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The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission said it will hold an industry roundtable on Dec. 15 to discuss introducing a 24/7 trading system for derivatives markets. The agenda includes next-day trading, asset tokenization, infrastructure development, staffing, and operational readiness. The CFTC said it will explore ways to promote financial innovation while protecting market participants’ interests and maintaining the integrity and resilience of U.S. derivatives markets. The meeting will be held at the agency’s Washington, D.C., headquarters and will be livestreamed.

The CME FedWatch tool showed a 92.8% probability that the Federal Reserve will hold interest rates steady in October, with a 7.2% chance of a 25-basis-point hike.

Strategy shareholders have approved a proposal to introduce daily dividends for the STRC preferred stock and related shares, Decrypt reported. Preliminary results showed the measure won support from 99.3% of shares cast. Under the change, the first record date for STRC’s daily dividend is Nov. 1, with payment due on Nov. 2. The new method will apply to STRF, STRK and STRD starting Jan. 1.

Y Combinator has published a report on crypto startups, forecasting broader tokenization of stablecoins and assets such as stocks, bonds, commodities and home ownership rights. For the next six months, the startup accelerator identified blockchain-based fundraising for the AI sector, dollar- and non-dollar stablecoins, stablecoin-based banks, real-world asset tokenization, trading platforms, AI agent trading and related API infrastructure as promising areas. The report said blockchain and stablecoins could affect traditional stock exchanges and banking systems. It added that demand in the crypto applications market shifted over the past year from consumer-focused use cases to institutional use cases, while practical financial needs such as price-risk hedging and cross-border business-to-business fund transfers, rather than speculation, served as the main driver.

Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse denied market rumors that the company would scale back support for its flagship token XRP and focus instead on the RLUSD stablecoin. According to U.Today, Garlinghouse said at the Swell conference, "We will never abandon XRP. The current momentum around XRP is very strong. RLUSD is one factor contributing to that momentum, and we see the two as highly complementary." Garlinghouse added, "To reiterate, we will never do anything we believe is harmful to the XRP ecosystem."

The U.S. Office of the Comptroller of the Currency has proposed weekly and quarterly reporting forms for stablecoin issuers, according to NewsBitcoin. The revised forms are designed to monitor the financial condition and activities of approved payment stablecoin issuers. The proposal was first introduced in June and later revised to reflect public feedback and final rules under the GENIUS Act. Subject to approval from the U.S. Office of Management and Budget, the first weekly reporting date would be Jan. 25. The first quarterly reporting date was proposed for March 31.

With the U.S. midterm elections one week away, Democratic Sen. Angela Alsobrooks said Democrats would not prioritize the CLARITY Act if the party takes control of Congress, The Block reported. The outlet added that if Democrats win control of the Senate, U.S. Democratic Sen. Elizabeth Warren, who is widely seen as a crypto skeptic, would become chair of the Senate Banking Committee. In related analysis, media outlets said a shift in congressional control would likely move the crypto agenda away from passing legislation and toward tighter regulation, making passage of the CLARITY Act difficult.

Ledger Wallet’s Crypto Loan service is now available to all Ledger users who meet the eligibility requirements, according to Morpho. Users can borrow stablecoins against BTC collateral within Ledger Wallet, with the service offered via yield_xyz and powered by Morpho.

Security token platform Dinari has expanded its dShares service to the Avalanche C-Chain, Crypto Briefing reported. The move allows eligible investors in more than 85 countries outside the U.S. to trade over 350 tokenized assets around the clock, including U.S. stocks, exchange-traded funds and real estate investment trusts.

Kamino announced the launch of Backpack Market for loans backed by tokenized stocks. Working with Backpack Securities, the company is expanding loans backed by tokenized equities on Solana and bringing tokenized U.S.-listed stocks to on-chain credit markets. Kamino said the assets are backed one-to-one by collateral and are redeemable.

Decentralized exchange Uniswap (UNI) said it has begun supporting a new Robinhood stock token across the Uniswap protocol, app and API. Uniswap said the token is available worldwide on a self-custody basis, with access offered 24/7.

