[Bank of England seeks feedback on tokenized collateral for payments]

The Bank of England has begun seeking feedback on tokenized collateral for payments, Cointelegraph reported. The consultation covers ways for central counterparties (CCPs) to accept digital versions of eligible collateral, and under existing rules, digital collateral can be accepted if the assets meet clearing standards. The feedback period ends on Feb. 12.
https://coinness.com/en/news/1173527

[NEAR adds XLM and Stellar USDC to default-confidential service]

NEAR Protocol, a layer-one blockchain, said XLM and Stellar USDC can now be used in a service with confidentiality enabled by default. Users can deposit funds from Stellar, then swap them or send them to other users. Recipients receive only the funds, while the sender’s address and full transaction history are not shared, it said.
https://coinness.com/en/news/1173528

[Five anonymous wallets open $52.7M HYPE long on Hyperliquid]

Five anonymous addresses simultaneously opened $52.7 million in HYPE long positions on Hyperliquid, Hupzy, formerly Spot On Chain, reported. Hupzy described the move as a bullish bet made amid recent Hyperliquid-related developments and an OTC unlock of team-held tokens. Earlier, Intercontinental Exchange, the parent of the New York Stock Exchange, was said to be pursuing the launch of U.S. perpetual futures products through Hyperliquid. HYPE later rose about 15%.
https://coinness.com/en/news/1173529

[KuCoin to halt services for customers in Russia and Belarus]

Crypto exchange KuCoin (KCS) announced it will stop providing services to customers in Russia and Belarus as the EU tightens crypto-related sanctions. Customers in those regions will receive individual deadlines to close positions and withdraw funds. KuCoin did not mention specific rules or regulators and cited "applicable laws and regulatory requirements" as the reason. Bitget and MEXC had earlier announced service suspensions in those markets as well.
https://coinness.com/en/news/1173530

[Musk calls Druckenmiller post on Hyperliquid 'interesting']

Tesla founder Elon Musk replied
https://coinness.com/en/news/1173531

[Ronin Waypoint to shut down on Oct. 31, urges users to check keyless wallet balances]

Ronin, an Ethereum sidechain for P2E games, announced Ronin Waypoint is scheduled to shut down at 3:00 p.m. UTC on Oct. 31. After logging in, users should check whether wallets labeled Keyless on the wallet list still hold assets that need to be moved. Seed phrase wallets labeled Ronin Wallet do not require any asset transfers.
https://coinness.com/en/news/1173532

[Polymarket investigates suspicious trading tied to Israel election]

Polymarket is investigating a series of unusual trades made during this week’s election period in Israel, according to Bloomberg.

Bloomberg reported that just before polls closed on Oct. 27 local time, hundreds of newly created accounts bet that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his Likud party would outperform rival forces. The trades soon turned profitable, and some of the accounts cashed out more than $100,000 in combined proceeds. Bloomberg said the timing of the trades was highly precise and the gains were substantial, raising suspicions of possible insider trading.
https://coinness.com/en/news/1173533

[French Senate advances bill to share crypto trading data with foreign tax authorities]

The French Senate passed at first reading a bill that would allow the automatic exchange of cryptocurrency transaction data with foreign tax authorities and sent it to the National Assembly as Bill No. 3421, Cointelegraph reported. The bill includes an information-sharing framework based on the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development’s Crypto-Asset Reporting Framework, or CARF, along with amendments to an existing agreement on financial account information.

Separately, France’s parliament on Oct. 16 approved an amendment to the 2027 budget that would tax gains from conversions involving certain fiat-backed stablecoins starting Jan. 1, 2027. A plenary vote is scheduled for Nov. 3.
https://coinness.com/en/news/1173534

[Request launches dashboard for merchant stablecoin payment management]

Request said it launched an orchestrator dashboard on Oct. 30 that lets payment platforms manage stablecoin payments across all merchants in one place without relying on technical teams.

The blockchain payment protocol said platforms can onboard merchants through a white-label setup with their own branding, customize payment pages to match either platform or merchant brands, and set merchant-specific fees to generate revenue on each transaction. For wallet screening, platforms can apply standard or customized know-your-transaction, or KYT, rules, or let each merchant choose a screening provider and rules directly. The dashboard also shows all connected merchants and their status, as well as the KYT rules applied to each merchant, while allowing team members to handle routine operations and reserving control over sensitive settings for the top administrator.
https://coinness.com/en/news/1173535

[Hyperliquid Strategy shares rise 17.55% as HYPE gains]

Shares of Nasdaq-listed Hyperliquid Strategies (PURR), a company pursuing a HYPE accumulation strategy, were trading at $11.72, up 17.55% from the previous session, following gains in HYPE. Bloomberg previously reported that Intercontinental Exchange (ICE), the parent company of the New York Stock Exchange, is seeking to launch perpetual futures products in the U.S. through Hyperliquid.
https://coinness.com/en/news/1173536

[1kx sees blockchain industry revenue at $100B this year, down 28% on-year]

