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TREE NEWS update: Nvidia said global telecom operators are extending its accelerated computing into communications networks, with T-Mobile completing the world’s first commercial AI-RAN call and Deutsche Telekom, BT and Elisa launching AI-RAN trials. Nvidia also introduced two Aerial RAN Computer configurations, and said nine EMEA carriers are building or expanding Nvidia-based infrastructure, while Nokia and Cisco are integrating Nvidia’s Nemotron open models into autonomous network operations software.

TREE NEWS update: Webull will roll out Kalshi-listed Bitcoin perpetual futures to eligible US futures customers in November, letting them trade the no-expiry crypto contracts from their existing brokerage accounts. The online brokerage said wider access to the contracts is expected before the end of 2026.

TREE NEWS update: Zcash rose 12% after developers agreed on a mainnet activation height for the NU7 upgrade, targeting Nov. 5. Node synchronization work for the upgrade is still pending. The move extends the privacy-focused cryptocurrency’s triple-digit year-to-date gains.

TREE NEWS reports: Wallets linked to the $295 million Drift hack in April sent another $46 million in Ether to Tornado Cash on Wednesday, bringing the total laundered through the mixer to $109 million in two days. The addresses still hold $138 million in Ether after the transfers.

TREE NEWS reports: The address linked to the Drift Protocol exploit deposited another 24,885 ETH, worth about $61.3 million, into mixing protocol Tornado Cash, on-chain monitoring by Lookonchain shows. The attacker, who stole more than $270 million from Drift Protocol, still holds 56,569 ETH valued at roughly $139.3 million after the transfer.

TREE NEWS reports: A single whale deposited about 240,000 SOL, valued at $25.3 million, to Binance, OKX and Bybit over the past 24 hours, on-chain tracker Lookonchain reported on October 21. The transfers suggest the holder may be preparing to sell. The deposits were split across the three exchanges.

TREE NEWS update: Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said at the GTC conference in Berlin on October 21 that all telecom operators will eventually provide AI computing power, and telecom base stations are expected to evolve into distributed AI networks. Huang described the AI economy as a five-layer cake consisting of energy, computing power, AI factories, models and applications, and noted in a presentation that the computing layer featured only Nvidia’s logo.

TREE NEWS update: Decentralized GPU network Aethir will introduce a daily ATH token burn starting November 2026, funded solely by network fees paid by customers, the company said. The burn amount will float with GPU compute bookings, with tokens sent to a public burn address and tracked on a dashboard launching alongside the first burn. A new floating network fee, set via TWAP and capped so it never exceeds Cloud Host rewards, replaces the fixed platform fee.

TREE NEWS update: Binance Futures will close all PTBUSDT and MITOUSDT USDⓈ-margined perpetual contract positions and execute automatic settlement at 09:00 UTC on Oct. 23, 2026, after which the contracts will be taken offline. From 09:30 UTC on Oct. 21, 2026, users will no longer be able to open new non-reduce-only orders on the two contracts.

TREE NEWS update: Evernorth’s $132.2 million warrant registration has gone effective, allowing cash exercises of up to 11.5 million XRPN shares. The company said net proceeds from any exercises would be used for general corporate purposes.

TREE NEWS update: Hong Kong-listed Web3 company Bitfire Group (01611.HK) has been named Asia-Pacific’s Best Digital Prime Brokerage 2026 in Euromoney’s annual Market Awards, the financial publication announced. The award recognizes the firm’s innovation in digital asset infrastructure and institutional services.

TREE NEWS update: Arkham launched Arkham Enterprise, a crypto analytics platform for professional investigators, compliance teams and trading researchers, offering on-chain fund tracing, risk scoring, case management and transaction analysis. The firm also restricted free-tier access: Tracer 2.0, transaction filters, full transaction history, new custom labels and entities, and the counterparty section of explorer pages are now enterprise-only. Free users can view only the latest 100 transactions for any address or entity, while Visualizer 2.0, the block explorer, prediction markets and Arkham labels remain available.

TREE NEWS reports: A Kaito multisig address transferred 8 million KAITO tokens, worth $2.25 million, to address 0xd21…B2629 40 minutes before the report, on-chain analyst Ai Yi said. The intermediary address had received 7 million tokens from the same source three months earlier. The transfer may be linked to a 12.1 million KAITO unlock on Oct. 20, equal to 5.01% of circulating market value.

TREE NEWS update: Strive completed a $630 million preferred stock offering on Tuesday, roughly 25% larger than originally planned, with a 15% nominal annual yield and issued at a discount for a real yield near 17%. Strategy’s 12%-yield STRC preferred has not been issued since its price fell in June, and the company is seeking daily dividend payments while continuing to sell common stock to buy bitcoin, diluting existing shareholders.

TREE NEWS update: Gate will list Axis Robotics (AXIS) futures trading, trading bots and copy-trading features on Oct 21 at 21:10 (UTC+8), supporting 1x to 20x long and short positions. The exchange announced the listing in an official notice.

TREE NEWS reports: SideSwap has processed about 600 redemptions after reopening L-BTC swaps, paying users from its own bitcoin wallet while Liquid federation reserves still cover roughly 85.8% of outstanding L-BTC. The disclosure follows the resumption of swaps on the platform.

TREE NEWS update: Industrial and Commercial Bank of China President Liu Jun said digital technology is reshaping how monetary trust is generated, with data, algorithms and programmability now participating in credit creation, but “technology can only reinforce trust, not replace it.” Speaking on the active global development of digital currencies from stablecoins and crypto assets to central bank digital currencies, Liu said a digital currency qualifies as money not by its algorithm design but by how its credit is supported, redeemed and how responsibility is enforced.

TREE NEWS update: The UK High Court has granted roughly 16,000 Chinese victims the right to appeal its Oct. 12 ruling that Chinese law governs property rights over more than 60,000 bitcoin tied to the Qian Zhimin case. The court held a fresh hearing four days after that decision, and lawyers also discussed litigation costs from the choice-of-law dispute and whether the individual claimants would continue their pursuit or withdraw.

TREE NEWS reports: JPMorgan Asset Management has assigned bitcoin a 10% base case in its 2027 long-term return outlook, marking the first time the firm has given the asset a range of outcomes. The report’s authors described bitcoin as a speculative asset that does not yet function as a portfolio diversifier and said it has no clear portfolio role.