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Sell orders in Binance’s BTC perpetual futures order book exceeded buy orders by about $9.58 million, according to market data platform Liquid247. The sell side stood at about $42.08 million, compared with roughly $32.50 million on the buy side. Coinbase’s spot market also showed more sell orders than buy orders, although total order-book volume there was lower than on Binance’s BTC perpetual futures market.

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: 48.45% long, 51.55% short - Binance: 48.85% long, 51.15% short - OKX: 50.69% long, 49.31% short - Bybit: 50.35% long, 49.65% short

Cho Man-hee, head of the Tax Policy Bureau at South Korea’s Ministry of Economy and Finance, said authorities are aware of both support for taxing digital assets as scheduled and concerns over tax infrastructure and the potential outflow of funds overseas, Digital Asset reported. Speaking at the Korean Academic Society of Tax Law’s fall conference on Oct. 14, Cho said some argue digital assets should be taxed as planned to improve tax fairness with other income such as wage and business income. Cho added the ministry will listen closely to views discussed at the forum and seek sufficient discussion during deliberations in the National Assembly on digital asset taxation.

OpenAI has entered talks to acquire Trail of Bits, a security firm with experience reviewing Web3 security, The Block reported, citing The Information. Founded in 2012, Trail of Bits has reviewed the security of smart contracts, blockchain nodes, bridges, decentralized finance protocols, and governance systems, according to The Block. Its clients include Uniswap (UNI) and Aave (AAVE).

Binance announced the delisting of all spot trading pairs for Epic Chain (EPIC) and QuickSwap (QUICK) at 3:00 a.m. UTC on Oct. 28.

Standard Chartered said it has launched Bitcoin and Ethereum trading services for high-net-worth clients in the UAE, marking the first such offering in its global business and the first among global banks operating in the UAE. Eligible clients can buy and sell BTC and ETH directly through existing Standard Chartered bank accounts without using a separate wallet or an external exchange. The service is overseen by Dubai’s Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority, or VARA. Last month, Standard Chartered launched spot BTC and ETH trading and custody services for institutional investors in the UAE.

A whale investor sold 100,276 HYPE worth about $8.17 million six hours ago, BlockBeats reported. The investor bought 257,928 HYPE two years ago at $3.5 per token.

The spot CVD chart is an order-book analysis chart for the BTC/USDT spot trading pair. The upper panel shows the volume heatmap, while the lower panel shows cumulative volume delta, or CVD. - The upper volume heatmap tracks trading volume at each price level. The background becomes brighter when the price stays in a specific range for an extended period or makes a large move. Brighter zones may act as support or resistance. - The lower cumulative volume delta, or CVD, indicates buy and sell orders by order size. As buy orders increase, the line in the corresponding color moves higher. The yellow line represents orders between $100 and $1,000, while the brown line represents large orders between $1 million and $10 million, among others.

Ripple is expanding payment functions for AI agents on the XRP Ledger by integrating wallet technology from Privy, a Stripe subsidiary, CoinDesk reported. The integration lets users store and send XRP and Ripple’s dollar stablecoin RLUSD without directly managing private keys. AI agents can also automatically handle paid data purchases and online service fees using the x402 payment standard. More than 13 million x402-based AI agent payments have been processed on XRPL so far, accounting for about 25% of total network activity. Data from payment infrastructure developer t54 also showed cumulative transactions at 169 registered merchants exceeded 14.3 million. Still, the total payment volume was about 6,991 XRP and 12,752 RLUSD, indicating activity was concentrated in small-value payments.

An anonymous crypto trader known as 0xnobi bought $2,200 worth of PONS on the token’s launch day in July and has held the position ever since, leaving the trader with about $1 million in unrealized profit, according to blockchain analytics firm Arkham. That amounts to a roughly 468-fold return. Arkham added, "The trader bought PONS on the token’s launch day in July and has not sold a single token to date. The trader’s PONS turned $2,200 into $1 million." PONS, a token launchpad in the Arbitrum-based layer-two Robinhood Chain ecosystem, was recently trading at $0.3417, up 20.75%, according to CoinMarketCap.

U.S. spot Ethereum ETFs recorded net inflows of $24.84 million on Oct. 13, snapping a 10-session streak of net outflows, according to SoSoValue. - Fidelity FETH: +$8.1 million - Grayscale Mini ETH: +$16.7 million

U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs recorded a net inflow of $175.62 million on Oct. 13, according to Farside Investors, rebounding a day after turning to net outflows. - BlackRock IBIT: +$65.89 million - Fidelity FBTC: +$103.06 million - Morgan Stanley MSBT: +$6.67 million

On-chain tokenomics analytics platform Inflecta said on its official X account that Ethena insiders deposited about $50 million worth of ENA to exchanges within a week of a large internal token unlock, with most of the tokens coming from early investors, including VCs. Exchange deposits are typically interpreted as intended for selling. According to CoinMarketCap, ENA was trading at $0.2116, down 0.17%, at the time of writing.

An over-the-counter client of Galaxy Digital deposited 134,000 LINK worth $1.73 million into Binance, according to Onchain Lens. Exchange inflows are typically interpreted as a sign of potential selling.

