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Odaily reports, according to Bloomberg, Anthropic warned in its IPO-related filings that its public advocacy for AI safety regulation and related remarks by executives could expose the company to risks such as pressure from the Trump administration and selective scrutiny. This risk is linked to multiple conflicts between the company and the Trump administration, including a dispute triggered by its demand to set safety restrictions on the use of its AI technology by the U.S. Department of Defense, as well as disagreements over the safety of the Mythos model and export controls.Anthropic also warned that even if other similarly situated companies are not treated the same way, Anthropic could still become a targeted focus of specific Trump administration departments. Future export restrictions and cybersecurity or biosecurity incidents triggered by AI models could all affect its product deployment, international expansion, and business growth. Anthropic also acknowledged that once the regulatory measures it advocates are implemented, they could also increase compliance costs, restrict product development and release, and slow its own growth. (Bloomberg)
据 Decrypt 报道，由高盛和贝莱德前员工创立的纽约初创公司 Birch Hill 已完成 400 万美元种子轮融资，由 Multicoin Capital 领投，ParaFi Capital、Castle Island Ventures 和 Nascent 参投，公司累计融资额达 650 万美元。Birch Hill 计划在美国监管框架下，将美国公寓、农场和能源贷款上链，其 Enterprise 部门已向 FINRA 申请经纪自营商会员资格。
Odaily reports: Tarek Mansour, CEO of prediction market platform Kalshi, said the company is discussing additional user protection measures with regulators and is willing to accept raising the age threshold for prediction market participation to 21.It is understood that Kalshi will impose a monthly deposit limit of $2,500 on users under 21 and set up special accounts for such users designed to curb high-risk behavior. Tarek Mansour emphasized that Kalshi, as an exchange regulated by the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), does not directly act as the counterparty to user trades, and that funds lost by users flow to other traders. However, he also acknowledged that the platform needs to work with regulators to develop appropriate protection rules and fill existing regulatory gaps. (Bloomberg)
Odaily reports: U.S. Treasury Secretary Bessent stated that regardless of whether Congress takes action, the U.S. Treasury will push to bridge the cryptocurrency regulatory gap between the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). This statement indicates that even if relevant legislation stalls at the congressional level, the Treasury still plans to promote coordination of the two regulators' regulatory frameworks.
Odaily reports: The Intermediate People's Court of Qiannan Buyei and Miao Autonomous Prefecture in Guizhou Province publicly pronounced the first-instance verdict in the bribery case of Xu Hao, former Party Secretary and Chairman of Guizhou Cloud Big Data (Group) Co., Ltd. Defendant Xu Hao was sentenced to 11 years and 6 months in prison for accepting bribes, along with a fine of RMB 1.2 million; the bribes received by Xu Hao and the proceeds derived therefrom shall be recovered in accordance with the law and turned over to the state treasury. (Jiemian News)
XRP Ledger developers are testing a new feature that would allow the creation of blockchain accounts with a zero initial balance, with existing accounts covering the reserve requirement for new accounts, in order to lower the funding barrier for payment applications and automated software to create wallets at scale.The proposal was submitted on October 15 as the SponsoredAccountCreate transaction proposal. Under current XRP Ledger rules, each account must hold at least 1 XRP as a reserve, meaning that creating 100,000 separate accounts would require locking up 100,000 XRP. The new proposal would have a sponsoring account cover this reserve requirement, and a broader fee-sponsorship mechanism in the future could also allow applications to pay transaction fees on behalf of users, though the network's overall reserve requirement would not be eliminated as a result.The feature is expected to lower the barrier to use for scenarios such as embedded wallets, RLUSD stablecoin payments, and automated payments by AI agents. However, the relevant code is still under review, and the sponsorship mechanism it relies on has not yet launched on mainnet. As of October 19, the mechanism had received only 11 of the 35 required validator votes, still short of the 29 votes needed for approval. (CoinDesk)
According to the DTCC official website page, the DTCC Tokenization Service has officially launched, with 34 types of securities available for tokenization at launch. DTC currently holds approximately $30 trillion in custody assets, with tokens backed 1:1 by securities held by DTC, carrying the same legal and ownership rights as the underlying securities. Tokenized assets share a single CUSIP, enabling 24/7 on-chain peer-to-peer transfers between wallets registered with DTC. The service incorporates built-in compliance controls that support near real-time ownership tracking. It currently connects to approved blockchain networks including Besu and Canton Network, with the page indicating that additional networks are scheduled to join in 2027.
