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TREE NEWS reports: Robinhood reported third-quarter transaction-based revenue of $867 million, missing the analyst estimate of $874.3 million. The figure covers the brokerage’s trading-driven income for the quarter. No further details were disclosed in the release.

TREE NEWS reports: The three major US stock indices closed higher on October 28, with the Dow up 0.08%, the Nasdaq up 1.18% and the S&P 500 up 0.55%. Among notable names, Riot Platforms (RIOT) rose 7.09%, AMD gained 5.32%, Tesla (TSLA) added 3.96%, SanDisk (SNDK) climbed 3.82%, Intel (INTC) rose 3.64% and MARA advanced 3.28%.

TREE NEWS update: Ripple and Robinhood have expanded their partnership to make the RLUSD stablecoin available to retail and institutional markets. Ripple also broadened its collaboration with BNY on digital asset custody and teamed up with C2FO to bring trade finance settlement onto the XRP Ledger.

TREE NEWS update: Anchorage Digital Bank has expanded its custody arrangement with Bitso, placing its custody infrastructure beneath both sides of the US-Mexico remittance route. The deal positions the federally chartered crypto bank as the custody backbone of the US-Mexico stablecoin corridor. No financial terms or timeline were disclosed.

TREE NEWS update: The Commodity Futures Trading Commission filed suit in Utah federal court to stop the state from acting against prediction markets, a week after Utah officials sued Kalshi to recover up to $60 million in alleged profits from event contracts. The CFTC argues the contracts are swaps under the Commodity Exchange Act and that state action infringes federal authority over commodity derivatives. Similar disputes are pending in New Jersey, Michigan and Ohio.

TREE NEWS reports: A whale wallet bought 123,055 HYPE tokens worth $10.02 million from market maker Wintermute after 27 days of inactivity, on-chain monitoring by Onchain Lens shows. The transaction marks the wallet’s first HYPE purchase in nearly a month.

TREE NEWS reports: A whale deposited 366.97 billion PEPE tokens, worth about $1.64 million, to Coinbase nine minutes before the on-chain observation. The transfer to the exchange suggests the holder may be preparing to sell.

TREE NEWS reports: Bitwise’s BHYP ETF wallet (0x618…4318) received 47,390 HYPE, valued at $3.71 million, from Hyperliquid after unstaking its tokens. The transfer moves the tokens out of staking into the ETF-linked wallet.

TREE NEWS update: The Commodity Futures Trading Commission sued Utah to block the state’s enforcement action against prediction market Kalshi, after Utah filed a lawsuit last week seeking to recover up to $60 million in profits tied to event contracts. The federal suit escalates the CFTC’s push to assert exclusive jurisdiction over prediction markets against state regulators.

TREE NEWS update: Akamai launched a locked box for AI agents on Tuesday, adding a security product for autonomous software that acts on its own. The company joins Palo Alto, Cisco, CrowdStrike, Okta and Zscaler in selling protection for AI agents, a new layer of cybersecurity spending.

TREE NEWS update: Predict.fun has completed refunds to affected users, on-chain data provider Onchain Lens said in a post on X. The announcement did not disclose the number of users repaid or the total value of the refunds. The item follows the prediction-market protocol’s earlier payout process to users whose funds were affected.

TREE NEWS reports: Circle’s USDC Treasury minted 250 million USDC on the Solana network at 02:35 Beijing time on October 28, worth about $250 million. Solscan data shows the mint transaction was received by a Circle address and has been confirmed. The mint was flagged by Whale Alert.

TREE NEWS update: The CFTC has sued Utah, escalating its legal fight with states over prediction market regulation. The federal action follows Utah’s own lawsuit against prediction market platform Kalshi. The suit marks a widening conflict between federal derivatives regulators and state authorities over jurisdiction.

TREE NEWS update: Anchorage Digital Bank expanded its partnership with Bitso to provide custody for MXNB across Arbitrum, Base, Ethereum, Polygon, Avalanche and Arc, the federally regulated crypto bank said. Bitso also listed USDPT and USAT, U.S. dollar stablecoins issued by Western Union and Tether respectively. Mexican users can buy and sell USDPT directly with pesos via the Bitso app, and Western Union agents with Bitso Business accounts can convert USDPT into other supported currencies.

TREE NEWS update: Bitcoin hardware wallet maker Keystone will destroy 18,835 unsold devices and suspend all unshipped orders on its website after attackers obtained the permanent factory key used to verify device authenticity. The breach was discovered on Oct. 20; devices delivered before that date are unaffected and mnemonic phrases and private keys were not involved. Keystone said 25,964 buyer records from its Shopify store were also exposed, and it has reported the incident to authorities in the EU, UK and elsewhere.

TREE NEWS update: Hardware wallet maker Keystone has pulled its devices after attackers obtained the factory key used to prove its wallets are genuine, affecting 25,964 buyer records. The company said recovery phrases and private keys were not involved in the breach. The stolen key could allow counterfeit devices to pass verification as authentic Keystone hardware.

TREE NEWS reports: Circle’s Arc network now holds more than $1 billion in USDC, with its stablecoin market capitalization rising 32% in a week. Four addresses control roughly 73% of the network’s USDC, highlighting concentrated ownership on the platform.

TREE NEWS reports: A September survey found that a majority of Americans want candidates who support US-based financial technology, offering a possible window into voters who could weigh fintech and digital asset policies on Election Day. The poll did not specify the exact share of respondents or the survey’s sample size.

TREE NEWS update: Electrum released version 4.8.3 on October 24, 2026, patching a security flaw exploited in real attacks. Malicious servers could show users forged transactions and, when users tried to speed up a payment via replace-by-fee (RBF), trick them into signing a transaction paying an attacker’s address — without obtaining private keys. Electrum said it received two related reports; one user lost bitcoin after raising the fee, and users are advised to update to 4.8.3.