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Chainlink, Cardano and six groups ask SEC to codify digital commodities as non-securities

Six blockchain organisations including Chainlink Labs and the Cardano Foundation urged the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to formally classify digital commodities as non-securities and reflect that directly in its rules. They submitted a joint letter on Oct. 20 after the agency’s public comment period on proposed crypto asset rules closed. The groups said interpretive guidance alone leaves market participants exposed to legal uncertainty and called for clearer standards for secondary-market trading, staking and other activities.

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Aptos launches encrypted mempool feature on mainnet

Layer 1 blockchain Aptos has officially launched an Encrypted Mempool feature on its mainnet. The feature lets users selectively encrypt, on a per-transaction basis, the called functions and parameters of pending transactions. Validators set and finalize block ordering, then jointly decrypt and execute the transactions. Aptos said the change reduces the risk of front-running and maximum extractable value attacks. Sender addresses and gas fees remain public.

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Aptos Foundation to halve APT staking rewards, cap total supply at 2.1 billion

Aptos Foundation proposed cutting the annual APT staking reward rate to 2.6 percent from 5.19 percent, while raising gas fees by a factor of 10 and setting a total supply cap of 2.1 billion APT. It said it stakes 210 million APT, about 18 percent of current supply, permanently locked and not for sale or distribution, funding operations only from staking rewards. It also plans performance-linked ecosystem grants and may buy APT with cash and future revenue.