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TREE NEWS reports: Bitcoin climbed back above $82,000 following a week of hot U.S. inflation data and $228.6 million in outflows from spot bitcoin ETFs. The rebound came as Brent crude slipped from a five-month high and U.S. stock futures rose.

TREE NEWS update: Revolut has obtained a Gibraltar distributed ledger technology licence for a new entity, the company said, as part of its international crypto expansion strategy. The licence allows the fintech to offer crypto services under Gibraltar’s regulatory framework. Further details on the entity’s operations and timeline were not disclosed.

TREE NEWS update: Three men in the UK have been jailed after a failed attempt to steal cryptocurrency during a home invasion in May, in which the victim was struck over the head. The victim’s teenage sister alerted police, who arrested all three at the scene.

TREE NEWS update: France’s National Assembly adopted a crypto tax amendment targeting certain stablecoin swaps, with separate proposals on an exit tax and self-custodial wallet reporting still under consideration. The amendment is part of the country’s broader move to tighten rules around digital-asset transactions, though the two other measures have not yet been enacted.

TREE NEWS reports: Analysts expect Bitcoin to retest support at $80,000 as stock markets attempt to recover last week’s losses, ahead of key tech earnings. The projection comes as equities rebound, with traders watching whether the largest cryptocurrency can hold its recent range.

TREE NEWS reports: Thirty-eight perpetual DEXs generated about $125 million in user fees over the past 30 days, with Hyperliquid alone contributing $84.55 million, and the top five platforms accounting for 85.6% of the total. Foresight Ventures notes that Aster directs 99% of daily platform fees to buy back ASTER, while Hyperliquid uses its Assistance Fund to convert some fees into HYPE and burn it, and that about 86% of HYPE-holding addresses have never traded perpetuals.

TREE NEWS reports: Meta Chief AI Officer Alexandr Wang posted a selfie on X with Cognition founder Scott Wu and Hyperliquid founder Jeff Yan, captioned “Got the HRT gang back together!” The three were classmates in Hudson River Trading’s first internship program about a decade ago. Cognition closed a $2 billion-plus Series E in September at a $48 billion valuation, while Hyperliquid’s team generated over $900 million in profit in 2025.

TREE NEWS update: Zakura, a Zcash developer, has proposed a fix to prevent future quantum computers from linking shielded swap payments through a single published Zcash address. The developer warned that such an address could let a quantum attacker connect every payment a wallet has ever received. The proposal is aimed at closing that privacy gap before quantum threats become practical.

TREE NEWS reports: A newly created wallet, 0xb15b, was liquidated multiple times over the past 10 hours, with a cumulative 8,163 ETH worth $19.78 million liquidated. The repeated liquidations hit the single wallet within a 10-hour window.

TREE NEWS reports: Bitcoin exchange reserves rose to about 2.68 million BTC in early October from roughly 2.67 million BTC, CryptoQuant said, though still far below January levels. The firm said spot demand turned negative again after nearing zero, while perpetual futures demand stayed positive to support overall demand. Whale behavior is split, with 100–1,000 BTC addresses still accumulating but below late-September peaks, 1,000–10,000 BTC holdings near zero net change and the largest holders net negative.

TREE NEWS reports: Stablecoin growth slowed after banks raised deposit rates, with USDC the most exposed, according to a working paper by two economists using six years of weekly U.S. data. The authors cautioned that their evidence covers a single high-rate period.

TREE NEWS reports: Deposits in cryptocurrency “vaults” have grown from $4 billion at the start of last year to more than $10 billion, with fintech firms, digital-asset treasury managers and hedge funds as the main depositors. The vaults run on smart contracts on DeFi platforms, each overseen by a manager who selects lending strategies, sets risk limits and charges fees. Yields typically range from 3% to 10%, with riskier strategies reaching 20% or more, exposing depositors to collateral, liquidity and smart-contract risks.

TREE NEWS update: Novig and Crypto.com’s exchange asked federal courts to shield them from Missouri’s enforcement of sports wagering rules, arguing federal law preempts the state action. Missouri Attorney General filed the enforcement action in September against six prediction market operators. Both exchanges are CFTC-regulated.

TREE NEWS update: Unitree Technology said on October 19 via an investor interaction platform that it continues to focus on the self-sufficiency of core components and supply chain optimization. The company said specific operating data, including its in-house research and production ratio, should be based on its public disclosures.

TREE NEWS update: Revolut’s newly established crypto entity, Revolut Global Digital Assets Limited, has been granted a distributed ledger technology (DLT) provider license by Gibraltar, the company said on October 19. The approval supports its strategy to expand its international crypto business. Revolut said it has more than 80 million retail customers, of whom 16 million are crypto users.

TREE NEWS update: Zcash builder Zakura has proposed a design that assigns a separate viewing key to each shielded address used in a NEAR Intents swap, so a future quantum attacker who breaks one key would see only that single swap. The proposal is still under review. It aims to close a quantum privacy gap in shielded transactions routed through NEAR Intents.

TREE NEWS reports: Bitcoin’s long-term on-chain trend remains bullish, but short-term indicators are flashing caution, with a widely followed trend model’s stop line at $79,654 — less than 3% below current prices. September CPI rose 3.7% year-on-year, the 10-year Treasury yield has hovered near 5.2%, and miners holding nearly 1.8 million BTC may sell reserves to fund AI data-center expansion. Futures price a near-90% chance of a December rate hike.