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The following are the 24-hour long/short ratios for BTC perpetual futures on the world’s three largest crypto futures exchanges by open interest: Overall: 50.64% long, 49.36% short - Binance: 50.5% long, 49.5% short - OKX: 49.96% long, 50.04% short - Bybit: 50.32% long, 49.68% short

South Korean crypto exchange Bithumb announced it will temporarily suspend deposits and withdrawals for VERONA at 9:00 a.m. UTC on Oct. 28 to support the token’s network upgrade.

Former New York Stock Exchange Group President Thomas Farley said in a recent interview with Crypto in America that tokenization of U.S. stocks could happen sooner than expected. Farley said issuers’ rights must be respected throughout the tokenization process, adding that there are currently around 2,500 issuers and that their rights, benefits and control over the stocks and tokens they issue must be guaranteed. Farley also said U.S.-listed shares had previously shifted from paper stock certificates to electronic book-entry records, and the same principle applied at that time.

A wallet believed to be owned by UK alternative asset manager Fasanara Capital holds roughly $123 million in short crypto positions, with unrealized profit standing at about $6.49 million, BlockBeats reported. The address, which begins with 0x7fda, currently holds about $125 million in futures positions, of which around 98.4% ($123 million) are shorts. Its largest position is an Ethereum short worth about $60.82 million, using 25x leverage. Unrealized profit on that position stands at about $3.91 million, accounting for more than 60% of the wallet’s total unrealized gains.

IBM, Oracle, Intel and IonQ have formally exercised their right to block stock tokenization listings through OKXICE, a joint platform between OKX and Intercontinental Exchange, the parent of the New York Stock Exchange. That brings the number of companies opposing stock tokenization listings on the OKXICE platform to 26.

U.S. spot Ethereum ETFs recorded $88.58 million in net outflows on Oct. 26, according to SoSoValue. - BlackRock ETHA: -$104.71 million - Fidelity FETH: +$16.13 million

U.S. spot BTC ETFs recorded a net inflow of $110.34 million on Oct. 26, reversing course after two trading days of net outflows, according to SoSoValue. - BlackRock IBIT: +$110.34 million

Financial services firm StoneX raised its price target on Strive, which is pursuing a Bitcoin treasury strategy, to $43 from $32, while maintaining a Buy rating, The Block reported. Mark Palmer, StoneX senior equity research analyst, said the outlook for Strive’s Bitcoin accumulation strategy has improved. Palmer said Strive strengthened the sustainability of its Bitcoin treasury strategy using preferred stock as it overhauled its capital structure. On Oct. 20, Strive completed an expanded IPO of seven million shares of SATS preferred stock with a 15% annual dividend, securing $630 million in gross proceeds before taxes. Palmer said the fundraising and warrant expirations marked a turning point in the reshaping of Strive’s capital structure. Over the past year, the company has built a model for funding Bitcoin purchases through perpetual preferred stock, and the addition of SATS alongside its existing variable-rate Series A perpetual preferred stock, SATA, allows it to address demand from different income-focused investors. Separately, Strive bought an additional 6,182 BTC from Oct. 17 to 23, bringing its total holdings to 43,000 BTC.

The following shows estimated liquidation volumes and position ratios for major crypto perpetual futures over the past 24 hours: - BTC: $37.39 million liquidated (51.88% longs) - ETH: $27.76 million liquidated (54.41% longs) - Q: $7.86 million liquidated (73.83% shorts)

Zcash co-founder and core developer Sean Bowe has submitted a draft Zcash Improvement Proposal, or ZIP, to end the Zcash Community Grants, or ZCG, allocation that accounts for 8% of the block subsidy and redirect it to a Network Sustainability Mechanism, or NSM, Wu Blockchain reported. The proposal would hold the reallocated funds so they do not immediately enter circulation. The proposal argues ZCG’s existing reserves are sufficient to continue its grant-making activities, and the share of new block subsidies previously allocated to ZCG would instead be redirected to the NSM to support the network’s long-term operations.

Thailand has launched WORPT, a digital wallet that lets foreign tourists convert USDT and USDC into baht for payments through Thailand’s PromptPay QR network, Bitcoin.com reported. WORPT operates under the sandbox of Thailand’s SEC and Digipay, and was developed by Waan Exchange and Wipay. Merchants can receive settlement in baht instead of cryptocurrency. Tether, Visa and The Mall Group are participating in the project, while WORPT is also preparing physical and virtual cards and plans to hold an official launch event in November.

Taiwanese singer Jeffrey Huang, better known as Machi Big Brother, lost all funds in paper trading on a decentralized perpetual futures exchange, according to Lookonchain. Huang had just $4,517.7 left in a Hyperliquid account, and one hour ago cut losses on another Mutant Ape NFT to raise additional trading capital.

A wallet believed to be linked to TRON founder Justin Sun withdrew 4.65 trillion PEPE worth $20.32 million from Poloniex, according to ai_9684xtpa. Exchange withdrawals are generally interpreted as a sign of holding rather than selling. The address currently holds 11.8 trillion PEPE, with an average entry price of $0.000004114 and unrealized gains of $2.085 million.

