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Odaily reports: Bitcoin News posted on the X platform that the International Monetary Fund has completed the second and third reviews of El Salvador's $1.4 billion financing facility, disbursing $139 million, and granted a waiver after the country violated its Bitcoin holdings limit. The IMF now expects that, apart from documented donations, the Salvadoran government will not purchase additional Bitcoin and will enhance the transparency of its public Bitcoin holdings.
Odaily News: Capital Group's Growth ETF has increased its Strategy holdings by 535,300 shares, bringing its total position to 2.19 million shares, valued at approximately $336 million. Capital Group, which manages $3.3 trillion in assets, had previously further increased its position through ANCFX, which purchased 4.32 million Strategy shares in April 2026 for approximately $747 million. ANCFX currently holds 10.33 million shares, valued at approximately $1.78 billion. For traditional asset allocation institutions, MSTR remains a leveraged Bitcoin exposure that can pass compliance reviews through stock exchange channels.
Federal Reserve meeting minutes showed that most officials expected to raise the target range for the federal funds rate again before the end of this year to address inflation that remains persistently above target. Policymakers emphasized that future decisions will depend on newly released economic data and the balance of risks.
The Federal Reserve's September meeting minutes revealed that policymakers were divided over the rationale for rate hikes. Some officials argued for curbing energy price shocks, while another group focused on preventing demand-driven inflation. Most anticipated that rates could be hiked again before year-end.
The Federal Reserve is scheduled to officially release its latest monetary policy meeting minutes in ten minutes, containing detailed records of discussions on economic conditions, inflation targets, and interest rate decisions held during the meeting.
According to Cointelegraph, House Financial Services Committee Chair French Hill noted that the regulatory measures for crypto assets currently implemented by the SEC and CFTC lack the long-term stability granted by congressional legislation, and overall fall short of the standards set by the Clarity Act.
Odaily News: French Hill, Chairman of the U.S. House Financial Services Committee, stated that regulators' efforts to advance digital asset regulation lack the long-term stability that congressional legislation would provide. He hopes Congress will pass the CLARITY Act during the lame-duck session before the new Congress takes office in 2027.The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) have previously proposed related rulemaking plans. French Hill stated that the regulatory actions of the two agencies following the U.S. Senate's failure to pass the CLARITY Act last month are still insufficient to serve as a substitute for a legislative solution.SEC Chairman Paul Atkins and CFTC Chairman Michael Selig have announced that they will proceed with cryptocurrency regulation in accordance with the directives of U.S. President Donald Trump. As of Wednesday, there were a total of 7 vacancies in the leadership of the two agencies; among them, Hester Peirce announced last week that she would resign as an SEC Commissioner, and the CFTC is currently led solely by Selig as Chairman and Commissioner. (Cointelegraph)
Odaily News: According to Hunter Biden monitoring, Hunter Biden, son of former U.S. President Biden, posted the independent investigation results of the LAPTOP token launch incident, stating that he had commissioned forensic firm Groom Lake to verify all transactions on the day of launch. He denied that the team cashed out, saying that the founder tokens remain concentrated in the same wallet and have not been transferred since launch; his personal tokens have been locked for six months and will then be released over two years. He cited the investigation as saying that Market Maker 1 had $500,000 in startup capital, but only injected about $5,200 and fewer than 30,000 tokens into the liquidity pool, with the latter accounting for only 0.003% of the total supply. Extremely low liquidity caused the price to rise from $0.05 to about $317 in less than two minutes, then fall 98% within one hour. Eighty-four seconds after the price peaked, Market Maker 1 withdrew funds during the sell-off, reducing the funds available near the current price to absorb selling from $16,200 to zero. He said Market Maker 1 made about $686,000 in profit from its DEX position, while Market Maker 2 netted more than $2.1 million from related DEX trades, and argued that the market makers responsible for the launch problems should buy back and burn tokens. He said he bears ultimate responsibility, will not exit the project, and plans next week to burn most of the unclaimed tokens from the first airdrop; that airdrop accounted for 10% of the total supply.
Noah has announced the completion of a $38 million seed funding round, with participation from Endeit Capital, FJ Labs, LocalGlobe, Felix Capital, and several angel investors. The project's main business is providing stablecoin-based cross-border payment services for enterprises and individuals. The new funds will be used to expand its international remittance business, broaden its regulatory footprint, and more.
