TREE NEWS update: Gang.fun, an agent launch platform on BNB Chain, launched Gang Pair, adding support for pairing with tokenized stocks such as NVDAB, TSLAB and AAPLB, as well as any token with a liquidity pool on BSC. Trades carry a 1% tax, half distributed to token holders and half used to buy back $GANG. The feature is limited to Agent IDs and has no traditional launch button.
TREE NEWS reports: Bitcoin has entered a “wait and see mode” as crypto market activity has been quiet recently, market analysts said. The analysts believe the calm could be a good sign and that a bull market may be near. No specific price levels or timeframes were provided.
TREE NEWS update: Futu Securities has enabled BNB deposits and withdrawals for qualified professional investors (PI) in Hong Kong, allowing transfers between self-custody wallets and Futu crypto accounts over the BNB Smart Chain (BEP20) network. Withdrawals are restricted to verified whitelist addresses, linking on-chain assets with the brokerage’s securities trading ecosystem under a compliant setup.
TREE NEWS update: HSBC is rolling out RedCoin wallets to PayMe users for Hong Kong dollar stablecoin retail payments, with plans to support tokenized investment subscriptions and expand into institutional uses. The tokenized deposit product is being distributed through the bank’s PayMe app, extending stablecoin payments to retail customers in Hong Kong.
TREE NEWS reports: On-chain options remain less than 1% of perpetual DEX volume as of October 2026, even as perp DEXs handled $627 billion over the prior 30 days versus $4.9 billion in options notional, or roughly 0.8%. Derive cleared about $18 billion in options notional over the year to October 19 and holds over 90% of premium share, while Hypercall’s notional is mostly cheap S&P 500 lottery tickets. Deep perp liquidity on Hyperliquid and Lighter is cited as the missing hedge venue for option sellers.
TREE NEWS update: Hongguo Short Drama has rolled out “rest reminder” and “sleep reminder” features, progressively expanding to more users. After users watch dramas continuously beyond a certain duration, a rest prompt appears on the playback page, while the recommendation feed shows video reminders featuring virtual short-drama characters; the sleep reminder targets users still watching late at night. The platform said a “time management” feature will follow, letting users set their own rest-reminder intervals and sleep-reminder times.
TREE NEWS reports: UK-listed The Smarter Web Company bought 20 more bitcoin, bringing its total holdings to 2,850 BTC, Bitcoin Treasuries data showed on October 23. The purchase ranks the company 30th among corporate bitcoin holders.
TREE NEWS reports: Hong Kong’s Hang Seng Index closed 0.69% higher, with the Hang Seng Tech Index gaining 2.05%. MINIMAX rose about 17%, while Bloks climbed roughly 13%, Zhipu about 8%, CATL about 5% and Shein about 5%.
TREE NEWS update: Solana Foundation payments growth lead Amira Valliani said on Oct. 23 that everything can be tokenized, describing tokens as a machine-readable format for assets. Speaking on the “token supercycle,” she said tokens are appearing across both crypto and artificial intelligence, and that within the next decade it will become increasingly evident that anything that is an asset can be converted into a token.
TREE NEWS reports: HTX Research said in a report on the 2026 US midterms that the election can reset policy expectations but near-term crypto prices will still be set by inflation, financing costs and capital flows. It noted the Fed raised rates 25bp to 3.75%–4.00% on Sept. 16 and that the market-structure bill H.R.3633 failed a Senate procedural vote 49-50 on Sept. 15. The base case is high volatility with selective recovery.
TREE NEWS reports: An address tagged as the Cysic attacker deposited 300 ETH worth about $721,140 and 30.4 BNB worth about $22,590 into Tornado Cash, PeckShieldAlert monitoring shows. The Cysic Foundation said its cross-chain bridge suffered a security incident on Oct. 17 that led to 10 million CYS being minted without authorization on BNB Chain.
TREE NEWS update: Malaysia and Thailand have joined a Singapore-led cross-border stablecoin push, with the BLOOM initiative aiming to cut costs by helping financial institutions coordinate cross-border use of stablecoins and tokenized deposits. The expansion brings two more Southeast Asian markets into the effort to streamline settlement using digital currencies and tokenized bank liabilities.
TREE NEWS reports: US spot Bitcoin ETFs recorded $635 million in net outflows on Thursday, ending a three-day inflow streak, and have now posted $175 million in net outflows for October as a whole. The withdrawals push the month back into the red after a brief stretch of positive flows. The figures cover the combined daily flows of the US spot Bitcoin ETF complex.
TREE NEWS update: a16z Crypto will rename itself a16z Frontier and widen its investment scope from crypto startups to broader frontier technology, Chris Dixon announced on October 23. The new fund will focus on AI and its emerging products and markets, including autonomous machines, hardware-software companies and new networks connecting people and agents. The shift comes roughly five months after a16z closed a $2.2 billion fifth crypto fund in May.
TREE NEWS update: CoinDCX has acknowledged wallet-sweeping losses after previously denying a new breach, saying affected deposits have been credited back to users. The Indian exchange did not disclose the size of its losses. The incident follows a prior breach that CoinDCX had denied, and the exchange has not said how much was drained or which wallets were affected.
TREE NEWS update: Swell has paused deposits and withdrawals for its swETH and rswETH tokens, saying it must correct net asset value before reopening. Onchain controls now block withdrawal requests and ETH claims, the protocol said. No timeline for resuming operations was given.
TREE NEWS update: Apple Inc. has applied to register the “IPHONE DUO” trademark under international class 9 (scientific instruments), with the application now awaiting substantive examination. 23. The filing comes as Apple’s first foldable phone, the iPhone Duo, officially went on sale the same day.
TREE NEWS update: Ethereum has postponed the Hoodi testnet launch for its Glamsterdam upgrade due to security risks. ChainSecurity said it identified 13 real-world examples of smart contracts potentially affected by Glamsterdam’s gas changes and is coordinating responsible disclosure with the affected projects.
TREE NEWS update: Lianxun Instruments said its core test instruments for 800G and 1.6T high-speed optical module testing — including sampling oscilloscopes, bit error rate analyzers and clock recovery units — are its main products for 2026 delivery and are seeing strong market demand. The company said production expansion is advancing in line with business needs, with related construction proceeding under existing plans and overall progress meeting expectations.
TREE NEWS update: Bitcoin Core has changed its security disclosure policy, saying that keeping certain vulnerabilities secret no longer offers much protection given AI-assisted bug hunting. The project said the shift reflects how artificial intelligence is making software flaws easier to find, reducing the value of withholding details about certain bugs.
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