Decentralized exchange Jupiter said it has launched an institutional validator in partnership with BitGo, allowing BitGo’s institutional clients to stake SOL directly from their existing custody accounts.

The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation has launched a tokenization service, according to Chainlink, the blockchain oracle project behind LINK. DTCC previously completed the first live transaction in tokenized U.S. securities in July 2026 with support from Chainlink and more than 30 major institutions. Chainlink said it plans to continue working with DTCC to advance around-the-clock collateral operations using the Chainlink Runtime Environment (CRE) and data standards.

Bitwise has raised its 2036 price target for Bitcoin to $1.6 million from a previous $1.3 million target for 2035, The Block reported. The asset manager cited expanding institutional investment and limited new supply as the main upside drivers, and projected Bitcoin’s average annual return over the next 10 years at 34.3%.

Global remittance firm MoneyGram is expanding its work with Stellar (XLM) into areas including a proprietary dollar stablecoin and in-app digital balance services, Crypto Briefing reported. The two companies have worked together for the past five years, and MoneyGram also participates as a validator on the Stellar network.

Avail has launched ShieldTX, a trade privacy tool for Hyperliquid traders that makes it harder to track links between transactions, The Block reported. The solution uses a separate wallet each time a perpetual futures position is opened, making it more difficult for copy-trading bots to identify connections across trades. Previously, bots could track trades from public wallets and open similar positions within seconds, potentially hurting the original trader’s execution price.

Sui said it will support XAUa, a Hong Kong-regulated tokenized gold product backed by physical gold stored in Hong Kong. Only users who meet certain eligibility requirements will be able to buy and hold XAUa. Using Sui’s Permitted Asset Standard, or PAS, every token transfer will be checked for regulatory compliance, and transactions that fail to meet the requirements will be automatically rejected.

Osmosis said recovery work approved under governance proposal 1044 has been completed, restoring Alloyed BTC’s collateral ratio to 100% from 63.97%. The project said the v32 upgrade transferred 22.65 BTC frozen from the attacker to the Liquidity SubDAO and fully removed 39.84 forged nBTC from Alloyed BTC. It added BTC holders will bear none of the losses.

USDC issuer Circle said it submitted a comment letter to the U.S. SEC on Oct. 20 regarding a proposal on regulating crypto assets. Circle expressed support for the proposal’s underlying intent, saying a clear regulatory framework can promote blockchain innovation while maintaining investor protection and market transparency. Circle also cited the scalability and security potential of permissionless blockchains such as Arc and asked the SEC to clarify how its rules would apply across different network structures.

Pump.fun announced support for perpetual futures trading via Hyperliquid within its app. Users can take long or short positions on cryptocurrencies, stocks and commodities using their USDC balances without a separate bridge.

Ethena Pay deposits have approached $10 million, with about $2 million of that placed in the new Earn vault, on-chain analyst Tom Wan said. The vault is managed by SteakhouseFi and is currently offering a yield of about 12.7% through a looping strategy based on AAVE v4. Wan expects deposits in USDe and Ethena Pay to increase further with the planned rollout of the Earn+ feature.

Hyperliquid Labs said it plans to unlock 180,000 HYPE today. The unlocked tokens will be distributed to team members on Nov. 6.

Stellar (XLM), a blockchain-based payments network, said DTCC plans to launch first on Stellar. At Meridian2026, participants discussed the rationale behind building DTCC’s open network, and Stellar said the network was seen as meeting the required blockchain standards.

Aave has adjusted the variable borrowing rate structure for USDT on Ethereum, The Defiant reported. Under the change, borrowing rates will rise faster than before as liquidity in the lending pool declines. Interest already accrued on existing loans is unaffected, and the revised rates will apply only to interest generated going forward.

The Bank of Canada raised its benchmark interest rate by 0.25 percentage point to 2.50% from 2.25% on Oct. 28, marking its first rate hike in more than three years and matching market expectations.