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The Astana International Financial Centre (AIFC) Court in Kazakhstan has issued an injunction against cryptocurrency platforms offering digital asset services without authorization, prohibiting Coinbase, BingX, Huobi Global (HTX), BitMart, Bitcoin.com, and WEEX from operating within its jurisdiction, and extending the restrictions to block access to their apps on Google and Apple app stores.
Odaily reports: Crypto analyst Darkfost published a post on X outlining the evolution of JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon's attitude toward Bitcoin in recent years.In 2017, Dimon called Bitcoin a "fraud"; in 2018, he expressed regret over those remarks and acknowledged the value of blockchain technology; from 2019 to 2020, he said Bitcoin "doesn't appeal to him"; in 2021, he called it "worthless"; in 2023, he said that if he had the power, he would ban Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies; and in 2024, he likened Bitcoin to "pet rocks" and a Ponzi scheme.In 2025, Dimon still criticized Bitcoin for lacking value and being used for money laundering, but later stated that everyone has the right to buy Bitcoin. Now, JPMorgan in its 2027 outlook has listed Bitcoin as the asset with the best long-term return performance.Previously reported, JPMorgan Asset Management released its "2027 Long-Term Capital Market Assumptions" report on October 19, including Bitcoin in its long-term return projections for the first time and forecasting a compound annual growth rate of 10% over the next 10 to 15 years, higher than the 7.5% for U.S. large-cap stocks, 5.5% for gold, and 8.2% for U.S. real estate investment trusts (REITs).
Bitwise Chief Investment Officer Matt Hougan (@Matt_Hougan) shared a chart on X featuring J.P. Morgan Asset Management’s 2027 Long-Term Capital Market Assumptions (31st edition), which has now included Bitcoin in its asset class forecasts. According to the report, Bitcoin’s expected compounded return is 10.0%, its arithmetic mean return is 20.9%, and its annualized volatility is 55.0%. Comparative data for other assets are as follows: • US large-cap stocks: compounded return 7.5%, volatility 18.0% • US small-cap stocks: compounded return 7.7%, volatility 21.0% • Gold: compounded return 5.5%, volatility 17.2% • US aggregate bonds: compounded return 5.6%, volatility 4.7% • US cash: compounded return 3.2%, volatility 0.7% • US real estate investment trusts (REITs): compounded return 8.2%, volatility 17.3% Based on arithmetic mean returns, Bitcoin (20.9%) ranks highest among the assets listed in the report, followed by US small-cap stocks (9.66%) and US REITs (9.55%). By compounded return, Bitcoin (10.0%) also tops all other assets in the table.
Bitdeer Technologies Group filed Form 6-K with the SEC on October 19, 2026, and released its September 2026 production and operational update. The company announced new AI cloud capacity agreements in Malaysia, stating that over 70% of the A201 facility is covered by take commitments, projecting more than $1.7 billion in revenue over five years, with AI cloud revenue backlog increasing to approximately $2.9 billion. Bitcoin production reached 1,355 BTC, up 200% year-over-year. The company also acquired 200 acres of land near its Rockdale facility in Texas to support AI/HPC infrastructure development, and announced a 16-year lease for its Tydal data center in Norway, with a total contract value of approximately $4.7 billion.
Odaily reports: Bitcoin News posted on X that Charles Schwab has opened Bitcoin and Ethereum trading to all eligible US retail clients through its existing investment platform, charging a 0.75% fee per trade with a minimum of $1 and a maximum single-trade limit of $2 million. The company is rolling out digital asset transfers between Schwab accounts and external wallets in phases, requiring users to pre-register withdrawal addresses and complete security checks. Paxos Trust Company provides custody, trade execution, and settlement infrastructure, and the related digital assets are not covered by SIPC or FDIC insurance.
