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TREE NEWS update: Utah state prosecutors have filed criminal charges against Kalshi, alleging an investigator continued placing sports wagers from Utah after federal courts declined to pause the state’s gambling ban. The charges come days after the CFTC sued to stop Utah’s case against the prediction market. The dispute centers on whether Kalshi’s event contracts fall under state gambling law or federal derivatives regulation.

TREE NEWS update: The International Astronomical Union’s Minor Planet Center said on Oct. 27 that a dwarf planet candidate, designated 2026 ED138, has been found in the outer solar system and would become the sixth officially recognized dwarf planet if confirmed. US researchers using a computer program analyzed observations from Chile’s Vera C. Rubin Observatory to find the icy body, estimated at 46 astronomical units from the Sun — farther out than Pluto’s 40 AU. It is classed as a trans-Neptunian object.

TREE NEWS update: Binance Futures will list six USDT-margined perpetual contracts tracking traditional finance assets on October 29, 2026, the exchange announced. EWZS goes live at 18:05 (UTC+8), followed by SMR at 18:10, OXY at 18:15, AMGN at 18:20, PFE at 18:25 and MELI at 18:30. All six contracts support up to 20x leverage.

TREE NEWS update: Bitcoin Core released patches on Oct. 27 and 28 and published advisories for three vulnerabilities on Oct. 28, forgoing its usual embargo because it classified all three flaws as “easily discoverable.” The bugs were identified through an AI scan. The disclosures followed the patched releases.

TREE NEWS update: Westpac will limit customer payments to cryptocurrency exchanges to A$10,000 per month starting in December, with no exemptions or higher limits available. Withdrawals from crypto exchanges into Westpac accounts remain unchanged under the new policy.

TREE NEWS reports: Banks that built their stablecoin business models before MiCA took effect have locked in enterprise payment networks that latecomers will struggle to close, Tiger Research said. Under MiCA, only commercial banks and electronic money institutions may issue e-money tokens, with issuers required to hold 30% of reserves in segregated accounts and grant par-value redemption at any time. Of 45 EMTs notified to EU regulators, USDC is the only one classified as significant, triggering a 60% segregated-reserve requirement and a minimum 3% own-funds threshold.

TREE NEWS reports: The North Dakota Investment Board, which manages $29 billion, has increased its stake in Strategy by 10% to 10,275 shares worth $1.4 million, Bitcoin Treasuries disclosed on X. The board’s added exposure comes as state investment funds are increasingly gaining bitcoin exposure through bitcoin treasury companies.

TREE NEWS update: HTX launched JIO/USDT and PREDICT/USDT perpetual contracts on October 29, supporting long and short positions with 1-20x leverage. The exchange announced the listings in an official notice. The contracts give traders leveraged exposure to the two tokens on HTX.

TREE NEWS reports: A single whale or institution transferred 694,300 HYPE tokens, worth about $53.26 million, to Coinbase over the past four days, on-chain analyst Yu Jin monitored. The tokens were moved in a series of transfers to the US exchange during the period. The identity of the wallet and the purpose of the transfers were not disclosed.

TREE NEWS reports: A single whale transferred 694,300 HYPE tokens, valued at $53.26 million, to Coinbase over the past four days, on-chain analyst Yu Jin monitored. The transfer places the tokens on a major exchange, where they could be sold or used as collateral.

TREE NEWS update: Gate ETF listed four new leveraged trading pairs on Oct. 29 at 15:00 (UTC+8): SOXS3L/USDT and SOXS3S/USDT for 3x long and short SOXS, plus CBRS3L/USDT and CBRS3S/USDT for 3x long and short CBRS. The exchange also launched a trading challenge running from Oct. 29 to Nov. 7 with a total prize pool of 60,000 USDT, where a single user can earn up to 670 USDT in combined rewards.

TREE NEWS reports: Bitcoin long-term holders’ 30-day distribution fell 22% to 240,000 BTC from 310,000 BTC between Oct. 22 and Oct. 29, CryptoQuant analyst Axel Adler Jr. said. The LTH MVRV ratio slipped to 1.65 from 1.67, leaving the market price 65% above the group’s average cost basis of $48,000, with BTC trading near $80,000. The profit buffer narrowed by 2 percentage points during the week.

TREE NEWS reports: Bitcoin ETFs pulled in $424 million over three consecutive sessions, lifting October net inflows to $111 million and returning the month to positive territory. The three-day run included a $137 million single-day addition. The flows came despite a hawkish Federal Reserve decision and weaker crypto sentiment.

TREE NEWS reports: A contract account at address 0xfc667adba8d4837586078f4fdcdc29804337ca06 has accumulated roughly $30.4 million in profit. The account closed an approximately $3.82 million XYZ100 short position and then reopened a short of about $3.69 million on the same asset.

TREE NEWS reports: Liquid Capital founder JackYi said investors cannot expect to make money at every moment amid global market turmoil, noting that even veteran investors suffer large drawdowns. He maintained a bullish bitcoin trend view but said he is waiting for the pullback to complete, adding that volatility and trading opportunities are rising as the U.S. midterm elections approach. He also cited Coinbase’s global derivatives trading competition, which offers a prize pool of up to 2 million USDC, saying he will participate.

TREE NEWS update: BlackRock’s iShares Trust filed Form 485APOS for the iShares Bitcoin Managed Protection ETF, ticker PBIT, a 1940 Act buffer fund that holds no bitcoin or bitcoin ETPs and instead uses IBIT as reference asset via FLEX call spreads plus short-duration fixed income. Each option tranche carries an initial maximum loss of about 10%, with upside capped at the sold call’s strike. The fund is targeted for a January 2027 launch; exchange, listing date, management fee and total expense ratio are not yet disclosed.

TREE NEWS update: Russia’s crypto investor testing standards for regulated platforms are complete, with the draft submitted last week to the Bank of Russia’s base standards committee, NAUFOR first vice-president Ekaterina Andreeva said at Crypto Summit 2026. Brokers are expected to begin testing clients as early as late November. Test results will be valid across all regulated platforms, with a unified question bank and process for all licensed institutions.

TREE NEWS update: Wagyu has confirmed a data leak that exposed 4,580 orders linking public-chain deposit transactions, Monero destinations and client IP addresses. The breach ties on-chain deposit activity to Monero swap destinations and the IP addresses of clients who placed the orders.

TREE NEWS reports: Arbitrum’s active addresses reached 1.09 million on Oct. 28, a 30-day high. Transactions rose far less than addresses over the same period, while user-paid fees stayed close to the preceding week’s median.