Summary: Bitcoin ETFs added $137M on Wednesday, pushing October net flows positive at $111M after a three-day inflow streak. Meanwhile, Ether ETFs saw continued withdrawals, losing $21M daily and totaling $1.35B in monthly outflows.
Summary: Sub-Saharan Africa’s crypto economy grew 13.4% to $101 billion, led by South Africa’s 52% surge to $39.3 billion. Stablecoins and personal wallets dominate adoption, driven by demand for dollar-denominated value and cheaper cross-border payments.
Summary: CFTC Chair Michael Selig says autonomous AI agents, like refrigerators staking Ether, require updated regulations. He warns of systemic risks from correlated trading and asks if developers should face registration rules.
Summary: Singapore police report $2.7M in losses from tampered Ledger wallets found in local retail stores. Preliminary investigations reveal malicious hardware components, preceding wider global disclosures by nearly a month. Ledger has suspended sales in seven Asian jurisdictions amid ongoing probes.
Summary: Bitcoin faces headwinds after the Fed held rates at 3.75%-4% with hawkish inflation warnings. Analysts note the asset competes with near-4% risk-free returns, while markets await PCE data and tech earnings for directional cues.
Summary: Upwind Security raised $400M in a Series C led by Bessemer Venture Partners, reaching a $3.8B valuation. The firm reports quadrupled 2026 revenue and will fund AI sensors and agent scanners to combat evolving cloud security threats.
Summary: Datavault AI shares fell nearly 50% after disclosing it cannot access Bitcoin held at Biconomy since June. The company will restate financials, cutting reported assets by up to $92.2 million as it reclassifies the crypto deal as a receivable.
Summary: OpenAI reportedly plans to buy Google's TPUs to reduce Nvidia dependence, following earlier rental tests. The deal's terms are unconfirmed, but hiring engineers for TPU optimization signals active integration efforts amidst broader hardware diversification strategies.
Summary: Lifetime crypto ownership in the U.S. rose to 22%, but active usage remained flat at 13%, indicating growth comes from lapsed users. Trust in crypto exchanges stands at just 4%, far below traditional banks, despite widespread concern over financial system security.
Summary: Strategy shareholders approved daily dividends for four preferred stocks, shifting from quarterly schedules to accrue daily. Payments start Nov. 2 for STRC and Jan. 4, 2027, for others. Rates remain unchanged at 8-12%, aiming to boost liquidity and price stability.
Summary: Actor Anthony Boyle emailed imprisoned FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried while preparing for his role in Netflix's upcoming series 'The Altruists.' Bankman-Fried reportedly answered most questions, though Boyle promised confidentiality. Former COO Constance Wang criticized the portrayal as inaccurate.
Summary: Nine hedge funds cut $5.4B in Bitcoin ETF holdings as arbitrage profits vanished, while sovereign funds like Mubadala bought. Galaxy notes sellers exited due to shrinking futures basis, not bearish sentiment.
Summary: Former Aptos advisor BuzzlamicJihad ended his contract, calling the split mutual after selling his APT tokens. He now targets Meta stock with meme campaigns, citing strong fundamentals and retail neglect, despite Meta being 2,619 times larger than Aptos.
Summary: Strategy shareholders voted 99.3% in favor of amending preferred stock terms to allow daily dividend accruals. STRC begins this new schedule on November 1, while other preferred stocks follow in January, aiming to dampen share volatility.
Summary: Anthropic found analysts matched AI agents' hidden random preferences in 86% of decisions, far above chance. Despite adopting the AI's arguments, only 15% credited the agent, challenging the reliability of human-in-the-loop oversight.
Summary: Phantom integrated Kalshi to offer CFTC-regulated prediction markets, including 15-minute Bitcoin settlements, funded via CASH stablecoins. This launch follows March no-action relief, occurring amid rising legal disputes between the CFTC and states like Utah over gambling law supremacy.
Summary: Bitcoin fell to $80,297 after failing to break $81,700 resistance ahead of the FOMC meeting. Markets expect a rate hold, but analysts warn that unpriced midterm election outcomes and thinning bid liquidity below $80,000 could drive further volatility.
Summary: A reported hack of the US Federal Election Commission filing system has obscured last-minute spending by crypto-aligned Super PACs just six days before the 2026 midterms. The outage prevents timely disclosure of expenditures, raising transparency concerns for groups like Fairshake and Digital Freedom Fund.
Summary: Google previews Multi-Party Compute, a crypto custody tool splitting private keys across environments, set for commercial launch in early 2027. Currently in private bank testing, the system aims to mitigate theft risks and counter AI-enabled fraud without exposing full keys.
Summary: JPMorgan, Coca-Cola, and five other major firms joined 26 others in objecting to OKXICE TSV, bringing total objectors to 33. Under SEC rules, timely objections bar specific venues from listing tokenized shares, though other platforms remain unaffected.