DBS commissioned Ernst & Young to conduct a survey of 422 senior finance executives at large enterprises across 11 markets, all from companies with annual revenue exceeding $500 million. The survey shows that 88% of respondents have used or piloted tokenized money, with 24% having deployed it at scale, 43% having limited rollouts in some markets, and 21% in the pilot or proof-of-concept stage. Among the tools respondents use or plan to adopt, stablecoins account for 63%, tokenized deposits for 53%, and tokenized money market funds for 52%. 71% of respondents said real-time cross-border payments have improved or are expected to improve within two years; regulatory uncertainty, security risks, and system integration difficulties remain the main obstacles, and about 64% of respondents want banks to serve as a unified gateway into the tokenized money ecosystem.
According to local media outlet Valor Econômico, the bank submitted its notice to the Central Bank of Brazil on Tuesday, ahead of the compliance deadline of October 30. Under the regulatory framework, banks authorized by the central bank can offer crypto services through a notification process, while dedicated virtual asset service providers must apply for an operating license. According to its website, Itaú Unibanco offers 15 crypto assets, including Bitcoin, Ethereum, and the US dollar-pegged stablecoin USDC; the service launched in December 2023, and the bank has not disclosed the number of clients or trading volumes.
According to Tech in Asia, Mirae Asset Securities (Korea)’s Hong Kong subsidiary, Mirae Asset Securities (HK), announced that it has completed an issuance of tokenized financing notes on the Solana blockchain for qualified institutional investors. The notes are denominated in US dollars, have a six-month term, and are floating-rate notes. They are part of the company’s $3 billion guaranteed structured note program (which denotes the total program size, not the issuance amount for this offering). Singapore-regulated digital market infrastructure operator Marketnode served as the authorized distributor, with support from the Solana Foundation, while Mirae Asset handled the token issuance, payment processing, and full lifecycle management. The notes were offered exclusively through a private placement to professional investors as defined under Hong Kong’s Securities and Futures Ordinance, and have not been recognized or registered by the Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission.
Previously, 16 financial institutions, including KB Kookmin Bank, were also targeted by hackers, resulting in the leak of approximately 100,000 pieces of personal information such as national ID numbers, account numbers, and addresses. Police stated they would compare the modus operandi in the new and previous cases to verify any connections, without ruling out the possibility that the same attacker was responsible.
Odaily reports: USAT is independently issued by Anchorage Digital Bank, N.A., with Tether providing technology and supporting branding, strategy, and distribution. Anchorage's disclosure states that Tether is not the issuer of USAT and has no obligation to redeem or guarantee the token; USAT and USDT are different products with different issuers and legal arrangements.Anchorage's terms only allow approved customers to directly mint or redeem USAT, while other holders typically need to trade through exchanges or the secondary market. Its August 31, 2026 reserve report shows approximately 175.7 million redeemable USAT in circulation, corresponding to approximately $176.4 million in reserve assets.The GENIUS Act took effect on July 18, 2025, with its main issuance framework set to be implemented on January 18, 2027. The U.S. Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) published the main implementing rules on October 21, 2026; as of October 27, the OCC had not yet initiated the application process, and public materials do not indicate that USAT has obtained issuance approval under the Act. (Bitcoin.com News)
Odaily reports: South Korean cryptocurrency exchange Bithumb has stated that its internal mobile system used by employees for work and communications was breached by external parties, with some personal information stolen. The exchange is currently investigating the specific scope of impact, including whether customer information was involved.Bithumb discovered the breach on October 27 and has reported it to the Korea Internet & Security Agency and the Personal Information Protection Commission. The exchange emphasized that the compromised internal system operates independently from its trading platform, and that attackers cannot access customer crypto assets through this breach.As of now, no crypto asset losses have been reported, and the specific number of affected individuals and whether deposit and withdrawal services were impacted have not yet been disclosed. (CoinDesk)
According to Cointelegraph, Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev stated during the third-quarter earnings call that the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's (SEC) tokenization innovation exemption is a positive development, but further rulemaking or legislation is still needed to provide long-term regulatory certainty for tokenized stock markets, otherwise it could hinder the entry of large-scale assets.
