Traditional equities, indices, and commodities generated more daily trading volume than Bitcoin on Hyperliquid over late October, raising a pivotal question for crypto exchanges: how far can infrastructure scale beyond native digital assets?
The Federal Reserve held its benchmark rate at 3.75%–4.00% on October 28, pausing after September’s hike while inflation runs hot and futures traders price a December increase.
Strategy common shareholders voted overwhelmingly on October 28 to transition four preferred stock series - STRC, STRF, STRK, and STRD - to daily dividend distributions, a structural overhaul designed to eliminate lumpy ex-dividend price drops and lower the company’s cost of capital for buying Bitcoin.
Bitwise’s new $1.6 million Bitcoin target cites institutional demand, scarcity and debasement fears, but one input, Bitcoin’s share of a gold-dominated market, carries about four-fifths of the model’s value.
Brazil’s largest private bank, Itaú, has told the central bank about the crypto trading and custody service it already runs, putting its handling of customer coins under formal supervision.
Hyperliquid’s HYPE has climbed out of the falling channel that framed its slide from $97.95, but the 50-day average just above has not yet given way.
A new pool on Stellar will buy private-fund stakes from investors wanting out early, paying less as its cash runs low, while its own investors draw on that cash.
Bithumb says no crypto was stolen when hackers broke into its staff groupware, but the exchange is still checking whether customer details sat in the messages and files exposed.
PEPE has gained nearly 12% in 24 hours, pushing above a key Fibonacci level and outpacing most large memecoins, which rose roughly 2.5% to 5% over the same period.
Bitcoin climbed back above $80,000 on Tuesday ahead of the Fed decision, but its 1.2% gain trailed a group of altcoins that rose 4% to 12%.
The CFTC plans to publish futures positioning twice a week by the end of 2026, with Monday and Wednesday cut-offs that would put CME Bitcoin data two days behind.
Crypto.com has opened CFTC-regulated perpetual futures to eligible US traders, listing bitcoin, ether, solana, HYPE and zcash contracts on its Exchange with up to five-times leverage.
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