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Malaysia and Thailand have joined Singapore’s BLOOM initiative, which seeks to reduce costs and speed up cross-border payments by helping financial institutions use stablecoins and tokenized deposits across markets.
US spot Bitcoin ETFs lost $635 million on Thursday, ending a three-day inflow streak and pushing October’s net flows to a $175 million outflow. Weekly flows remained positive at $443 million, while Ether, Solana and Hyperliquid ETFs also recorded withdrawals.
Ethereum developers postponed the Glamsterdam hard fork’s Hoodi testnet launch after ChainSecurity identified gas-related risks affecting existing smart-contract safeguards. The delay complicates plans for an early-December mainnet deployment while developers investigate 13 potentially affected real-world contract examples.
Polymarket has reportedly fired chief marketing officer Matthew Modabber after an internal probe into alleged misconduct, including fake-trade promotional material. The CFTC is investigating related claims, while no wrongdoing has been proven. The move comes as the prediction-market company considers improving its image ahead of a possible IPO.
Ethereum developers postponed the Glamsterdam upgrade’s Hoodi test after ChainSecurity identified risks in proposed gas-accounting changes. The findings could alter how existing smart contracts handle failed operations, while no new test date or Ethereum mainnet launch date has been set.
Cardano voters are considering a 22 million ADA request from Toto Finance to create a tokenized copper reserve. The proposal would require copper to rise about 49.4% for the treasury to recover its investment under stated assumptions, while using more than half of remaining withdrawal capacity.
Bitcoin Core is revising its vulnerability disclosure policy as AI tools make some flaws easier to discover. Easily found bugs will be patched across maintained versions promptly, while other issues will retain severity-based disclosure schedules. Bitcoin was trading at $80,636.94, according to Moneyiar data.
Bitcoin recovered toward $82,000 in Asian trading as the yen surrendered early gains and regional stocks rebounded. Gold also rose, but oil near $100, $435 million in crypto liquidations and $381 million in spot bitcoin ETF outflows kept the market recovery fragile.
Switzerland’s first retail spot Bitcoin ETF, BIT Asset Management’s BBIT, is expected to begin trading on the SIX Swiss Exchange in November after FINMA approval. The fund will hold Bitcoin directly and be offered publicly only in Switzerland.
The Pentagon has barred its personnel from using classified or other nonpublic military information to place wagers on prediction markets, including Kalshi and Polymarket. The policy follows allegations involving bets tied to sensitive US and Israeli military operations.
The US has ordered DeepSeek removed from federal civilian IT systems amid data-security concerns, while Treasury proposes wider AI investment restrictions. Across Asia, stablecoin trials, tokenized-bond infrastructure, a Swiss Bitcoin ETF and cross-border crypto partnerships are expanding.
Senator Richard Blumenthal is requesting records from Tether and Nxum Group over reported millions in payments made while Bo Hines, Nxum’s co-founder, was advising the White House on crypto policy. Hines later became Tether’s top U.S. executive.
A DWF Labs report found that US spot Bitcoin ETFs recorded outflows during seven of eight major selloffs, including a record $8.2 billion withdrawal during the May-June 2026 decline. ETF flows generally followed recent price trends rather than reliably predicting or cushioning Bitcoin’s next move.
PHP has released patches for the PHP2Shell vulnerabilities, but websites remain exposed until operators install and activate them. Exploit attempts have surged, while Germany and Japan report no confirmed successful attacks. Nearly 884,000 internet-facing hosts may be running PHP versions without official fixes.
A Circle shareholder has sued Donald Trump, World Liberty Financial and Steve Witkoff, alleging USD1 transactions involving foreign interests harmed Circle and USDC. The White House called the case frivolous, while the dispute adds legal and political scrutiny to Trump’s crypto activities.
A former Circle employee and shareholder has sued Donald Trump over alleged unconstitutional profits from UAE-linked investments in World Liberty Financial, a crypto project co-founded by Trump and his sons. The complaint alleges $2 billion flowed through the venture’s USD1 stablecoin product.
The OCC has removed a proposed presumption targeting some affiliate-funded stablecoin rewards, but retained the GENIUS Act’s ban on issuer-paid yield. Programs will be assessed case by case, with no grandfathering for older arrangements or safe harbor for small payments.
Lionel Messi’s ChatGPT chess advertisement is drawing online criticism after viewers spotted that the board swaps each king and queen. The chatbot’s recommended “GOAT Horns” opening then produces a forced fourth-move checkmate from the incorrect setup.