Crypto exchange KuCoin said on Oct. 14 it had restored some services that were disrupted by an Amazon Web Services (AWS) infrastructure issue. The outage occurred on Oct. 13, and all affected services are now operating normally. KuCoin said user assets were not impacted by the disruption. Earlier, South Korea’s Financial Intelligence Unit under the Financial Services Commission blocked domestic access to 27 illegal virtual asset operators, including KuCoin, following a review by the Korea Communications Standards Commission.

Spot trading volume at South Korea’s five largest won-based crypto exchanges, including Upbit, Bithumb, Coinone, DigitalX, formerly Korbit, and Gopax, is estimated to have fallen about 33% to $146.7 billion in the second quarter from about $218.8 billion in the first quarter, according to CoinGecko’s "2026 Q2 Cryptocurrency Industry Report," released on Oct. 13. Etoday said global crypto exchanges are expanding into futures, options and stocks, while domestic exchanges remain focused on spot trading as regulation has constrained their business scope. As spot trading weakens and controversy over tax fairness adds pressure, the outlet said regulatory formalization is needed to strengthen the competitiveness of South Korean exchanges.

A Chinese court has accepted an application to confiscate alleged illegal proceeds from Qian Zhimin, including more than 61,800 Bitcoin and other crypto assets seized in the UK, Pengpai News reported. The Tianjin No. 2 Intermediate People’s Court accepted the application on Sept. 28, Pengpai News reported. The Tianjin People’s Procuratorate No. 2 Branch applied for the forfeiture, saying Qian was involved in an illegal fundraising and money laundering case worth more than 40 billion yuan and that the seized Bitcoin and other virtual assets constituted illegal proceeds. Assets listed in the application also include Bitcoin Cash (BCH), Bitcoin Gold (BTG), Bitcoin SV (BSV), XRP, DOGE, cash, jewelry, bank deposits and investment assets. Property that must be returned to victims under the law is excluded from the forfeiture request.

Robinhood has launched "Robinhood Social," a social community platform where investors can share investment information and trading activity, CEO Vlad Tenev said on X. Users can share stock and cryptocurrency charts, profit-and-loss data, and asset allocation details through the Robinhood app, while also following other investors. The platform also offers real-time access to news and company-related updates.

Japan-listed Bitcoin treasury company Metaplanet said on Oct. 14 it bought back 73,981,400 treasury shares at 261 yen per share for 19.3 billion yen ($163.0 million). The purchase represents part of a buyback plan of up to 60 billion yen set a day earlier. The company said the move is intended to improve capital efficiency, increase Bitcoin held per share and ease the stock supply-and-demand impact from convertible bond issuance. Metaplanet also finalized terms for 52 billion yen ($439.0 million) in convertible bonds due 2031. The conversion price was set at 339 yen, 29.89% above the Oct. 13 closing price of 261 yen. If all the bonds are converted into shares, new stock equal to 11.24% of shares outstanding as of the end of September could be issued.

An anonymous whale received 1,162 BTC worth about $96.77 million from crypto market maker Wintermute through five new addresses over the past 12 hours, according to Lookonchain. Wintermute operates an over-the-counter crypto trading desk, and Lookonchain said the transfers may indicate a large OTC purchase.

Min Byoung-dug of the ruling Democratic Party argued that South Korea should delay planned cryptocurrency taxation set to take effect in 2027, saying imposing taxes now would kill the market, Digital Asset reported. Appearing on the SamproTV YouTube channel today, Min said the tax framework remains unprepared, including for securing overseas trading data and allowing loss carryforwards, and warned that moving ahead could shrink the domestic digital asset market. Min added that while domestic data can be obtained, overseas trading data cannot currently be secured, meaning investors trading in South Korea could end up paying taxes while those using overseas exchanges do not, which could push investors offshore.

The following shows estimated liquidation volumes and position ratios for major crypto perpetual futures over the past 24 hours: - BTC: $46.71 million liquidated (84.13% shorts) - ETH: $33.34 million liquidated (67.89% shorts) - ZEC: $7.15 million liquidated (73.37% shorts)

POAP founder Patricio Worthalter sold another 10,000 ETH worth $25.05 million about 20 minutes ago, on-chain analyst EmberCN said. Since Oct. 5, Worthalter has deposited a total of 18,000 ETH worth $45.86 million to crypto exchange Gemini over nine days. Worthalter currently holds 41,468 ETH worth $103.7 million. POAP announced in August that it would shut down its service.

Bitwise CIO Matt Hougan said cryptocurrency prices and the on-chain transaction market grew sharply in the third quarter, suggesting the crypto market may have entered a recovery phase, according to Cointelegraph. He said that just three months ago, prices, on-chain activity and ETF fund flows were all weak, but key indicators have recently risen sharply, which he described as a sign typically seen when the crypto market enters a recovery phase. In the third quarter, U.S. spot BTC ETFs recorded $6 billion in net inflows, while the stock token market grew 65.5%.

A smart money wallet with an average HYPE entry price of just $3.87 sold into HYPE’s drop from $93 to $81, locking in $21.48 million in profit, according to ai_9684xtpa. Two hours ago, the wallet deposited 100,276 HYPE worth $8.17 million to Kraken. Since Sept. 28, it has transferred a total of 261,926 HYPE to exchanges, with returns exceeding 2,119%.