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According to the announcement from the UK's Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), the FCA has reached a settlement with HTX (formerly Huobi) and obtained a commitment from the High Court of England, requiring it not to knowingly and directly or indirectly promote cryptocurrency asset services illegally to UK consumers. HTX had previously taken steps to exit the UK market after the lawsuit was initiated, and currently, UK users are unable to continue recharging, and new users cannot register.The FCA filed a lawsuit against HTX in October 2025, accusing it of violating financial promotion regulations. This settlement between HTX and the UK regulatory authority does not imply that HTX admits to any wrongdoing or illegal conduct.

According to on-chain detective ZachXBT, insiders at Axis Robotics (AXIS) obtained over 76 million AXIS tokens (worth over 12 million USD) from a multi-signature wallet, then sold them off via DEX and transferred some tokens to Bitget exchange. As a result, the AXIS price plummeted by 40% in the past 24 hours.One of the insiders sold 42 million AXIS tokens and currently holds over 5.04 million USDC across their 8 wallet addresses.

The initial jobless claims data from the United States last week, the preliminary quarter-on-quarter real personal consumption expenditures for the third quarter, the preliminary quarter-on-quarter real GDP and core PCE price index annualized quarter-on-quarter, the month-on-month personal spending for September, and the month-on-month and year-on-year core PCE price index will be announced in ten minutes.

According to Bitcoin Magazine, Fidelity Digital Assets reports that the unrealized profit metric for Bitcoin holders jumped from 0.09 to 0.36 last quarter."Historically, when Bitcoin's NUPL (Net Unrealized Profit and Loss) metric is around 0.36 (±0.05), the median return rate for the following year often reaches 93%."

A survey released by OKX shows that among major economies in Europe, 19% of surveyed investors view crypto assets as a tool for creating long-term wealth, compared to 8% who prefer traditional retirement plans. The survey was conducted by Pollfish from October 14 to 18 in the United States, France, Germany, the Netherlands, and Poland, with a total of 1,932 adults aged 18 to 88 who have invested in crypto assets. Real estate remains the most favored long-term wealth vehicle among all respondents, accounting for 34%.In terms of holding intentions, 47% of European investors expect to increase their holdings in crypto assets, with 13% planning to significantly increase their positions; across all age groups, 51% of respondents expect to raise their allocation to crypto assets. The baby boomer generation is an exception, as 55% of European baby boomer respondents believe that crypto assets are not important for intergenerational wealth transfer. American respondents are generally more optimistic about the role of crypto assets in their portfolios, with 55% expecting to increase their allocation over the next five years, and 22% planning to significantly increase their holdings; however, 65% of American baby boomer respondents believe that crypto assets are completely unimportant for intergenerational wealth accumulation, compared to 44% in Europe.Erald Ghoo, CEO of OKX Europe, stated that when investors under 45 on both sides of the Atlantic incorporate crypto assets into their long-term wealth planning, it indicates that crypto assets have become part of how people view personal finance; as these investors age and accumulate wealth, the role of crypto assets in wealth planning will become increasingly important. The survey also shows that American investors remain more cautious about allocating crypto assets in retirement accounts, with 21% choosing traditional retirement plans and 12% opting for crypto assets.

Mastercard (MA.N) rose 1.8% in pre-market trading, with third-quarter results exceeding market expectations.

PhotonPay, a global fintech company building a next-generation Financial Operating System (Financial OS) with stablecoins at its core, has raised $40 million in Series C funding led by Blockchain Capital, with participation from new investor SBI Group and follow-on investments from existing investors IDG Capital, GL Ventures, and Lightspeed Faction. Blacksheep Technology acted as exclusive financial advisor to PhotonPay on the transaction. The funding will accelerate the expansion of PhotonPay’s multi-asset wallet capabilities across stablecoins and fiat currencies, global card issuing and local clearing infrastructure, while advancing the development of an agent-ready financial execution layer. PhotonPay’s Financial OS connects stablecoin liquidity with traditional financial networks, enabling businesses to manage, move and deploy funds across assets and markets. The company is also advancing agent-ready financial infrastructure to support AI-driven financial workflows and agentic commerce. Founded in Hong Kong in 2015, PhotonPay operates 16 offices worldwide and holds more than 30 payment and financial licenses and authorizations across the Americas, Europe and Asia. The company serves businesses across more than 200 countries and territories.

Kalshi co-founder and CEO Tarek Mansour stated that Kalshi has completed a $1 billion Series G funding round, led by Sequoia Capital and Wellington Management.Other investors participating in this round include Baillie Gifford, Morgan Stanley Investment Management, Coatue Management, and Andreessen Horowitz, with a valuation of $40 billion.

According to Catcher Predict monitoring, in the market prediction on Polymarket for the event "Counter-Strike: Vitality vs Natus Vincere (BO3) - PGL Masters Bucharest Playoffs," the "Vitality" option in the sub-market "Map 2 Round Spread: Vitality (-3.5) vs Natus Vincere (+3.5)" has experienced a dramatic fluctuation in win probability, soaring from 27.5% an hour ago to the current 50% (a fluctuation of 22.5%). Please note the impact of related breaking news.

Market news reports that Microsoft (MSFT.O) plans to raise at least $25 billion through the issuance of U.S. bonds.

