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TREE NEWS update: Qivalis, a 37-bank venture, has secured a Dutch e-money license for its planned euro stablecoin. The token will be distributed through financial intermediaries, with issuance expected in the coming months.

TREE NEWS update: Coins.ph said its license from the Philippine central bank remains intact, pushing back on reports that it could be revoked over alleged offshore gambling transactions. The exchange did not say whether regulators have opened a review of the matter. The Philippine central bank has not commented on the reported revocation claims.

TREE NEWS reports: Coins.ph said its license from the Philippine central bank remains valid, rebutting reports that it could be revoked over alleged foreign gambling transactions. The exchange did not say whether regulators have opened a review into the matter. The Philippine central bank has not commented on the reported revocation allegations.

TREE NEWS reports: Hong Kong actor and singer Alex Fong said in an October 2026 interview on the web show Chill Good that he bought NFTs during the pandemic and lost more than he had on stocks, with the sum large enough that he never told his family. The disclosure comes as star-backed collections have cratered: ZombieClub, co-created by Shawn Yue, traded at about 0.0064 ETH on OpenSea as of October 14, 2026, roughly 99% below its 0.666 ETH mint price, with zero 24-hour volume.

TREE NEWS update: Honda’s research institute, working with Taisei Corporation and Taisei Rotec, has developed a wireless dynamic charging system that powers electric vehicles, including large trucks, while they are in motion. The companies plan to run demonstration tests on highways after 2027. The technology continuously supplies power as an EV drives, cutting the number of times a vehicle must stop to charge at home or at charging stations.

TREE NEWS reports: CryptoQuant’s onchain analysis flagged a “potential bottom” for Bitcoin price action in early October as demand weathered external headwinds. The firm pointed to three charts to support its ‘Uptober’ thesis for BTC. No specific price levels or figures were disclosed.

TREE NEWS update: Privy is bringing its wallet infrastructure to the XRP Ledger through a partnership with Ripple, aiming to embed XRPL wallets inside fintech apps and give AI agents a way to spend. Transaction rules and fee coverage remain on Privy’s roadmap. The move targets stablecoin payments on XRPL.

TREE NEWS update: Coinbase has told Bitcoin developers that any quantum-resistant upgrade must accommodate large custodians, noting the exchange holds about 5% of all bitcoin. It called its post “an input to an open discussion” and flagged signing risks that weigh on big custodians.

TREE NEWS update: A South Korean media regulator has won approval to block access to KuCoin, MEXC and 25 other unregistered crypto sites, extending its crackdown from app stores to websites. The Financial Intelligence Unit said future blocks will not wait for victim reports or court rulings.

TREE NEWS update: Solana developer Anza said the network’s Alpenglow consensus upgrade will go live on mainnet on Oct. 21, replacing TowerBFT in a single slot. The switch is expected to bring finality down to about 150 milliseconds, after Alpenglow ran on testnet and devnet last month.

TREE NEWS update: MediaMarkt Saturn has stopped selling Ledger hardware wallets across its European electronics stores after a customer in Germany reported an implant, and resellers across Southeast Asia have also taken the devices off shelves. Ledger says every verified drain traced so far originates in Southeast Asia. The withdrawal affects both the retail chain and third-party resellers in the region.

TREE NEWS update: Sam Bankman-Fried’s lawyer has laid out the former FTX CEO’s case before the US Supreme Court, which would decide whether to grant review. Should the justices take the case, a decision could come as early as June 2027. Bankman-Fried is serving a 25-year sentence for fraud and conspiracy over FTX’s collapse.

TREE NEWS reports: Saifedean Ammous, author of ‘The Bitcoin Standard,’ said Bitcoin already functions as money when held as a store of value and predicted it will eventually become larger and less volatile than gold as the asset matures. The remarks frame Bitcoin’s role around its monetary store-of-value function rather than payments.

TREE NEWS update: Standard Chartered has expanded its spot cryptocurrency trading services to professional investors in the UAE, adding Bitcoin and Ether to its regional offering. The bank said it plans to open access to a broader set of market participants. The move extends the London-based lender’s crypto footprint in the Middle East.

TREE NEWS reports: Eight early-stage projects are building on Uniswap v4 Hooks, the custom-rule smart contracts introduced when v4 launched in January 2025, spanning fee design, arbitrage-profit redistribution, liquidity management and token issuance. Among them, Hookr, What The Hook, The Standard Reserve and Bordrless carry market caps of $26.5M, $6.4M, $26.17M and $6.4M respectively. The report flags smart-contract, liquidity and token-value-capture risks, noting that deploying on Uniswap v4 does not constitute Uniswap endorsement.

TREE NEWS update: BitMEX is being sued in the UK for the return of $27 million in Bitcoin tied to 1,053 loss-making perpetual swap trades made between 2018 and 2022. The claim also accuses the now-closed exchange of deceit over the unlicensed derivatives.

TREE NEWS update: Kraken is acquiring EU-regulated Saldo Bank, with the transaction expected to be completed in 2027. The crypto exchange’s move to take over the licensed European bank would extend its regulated footprint in the EU. No financial terms of the deal were disclosed.

TREE NEWS update: BIT launched Hong Kong stock trading on October 12 under its new BIT Securities brand, supporting Main Board and GEM trading, IPO subscriptions, margin financing and share transfers, with stablecoin deposits. The service runs through Hong Kong-licensed entity Atomic Vaults Asia, holder of an SFC Type 1 licence, following BIT’s US equities launch on February 3. BIT reported monthly trading volume above $7 billion and over $6 billion in custody and asset management.

TREE NEWS update: Binance opened a new special interest-boost campaign for the $U flexible savings product, running from Oct. 15 08:00 to Nov. 15 07:59 (UTC+8). Regular users earn about 6% annualized on their first 8,000 $U; VIP 1–3 users get about 6% on their first 200,000 $U, while VIP 4–9 users earn up to about 7% on their first 500,000 $U.