Odaily reports: Vlad Tenev, CEO of fintech company Robinhood, said the US tokenized market needs more durable regulatory rules. On the company's third-quarter earnings call, he stated that the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)'s innovation exemption is a positive step, but uncertainty in regulatory rules could deter investors from committing substantial assets to the tokenized market.Tenev said that establishing further rules or passing legislation would help provide long-term regulatory certainty. Robinhood plans to launch tokenized private company equity products overseas; in the US, the company is seeking a compliant path that fits within existing investor accreditation restrictions.Robinhood currently offers about 200 tokenized equities, backed by underlying shares, but the products are structured as tokenized debt securities and do not carry the same shareholder rights as traditional stocks, and therefore do not meet the SEC's innovation exemption requirements. In the third quarter, the company's crypto revenue fell 55% year-over-year to $120 million, while crypto notional trading volume dropped 38% to $50 billion. (Cointelegraph)
Zilliqa stated that the investigation into the recent security incident is ongoing. The affected components include the ZRC2 proxy contracts used by X-Bridge and certain liquidity pools, involving tokens such as zUSDT, SEED, kUSD, and Zoge. Zilliqa emphasized that the native ZIL and Zilliqa EVM networks remain unaffected. X-Bridge will continue to be suspended, and users are advised to avoid using the cross-chain bridge and affected liquidity pools for the time being.
Odaily Report: Following the capture of Chen Zhi, the "mastermind" behind Cambodia's Prince Group, multiple jurisdictions have successively initiated proceedings to dispose of Prince Group's related assets. In connection with the 30 British Virgin Islands (BVI) entities effectively controlled by Chen Zhi, local courts have appointed Joint Provisional Liquidators (JPLs) to investigate and preserve the corresponding assets. The BVI insolvency proceedings are collective in nature, and eligibility to file claims is not determined by nationality or jurisdiction—potential victims from any jurisdiction may file claims. This means that victims of telecom fraud and online gambling from China may also be able to submit claims at some point in the future.It is noted that "the scope of liquidation is not determined solely on the basis of sanctions." Two companies not subject to sanctions but included in the liquidation list—Amber Hill Ventures Limited ("AHV") and Lateral Bridge Global Limited ("LBG")—were mentioned in U.S. judicial proceedings and are entities within the broad network associated with Prince Group. Prosecutors stated that of the more than 120,000 BTC seized by the United States, over 90,000 BTC flowed through AHV, LBG, and another entity registered in the Cayman Islands, Future Technology Investment. As for claims by victims of telecom fraud and online gambling, no claims filing and distribution process has yet been established. If liquidation proceedings commence in the future and sufficient funds are available to support distributions to creditors, the liquidators will establish a claims process, adjudicate claims, and make distributions in accordance with BVI insolvency law. (Caixin)
Iron Fish stated that the team is investigating the anomalous issuance of wIRON on the Base network and has requested cross-chain bridge provider ChainPort to conduct an emergency review. Until further notice, users should avoid purchasing wIRON on Base or using related cross-chain bridges. Iron Fish warned that wIRON currently cannot be guaranteed to be 1:1 fully backed by assets, and stated that further updates will be released after verifying additional details.
In response to reports about a data breach, Coinbase stated that no data breach occurred at the company itself. The incident actually involved a security event at third-party analytics provider Amplitude, which affected the contact information of some Coinbase customers as well as data of other Amplitude clients.Coinbase said it has found no evidence of any unauthorized access to its internal systems, and customer funds were not affected. The company will notify affected customers and relevant regulators as required by law.
According to a press release from the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government, Mr. Joseph Sung, Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury, chaired the sixth meeting of the Executive Steering Committee on Fintech Projects, exchanging views on various aspects of fintech, including the proposed regulatory regime for virtual asset trading, custody, advisory and management services. The Hong Kong Monetary Authority also reported on the Ensemble project and the quantum readiness of Hong Kong's banking sector.