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Brazil’s securities regulator, the Comissão de Valores Mobiliários (CVM), has launched a pilot program to test trading in blockchain-based stock tokens, or tokenized securities, Bitcoin.com reported. The program uses simulated shares and funds rather than real assets to assess whether distributed ledger technology can be applied to the issuance, operation and management of securities, while also evaluating the strengths and weaknesses of public and private blockchains and potential cybersecurity risks. CVM is also reviewing ways to embed securities market rules into smart contracts and plans to use the trial results in shaping future regulations for tokenized securities. Separately, B3, Brazil’s largest stock exchange, is developing a tokenization platform using its own stablecoin to integrate liquidity across traditional financial markets and digital asset markets, with a launch targeted for 2027.

Decentralized social network Farcaster has been acquired by Network School, founded by former Coinbase CTO Balaji Srinivasan, The Block reported. Terms of the deal, including the purchase price, were not disclosed. Following the acquisition, Farcaster will transition to the Network State Protocol and introduce a "social smart contract" outlining prohibited conduct such as hate speech, fraud and stalking. Users who do not agree will be limited to read-only access on the main app, while the platform also plans to add a human verification process to reduce bot activity.

With Bitcoin briefly falling below $80,000 overnight, Glassnode said large buy orders that had been sitting near $80,000 over the past week on Binance’s BTC/USDT spot order book were filled, after which new large buy orders entered. Glassnode said BTC then rebounded in stages, although buying support below $80,000 later weakened again. Bitcoin had briefly slipped below the psychologically important $80,000 level after the U.S. September producer price index released yesterday evening came in well above market expectations. BTC later erased all of its losses and rebounded, and was recently trading at $82,210.19, up 0.58%, according to CoinMarketCap.

Strategy (Nasdaq: MSTR) and Metaplanet (TYO: 3350) are expected to be removed from the MSCI Global Investable Market Indexes starting in December after MSCI decided to adopt new criteria limiting index inclusion for non-operating companies. MSCI announced the criteria will be applied in its regular index review in November, with the changes taking effect after the market close on Nov. 30. In a list of securities potentially affected by the changes released by MSCI, Strategy and Metaplanet were marked as candidates for exclusion.

The number of Bitcoin wallets holding between 10 BTC and 10,000 BTC has reached a record 20,338, according to a report from on-chain analytics firm Santiment. Santiment said the figure has risen sharply since mid-July despite price volatility.

The three major U.S. stock indices closed higher today. - S&P 500: +0.33% - Nasdaq: +0.08% - Dow Jones: +1.08%

Bitcoin’s correlation with real yields on 10-year U.S. Treasuries has risen above 0.6, a record high, an unusual alignment, according to Crypto Briefing, citing Fidelity Digital Assets. Fidelity Digital Assets said the correlation had historically remained negative or near zero. More recently, however, Bitcoin and U.S. Treasuries have been moving in step as U.S. fiscal instability has intensified, reflecting investor sentiment around fiscal deficits and rapidly rising debt. Fidelity added that mounting pressure on U.S. public finances is driving more investors toward Bitcoin.

Bitcoin’s volatility has declined as the market has matured over the past decade, with one-year realized volatility falling to 43%, down sharply from 81% five years ago and now within the range of S&P 500 constituents, according to a Grayscale report. Grayscale attributed the decline to deeper market liquidity, rising participation by institutional investors and changes in the regulatory environment. The firm added that for investors accustomed to buying volatile stocks, Bitcoin price swings may be less burdensome than expected.

Victor Jung, head of digital assets at asset manager Hamilton Lane, said the key competitive edge in the tokenization market will come from capabilities in stablecoin trading and lending against tokenized assets as collateral, according to Crypto Briefing. Jung said the market’s core advantage lies not in individual products but in the financial infrastructure supporting them. Simply tokenizing private funds is not enough, Jung said, adding tokenized assets must be usable in stablecoin transactions and serve as collateral in lending markets.

One of the main victims in the Ledger wallet theft case has been identified as a figure who amassed funds through fraud. According to Chainalysis, the individual lost more than 60 BTC, worth about $4.8 million, that had been obtained through scams. The person behind the fraud moved criminal proceeds into three Ledger wallet addresses on Sept. 22. On Oct. 9, however, funds left each of those addresses in a single transfer and were sent to the same wallet. The receiving wallet has reportedly been flagged as an address tied to stolen funds.

Crypto trader Ansem said on X that Ansem remains strongly convinced Bitcoin could see an explosive rally, while market participants’ conviction in BTC is at its lowest level in about a decade. Ansem added that Bitcoin is one of the few assets with a low correlation to AI-related investment flows, with government funding demand for AI infrastructure and persistent inflation pressures also acting as key variables.

