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Odaily reports: According to Flap monitoring, EWY is the iShares MSCI South Korea ETF, which tracks the MSCI Korea 25/50 Index and the overall performance of large- and mid-cap South Korean listed companies. EWYB brings this exposure on-chain and is now live as a Quote Token on Flap. To support smooth trading and enhance market accessibility, Flap has provided liquidity for the EWYB trading pair to improve the trading experience and reduce slippage.
According to a post by Xie Jiayin on X, Bitget now supports transferring more than 3,000 U.S. stocks and ETFs from external brokerages and converting them into U.S. stock tokens, rTokens.
TRON founder Justin Sun recently gave an exclusive interview to Bonnie Blockchain, making it rare for him to open up about his personal upbringing and industry judgments. Sun revealed that at age nine, he was sent to boarding school by his parents, who later divorced, forcing him to live independently from that point onward. He summarized this experience as "extreme loneliness is also a form of freedom"—while most people do not truly make decisions for themselves until they are 18 or even 30, he began doing so at age nine. This premature independence shaped the underlying mindset behind his later audacious moves, such as paying $6.2 million for an absurdly priced banana, signing deals with Moon, and bidding on a lunch with Warren Buffett. Sun issued a warning regarding Quantum Threat Day (Q-Day), stating that if quantum computers crack Satoshi Nakamoto's early public keys, approximately one million BTC could be unlocked, delivering a catastrophic impact on the market—a risk he believes Wall Street and institutions like BlackRock have severely underestimated. While the Bitcoin community has been slow to upgrade, TRON has already deployed NIST post-quantum cryptography standards on its testnet. Sun also established the "Justin Sun Award," offering up to $1 million in rewards through a vulnerability bounty model for major mathematical breakthroughs, open to both humans and AI, with OpenAI already securing one of the top prizes.
According to The Block, broker infrastructure company DriveWealth announced a partnership with Ripple to integrate Ripple's RLUSD stablecoin into its platform for cross-border settlement, stablecoin payments, and digital asset custody services. The collaboration will operate on the XRP Ledger, allowing clients to fund collateral accounts around the clock and supporting near-real-time conversion of stablecoins into cash. The partnership will initially launch in Europe before expanding to the United States, while both parties will also explore equity financing opportunities through Ripple Prime. This initiative further advances RLUSD's penetration into institutional financial infrastructure, with Standard Chartered Bank also announcing the launch of RLUSD custody services this week.
According to The Block, XRP treasury company Evernorth (Nasdaq: XRPN) has announced partnerships with Ripple, Kraken, Coinbase, and BitGo, with plans to launch an institutional-grade XRP deployment strategy in Q4 2026. The firm currently holds 473 million XRP, valued at approximately $648 million, and aims to boost per-share ownership through active treasury management rather than passive accumulation. Spearheaded by Hugo Jeandesboz, former co-head of investment at Coinbase Asset Management, the initiative will later expand to lending and on-chain DeFi strategies on the XRP Ledger.
Guillaume Princen, Head of International Business at Anthropic, stated at the International AI Summit in Dublin that open-weight AI models carry higher security risks by definition. In his remarks on Wednesday, he noted that while he cannot speak on behalf of open models, they inherently carry higher risks by definition. Princen’s core concern revolves around control: once open weights are released, safeguards can be removed, and copies can operate on private systems where developers cannot monitor or recall them.
Odaily News: Qivalis, a consortium backed by 37 major European banks, has been granted an electronic money institution (EMI) license by the Dutch central bank, bringing it closer to issuing a euro-denominated electronic money token. Qivalis still needs to meet the remaining requirements of the EU's Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCA), including publishing a whitepaper, and plans to distribute the token through banks, cryptocurrency trading platforms, and payment service providers in the coming months. The consortium was established in September 2025 and has now expanded to 37 European banks, including BBVA, BNP Paribas, ING, and DZ Bank, and has selected Fireblocks to provide digital asset infrastructure.