Google has launched a Multi-Party Computation (MPC) custody platform aimed at banks and financial institutions to protect cryptocurrencies and tokenized assets. The platform disperses shares of private keys across different environments, preventing any single participant from having complete control over the private key; before transaction signing, it can also verify spending limits, approved addresses, and multi-party authorization requirements according to institutional rules.This service is currently in a private preview phase and is planned to be commercially available in early 2027. Google stated that several large financial institutions are participating in the testing; Alphabet has used this technology to protect its digital assets on Solana and Ethereum, but has not disclosed the list of held assets or testing institutions.

Due to the detection of increased attempts of network attacks, the Indonesian cryptocurrency exchange Indodax has temporarily suspended user deposits and withdrawals to conduct security assessments and risk mitigation work.The platform stated that currently, user asset security is intact, and no unauthorized withdrawals or data breaches have been detected. The deposit and withdrawal services will resume once the system security is confirmed, and further updates will be released through official channels.

According to Whale Alert monitoring, at 19:38 Beijing time, USDC Treasury minted an additional 250 million USDC on the Solana chain.

The automated market-making protocol Yield Basis, founded by Curve founder Michael Egorov, announced the launch of a permissionless propAMM, aiming to upgrade its liquidity mechanism on Curve. This design combines market perception pricing with dynamic fees, aiming to increase trading volume, reduce arbitrage losses, and improve liquidity provider returns. According to its simulations over the past 18 months, Yield Basis's WETH position is projected to grow at an annualized rate of 8.5% in ETH terms under the new design, compared to 3.6% under existing parameters.Officials stated that WETH liquidity providers do not need to take additional actions, as the new design will directly affect their respective liquidity pools. The small transaction fee for pulling the pool price back to the market price is 0.50%, and anyone can submit prices or deposit funds, with the relevant code being open source. The WETH pool will be deployed first, and Bitcoin-related liquidity pools will follow after the successful deployment of the WETH pool.According to the announcement, the liquidity pool will charge based on the profits earned by arbitrageurs from trades, retaining about two-thirds of the profits above the minimum fee. The new design features lower single transaction fees, with simulated trading volumes approaching three times the current levels, requiring donations of about one-quarter of the current amount. The Yield Basis DAO owns the strategy, and the Curve Emergency DAO can shut it down in emergencies, while the Curve liquidity pool contract itself remains unchanged. Curve DAO vote 1508 will connect the strategy to the WETH pool and set the reserved profit ratio, while Yield Basis vote 60 will set the LevAMM fee at 1.5% (currently 1.3%), with the donation rate being about 1.2% of the pool value per year (currently about 5%). The above simulations only include arbitrage exchanges and do not account for regular trading and liquidation.

The bank-oriented blockchain project Rayls announced that investors and the team have extended the vesting arrangement for the RLS token. The relevant tokens will be unlocked monthly over four years starting from May 2027, replacing the original unlocking plan scheduled for December 2026.Rayls stated that combined with the lock-up extension announced by the core developer Parfin in August this year, the two arrangements will reduce the circulating RLS by approximately 1.2 billion by 2027, about 25% less than the original plan. At the same time, over 500 million RLS will still be locked as of December 2026. Rayls claimed that the adjusted unlocking pace is slower and smoother. The project is positioned as on-chain infrastructure serving banks, with investors including ParaFi Capital, Framework, Valor Capital, and Alexia Ventures.

According to TASS, the First Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Russia, Vladimir Chistyukhin, stated that the restrictions on the use of non-custodial wallets in the proposed cryptocurrency legislation do not apply to international settlements, and such scenarios still allow the use of non-custodial wallets.

The environmental data network Nubila Network posted on X, announcing the token NB unlocking arrangement. The project stated that NB was launched about a year ago and currently has over 20,000 weather stations covering more than 120 countries. The one-year lock-up for investors and advisors will end this week, and the project will not adopt a monthly unlocking schedule over several years, but will release its allocation amount in one go at 01:00 (UTC) on October 31, amounting to 16.25% of the total supply, after which there will be no further unlocking for investors or advisors.The official statement also mentioned that the core team's originally scheduled unlocking shares for this month will be locked for another year, and the core team tokens will not be unlocked before October 31, 2027. The total supply remains at 1 billion NB, and no new tokens will be issued, with mining rewards continuing as usual. After the release is completed, the project will update the circulating supply on CoinMarketCap. The official reminded holders that no action is required on their part and stated that they will not proactively contact users through private messages.

According to Gate market data, DoorDash's pre-market stock price rose nearly 10% after the company acquired competitor Instacart for $17 billion.

According to Catcher Predict monitoring, in the market prediction event "Dota 2: Team Liquid vs Astra Invicta - PARI Universe Playoffs" on Polymarket, the "Team Liquid" option in the sub-market "Game 2 Winner" has experienced a dramatic fluctuation in winning probability, soaring from 61.5% an hour ago to the current 89.5% (a fluctuation of 28%). Please note the impact of related breaking news.

According to official news, ListaDAO announced that its smart lending market and StableSwap v3 liquidity pools are fully online, covering 8 liquidity pools and 18 markets on the BNB Chain and Ethereum.Lista DAO stated that concentrated liquidity allows deposits of the same scale to earn more trading fees, and liquidity providers (LP) can borrow while earning fees, with a maximum supported liquidation loan-to-value ratio (LLTV) of 96.5%.