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The crypto market sucks right now, but when it comes to dapps... things are looking good. Make sure to read our Dapp Industry Report for October 2025, and see which dapps we've highlighted based on the metrics on DappRadar.

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Industry news headlines

⚡ Ethereum Layer-2 network Lighter has pushed the mainnet to a record of 24,192 transactions per second. (source)

💎 Major DeFi players on Ethereum are teaming up to counter the outsized influence of centralized exchanges. Aave, Aragon, Curve, Lido, Spark, The Graph and Uniswap are part of the initiative. (source)

☠️ Balancer exploit was one of the 'most sophisticated' attacks in crypto this year. (source)

🔵 Circle has changed its policies, and now allows consumers to purchase certain weapons using USDC. (source)

⏳ Exchange company Gemini is thinking about integrating a decentralized prediction market in their service offering. (source)

10.1 Million NFTs Sold as Web3 Moves Beyond JPEGs

October has been a month with plenty of developments. One that stands out is the revival of NFTs, which continue to make headlines. NFT trading volume surged 30%, and sales count hit their highest level of the year reaching 10.1 million.

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🥳 Blockchain Life 2025 in Dubai set new record

Blockchain Life 2025 has come to an end, and the event managed to make headlines with their record attendance and the keynote speech from Pavel Durov, the founder of Telegram. The 15th edition of the event attracted 16,730 attendees from 130 countries, setting a new record for the leading crypto forum in Dubai.

DappRadar metrics: Discover dapps through data

🟡 MEET48 - The virtual idol app attracted 23,390 unique wallets in the past week, after being dormant for some time. The newly launched $IDOL token is there, and they will launch a game app in Q1 2026.

🔴 NFT Mining - wants to attract communities by adding a way for NFT holders to earn rewards. The app launched this week, and attracted over 1,000 wallets.

🟢 Kickdom - A football management game built on SKALE, available for iOS and Android. Only 802 active wallets this week, but everything is going up right now.

🟣 Pendle - yield trading protocol Pendle more than doubled its user base, reaching over 85,630 active wallets. Yesterday an all-time high of 32k wallets.

🔵 Spider Tanks: Cores of Chaos - Launched two days ago, the battle arena game Spider Tanks attracted 237 unique wallets. We're still early.

🏠 Zone 9: Revolutionizing Rental Housing

How Tea-Fi and the Upcoming $TEA Token Fix DeFi with SuperApp Model and Protocol-Owned Liquidity

SPONSORED - Zone 9 is a platform that uses blockchain technology for investments and shared ownership over rental accomodations. The NFT project offers a gateway to a future where digital collectibles can earn you real dividends from housing worldwide.

Best Play to Earn Games for November 2025

We've updated our list of Play to Earn games once again. For November, you better keep your eyes on Cambria, OverKnights and Addicted. Which of these games will you track? Why not add them to your Watchlist

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