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TREE NEWS update: Bitmine purchased 10,452 ETH, with chairman Tom Lee stating the crypto bull market is underway. The company’s combined crypto, cash, marketable securities and other investments totaled $15 billion as of Oct. 25.

TREE NEWS reports: The exploiter behind X100 sent 420.8 ETH to Tornado Cash, with the distributor that made the mixer deposits now nearly emptied. Four holding wallets still hold about 1,602 ETH, leaving most of the funds unmoved. The transfers mark the latest movement of proceeds tied to the X100 exploit.

TREE NEWS reports: Bitcoin’s daily correction has run 34 trading days since its Sept. 21 high of 87,399 and is now approaching the 79,000 level, with the first turning window about to open. On the 4-hour chart, a seven-segment correction is complete and divergence has appeared between the entry and exit legs of the descending pivot. HYPE briefly pierced its 75 support before snapping back, with weekly volume divergence and 4-hour bottom divergence both present.

TREE NEWS update: The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency is encouraging community banks to become stablecoin issuers, though applications have yet to open and new issuers generally must win approval before beginning U.S. operations. The push signals a regulatory opening for smaller banks to enter stablecoin issuance, subject to the existing approval process.

TREE NEWS reports: Strategy made no Bitcoin purchases or sales last week, instead spending $205 million to buy back its STRC preferred stock. The buybacks cut the company’s USD cash balance by 46% to $242.4 million.

TREE NEWS update: Strategy paused its Bitcoin purchases and spent $205 million buying back STRC, its largest weekly repurchase in more than a month. The Bitcoin treasury firm’s USD cash balance fell to $242.4 million following the buyback. The company did not disclose any new Bitcoin acquisitions for the week.

TREE NEWS update: Strategy has paused its bitcoin purchases and repurchased $205 million of its STRC preferred shares. The company’s bitcoin holdings account for roughly 4% of the total supply cap and carry $3.9 billion in paper gains.

TREE NEWS reports: Kraken’s Firelight arrangement caps cover at $100,000 per depositor address per period, while buyers who purchase directly from Nexus Mutual choose their own cover amount and must file their own claims. The distinction determines who can claim and how much they can recover under the two access routes to Nexus cover.

TREE NEWS update: Strive purchased $511 million worth of bitcoin, bringing its holdings to within 1,000 BTC of second-place Metaplanet among corporate treasuries. The company also unveiled a new $1 billion preferred stock offering program. The purchase moves Strive closer to the second-largest corporate bitcoin treasury position.

TREE NEWS reports: Bernstein analysts raised Robinhood’s revenue estimates through 2026 and 2028, projecting the company’s prediction markets business will add $1.7 billion in revenue and surpass crypto by 2028. The firm maintained its HOOD price target at $160.

TREE NEWS reports: Bitcoin dropped below $80,000 ahead of the Federal Reserve’s policy decision and the US midterm elections, with analysts attributing the move to a sell-off in AI stocks and outflows from exchange-traded funds. HashKey’s Tim Sun flagged $75,000 as the next key support level for the largest cryptocurrency.

TREE NEWS reports: Galaxy Research said Bitcoin’s bear market ended in June, citing a reclaimed 50-week moving average, fading selling pressure and a strengthening debasement case. The firm called the current period an attractive time to buy.

TREE NEWS reports: Galaxy Research said bitcoin’s bear market ended in June, citing fading selling by long-term holders as a signal that now is an attractive time to buy and hold. The firm’s assessment points to a shift in holder behavior as the basis for its bullish call.

TREE NEWS update: A researcher cracked the ‘Steal My Bitcoin’ challenge and claimed a prize of 0.02511679 BTC after discovering the server held the wrong wallet key. The operator had to transfer the funds once the exploit was demonstrated.

TREE NEWS update: S&P Global has closed its acquisition of blockchain security firm OpenZeppelin. OpenZeppelin will operate as a separate business unit led by founder Demian Brener, who will report to the president of S&P Global Ratings. The deal’s financial terms were not disclosed in the material.

TREE NEWS reports: Bitcoin fell below $80,000 over the weekend as fears over Iran drove selling, with some relief appearing Monday morning as oil and rates declined. A heavy macro week lies ahead, featuring major earnings, an FOMC meeting and key data releases.

TREE NEWS update: Strive purchased 6,182 bitcoin for $511 million, raising its holdings to 43,000 BTC, the company said. The purchase increased its bitcoin balance by 16.8% during a period that included the closing of a $630 million preferred-stock offering.

TREE NEWS reports: CATL held the top AAA tier in PV Tech Research’s Q3 2026 battery energy storage bankability ratings, after being upgraded from AA to AAA in the second quarter. The report said storage bankability is not set by any single product metric but by an assessment of a supplier’s overall strength.