Odaily reports: Digital asset trading platform KuCoin has announced the launch of KuCoin 5.0, deploying AI Assistant 5.x and an internal AI system called KIA. The system serves over 45 million users globally and can pause AI analysis, recommendations, and task execution that rely on unreliable data during extreme market conditions or large-scale liquidations.Logan Xie, Head of KuCoin AI Lab, stated that KIA classifies inputs by source credibility and implements source verification, context isolation and sanitization, and context lifecycle management. AI decision support and backend execution logic are isolated from each other, with the trading system responsible for authorization, verification, and execution to prevent unauthorized operations.KuCoin 5.0 also introduces a unified trading account for VIP1 and above users, using KCUSD as collateral and integrating spot, margin, and futures trading; it also supports sub-accounts directly using Earn without manual transfers, and upgrades the personal center, sub-account controls, cross-device K-line charts, and color vision accessibility mode. (Bitcoin.com News)
QCP's latest market analysis indicates that Bitcoin has maintained resilience within a narrow $80,000–$83,000 range throughout the past week, establishing firm support at the $80,000 level, which contrasts with tech stocks remaining under persistent pressure. From a macro perspective, despite robust inflation data, safe-haven demand has driven long-dated US Treasuries higher, while comments from Federal Reserve officials have tempered rate hike expectations. The subsequent pullback in Treasury yields has provided support for risk assets, including Bitcoin. Capital flows are showing signs of rotation from crowded artificial intelligence segments, such as semiconductors, into defensive sectors like healthcare and banking; however, there remains no clear evidence of large-scale direct inflows into cryptocurrency markets.
Odaily reports: Meta Chief AI Officer Alexandr Wang posted a photo with Hyperliquid founder Jeff and Cognition founder Scott Wu, all of whom were once HRT interns. Bitwise CEO Hunter Horsley noted that HRT's two co-founders, Alex Morcos and Suhas Daftuar, founded Chaincode Labs in 2014. The organization is located in Midtown Manhattan, New York, and is dedicated to advancing the Bitcoin network and providing resources for independent innovators in the Bitcoin ecosystem.
Upbit Will List CT/KRW, BTC, and USDT Trading Pairs
According to The Block, Strategy founder Michael Saylor outlined his vision for a "perfect" digital currency at the ParaFi Investor Day: a dollar-pegged, Bitcoin-backed stablecoin offering a yield of 6% to 8%. Saylor stated that this would be the next step in the development of digital capital and digital credit products.
10x Research's latest crypto market weekly report notes that the crypto market broadly suffered a sell-off last week, with altcoins declining significantly more than Bitcoin. The 141 tokens it tracks fell 14% on average, while Bitcoin dropped only 3% over the same period.10x Research states that trading volume in the crypto market is currently declining, stablecoin supply continues to contract, and ETF fund flows have turned to net outflows, reflecting mounting pressure on market liquidity.However, options market pricing indicates that pressure remains relatively low, while speculative positions in the CME futures market are near highs, suggesting that the derivatives market has not yet fully reflected the weak performance of the spot market.10x Research believes that investors should focus this week on key Bitcoin technical levels, Ethereum position allocation, as well as capital flows and position changes in the altcoin market.
Odaily reports: U.S. brokerage Charles Schwab is rolling out Bitcoin and Ethereum external wallet transfers to eligible clients in phases, supporting transfers of the relevant assets into and out of external wallets, expanding its service scope beyond merely providing market exposure within investment accounts. Charles Schwab stated that Bitcoin and Ethereum held through its services will not receive FDIC insurance, and the relevant crypto assets are not insured traditional bank deposits. The service will be launched gradually, and the company has discussed expanding supported assets beyond Bitcoin and Ethereum.
Odaily reports: Blockchain project Qubic has disclosed that between October 17 and 18, approximately 2.94 trillion QU worth $1.3 million was transferred out of 1,404 wallets. The unauthorized transfers occurred between 23:42 and 01:26 the following day, after which network validators paused transactions at tick 85,371,949.Qubic stated that the incident involved predictable wallet seeds generated by older Apple devices and browsers, and that the issue has been fixed in version 4.26.4. Developers also secured other at-risk funds before the attacker could move them.About 87.1% of the stolen QU remains within the paused Qubic network, while approximately 12.9% was transferred to cryptocurrency exchange MEXC and frozen. Cryptocurrency exchange Bitget has suspended QUBIC deposits and withdrawals. Whether victims will be compensated is to be decided by Qubic's Computor cluster, and QEARN staking remains unaffected. (Bitcoin.com News)
Michael Saylor, founder and executive chairman of Bitcoin treasury company Strategy, has once again posted Bitcoin Tracker-related information. According to previous patterns, Strategy typically discloses Bitcoin holdings change information the day after such messages are released.