Bybit has announced that starting with App version 5.26.0, the Bybit App homepage will adopt a multi-tab layout, consisting of "All," "Crypto," "Stocks," "Macro Assets," "Earn," and "Alpha."- "Stocks" tab (newly launched): Supports trading over 10,000 stocks and the full range of TradFi perpetual contracts, allows tracking of global index funds, participation in Pre-IPO and IPO Express and other IPO subscription projects, and adds a new "Smart Money Institutional" module to track the capital movements of well-known institutions.- "Macro Assets" tab (newly launched): Brings together commodities, forex, precious metals, and indices, supports BTC versus traditional asset price change comparison, an economic calendar, and a forex cross-rate matrix, with one-click trading.After the redesign, the "All" and "Crypto" tabs have also been optimized, while "Earn" and "Alpha" remain unchanged.Due to local laws and regulations, some of the above tabs, asset categories, or features (including but not limited to "Stocks" and "Macro Assets") may not be available in certain countries/regions, or may differ.
Odaily News: Recently, Gate founder and CEO Dr. Han gave an exclusive interview to Fortune, sharing Gate's strategic thinking on evolving from a crypto asset trading platform into an integrated financial services application. During TOKEN2049 Singapore, Gate officially launched Gate Money, with "One Gate, Everything Money" as its core concept, bringing together fiat currency, digital assets, stocks, ETFs, gold, bank accounts, and payment services on a single platform. Users in eligible regions can open a global bank account in their own name online, and in the future will also be able to receive payments in more than 60 local currencies; Gate Card connects assets with consumption scenarios, enabling multiple asset types, including fiat currency, digital assets, tokenized gold, and stocks, to be used more flexibly for everyday payments. Gate Money also supports QR code payments via local payment codes in certain countries and regions.Dr. Han stated that, building on Gate's long-accumulated capabilities in trading, liquidity, and asset services, Gate Money expands fund management and real-world payment scenarios. In his vision: "In users' minds, assets are inherently a whole. Even if they exist in five different forms, they should be managed in a unified way within one app." Therefore, Gate Money aims to let users complete holding, trading, exchange, yield management, and spending within the same account, and to provide more options for flows between different asset forms, rather than making judgments for users.Currently, Gate serves more than 61 million users worldwide, covering over 130 countries and regions. Looking ahead to the next five years, Dr. Han expects the tokenization of traditional assets to continue advancing, and AI Agents to further change how users manage and use funds. From serving traders to connecting broader capital needs, Gate is extending its digital asset capabilities into more complete financial life scenarios.
B.AI announces that its official website and Web Chat pages now support 11 languages, covering Simplified Chinese, English, Français, 日本語, 한국어, Español, Русский, ไทย, Türkçe, Tiếng Việt, and العربية. This multilingual expansion covers major markets including East Asia, Southeast Asia, Europe, the Middle East, and Latin America, enabling global developers, enterprise teams, and AI users to explore cutting-edge models and connect with global intelligence through a more familiar language interface. Regardless of location or language, B.AI is committed to lowering the barrier to AI usage and making intelligent services accessible without boundaries. Log in to b.ai now to experience the multi-language service.
Bitget has now listed JIO (Jio Platforms) IPO pre-market perpetual contracts, providing global users with a channel to participate in potential pre-IPO gains and capture early market opportunities. The contract is settled in USDT and supports up to 20x leverage and 24/7 trading.Jio Platforms is a digital technology and telecommunications platform under India's Reliance Industries, founded in 2019 in Mumbai, India. Through its subsidiary Reliance Jio Infocomm, it operates India's largest telecommunications network, offering 5G, broadband, cloud computing, and AI digital services, with over 524 million users as of March 2026. The company plans to dual-list on the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) and the National Stock Exchange of India (NSE).