Binance.US is seeking a $100 million funding round to support business expansion, AggrNews reported.

Coinbase announced it will delist Neon EVM (NEON) and Syndicate (SYND) at 7:00 p.m. UTC on Nov. 16.

September Bitcoin production at listed miners CleanSpark and BitFuFu declined again after a modest rebound in August, while Canaan’s output was unchanged from the previous month, The Block reported. CleanSpark mined 529 BTC in September, down about 11% from 593 BTC in August. BitFuFu produced 167 BTC, down 4% from 174 BTC a month earlier, while Canaan mined 44 BTC, unchanged from August.

Russia’s central bank said it will ban cryptocurrency transfers from individuals’ regulated accounts to non-custodial wallets, according to Crypto Briefing. Bitcoin purchased through officially approved platforms must remain within authorized systems, and withdrawals to personal wallets are not allowed. The restriction is part of Russia’s crypto regulations that took effect on Sept. 1, which legalized cryptocurrency trading and custody through regulated institutions. On the same day, the central bank also approved Russia’s largest bank, Sberbank, to operate a cryptocurrency exchange.

Uniform Labs, the developer of tokenized asset payment platform Multiliquid, has raised a total of $8 million through pre-seed and seed funding rounds, The Block reported. Polychain led the seed round, with participation from Strobe Ventures, CMT Digital, Metalayer Ventures, Generative Ventures and Circle Ventures. The specific use of the proceeds was not disclosed.

Australia has introduced a bill that would require mandatory reporting of cryptocurrency transaction records and cross-border tax information to tax authorities, Watcher.Guru reported. Under the bill, crypto platforms would be required to report transaction details tied to Australian residents to tax authorities starting in July 2027.

Crypto-related stocks in the U.S. equity market were broadly higher, with Circle (CRCL) up 7.10%, Strategy (MSTR) rising 3.79%, Coinbase (COIN) gaining 3.29% and Bitmine (BMNR) advancing 1.71%.

Visa has formally commercialized a stablecoin-based prefunding feature for Visa Direct, according to Crypto Briefing. Payment processor Inyo Global is the first to adopt the feature, allowing eligible payment service providers to pre-fund capital needed for cross-border remittances in USDC around the clock through existing APIs. The move shifts Visa’s stablecoin service from the pilot stage to a live commercial offering.

Jonathan Gould, head of the U.S. Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, said the OCC is expected to release its final rule to implement the GENIUS Act, a stablecoin regulation law, before the end of October. He made the remarks at the Milken Institute’s "Building the New Digital Economy" event held alongside DC Fintech Week, according to Crypto in America host Eleanor Terrett.

U.S. Cross River Bank announced a strategic partnership with Ripple and said it will add the dollar-pegged stablecoin RLUSD to its in-house payments system. Under the move, RLUSD will be added as a new payment option alongside bank transfers. The bank’s fintech partners will be able to use RLUSD payments and XRP Ledger (XRPL)-based transactions through a single API without building separate cryptocurrency infrastructure. The two companies plan to support 24/7 instant payments, real-time settlement and cross-border payment services, while reducing payment-processing delays and improving operational flexibility for issuers and acquirers.

An anonymous whale with cumulative losses of about $26.23 million closed an ETH long position worth about $880,000 on Hyperliquid and opened a short position worth about $7.64 million, BlockBeats reported.

Crypto.com has launched Predict Pro, a prediction market platform for U.S. users, The Block reported. The platform offers trading through OG.com Markets, an exchange and clearinghouse registered with the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission. It supports a real-time order book, probability charts and multiple order types, and also allows trades combining two to 20 event predictions across multiple markets. Contracts are typically settled automatically within one hour after event outcomes are confirmed.

According to CoinNess market monitoring, BTC has risen above $82,000. BTC is trading at $82,024.22 on the Binance USDT market.

Ethereum layer-two network Aztec has unveiled a roadmap aimed at implementing post-quantum cryptography, or PQC, by the end of 2030, The Defiant reported. According to the report, Aztec plans to offer enhanced developer libraries in early 2027, allowing developers to build more secure on-chain design patterns. In mid-2027, the project plans to select specific replacement signature, encryption and proof systems. Once the cryptographic approach is chosen, Aztec will restructure its internal mechanisms, including updating network addresses, key derivation protocols, account and validator authentication, and establishing a clear migration path for existing private state. The roadmap’s main goal is to defend against HNDL attacks, in which attackers steal and store currently encrypted data and decrypt it later as quantum computing advances.