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According to BBX data, the global capital markets revealed the latest developments in direct investment in Bitcoin and the performance of brokerage digital asset businesses yesterday. The core information is as follows:Japan Bitcoin Industry has completed a capital increase of 840 million yen, fully paid in physical Bitcoin: The Web3 infrastructure developer Japan Bitcoin Industry announced the implementation of a third-party share allocation capital increase, successfully issuing shares to two institutions, Fulgur LLC and ANAP Lightning Capital (ALC), raising a total of 840 million yen (approximately 5.07 million USD). Notably, this capital increase will be fully funded in physical Bitcoin, with on-chain delivery expected to be completed on November 2. At the same time, the company signed a basic agreement for cooperation in Lightning Network routing business with ALC, which will use the Bitcoin held by ALC as the underlying liquidity for the company's operational channels. The raised funds will be specifically used for the research and development of the infrastructure "aurora" (supporting enterprises to access Lightning payments via API), talent recruitment, and local routing network infrastructure.Robinhood (NASDAQ: $HOOD) Q3 crypto revenue plummets 55%, causing overall profits to fall short of expectations: American internet brokerage giant Robinhood released its third-quarter financial report. The data shows that due to a slowdown in cryptocurrency trading activity and increased operating expenses, overshadowing its strong performance in options and prediction markets, the quarterly profits fell below Wall Street expectations. In the third quarter, its cryptocurrency trading revenue decreased significantly by 55% year-on-year to 120 million USD. Although options trading revenue grew by 31% and event contract revenue surged more than sixfold, driving overall trading revenue up 19% year-on-year to 867 million USD, total operating expenses also increased by 16% year-on-year to 739 million USD. The company's earnings per share for the quarter were 0.51 USD, falling short of analysts' expectations of 0.55 USD, leading to a drop of over 7% in its stock price in after-hours trading.

According to BBX data, the global capital markets disclosed the latest developments in digital asset treasury allocations and equity investments in crypto companies yesterday. The core information is as follows:Asset management giant Vanguard's ETF has made its first purchase of Metaplanet stock: The small-cap ETF (VSS) under the global leading asset management company Vanguard has shown in its latest disclosed holdings that it has made its first purchase of a total of 4.5 million shares of the Japanese Bitcoin treasury listed company Metaplanet (TSE: 3350), with a total holding value of approximately 7.5 million USD. This development indicates that traditional broad-based index funds are passively increasing their risk exposure to digital assets by holding stocks of companies with Bitcoin reserve strategies.Ark Invest spent approximately 5.23 million USD to increase its holdings in Circle stock: Led by Cathie Wood, Ark Invest continued to increase its investment in fiat-compliant digital infrastructure in the secondary market yesterday, adding 65,615 shares of the stablecoin USDC issuer Circle. Based on the valuation during the trading period, this increase cost approximately 5.23 million USD.DeFi Development increased its holdings by 5,346 SOL, total holdings approaching 2.6 million: Solana treasury company DeFi Development disclosed its latest balance sheet changes, revealing that the company has recently increased its holdings by 5,346 SOL in the open market. After this increase, its total holdings of SOL have steadily grown to approximately 2.595 million, continuously consolidating its treasury size and node layout within the Solana ecosystem.

According to BBX data, last weekend, publicly listed companies and brokerages worldwide disclosed the latest developments in digital asset treasury allocation and trading channel services, with the core information as follows:The Smarter Web Company increased its holdings by 20 bitcoins: The London-listed technology company The Smarter Web Company officially announced that it recently made another asset allocation, increasing its holdings by 20 bitcoins. After this purchase, the company's total bitcoin holdings on its balance sheet have steadily risen to 2,850 BTC.Marinade released Q3 financial report, SOL staking volume increased significantly by 21.2%: The well-known Solana staking ecosystem project Marinade released its third-quarter financial report. The data shows that its SOL staking volume achieved significant growth, increasing by 21.2% to 7.94 million SOL. The company generated approximately $1 million in revenue for the quarter, demonstrating a robust cash flow in the on-chain staking ecosystem.Futu Securities (Hong Kong) launched BNB deposit and withdrawal services for qualified professional investors: Futu Holdings' Futu Securities International (Hong Kong) Limited officially announced the full launch of BNB deposit and withdrawal services for qualified professional investors (PI) in Hong Kong. Qualified investors can now use the BNB Smart Chain (BEP20) network to deposit funds from self-custody wallets to Futu crypto accounts or withdraw to verified whitelist addresses. Previously, Futu's wholly-owned licensed virtual asset trading platform in Hong Kong, PantherTrade, had already launched BNB trading pairs.