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Official reporting says a Royal Decree elevates the Gelephu Financial Services Office into an autonomous Gelephu Central Bank and explicitly permits the new bank to include digital assets and cryptocurrencies in its reserve portfolio; details on actual purchases, mandates and full decree text remain unshared.
CryptoTicker reports that German retail clients may legally trade crypto futures on six EU‑licensed platforms (Kraken, Coinbase, OKX, Gemini, Robinhood, One Trading), each applying a 10x cap on Bitcoin leverage; contract design, fees and settlement currency vary and could affect costs and risk.
CryptoBriefing reports the New Jersey Bureau of Securities rescinded a June 2023 cease-and-desist order and a $5 million penalty 'without prejudice,' and that Coinbase has resumed accepting staking funds from New Jersey residents—developments framed as regulatory easing but not a ruling on the original enforcement merits.
NewsBTC reports Coinbase published an engineering blog on October 29, 2026 describing a move to multi-user account architecture that separates 'the person acting' from 'the entity on whose behalf an action occurs'. NewsBTC frames the post as a technical design explanation, not operational proof or a rollout announcement.
A crypto.news report (Nov. 2, 2026) documents a social‑media debate criticizing opaque or delayed "points" reward programs, quoting pseudonymous commentator Nairolf and responses from other accounts; the article also reproduces prior industry research and secondary reports that KAST plans to end points earning and convert balances into non‑tradable Pioneer Units.
Coinpaper reports ProShares is offering the GENIUS Money Market ETF (ticker IQMM); Coinpaper and ProShares product pages describe holdings, yield, expense ratio and trading features, while questions remain about stablecoin issuers’ use of the fund and liquidity under large redemptions.
TokenPost reports Hyperliquid founder Jeff Yan described tokenized real-world assets as a potential product direction and said tokenized shares of large companies could come later; he did not announce a launch or timeline and tied offering decisions to third-party developers (TokenPost, Sonny Jang).
TokenPost reports Binance founder Changpeng Zhao (CZ) warned that AI could accelerate crypto security attacks and urged stronger AI‑driven defenses and public‑private cooperation; the outlet also reported Binance hot wallets were compromised Oct. 29 and withdrawals were restored in staged batches starting Nov. 1.
CryptoTicker reports Raiffeisenbank Schwaben Mitte has enabled in‑app trading of Bitcoin, Ethereum, Litecoin and Cardano via DZ Bank's 'meinKrypto' platform, with custody held by Boerse Stuttgart Digital Custody; deposit protection does not cover purchased crypto, CryptoTicker says.
TokenPost reports that crypto companies and projects disclosed roughly $1.375 billion across 13 funding deals through Nov. 2, 2026, dominated by a $1 billion Series G for Kalshi; the outlet frames the tally as announced disclosures and notes most rounds were infrastructure‑focused. Primary documents were not supplied.
TokenPost reports that Bybit CEO Ben Zhou told Hong Kong FinTech Week 2026 attendees that artificial intelligence, asset tokenization and connected infrastructure are reshaping financial services, and that security, risk management and compliance must keep pace; no Bybit transcript or press release was supplied.
TokenPost reports RedStone on Nov. 2 published a free guide mapping steps for issuers to make tokenized real‑world assets (RWAs) usable in lending markets and secondary trading, including a 12‑item readiness checklist and indicative cost ranges for contracts, audits, oracles and market making.
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Official reporting says a Royal Decree elevates the Gelephu Financial Services Office into an autonomous Gelephu Central Bank and explicitly permits the new bank to include digital assets and cryptocurrencies in its reserve portfolio; details on actual purchases, mandates and full decree text remain unshared.
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