Crypto Hiring: Senior execs depart, appointed across segment - Blockworks

Funding Roundup: Stripe buys Bridge for $1.1B, Azura bags $6.9M - Blockworks

Marc Andreesen shoutouts help AI-powered VC fund ai16z to nearly $100 million market cap - The Block

Base one-day stablecoin transfer volume outranks all other chains for first time - The Block

FTX agrees to drop lawsuit against Bybit in $228 million settlement - The Block

Hong Kong Pledges More Licenses for Crypto Exchanges by Year-End - Bloomberg ($)

Japan’s Metaplanet now holds over 1,000 bitcoin with latest $10 million investment - The Block

Hong Kong eyes tax breaks for crypto, more trading platform licenses by year-end: officials - The Block

Bitcoin Has a Lot Going for It, Except the Persistent Slide in Copper-Gold Ratio - CoinDesk

Hong Kong Stock Exchange to introduce price indices for bitcoin and ether next month - The Block

Arthur Hayes' Maelstrom Hedges U.S. Election Uncertainty With Staked USDe; Holds Large BTC, ETH Bullish Bets - CoinDesk

MicroStrategy’s Current Premium Relative to Its Bitcoin Stack Is Unlikely to Last: Steno Research - CoinDesk

Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing to Launch Crypto Index in November - CoinDesk

October’s crypto investment inflows climb to $3.4 billion after $900 million added last week: CoinShares - The Block

BTC Miner Core Scientific Uniquely Positioned to Capture AI Demand, Initiate at Buy: Jefferies - CoinDesk

Crypto Policy Didn't Occupy the Spotlight in Elections in Austria, Georgia - CoinDesk

Peter Thiel’s Founders Fund invests in Infinex’s Patron NFT sale as total amount raised hits $67.7 million - The Block

Polymarket punters beware — even betting markets are subject to wishful thinking - DL News

Crypto gaming may be on the cusp of fresh growth - Blockworks

Why Ethereum is down 7% while Bitcoin’s price is gaining - DL News

Rollup development platform Gelato raises $11 million in latest funding round - The Block