[Birch Hill raises $4M seed round led by Multicoin Capital]

New York startup Birch Hill, founded by former Goldman Sachs and BlackRock executives, has raised $4 million in a seed round led by Multicoin Capital, Decrypt reported. ParaFi Capital, Castle Island Ventures and Nascent also participated. Birch Hill is operating across three areas including MORPHO-based vaults, on-chain credit products and securities, and is pushing on-chain securitization of U.S. housing, agriculture and energy loans.
https://coinness.com/en/news/1173308

[Cysic burns 7.2M CYS on BNB Smart Chain after bridge security incident]

Zero-knowledge proof computing network Cysic (CYS) said it has completed the burn of 7.2 million CYS on BNB Smart Chain to offset unauthorized token issuance caused by a bridge security incident. Cysic said two burn transactions were confirmed on-chain, permanently reducing the token supply on BNB Smart Chain and bringing it back in line with the project’s tokenomics.
https://coinness.com/en/news/1173309

[US stocks open higher]

The three major U.S. stock indices opened higher today.
- S&P 500: +0.2%
- Nasdaq: +0.32%
- Dow Jones: +0.07%
https://coinness.com/en/news/1173310

[XION completes Fermi mainnet upgrade]

XION, a decentralized information-verification network for AI agents, announced it has successfully implemented its Fermi mainnet upgrade. The upgrade has made the blockchain quantum-resistant, according to XION.
https://coinness.com/en/news/1173311

[Bank of Canada raises rates by 0.25 percentage point as expected]

The Bank of Canada raised its benchmark interest rate by 0.25 percentage point to 2.50% from 2.25% on Oct. 28, marking its first rate hike in more than three years and matching market expectations.
https://coinness.com/en/news/1173312

[Aave adjusts USDT variable borrowing rate structure on Ethereum]

Aave has adjusted the variable borrowing rate structure for USDT on Ethereum, The Defiant reported. Under the change, borrowing rates will rise faster than before as liquidity in the lending pool declines. Interest already accrued on existing loans is unaffected, and the revised rates will apply only to interest generated going forward.
https://coinness.com/en/news/1173313

[DTCC plans initial launch on Stellar]

Stellar (XLM), a blockchain-based payments network, said DTCC plans to launch first on Stellar. At Meridian2026, participants discussed the rationale behind building DTCC’s open network, and Stellar said the network was seen as meeting the required blockchain standards.
https://coinness.com/en/news/1173314

[Hyperliquid Labs to unlock 180,000 HYPE today]

Hyperliquid Labs said it plans to unlock 180,000 HYPE today. The unlocked tokens will be distributed to team members on Nov. 6.
https://coinness.com/en/news/1173315

[Ethena Pay deposits near $10M, with about $2M in new Earn vault]

Ethena Pay deposits have approached $10 million, with about $2 million of that placed in the new Earn vault, on-chain analyst Tom Wan said. The vault is managed by SteakhouseFi and is currently offering a yield of about 12.7% through a looping strategy based on AAVE v4. Wan expects deposits in USDe and Ethena Pay to increase further with the planned rollout of the Earn+ feature.
https://coinness.com/en/news/1173316

[Google Cloud develops MPC service for institutional BTC custody]

Google Cloud said it is developing a multi-party computation, or MPC, service to support Bitcoin custody for financial institutions, according to Cointelegraph. The technology is designed to let multiple participants jointly approve and sign cryptocurrency transactions without any single institution controlling the entire private key, and it is currently in preview.
https://coinness.com/en/news/1173317

[Pump.fun adds perp futures trading via Hyperliquid in app]

Pump.fun announced support for perpetual futures trading via Hyperliquid within its app. Users can take long or short positions on cryptocurrencies, stocks and commodities using their USDC balances without a separate bridge.
https://coinness.com/en/news/1173318

[Circle backs SEC crypto rule proposal]