Blockchain investment firm 1kx expects total revenue across the blockchain industry to reach $100 billion this year, down about 28% from a year earlier as cryptocurrency prices fell. In a report, 1kx said institutional and real-economy-related businesses now account for about 30% of blockchain industry revenue, while revenue from real-economy-related businesses surpassed blockchain infrastructure revenue for the first time ever in the third quarter of 2026. The share of total revenue generated by listed companies also rose to 16% from 7% in 2022, 1kx said. In the same quarter, 283 protocols returned value to token holders through token buybacks, burns and fee-sharing, the highest figure on record, according to the report.
https://coinness.com/en/news/1173537

[Fluid begins limited beta for DEX v2 with range orders]

DeFi lending protocol Fluid announced the start of a limited beta for its decentralized exchange, Fluid DEX v2. The platform supports custom range orders across both Smart Collateral and Smart Debt, while also offering features including Hooks, dynamic fees, and on-chain limit orders. The beta is open to all users, although strict usage limits apply during the test period.
https://coinness.com/en/news/1173538

[Former FTX COO says staff are also victims of the exchange’s collapse]

Former FTX Chief Operating Officer Constance Wang said in an interview that the public does not fully recognize FTX employees as victims and that most people believe the staff caused a major tragedy, Cointelegraph reported.
https://coinness.com/en/news/1173539

[Chiliz says governance and staking have resumed]

Sports fan-token-focused layer-one blockchain Chiliz (CHZ) said in a message from CEO Alex Dreyfus that governance and staking have resumed and are now operational. The company added that a pending update status has also been cleared.
https://coinness.com/en/news/1173540

[BTC options see more upside bets as downside hedging demand also rises]

Bitcoin’s derivatives market is seeing concentrated bets on $90,000, $95,000 and $100,000 call options even as demand for downside hedging is also rising, according to a Bitcoin.com analysis.

Futures open interest stood at $54.78 billion, or 672,480 BTC, up 1.46% over the past 24 hours. In the options market, call options accounted for 59.35% of open interest, but put options led daily trading volume at 52.07%, indicating that downside hedging demand has increased as well. The max pain price, or the range where the largest number of options buyers lose their premiums, was estimated at $78,000-$81,000 for October expiry and $75,000-$78,000 for December expiry.
https://coinness.com/en/news/1173541

[IPX to add fiat on- and off-ramps with Stripe unit Bridge]

IPX, formerly LINE FRIENDS, announced an integration with Bridge, Stripe’s stablecoin infrastructure unit, to add fiat deposit and withdrawal functions to its intellectual property tokenization platform. Starting on Nov. 15, eligible users and projects will be able to receive off-chain revenue such as sponsorships, licensing fees, and ticket sales through Bridge virtual accounts via wire transfers and ACH. U.S. dollars received as revenue will be automatically swapped into Base-based USDC, with conversion back to a bank account also available.
https://coinness.com/en/news/1173542

[Strategy STRC tops $99.95, nearing $100 par value]

Strategy’s perpetual preferred stock STRC rose above $99.95 for the first time in 165 days, moving close to its symbolic $100 par value.
https://coinness.com/en/news/1173543

[Shopify, Coinbase build stablecoin payments protocol on Base]

Shopify and Coinbase have built a Commerce Payments Protocol on Base to enable merchants to accept stablecoins as a payment method, according to Base.
https://coinness.com/en/news/1173544

[India’s ED searches firm tied to $524M in crypto cross-border transfers]

India’s Enforcement Directorate conducted searches linked to $524 million in cross-border cryptocurrency transfers, The Defiant reported. The agency said the company used USDT and USDC for overseas remittances without approval from the Reserve Bank of India, violating foreign exchange law. Binance, Bybit and other offshore platforms were reportedly used in the process, although it was unclear whether any charges had been brought against the platforms.
https://coinness.com/en/news/1173545

[Zilliqa schedules exchange asset migration hard fork for Oct. 30]

Layer-1 blockchain Zilliqa said it plans to carry out its fourth exchange migration hard fork at block height 39,242,023, expected around 7:00 a.m. UTC on Oct. 30.

The upgrade will migrate ZIL balances on XT from legacy Schnorr addresses to verified Zilliqa EVM addresses, change validator reward distribution from every block to every epoch, and enable Pectra support to update EVM compatibility. It will also support the migration of existing deposited balances in Scilla staking contracts for Zilliqa 1 through the ZKP app, prepare the migration of some ZRC2 Scilla tokens to ERC20 on EVM, and revise EVM gas fee accounting.

Zilliqa said users do not need to take any separate action, while centralized exchanges have temporarily suspended ZIL deposits and withdrawals and may resume them once the hard fork is successfully implemented.
https://coinness.com/en/news/1173546

[Stock tokens need redemption, market makers beyond 24/7 trading, Gravity Team CEO says]

Stock tokens cannot solve liquidity constraints through around-the-clock trading alone and need redemption mechanisms and market-maker support, Gravity Team CEO Mārtiņš Beņķītis said in an interview with Crypto Briefing.

Beņķītis said liquidity providers cannot hedge with the underlying stocks when traditional equity markets are closed on weekends and overnight, leaving large orders more likely to move prices sharply. The IMF had also previously found that stock tokens are less liquid than traditional equities while exhibiting realized volatility 1.5 times higher.
https://coinness.com/en/news/1173547