Itaú Unibanco, Brazil's largest private bank, became the first bank to formalize crypto trading and custody with the central bank under new rules, ahead of the October 30 deadline — CoinDesk
Google unveiled Google Multi-Party Compute, an MPC custody service for banks to secure and move crypto and tokenized assets, already securing Alphabet's own ETH and SOL holdings, with launch in early 2027 — CoinDesk
Thailand's Supreme Court general assembly ruled that Bitcoin and other crypto are property that can be stolen under robbery law, in a case over 1.8M baht of crypto taken on Koh Samui — Siam Blockchain
XRP Ledger developers are testing SponsoredAccountCreate, a proposed transaction letting sponsors cover the 1 XRP reserve so new wallets can hold stablecoins with zero XRP — CoinDesk
Ethena Pay launched Earn+, an access-code product paying up to 12% yield on USD balances via an Aave V4 carry-trade vault, with a $200K VIP deposit cap and daily withdrawals — Ethena Pay
DTCC's Tokenization Service is live with 34 securities including Russell 1000 stocks, ETFs and Treasuries, backed 1:1 at DTC and moving 24/7 on Canton and Besu, with Stellar and Circle's Arc next — DTCC
Coinbase added Ripple's RLUSD stablecoin to its exchange, following Ripple's deal to integrate RLUSD across Robinhood and Moody's investment-grade ratings for the token this week — Reuters
Singapore police said victims lost about S$3.5M after buying tampered Ledger hardware wallets in local stores, with malicious components capturing recovery phrases and private keys — The Straits Times
JPMorgan, AMD, Sandisk and Coca-Cola are among 33 companies, over half of the 62 named, now objecting to OKX and ICE tokenizing their shares after seven more joined — Eleanor Terrett
Ripple expects its product revenue to reach a $900M annualized run rate as its institutional business expands, following RLUSD deals with Robinhood and Coinbase this week — The Block
Strategy shareholders approved paying daily dividends on its STRC, STRF, STRK and STRD preferreds, accruing every calendar day including weekends, with STRC daily record dates expected from November 1 — Strategy
Avail launched ShieldTX, a Hyperliquid privacy tool that opens each perp position through a separate wallet so copy-trading bots can't link and mirror traders' strategies — The Block
A trader appeared to try to sway oil prices with Hyperliquid perps during the market's wild swings in early March, raising spoofing concerns as crypto derivatives encroach on commodity trading — Bloomberg
Nasdaq-listed Bitcoin treasury Datavault AI fell about 50% after disclosing it has been unable to withdraw its BTC from exchange Biconomy since June and will restate four financial reports — Decrypt
Utah's attorney general filed criminal charges against Kalshi and two top executives for promoting illegal gambling after an undercover agent bet on sports there, as the CFTC sued Utah over its laws — Reuters
Alipay said it does not support crypto trading and called claims false after P2P platform Peer launched a beta for buying and selling USDC with CNY via Alipay — ChainCatcher
Allium, the blockchain data provider serving Visa, Stripe and Coinbase, disclosed unauthorized access to some of its systems on October 25 and notified affected customers, without revealing the full scope — Allium CEO Ethan Chan
Bloomberg, Jump Trading and Susquehanna signed up for Truth Social's paid feed giving faster access to Trump's market-moving posts, a service costing up to $100K a month — Reuters
BNB Chain activated the Jenner hard fork on BSC testnet, reserving 5% of every block's gas as a Payment Lane so BNB transfers and payment transactions stay includable during congestion — BNB Chain
Ethereum clients Teku and Besu patched a flaw that could let attackers redirect ETH rewards, after a blunder at Indian certificate issuer eMudhra left some setups trusting forged certificates — CoinDesk