DeFi and Staking News Roundup (October 20, 2026)

2026-10-20 03:57 · 4 sources

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Over the past 24 hours, news in the DeFi and staking space was concentrated around protocol shutdowns, governance votes, and on-chain mechanism adjustments. Echo Protocol announced it will gradually shut down the protocol, with core businesses such as lending and strategies no longer accepting new funds; Galxe reminded users to complete unbinding and withdrawals before October 26, handling G staking and smart savings balances. The Arbitrum community initiated a vote proposing to include USDG in its core strategic plan and add 100 million ARB in incentives. The IoTeX mainnet completed the Zanzibar hard fork, and staking rewards are now issued directly on-chain by the protocol. Aster repurchased 2.7217 million ASTER over the past two weeks and burned an equivalent amount of tokens from the team allocation, with a cumulative burn exceeding 210 million. According to the Financial Times, total crypto vault deposits have grown from $4 billion at the beginning of last year to over $10 billion. De¹ launched a tokenized asset world on BNB Chain.另有分析师指出 PAPER mining rewards have shrunk by nearly 90%, and a sell-off may follow once tokens circulate; on-chain data shows Machi netted a loss of $382,000 on PaperTrade, with only $5,682 left in the account.

October 20, 2026 DeFi and Staking News Roundup

• [10-19 16:40] Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu told US（金十数据）
• [10-19 16:37] Goldman Sachs expects the copper supply（金十数据）
• [10-19 15:57] Commerzbank: German debt concerns converging with France（金十数据）
• [10-19 14:12] Echo Protocol to gradually shut down; core businesses such as lending and strategies no longer accepting new funds（Odaily 星球日报）
• [10-19 13:53] Arbitrum community proposes including USDG in core strategic plan and adding 100 million ARB incentives（PANews）
• [10-19 13:49] Arbitrum initiates vote to include USDG in core strategic plan and add 100 million ARB incentives（吴说）
• [10-19 13:17] Machi's net loss on PaperTrade reaches $382,000（PANews）
• [10-19 13:15] Net trading loss of $382,000; only $5,682 left in Machi's papertrade_xyz account（Odaily 星球日报）
• [10-19 13:12] De¹ launches tokenized asset world on BNB Chain, building financial intelligence that fully understands the RWA execution environment（PANews）
• [10-19 12:31] Ukraine's foreign minister said Russia i（金十数据）
• [10-19 10:34] Analyst: PAPER mining rewards shrink by nearly 90%, sell-off may follow once tokens circulate（Odaily 星球日报）
• [10-19 09:40] Total deposits grow to over $10 billion, crypto "vaults" expand in scale（Odaily 星球日报）
• [10-19 09:39] Financial Times: Total crypto vault deposits grow from $4 billion at the beginning of last year to over $10 billion（PANews）
• [10-19 09:20] Complete unbinding and withdrawals before October 26; Galxe reminds users to handle G staking and smart savings balances（Odaily 星球日报）
• [10-19 08:25] Aster repurchased 2.7217 million ASTER over the past two weeks and burned an equivalent amount of tokens from the team allocation（PANews）
• [10-19 07:27] IoTeX Zanzibar hard fork goes live on mainnet; staking rewards now issued directly on-chain by the protocol（PANews）
• [10-19 07:17] Cumulative burn exceeds 210 million; Aster repurchased 2.7217 million ASTER over the past two weeks and burned an equivalent amount of team tokens（Odaily 星球日报）
• [10-19 07:09] Staking rewards changed to direct on-chain issuance; IoTeX mainnet completes Zanzibar hard fork（Odaily 星球日报）