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TREE NEWS update: South Korea’s Financial Services Commission will introduce stricter cybersecurity assessments after a sector-wide review found flaws at 130 of 555 financial companies, exposing roughly 100,000 customer records including names, contact details and resident registration numbers. The overhaul follows investigations into earlier security incidents at 16 firms, among them crypto exchange operators Streami, which runs Gopax, and Prabang, which disclosed a hack on October 2. Large institutions would face at least two vulnerability assessments a year.

TREE NEWS update: BNB Chain prediction market predict.fun has opened a League of Legends prediction activity, letting users trade on the tournament’s play-in matches and earn tiered treasure chests containing USDT and other rewards. Founded by NFT figure dingaling, the platform embeds into Binance’s main site and wallet, and lets users’ prediction capital generate extra yield while positions are open. RAFA Finance, an AI-driven on-chain fund protocol on Base, said its testnet went live on October 13.

TREE NEWS update: JPYC’s issuance and redemption service JPYC EX surpassed ¥10 billion in cumulative issuance as of September 18, with users expanding from individuals to Japanese companies and overseas projects; the figure is cumulative issuance, not current circulating supply. JPYC listed on South Korea’s Upbit on September 17 across KRW, BTC and USDT markets, after which its market price briefly deviated from ¥1.

TREE NEWS reports: A whale bought 6,010 ETH worth about $14.23 million during today’s market decline, on-chain tracker Lookonchain said on October 15. The same whale had previously sold 2,050 ETH for roughly $4.93 million, booking an estimated profit of about $1.08 million on that sale.

TREE NEWS update: Chinese auto information platform Dongchedi denied online rumors that it paid bloggers to smear the Zunjie V800 and that its annual revenue exceeded 24.5 billion yuan. A company official told Shanghai Securities News that the claims are false, that the 24.5 billion yuan figure originated from an AI-generated article published in March, and that Dongchedi has traced the sources and will take legal action against those spreading the rumors.

TREE NEWS update: Starknet’s community opened a seven-day non-binding vote asking STRK holders whether to explore a transition to a standalone quantum-resistant L1. A favourable result would trigger research and follow-up proposals; rejection keeps quantum-resistance work on L2. Under either path STRK is retained with no new token issuance and the Ethereum bridge stays open. No timeline has been set for a transition.

TREE NEWS update: Solana opened an office in Shanghai Tower and lit up the Citigroup Tower facade on the Lujiazui waterfront on Oct. 14, with foundation chair Lily Liu confirming the move. The foundation’s four-city ‘Solana Accelerate China’ tour opens in Shanghai on Oct. 16 and runs through Hangzhou, Shenzhen and Beijing, with an agenda focused on AI agents, robotics, Physical AI and high-performance infrastructure rather than tokens.

TREE NEWS update: Perpetual futures DEX StandX said on October 15 it will not issue a token and will wind down operations, replacing its planned TGE with a one-time DUSD airdrop. Two days earlier the project debuted on Aspecta’s pre-market at an implied fully diluted valuation near $350 million; its pre-market price then fell about 98.8%. CEO AG said TVL peaked at $200 million without outside capital but fell short of a top-three position.

TREE NEWS reports: Bitcoin ETFs have recorded $151 million in net outflows since Monday, extending a retreat that saw investors withdraw $681 million the previous week. XRP funds ran against the trend, drawing inflows while bitcoin products bled. The combined weekly pullback from bitcoin ETFs now stands at about $261 million across the two periods.

TREE NEWS reports: HEX fell 31% on the Ethereum network following reports that its founder, Richard Heart, had been detained. A Uniswap pool handling roughly $703,000 in daily HEX trading held only $354,000 in liquidity, adding execution risk for sellers. The token’s price decline and thin pool depth came alongside the detention reports.

TREE NEWS reports: Zhongji Innolight’s A-share turnover exceeded 20 billion yuan as the stock fell 5.08%. The Shenzhen-listed optical module maker saw heavy trading volume alongside the decline. No further details were disclosed.

TREE NEWS update: Ta Kung Pao said on October 15 that it never published a report on the death of a prominent Hong Kong figure, after social media accounts fabricated the story using its name. The newspaper said it has preserved evidence and sent legal letters to the accounts involved, reserving the right to pursue legal liability. The statement was issued via its official Weibo account on October 15.

TREE NEWS reports: Bitcoin holders realized about $1.03 billion in on-chain profit on Oct. 8, the second-highest single-day figure of 2026, after BTC climbed to roughly $87,000 and then fell back to about $81,000. Roughly $520 million of long positions were liquidated that week and US spot bitcoin ETFs saw net outflows above $702 million. SOPR stayed above 1, indicating coins moved at a profit on average.

TREE NEWS update: South Korea is proposing stricter cybersecurity assessments for financial firms after a government review found security deficiencies at 130 institutions, including banks and crypto companies. The overhaul follows a series of attacks that hit both banking and digital-asset businesses. No timeline or scope for the new rules was given in the review’s findings.

TREE NEWS update: Australia’s securities regulator has opened a consultation on proposed capital, custody and trading standards for crypto platforms, ahead of a 2027 rollout. The move follows Parliament’s passage of digital asset legislation in April. The consultation is seeking industry feedback on the new framework.

TREE NEWS reports: Bitcoin dropped below $81,000 as risk-off sentiment hit Asian equities on Thursday. South Korea’s Kospi fell 8% and Japan’s Nikkei 225 lost 5% in morning trading, with the crypto market moving in step with the broader retreat from risk assets.

TREE NEWS reports: TeraWulf, Core Scientific, Cipher Mining and IREN each fell more than 12% as bitcoin miners led Wall Street’s steepest selloff since July. Hotter-than-expected inflation hit AI infrastructure companies, dragging down the crypto-linked equities alongside the broader market.

TREE NEWS update: Ledger has told buyers who purchased its wallets through CryptoBilis to leave unused devices uninitialized and to move assets off already-set-up devices to a new device with a new recovery phrase. The guidance follows confirmed tampering affecting wallets sold through the reseller. Owners are directed to treat existing set-ups as compromised and migrate holdings.

TREE NEWS update: The CFTC has adopted a casino-wager exclusion and proposed a new swap definition for event contracts, reshaping how prediction markets fall under federal oversight. A court split over state gambling laws remains unresolved, with each development carrying a different legal effect. The changes leave key questions open on how federal and state rules will interact.

TREE NEWS update: VanEck is seeking to withdraw its application for a Lido staked Ether exchange-traded fund, which it initially filed as an S-1 registration statement in October last year. The asset manager has not disclosed a reason for the withdrawal request. The filing had been one of several proposed US ETFs tied to liquid staking tokens.