Odaily Planet Daily News: BNB Chain announced on the X platform that the Jenner hard fork upgrade has been launched on the BSC testnet. The upgrade includes Payment Lane, reserving 5% of the block gas by default for eligible payments; providing millisecond-level block timestamps for smart contracts; and a new compliance asset standard, CAS20. Payment Lane and CAS20 will be fully activated only after governance approval, with further details to be disclosed later.

Odaily Planet Daily News: The independent non-profit research organization Ethlabs announced that Vitalik Buterin, co-founder of Ethereum, has officially become a core funder, while Payward, parent company of Kraken, and Gattaca have joined as new funding institutions. Ethlabs was founded in June this year by five former Ethereum Foundation researchers. Previously, the organization had received funding from two major Ethereum treasury companies, BitMine and SharpLink, as well as Joseph Lubin, co-founder of Ethereum and CEO of Consensys.

BlockBeats news, October 29: The non-profit Ethereum research lab Ethlabs announced that Ethereum co-founder Mihai Alisie has joined Ethlabs as an anchor funder, with Payward and Gattaca joining as contributors. Initial anchor funders include BitMine, Sharplink, and Ethereum co-founder Joseph Lubin.

Odaily Planet Daily News: Singapore police reported at least two cases involving tampered Ledger hardware wallets since September 10, with total losses amounting to approximately 3.5 million Singapore dollars, equivalent to about 2.7 million US dollars. Preliminary investigations found that some Ledger wallets purchased from retail stores in Singapore contained malicious hardware components. Singapore police are currently contacting Ledger, which is reviewing the affected cases; the investigation is ongoing. On October 13, Ledger requested retailers in Indonesia, Singapore, Thailand, the Philippines, Vietnam, Malaysia, and Hong Kong to suspend sales of its devices. (Cointelegraph)

BlockBeats news, October 29: According to Onchain Lens monitoring, Hyperliquid has permanently burned 49.87 million HYPE tokens, valued at approximately $3.89 billion based on current metrics, accounting for 4.99% of the total maximum supply of 1 billion HYPE tokens. In the past 24 hours, Hyperliquid burned 19,700 HYPE tokens, worth about $1.59 million; during the same period, estimated fee income was around $1.69 million, with cumulative revenue reaching approximately $1.38 billion.