Odaily reports: Crypto wallet provider Tangem has announced the launch of its first physical Visa card, supporting in-store and online purchases as well as ATM withdrawals, with an initial limited release of 5,000 cards. Users can top up the card directly from their self-custodial wallet, and if the card is suspended or closed, funds can be transferred back to the wallet.More than 40% of Tangem Pay payments come from Latin America, and over 30% from the United States. Tangem stated that the physical card currently cannot be shipped to approximately 20 countries and regions, including China, Russia, North Korea, and Palestine, with these restrictions affected by KYC, sanctions, banking rules, and card issuance compliance requirements.Tangem Pay will also offer USDC cashback on eligible purchases, with 1% cashback for Basic users and 2% for Plus users. Tangem plans to showcase the first batch of physical cards during Token2049 in Singapore. (Cointelegraph)
Odaily reports: Europol released two reports on Wednesday, urging organizations, policymakers, and the cryptocurrency industry to immediately prepare for the threat of quantum computing. Its European Cybercrime Centre noted that cryptocurrency wallet keys are the primary exposure point for quantum attacks, while the hash functions used to secure blockchains currently remain largely quantum-resistant.The reports state that a sufficiently capable quantum computer could derive private keys from exposed public keys, enabling attackers to transfer assets without authorization. Wallets whose public keys have already been exposed on-chain cannot be protected retroactively; holders need to migrate their assets to new wallets before an attack occurs.Glassnode estimated in May that 6.04 million BTC, representing 30.2% of the issued supply, have exposed public keys. The reports note that NIST-standardized post-quantum signatures are 10 to 120 times larger than the ECDSA signatures currently used by Bitcoin, and migrating all Bitcoin unspent transaction outputs would require at least 76 cumulative days of downtime.A second report published by Europol points out that commonly used protocols such as TLS, SSH, and OpenPGP face "harvest now, decrypt later" risks, but there is currently no clear evidence that this approach has been exploited at scale. The report argues that for payments, immediate interception within the brief window before transaction confirmation poses a more direct quantum risk than post-hoc decryption. (Decrypt)
Odaily News — Jeff Yan, co-founder and CEO of decentralized exchange Hyperliquid, said at Token2049 Singapore that Wall Street's traditional wealth creation model is unsustainable for most participants. Assets such as company stocks are often only opened to the public after listing, causing retail investors to miss the main growth gains before listing.Jeff Yan stated that Hyperliquid's primary goal is to expand wealth creation opportunities and participation in the financial system, and that revenue is merely a byproduct of delivering user value, not an optimization target. Its perpetual contracts have no expiration date, which can reduce the number of decisions traders need to make and avoid liquidity fragmentation.Hyperliquid generated $72 million in revenue over the past 30 days, ranking third among the highest-revenue DeFi protocols. In July this year, Pantera said that onchain perpetual contracts may become a mainstream trading tool in global financial markets due to their structural advantages.Jeffrey Sprecher, CEO of Intercontinental Exchange, the parent company of the New York Stock Exchange, previously called on regulators to create a level playing field for around-the-clock onchain perpetual contracts. In March this year, NYSE partnered with tokenization platform Securitize to develop blockchain-based stock trading infrastructure. (Cointelegraph)
Odaily News: A report by the U.S. Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations (PSI) has identified stablecoins, particularly USDT, as a key liquidity channel supporting Iran's shadow banking system. Licensed Virtual Asset Service Providers (VASPs) in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) region face heightened sanctions compliance pressure and need to strengthen wallet attribution identification and counterparty assessment.Soham Jethani, a partner at law firm Septten, stated that merchants settling crypto assets into local fiat currency does not mean they can circumvent sanctions risk. Liability may arise from providing designated persons, funds, or economic resources, as well as handling assets within the transaction chain, and may materialize before the bank completes final settlement.Jethani noted that the name of a stablecoin or its denomination currency does not determine legal ownership; specific rights depend on contractual arrangements and the actual payment process. Globally circulating stablecoins may also bring secondary sanctions risk. Indirect or historical wallet associations do not automatically constitute a violation; determination requires consideration of the applicable regime, transaction participants, and specific facts.In regulated markets such as the UAE, licensed exchange wallets are continuously monitored, and relevant funds can be frozen before consumer settlement, while merchants must also complete KYC. Regulated VASPs handling deposits and withdrawals bear responsibility for counterparty and sanctions risk assessment and corresponding controls. (Bitcoin.com News)
