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Victor Jung, head of digital assets at asset manager Hamilton Lane, said the key competitive edge in the tokenization market will come from capabilities in stablecoin trading and lending against tokenized assets as collateral, according to Crypto Briefing. Jung said the market’s core advantage lies not in individual products but in the financial infrastructure supporting them. Simply tokenizing private funds is not enough, Jung said, adding tokenized assets must be usable in stablecoin transactions and serve as collateral in lending markets.

One of the main victims in the Ledger wallet theft case has been identified as a figure who amassed funds through fraud. According to Chainalysis, the individual lost more than 60 BTC, worth about $4.8 million, that had been obtained through scams. The person behind the fraud moved criminal proceeds into three Ledger wallet addresses on Sept. 22. On Oct. 9, however, funds left each of those addresses in a single transfer and were sent to the same wallet. The receiving wallet has reportedly been flagged as an address tied to stolen funds.

Crypto trader Ansem said on X that Ansem remains strongly convinced Bitcoin could see an explosive rally, while market participants’ conviction in BTC is at its lowest level in about a decade. Ansem added that Bitcoin is one of the few assets with a low correlation to AI-related investment flows, with government funding demand for AI infrastructure and persistent inflation pressures also acting as key variables.

Binance.US is seeking a $100 million funding round to support business expansion, AggrNews reported.

Coinbase announced it will delist Neon EVM (NEON) and Syndicate (SYND) at 7:00 p.m. UTC on Nov. 16.

September Bitcoin production at listed miners CleanSpark and BitFuFu declined again after a modest rebound in August, while Canaan’s output was unchanged from the previous month, The Block reported. CleanSpark mined 529 BTC in September, down about 11% from 593 BTC in August. BitFuFu produced 167 BTC, down 4% from 174 BTC a month earlier, while Canaan mined 44 BTC, unchanged from August.

Russia’s central bank said it will ban cryptocurrency transfers from individuals’ regulated accounts to non-custodial wallets, according to Crypto Briefing. Bitcoin purchased through officially approved platforms must remain within authorized systems, and withdrawals to personal wallets are not allowed. The restriction is part of Russia’s crypto regulations that took effect on Sept. 1, which legalized cryptocurrency trading and custody through regulated institutions. On the same day, the central bank also approved Russia’s largest bank, Sberbank, to operate a cryptocurrency exchange.

Uniform Labs, the developer of tokenized asset payment platform Multiliquid, has raised a total of $8 million through pre-seed and seed funding rounds, The Block reported. Polychain led the seed round, with participation from Strobe Ventures, CMT Digital, Metalayer Ventures, Generative Ventures and Circle Ventures. The specific use of the proceeds was not disclosed.

Australia has introduced a bill that would require mandatory reporting of cryptocurrency transaction records and cross-border tax information to tax authorities, Watcher.Guru reported. Under the bill, crypto platforms would be required to report transaction details tied to Australian residents to tax authorities starting in July 2027.

Crypto-related stocks in the U.S. equity market were broadly higher, with Circle (CRCL) up 7.10%, Strategy (MSTR) rising 3.79%, Coinbase (COIN) gaining 3.29% and Bitmine (BMNR) advancing 1.71%.

Visa has formally commercialized a stablecoin-based prefunding feature for Visa Direct, according to Crypto Briefing. Payment processor Inyo Global is the first to adopt the feature, allowing eligible payment service providers to pre-fund capital needed for cross-border remittances in USDC around the clock through existing APIs. The move shifts Visa’s stablecoin service from the pilot stage to a live commercial offering.

Jonathan Gould, head of the U.S. Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, said the OCC is expected to release its final rule to implement the GENIUS Act, a stablecoin regulation law, before the end of October. He made the remarks at the Milken Institute’s "Building the New Digital Economy" event held alongside DC Fintech Week, according to Crypto in America host Eleanor Terrett.

