Welcome to the 103rd edition of Sharding Weekly! 2025/10/27 - 11/2 Some Highlights: 🔸Fed cuts rates by 25bps 🔸U.S. Fed to end balance sheet reduction on Dec 1 🔸Powell suggests the Fed is still undecided on a December rate cut 🔸President Trump may name a new Federal Reserve Chair to replace Jerome Powell by year-end 🔸Xi and Trump meeting begins in South Korea 🔸Treasury Secretary Bessent says the US and China will sign a trade deal within the coming week 🔸Less than 24 hours remain to claim the @monad airdrop 🔸Consensys picks JPMorgan and Goldman Sachs to lead its IPO 🔸@SentientAGI partners with @askalphaxiv to advance open-source AI research through collaboration and community events 🔸@CantonNetwork bridges TradFi and DeFi with $6T+ in on-chain assets and a rapidly growing ecosystem Let's dive in 🤿

1/3 --- 📰 News $BTC •Strategy bought 390 BTC for ~$43.4M (~$111K each) •Mt. Gox delays BTC repayments until next year •France will submit a bill on Bitcoin and digital assets, covering a strategic reserve, Euro stablecoin support, and industry backing •Coinbase bought $299M in Bitcoin in Q3 2025 $ETH •Ethereum DAT, Ethzilla sells $40M in ETH for stock buybacks $SOL •SEC approves first spot $SOL ETF $BSOL from Bitwise •Western Union to launch stablecoin on Solana •Grayscale launches Solana Trust ETF $GSOL •Jump Crypto swapped 1.1M $SOL for 2,455 $BTC •Bitwise Solana ETF ($BSOL) saw $417M inflows in its first week Others •Japan’s JPYC launches first yen stablecoin •Payments Processor Zelle to enable crypto stablecoin international payments •@Kalshi now accepts @Aptos native USDC and APT •Japan’s $2T payments processor TIS to launch a blockchain platform for digital assets •Trump Media to Launch “Truth Predict” Prediction Markets using @cryptocom •Circle, USDC issuer, begins testing ARC blockchain with major institutions •OceanPal raises $120M to launch SovereignAI and a digital asset treasury with NEAR Foundation •DBS and Goldman Sachs complete first-ever interbank crypto options trade •@MetaMask Rewards Season 1 is now live •Mastercard to acquire crypto startup Zerohash for ~$2B •KRWQ debuts as the first Korean won stablecoin on Base •Treasury Secretary Bessent meets Singapore PM to boost crypto and stablecoin adoption

2/3 --- 📖 Good Reads •@Route2FI - Crypto $10K Playbook •@blocmates @ollieblocmates - Crypto’s Privacy Powerhouses •@BlockFlow_News - ERC-8004: The Trust Layer for AI Agent Payments •@Decentralisedco - Prediction Market Ecosystem Map •@michael_lwy - What is Split/Merge on Prediction Markets •@ahboyash - AI Agent Interoperability Standards •@dl_research - @katana vKAT: Taking veTokenomics chain-wide •@1kxnetwork - Onchain Revenue Report •@intangiblecoins - Almost an Adult: Bitcoin White Paper Turns 17 •@alliance - ALL15 Demo Day Overview •@jvisserlabs - Bitcoin’s Silent IPO: Why This Consolidation Isn’t What You Think •@tiger_research - Driving Real-World Asset Adoption: Tokenization and Beyond

3/3 --- 💰 Crypto Fundraising Blockchain Service •@bron_wallet - 15m •@pieverse_io - 3m Strategic •Standard Economics - 9m Seed led by @paradigm •@MARINA_PROTOCOL - 1.68m •@DeepSafe_AI - 3m Seed •@belongnet - 8m Blockchain Infrastructure •@openmind_agi - $TBD investment from @PiCoreTeam •@SemanticLayer - 2m Series A led by @greenfield_cap DeFi •@Aria_Protocol - 500k Strategic •@AccountableData - 7.5m led by @PanteraCapital •@Nemesisdottrade - $TBD Pre-Seed led by @lyvcdotvc @districtxyz Chain •@GoKiteAI - $TBD Extended Series A investment from @cbventures GameFi •@Capybobo_io - 8m led by @PlutoVisionLabs •@Kapkap_Hub - 10m Seed led by @animocabrands •@MoonClash_ - $TBD Strategic CeFi •@zardotapp - 12.9m led by @a16zcrypto Social •@VideoTutor_io - 11m Seed led by @yzilabs That’s all🥂