Odaily News: Russia has registered its first batch of cryptocurrency exchange operators and digital asset custodians under new regulations that took effect on September 1. The Bank of Russia has published the list of the first authorized operators, including 4 exchange operators and 5 custodians.Sberbank, Russia's largest bank, has been included in the custodian list alongside Atomyze, Voltari, and Cloud Infrastructure. Sberbank stated that it has applied for digital asset custodian status and plans to launch its first crypto products on December 1 through the SberBank Online, SberInvestments, and SberBusiness platforms, initially supporting Bitcoin (BTC), Ether (ETH), and USDt (USDT).T-Invest Lab, Zefir, and Sistema-Crypto were included in the exchange operator list, while VTB Bank appears on both lists. The registrations are based on a cryptocurrency bill signed by Russian President Vladimir Putin in August, which brings exchanges, custodians, brokers, and investors under the supervision of the Bank of Russia, and maintains the prohibition on using cryptocurrency to pay for goods and services. (Cointelegraph)
Odaily News: Anchorage Digital has announced the acquisition of B2B payment platform Routable, with the transaction amount undisclosed. Through its developer-first API, Routable helps businesses onboard and verify payees, automates tax and compliance processes, and enables batch payments to creators, contractors, and sellers across more than 220 countries, supporting both fiat and stablecoin payments. Anchorage Digital stated that its clients will expand from crypto-native companies to traditional financial institutions entering the digital asset space, as well as large tech enterprises and Fortune 500 companies with significant payment needs. Routable will operate under a new brand, with stablecoin and tokenized deposit products expected to launch in the coming quarters.
Odaily News: The Cardano Foundation has introduced the CIP-0113 token standard, allowing issuers of regulated assets to restrict recipients based on predefined rules and to freeze, seize, or transfer token holdings. The standard enables issuers to implement such controls without requiring a hard fork of the Cardano network.CIP-0113 requires compliance checks to be executed on every transfer, including identity verification and sanctions list screening. Issuers can choose or customize rules and update them as regulatory requirements change; under the authorization mechanism, relevant parties can transfer tokens without the holder's consent. (CoinDesk)
The Cardano Foundation has officially launched the programmable token standard CIP-0113 on the Cardano mainnet, enabling regulated asset issuers such as stablecoin operators, tokenized funds, and bond issuers to embed compliance rules including KYC, anti-money laundering, sanctions screening, asset freezing and confiscation, and transfer restrictions directly into their tokens, which are then enforced by the Cardano ledger with every transfer, mint, and burn. This standard requires no hard fork; the tokens remain native to Cardano, and issuers can update compliance modules in response to regulatory changes.
CFTC Chairman Michael Selig said yesterday that under the proposed rules, only federally regulated cryptocurrency trading platforms will be able to offer leveraged trading. States can only provide money transmission services, and the 100x leverage commonly seen outside the United States has never been allowed in the U.S., nor will it be this time. Previously, the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission proposed two new rules aimed at establishing a U.S. cryptocurrency regulatory framework based on its authority to oversee leveraged and margin trading.
Odaily News: The US IRS released Revenue Procedure 2026-20 on October 6, updating and replacing Revenue Procedure 2025-31 issued in November 2025, clarifying that qualifying investment trusts and grantor trusts may participate in PoS staking while retaining tax benefit treatment. The IRS recognizes compliant staking as a "property preservation activity," keeping the trust on the passive side and preserving its investment trust and grantor trust status (IRC Sections 671 to 677).The safe harbor contains 14 requirements, including that shares be listed on a national exchange, that only a single digital asset be held, that assets be custodied by a qualified custodian, that the liquidity policy be approved by the SEC, and that staking rewards not be hoarded. The guidance applies to tax years ending on or after November 10, 2025.
former federal prosecutor Renato Mariotti pointed out that the SEC's crypto asset FAQ, published on September 25 and updated on September 28, is merely non-binding staff guidance that can serve as a reference but is not a "protective charm." The FAQ, issued by the SEC's Division of Corporation Finance, addresses topics including staking receipt tokens, decentralized network buyback programs, and how marketing communications fit into the Howey test, but it does not name any specific assets or protocols and only provides principle-based statements. Mariotti stated that the FAQ only reflects the views of SEC staff, has not been formally approved by the Commission, and carries no legal force; since the rule proposed on August 18 has not yet been finalized and the Clarity Act is stalled in Congress, industry participants still need to rely on staff commentary to make their own judgments regarding disclosure and token design.