USDC issuer Circle said it submitted a comment letter to the U.S. SEC on Oct. 20 regarding a proposal on regulating crypto assets. Circle expressed support for the proposal’s underlying intent, saying a clear regulatory framework can promote blockchain innovation while maintaining investor protection and market transparency. Circle also cited the scalability and security potential of permissionless blockchains such as Arc and asked the SEC to clarify how its rules would apply across different network structures.
https://coinness.com/en/news/1173319

[Osmosis says Alloyed BTC collateral ratio restored to 100%]

Osmosis said recovery work approved under governance proposal 1044 has been completed, restoring Alloyed BTC’s collateral ratio to 100% from 63.97%. The project said the v32 upgrade transferred 22.65 BTC frozen from the attacker to the Liquidity SubDAO and fully removed 39.84 forged nBTC from Alloyed BTC. It added BTC holders will bear none of the losses.
https://coinness.com/en/news/1173320

[Sui to support Hong Kong-regulated tokenized gold product XAUa]

Sui said it will support XAUa, a Hong Kong-regulated tokenized gold product backed by physical gold stored in Hong Kong. Only users who meet certain eligibility requirements will be able to buy and hold XAUa.

Using Sui’s Permitted Asset Standard, or PAS, every token transfer will be checked for regulatory compliance, and transactions that fail to meet the requirements will be automatically rejected.
https://coinness.com/en/news/1173321

[Avail launches ShieldTX to make Hyperliquid trade tracking harder]

Avail has launched ShieldTX, a trade privacy tool for Hyperliquid traders that makes it harder to track links between transactions, The Block reported.

The solution uses a separate wallet each time a perpetual futures position is opened, making it more difficult for copy-trading bots to identify connections across trades. Previously, bots could track trades from public wallets and open similar positions within seconds, potentially hurting the original trader’s execution price.
https://coinness.com/en/news/1173322

[MoneyGram expands Stellar partnership, explores proprietary dollar stablecoin]

Global remittance firm MoneyGram is expanding its work with Stellar (XLM) into areas including a proprietary dollar stablecoin and in-app digital balance services, Crypto Briefing reported. The two companies have worked together for the past five years, and MoneyGram also participates as a validator on the Stellar network.
https://coinness.com/en/news/1173323

[Bitwise raises BTC 2036 price target to $1.6M]

Bitwise has raised its 2036 price target for Bitcoin to $1.6 million from a previous $1.3 million target for 2035, The Block reported. The asset manager cited expanding institutional investment and limited new supply as the main upside drivers, and projected Bitcoin’s average annual return over the next 10 years at 34.3%.
https://coinness.com/en/news/1173324

[DTCC launches tokenization service]

The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation has launched a tokenization service, according to Chainlink, the blockchain oracle project behind LINK. DTCC previously completed the first live transaction in tokenized U.S. securities in July 2026 with support from Chainlink and more than 30 major institutions. Chainlink said it plans to continue working with DTCC to advance around-the-clock collateral operations using the Chainlink Runtime Environment (CRE) and data standards.
https://coinness.com/en/news/1173325

[Jupiter launches institutional validator with BitGo for SOL staking]

Decentralized exchange Jupiter said it has launched an institutional validator in partnership with BitGo, allowing BitGo’s institutional clients to stake SOL directly from their existing custody accounts.
https://coinness.com/en/news/1173326

[Uniswap begins support for new Robinhood stock token]

Decentralized exchange Uniswap (UNI) said it has begun supporting a new Robinhood stock token across the Uniswap protocol, app and API. Uniswap said the token is available worldwide on a self-custody basis, with access offered 24/7.
https://coinness.com/en/news/1173327

[Kamino launches Backpack Market for loans backed by tokenized stocks]

Kamino announced the launch of Backpack Market for loans backed by tokenized stocks. Working with Backpack Securities, the company is expanding loans backed by tokenized equities on Solana and bringing tokenized U.S.-listed stocks to on-chain credit markets. Kamino said the assets are backed one-to-one by collateral and are redeemable.
https://coinness.com/en/news/1173328