Investment Trends - Hong Kong and mainland China retail investors plan to double tokenized fund investments [1] - Active traders, high-net-worth individuals, and long-term investors expect to increase allocations to 16%-26% [1] Digital Currency & Tokenization - Aptos Labs and BCG released a report on tokenized funds [1] - HKMA's "e-HKD+" Phase 2 pilot with Hang Seng Bank confirms instant and compliant settlement of tokenized funds using digital currency [1]

Solana Foundation Chair Lily Liu's Shanghai Speech: Lily Liu pointed out that blockchain is evolving from an “electronic cash system” into the foundational infrastructure of a global financial internet. In the future, “everything can be tokenized”—with the vision of fully tokenizing blockchain-native assets, traditional financial instruments, and entirely new forms of assets to enable their circulation, trading, and financialization on-chain. Read morehttps://t.co/pl5szf1Xz1 ...

According to Bloomberg, Trump Media & Technology Group (TMTG) plans to launch a prediction market platform, Truth Predict, allowing users on Truth Social to bet on events like political elections and inflation. Trades will be executed via Cryptocom’s North America Derivatives platform. After full testing, Truth Predict will launch in the U.S., with plans to expand globally and include markets such as commodities and major sports leagues.https://t.co/gu8q0jqiRM ...

Circle, the issuer of USDC, announced the public testnet launch of its payments-focused blockchain Arc, with participants including BlackRock, Visa, HSBC, AWS, and Anthropic. Arc aims to bring real-world financial activities onchain, featuring USD-based fees, sub-second settlement, and optional privacy controls. Circle said it plans to gradually decentralize Arc, opening validator participation and governance in the future.https://t.co/JuO7A3NeiA ...

Bitcoin ETF Flows - Bitcoin ETFs have seen $26.9 billion in net inflows this year [1] - BlackRock's IBIT accounts for $28.1 billion of the total Bitcoin ETF inflows [1] - Excluding BlackRock, Bitcoin ETF flows would be negative [1] Market Dynamics - K33 Research suggests competitors may benefit as BlackRock avoids altcoin ETFs [1] - Overall inflows into Bitcoin ETFs could be limited [1]

South Korea’s largest crypto exchange Upbit will list KERNEL on its KRW market, with trading set to open at 16:30 local time. KernelDAO is a restaking infrastructure project.https://t.co/pqnbQOW8dY ...

On October 27, Bitcoin spot ETFs recorded a total net inflow of $149 million, marking their third consecutive day of inflows. Ethereum spot ETFs saw a total net inflow of $134 million, with no net outflows among the nine funds.https://t.co/Hj2Gs49bWa https://t.co/GIFVx5L9UK ...

According to data from Artemis, on-chain perpetuals protocol Lighter has recorded higher daily trading volume than Aster and Hyperliquid over the past three days, though its open interest remains lower than the two. As of October 26, Lighter’s open interest stood at $1.7 billion, while its daily trading volume reached $8.6 billion.https://t.co/I5BoA1e6AS ...

Trump-linked Bitcoin mining and treasury firm American Bitcoin announced the acquisition of 1,414 BTC worth approximately $163 million, bringing its total holdings to 3,865 BTC (around $445 million). The company was formed in March when mining firm Hut 8 exchanged its mining hardware for equity, and it listed on Nasdaq in early September.https://t.co/U7c5ivDwjg ...

F2Pool co-founder Chun Wang tweeted that BIP-444 is a bad idea and that he will not support any soft fork operations, whether temporary or permanent. He expressed sadness that “some developers are moving further in the wrong direction.” The proposal, which aims to curb Bitcoin network spam through a temporary soft fork, has sparked heated debate among developers.https://t.co/e039hrWViy ...