U.S. Cross River Bank announced a strategic partnership with Ripple and said it will add the dollar-pegged stablecoin RLUSD to its in-house payments system. Under the move, RLUSD will be added as a new payment option alongside bank transfers. The bank’s fintech partners will be able to use RLUSD payments and XRP Ledger (XRPL)-based transactions through a single API without building separate cryptocurrency infrastructure. The two companies plan to support 24/7 instant payments, real-time settlement and cross-border payment services, while reducing payment-processing delays and improving operational flexibility for issuers and acquirers.

An anonymous whale with cumulative losses of about $26.23 million closed an ETH long position worth about $880,000 on Hyperliquid and opened a short position worth about $7.64 million, BlockBeats reported.

Crypto.com has launched Predict Pro, a prediction market platform for U.S. users, The Block reported. The platform offers trading through OG.com Markets, an exchange and clearinghouse registered with the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission. It supports a real-time order book, probability charts and multiple order types, and also allows trades combining two to 20 event predictions across multiple markets. Contracts are typically settled automatically within one hour after event outcomes are confirmed.

According to CoinNess market monitoring, BTC has risen above $82,000. BTC is trading at $82,024.22 on the Binance USDT market.

Ethereum layer-two network Aztec has unveiled a roadmap aimed at implementing post-quantum cryptography, or PQC, by the end of 2030, The Defiant reported. According to the report, Aztec plans to offer enhanced developer libraries in early 2027, allowing developers to build more secure on-chain design patterns. In mid-2027, the project plans to select specific replacement signature, encryption and proof systems. Once the cryptographic approach is chosen, Aztec will restructure its internal mechanisms, including updating network addresses, key derivation protocols, account and validator authentication, and establishing a clear migration path for existing private state. The roadmap’s main goal is to defend against HNDL attacks, in which attackers steal and store currently encrypted data and decrypt it later as quantum computing advances.

Taiwanese singer Jeffrey Huang, known as Machi Big Brother, added 250,000 USDC to increase margin and expanded a 25x ETH long position to 3,100 ETH, worth about $7.37 million, BlockBeats reported.

Aave v4 deposits rose 68% over the past 30 days to $1.08 billion, according to Unfolded. Its active loan balance currently stands at $417 million.

Bitcoin spot ETF investors, who spent most of this year underwater, have now moved back into profit, ARK Invest said, according to Crypto Briefing. ARK Invest said investors’ average returns rose 43% over one quarter and moved above breakeven for the first time since January, indicating market sentiment may be turning more positive.

Polygon Labs said it has officially released Bor v2.10.3, fixing two denial-of-service (DoS) vulnerabilities. The issues were identified during BlockSTM V2 parallel block execution and were reported through the Immunefi bug bounty program. The update also includes security and stability improvements such as transaction filtering, limits on concurrent RPC execution, and pending transaction cleanup.

Russia’s central bank announced it will ban direct peer-to-peer cryptocurrency trading between individuals from July 1, 2027. Under the measure, individuals will be barred from buying and selling cryptocurrencies without going through licensed intermediaries, and all legal transactions must be conducted through intermediaries supervised by the central bank.

Nasdaq-listed TRON is seeking to raise up to $200 million through an at-the-market stock offering to expand its TRX reserves, Cointelegraph reported. The company plans to sell common stock from time to time through Clear Street, which is acting as sales agent and will receive a fee of up to 3% of the gross proceeds. TRON had previously announced an asset reserve program in February to buy around $50,000 worth of TRX per day. It recently bought an additional 149,369 TRX at an average price of $0.3347. TRON now holds about 718.9 million TRX, worth around $237 million.

DeFi protocol Firelight has added $30.5 million in capacity to Kraken’s USDC Vault, The Defiant reported. Users can receive coverage of up to $100,000 per account during each coverage period, with payouts handled by Sentora.

According to CoinNess market monitoring, BTC has risen above $81,000. BTC is trading at $81,107.18 on the Binance USDT market.