDY Ecosystem (Oct 5–11, 2026)

Welcome to CANDY Weekly, your seven-day catch-up from CandyPulse. If you only have five minutes, this is the week in crypto: what moved, what changed and what is happening across the CANDY ecosystem.

Between October 5 and October 11, CandyPulse published 22 stories. Here are the ones worth your time.

CANDY ecosystem

• Candy RWA Is Coming: Rewards Tokenized in Phase 1, With Real Estate to Follow: Candy RWA (rwa.candychain.io) will turn gift card value into branded tokens backed 1:1, plus CANDY rewards. Phase 1, rewards tokenization, is coming soon; real estate comes next.

Regulation and policy

• Tether and Kazakhstan Explore a Tenge-Linked Stablecoin and Asset Tokenization: Tether has signed an MoU with Kazakhstan's central bank and the Alatau City Authority to study a tenge-backed stablecoin pilot and tokenization. It's exploratory, with no launch committed.
• Cardano Builds for Regulated Assets as CIP-0113 Brings Issuer Controls to Supported Tokens: The Cardano Foundation has launched CIP-0113, a token standard that lets issuers of stablecoins, funds and bonds restrict recipients and freeze or seize holdings under set rules.
• Bitcoin.de Seeks a New Way Forward as MiCA Rejection Prompts Plans for Regulated Partners: BaFin has rejected a MiCA licence for futurum bank, the bank behind Bitcoin.de. Parent Bitcoin Group plans to restart trading within weeks with regulated German partners.
• Tokenized Stocks Round the Clock? OKX and ICE File for a 24/7 U.S. Stock Venue: OKXICE, a joint venture of OKX and NYSE owner ICE, has filed with the SEC to launch 24/7 trading of tokenized shares in 63 U.S. companies, with dividend and voting rights.
• El Salvador Wins $138 Million IMF Approval as Bitcoin-Related Waivers Accompany Funding: The IMF approved a $138 million disbursement for El Salvador, granting waivers after the country missed a condition on bitcoin accumulation, citing corrective measures.

Markets, Bitcoin and ETFs

• Bitcoin Falls Below $83K as Oil and Yields Rise and Crypto Retreats: Bitcoin slid to about $82,783 as Brent crude moved towards $102, the 10-year Treasury yield held above 5.3% and more than $550 million in crypto bets were liquidated.
• Ethereum Tests a Bigger Block Budget as Sepolia Gas Limit Approaches 200 Million: Ethereum developers are pushing the Sepolia testnet's gas limit towards 200 million, more than triple its old level, to stress-test the Glamsterdam upgrade. No mainnet date is set.
• Bitcoin Slips Below $84K as Oil and the Dollar Rise and Crypto Retreats: Bitcoin fell below $84,000, dropping about $2,000 in minutes, as oil jumped above $101 after reported tanker attacks and a firmer dollar and higher yields hit risk assets.
• Abstract Announces December 15 Shutdown, Urging Users to Move Assets Before Closure: Abstract, the Ethereum Layer 2 built by Pudgy Penguins parent Igloo, will shut down on Dec. 15. Funds left on the chain after that date will be lost.
• 1.5 Million ETH Waiting to Stake as Ethereum's Entry Queue Stretches to Roughly 25 Days: Nearly 1.5 million ETH is lined up to become staked on Ethereum, with a wait of about 25 days. Meanwhile the exit queue has jumped after MetaMask began pulling validators.
• Bitcoin Tests $87K, Sellers Push Back as BTC Retreats After Approaching $86,950: Bitcoin pushed towards $87,000 again but ran into selling, retreating from near $86,950 as ETF inflows cooled and traders took profits.

More news

• Cointelegraph Denies Sale Report, Says CoinDesk Story Contains Factual Errors: CoinDesk reported that Cointelegraph is looking for a buyer after a Google penalty hit its traffic. Cointelegraph says it is not for sale and has asked for a correction.
• Orca and Loopscale Merge to Become Formation, Uniting Trading, Credit and Vaults: Solana DEX Orca and lender Loopscale have merged into Formation, led by CEO Luke Truitt, with plans to support assets from issuance and financing through to trading.
• Zcash Shifts Into Fast Mode as 25-Second Blocks Reach the NU7 Testnet: Zcash's NU7 upgrade has gone live on testnet, cutting block times from 75 to 25 seconds. Developers will decide on mainnet activation on Oct. 20, targeting Nov. 5.
• Safe Governance Under Pressure as Greenfield Files Swiss Supervisory Complaint: Early Safe investor Greenfield Capital has filed a complaint with Switzerland's foundation supervisor, seeking independent board oversight at the Safe Ecosystem Foundation.

Guides and analysis

• CandyWorld Is Coming: Rush Swapping, a New World in Your Pocket: CandyWorld, a new CANDY ecosystem app coming soon to the App Store and Google Play, lets you swap between CANDY and RUSH, the CandyRush gaming token, with network fees covered by Candy Wallet.
• India Loves Crypto. So Who Gets the Business? The Local Exchange Puzzle: Indians sent about $88.4 billion to crypto exchanges in a year, but local platforms got just 0.7%. Here's why the business went offshore, and what could bring it home.
• No ETH for Gas? No Problem. How Smart Wallets Are Changing Crypto: Stuck with tokens but no ETH to pay fees? Smart wallets let you pay gas in other tokens, get sponsored transactions and recover your account. Here's how they work.
• Why Is ETH Waiting in Line? Inside Ethereum's Staking Queues: Around 1.5 million ETH is queuing to start staking, with a wait of nearly a month. Here's why Ethereum's staking queues exist, how they work and what they signal.
• The Quiet Power of Stablecoins: Beyond Trading, Into Everyday Life: Stablecoins rarely make headlines, but they're quietly changing how money moves: paying for groceries, sending money home and protecting savings. Here's how.
• You Bought the Token. Do You Own the Stock? Tokenized Stocks, Explained: Some tokenized stocks make you a real shareholder. Others just follow the price. Here are the three types, what rights each gives you and five questions to ask before buying.

The week in numbers

Coming up in the CANDY ecosystem

Cardaxo, CandyRush and SugarPen are live, and Claimo is in beta. Still to come: CandyBet prediction markets, Candy RWA rewards tokenization, the CandyWorld app for CANDY and RUSH swaps, and the AI Agent Marketplace. CandyPulse will cover each launch as it happens.

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