Two anonymous whale addresses that had been dormant for about three years deposited 2,571 BTC worth $206.52 million into Coinbase Prime 10 hours ago, Lookonchain reported. Exchange deposits are generally seen as intended for selling.

A hacker who stole $40 million from UXLINK last year is trading on Hyperliquid, according to EmberCN. The address currently holds a 30,000 ETH long position with an average entry price of $2,134 and an unrealized profit of $5.62 million. EmberCN said the address appears to be linked to the hacker because funds sent to Hyperliquid came from the UXLINK hack address. EmberCN added that the address began trading in August after amassing 11.54 million USDC, and made $5.71 million in profit across five winning trades out of six.

The Ethereum Foundation said on its official X account that privacy and security cannot be treated as separate goals. Citing a recent wave of hacking attacks and exploits, the foundation added that the two are inseparable and that making privacy a default could reduce concerns that attackers may exploit users’ on-chain transaction histories.

On-chain analyst Willy Woo said a Monte Carlo simulation of 10,000 BTC price paths showed a median outcome of $1.03 million by February 2033, according to BeInCrypto. Woo said the result was a simulation rather than a prediction, with BTC potentially reaching roughly $240,000 to $410,000 at its 2028 peak. The Monte Carlo method referenced price data from the 2018 and 2022 bottoms and modeled both upside and downside scenarios. He added that, under the median path, BTC would rise to $413,000 by December 2028 before falling 43% to $234,000 in April 2030. According to the simulation, the most bullish case puts BTC at $1.44 million in March 2029, while the most bearish case puts it at $51,900 in April 2030.

Bitchat, a decentralized P2P messaging app from Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey, ranked first in the social networking category on France’s iOS App Store, CoinPost reported. Downloads are said to have surged amid nationwide protests in France and after Orange’s roughly 10-hour service outage on Oct. 21. The app connects nearby smartphones via Bluetooth, allowing users to send and receive messages without internet or mobile networks, and also supports Cashu, a Bitcoin-based electronic cash payment protocol.

Binance announced it will conduct Ethereum wallet maintenance at 6:00 a.m. UTC on Oct. 28. As a result, deposits and withdrawals on the ETH mainnet will be suspended starting at 5:55 a.m. UTC on Oct. 28.

Binance founder Changpeng Zhao, also known as CZ, said in an interview with Andy, founder of the crypto podcast The Rollup, that tokenization of real-world assets could broaden global investor access to U.S. capital markets and described RWA as exporting U.S. capital markets on-chain. Zhao added that RWA is a tool to help more people access assets in major markets more easily rather than replace the existing financial system. Zhao also said tokenized stocks will take a long time to gain broad adoption, but argued their value will ultimately be recognized as ownership becomes more widespread. Zhao further emphasized blockchain is a technology that all financial participants, including traditional finance, should use, and said convergence between traditional finance and the crypto industry will expand further.

An anonymous whale deposited 171,430 SOL worth $17.3 million into exchanges through three addresses over the past three days, Lookonchain reported. The whale has moved a total of 482,228 SOL and may make additional deposits. Exchange deposits are typically interpreted as intended for selling.

The Optimism Foundation has proposed amending its operating manual to change how members of its Security Council are appointed, CryptoSlate reported. Under the proposal, disclosed on Oct. 22 local time, an elected Security Council lead would nominate candidates, and the nominees would be appointed unless the Token House, a governance body for token holders, secures 20% of votable OP supply to exercise a veto. If approved, the revision would replace the current group-based election system with the nomination-and-veto process. It would also set a one-week review period for each candidate and a one-week veto voting period, while keeping token holders' authority to remove the lead. CryptoSlate noted the draft proposal would effectively reduce token holders' voting rights, although it remains at the draft stage.

An Ethereum whale address beginning with 0x6C67, which bought 100,000 ETH at $0.311 each during the 2015 ETH ICO, has continued selling ETH, according to ai_9684xtpa. Over the past 24 hours, the whale deposited 3,000 ETH to exchanges. If sold at current prices, the position would represent a 746,324% return. The whale still holds 47,000 ETH on-chain. Yesterday, the address also transferred more than $100 million in stablecoins to multiple exchanges, market makers and OTC desks, although the purpose was unclear.

Two anonymous addresses deposited about 5,000 ETH worth $11.69 million to Kraken and Binance, according to ai_9684xtpa. One address starting with 0x882 deposited 2,558.85 ETH worth $5.9 million to Kraken, with an average entry price of $2,880. Another address starting with 0x5a3 deposited 2,511 ETH worth $5.79 million to Binance. Exchange deposits are typically seen as intended for selling.

The U.S. SEC has delayed the effective date of registration documents tied to GraniteShares’ leveraged XRP ETFs to Nov. 30, according to CoinGape. CoinGape said an amended filing submitted on Oct. 26 includes the GraniteShares 3x Long XRP Daily ETF and the GraniteShares 3x Short XRP Daily ETF, along with leveraged Bitcoin, Ethereum and Solana products. The filing was intended to postpone the effective date and did not specify any link to the Nov. 3 U.S. midterm elections or give a detailed reason for the delay, the outlet said. CoinGape added that the move extends the wait for investors expecting new XRP-related investment products.