Strive CEO Matt Cole posted a chart of the company's Bitcoin holdings on X, with the caption "Now stacking sats with double horsepower," hinting at a possible disclosure of increased BTC holdings next week. The move may be emulating Strategy founder Michael Saylor.
Odaily reports: Goldman Sachs CEO David Solomon said during the October 13 earnings call that tokenization is becoming an important trend spanning multiple asset classes and could bring more products, clients, and business. The bank has already tokenized bonds, money market funds, and real estate for some clients.DeFi, prediction markets, and automated trading are also under discussion, but Goldman Sachs has not announced related specific products. Solomon said blockchain-related activity remains relatively small in scale at present.Goldman Sachs uses its proprietary GS DAP platform to provide blockchain-based financial asset infrastructure and participated in the tokenization service launched by the Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) in July, and is evaluating scalable applications. Solomon said tokenization can reduce costs, automate processes, and improve liquidity across asset classes.Solomon said Goldman Sachs supports the passage of the CLARITY Act, despite reservations about some provisions, and is participating in discussions with regulators on market rules. The bank reported third-quarter net revenue of $18.68 billion, with equities business revenue up 72% year-over-year to $6.4 billion. (Bitcoin.com News)
Odaily reports: Deutsche Bank is close to launching an institutional-grade crypto asset custody business and is expected to begin serving institutional clients within a few weeks. It will initially target German enterprises and professional investors, supporting assets such as Bitcoin and Ethereum, with technology jointly developed by Swiss digital asset infrastructure company Taurus. The service is not a retail-facing cryptocurrency trading app, and the relevant plans are still subject to regulatory approval. Deutsche Bank has also discussed tokenized deposits, digital securities, and the possibility of expanding to Asian financial centers in 2027.
Odaily reports: Frgmnt co-founder and CEO Aurélien Roussel stated that stablecoins are shifting from DeFi tools to critical infrastructure for accessing US dollars, and the next phase of adoption will depend on making blockchain technology nearly invisible to end users.He noted that the 2023 bank failures demonstrated that fiat-collateralized stablecoins, despite being on-chain assets, still rely on the off-chain traditional banking system and cannot fully escape bank counterparty risk.Roussel stated that Tether maintains dominance in non-Western global trade through liquidity, exchange support, merchant acceptance, and distribution networks, while local regulatory frameworks such as MiCA are pushing issuers to build locally compliant infrastructure.He believes that Layer 2 networks have reduced stablecoin transaction costs to less than 1 cent, and issuer competition will shift toward distribution, liquidity, and financial services. Stablecoins will also expand from payment tools into programmable, yield-generating capital. CBDCs and private stablecoins are more likely to coexist. (Bitcoin.com News)
Coinbase's outstanding balance for crypto-backed loans has reached $2.3 billion, with the product launching in January 2025. Eligible users outside New York State can pledge Bitcoin to borrow USDC without selling their holdings, with loans routed through the Morpho decentralized lending protocol on the Base network. On September 22, Coinbase added fixed-rate loans through Morpho Midnight, and pledgeable assets have expanded to XRP, DOGE, ADA, and LTC. As of mid-September 2026, floating-rate loans have exceeded $1.4 billion, backed by approximately $3 billion in collateral.JPMorgan's JPMD tokenized deposits have been running on Base for institutions since mid-2026, with Citi and BNY Mellon also advancing related initiatives, and multiple UK banks planning to launch related networks in 2027.
Michael Saylor posted on X platform stating that this week at ParaFi Investor Day he introduced digital capital, credit, and equity, and held a fireside chat with Jeff Park to discuss digital assets, digital intelligence, and the future of finance. The presentation covered topics including Bitcoin as digital capital, CLARITY regulation, Bitcoin banking adoption, reshaping gold-backed credit with STRC, STRC returning to par value, Bitcoin gain per share, Strategy's triple flywheel, shifting from quarterly dividends to daily dividends, Bitcoin-backed stablecoins, adoption by digital credit institutions, as well as digital currencies, derivatives, exchanges, regulation, and product development in the AI era.