Odaily News: As the 2026 League of Legends World Championship officially kicks off, Gate has launched its blockbuster Rift Peak Prediction Contest. The event runs from October 14, 2026, 16:00 (UTC+8) to November 15, 2026, 16:00 (UTC+8). Users can participate through the Gate App in designated World Championship event markets, predicting individual match outcomes, series scores, advancing teams, and the ultimate champion.The total prize pool for this event reaches up to 150,000 USDT, featuring four core gameplay modes: First Prediction Gift: Users who participate in event markets for the first time with a cumulative trading volume of no less than 200 USDT can receive a 10 USDT trial voucher, limited to the first 4,000 participants; Stage Rewards: Covering the four major stages of the Play-In Stage, Swiss Stage, Knockout Stage, and Finals, users can unlock trial vouchers at different tiers based on their trading volume, with a cumulative prize pool of 50,000 USDT; Rift Power Ranking: Users can accumulate power points through trading volume, and the top 100 high-power players will share a dedicated prize pool of 30,000 USDT, with the champion receiving an exclusive 5,000 USDT; Rift Bonus Benefits: The event includes a 10,000 USDT champion prediction shared prize pool, a 10,000 USDT finals prediction loss compensation prize pool (with a maximum compensation ratio of 20%, distributed in the form of trial vouchers), and a Witness Award that grants lottery eligibility for participating in all four stages, with a total of 100 slots for rewards equivalent to 100 USDT each. Users can now head to the Gate App to participate in the event, enjoying generous prize pool rewards while predicting match performances and team fates.
According to the Anthropic official website, Anthropic announced the opening of its fifth Asia-Pacific office in Singapore and signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Singapore's Ministry of Digital Development and Information. The two parties will collaborate in areas such as AI safety, model evaluation, and responsible AI adoption. Singapore is one of Claude's most active global markets, where over a thousand government agencies and enterprises, including GovTech Singapore, DBS, Grab, and GIC, have already deployed Claude. Among them, over 1,500 engineers at GovTech Singapore have adopted Claude Code to advance government system modernization, while Grab leverages Claude-driven sales assistants to save approximately 40,000 labor hours per quarter.
According to an official announcement, HTX listed the UMC/USDT and SBUX/USDT perpetual contracts on October 14, supporting 1x to 20x leverage for long and short positions.
According to official announcements, the PancakeSwap core team (The Kitchen) has released a tokenomics proposal titled “The Flip”. The proposal recommends increasing the trading fee share for liquidity providers (LPs) on PancakeSwap v3 and Infinity to 88% across all 11 supported chains, with the remaining 12% allocated as protocol fees to the treasury, while v2 remains unchanged.
Bybit co-founder and CEO Ben Zhou said in his latest semi-annual keynote speech that the company is transitioning from a crypto exchange to a more comprehensive financial platform. Following its entry into the traditional finance (TradFi) sector in 2022, Bybit officially launched stock trading on October 12. Eligible users can trade over 1,000 US stocks and ETFs through Bybit Stocks using USDC, with support for fractional shares and nearly 24-hour trading.In addition, Bybit plans to partner with Mantle to launch mStocks in November, a tokenized product pegged 1:1 to real stocks, and has already launched its IPO Express service, allowing users to participate in selected IPO opportunities at the issue price. The platform's TradFi products now cover more than 600 offerings across stocks, ETFs, indices, commodities, and forex, with cumulative trading volume of related perpetual contracts exceeding $180 billion.On the payments side, Bybit Pay and Bybit Card have connected over 5,000 merchants across more than 15 countries, with card issuance surpassing 4 million. During the same period, the company also obtained new licenses in multiple jurisdictions and launched an AI assistant to support trading and account management.
Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev announced that Robinhood Social is now officially live for all users. The feature allows users to share market charts, profit and loss (P&L), and portfolio holdings, and enables following specific traders while receiving real-time news and company updates. Additionally, these features will be integrated into its Legend trading platform over the coming weeks.
According to a post by Bitcoin Treasuries on X, the BTC-backed preferred stock MORE of UK Bitcoin treasury company The Smarter Web Company has begun trading on the London Stock Exchange Main Market. The preferred stock has an annualized dividend rate of 12%, paid weekly.
Odaily reports: According to an official announcement, Binance will stop trading and delist all spot trading pairs for EpicChain (EPIC) and QuickSwap (QUICK) at 03:00 (UTC) on October 28, 2026. In addition, Binance Futures will close the contract positions for the aforementioned tokens and automatically settle them at 09:00 (UTC) on October 20, and new positions will be prohibited from 08:30 (UTC) on October 20. Withdrawal services will cease to be supported at 03:00 (UTC) on December 28.
Odaily News: According to Arkham monitoring, trader 0xnobi began buying PONS on the day the token launched in July this year, with an initial investment of approximately $2,200, and has not sold any PONS since.Currently, this address holds approximately 3.1 million PONS, with unrealized gains of about $1.03 million, representing an investment return of approximately 468x.