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Hong Kong’s Legislative Council has approved the Inland Revenue (Amendment) (Crypto‑Asset Reporting Framework and Amended Common Reporting Standard) Bill 2026, adopting the OECD’s CARF. RCASPs must begin collecting customer and transaction data from 1 January 2027; automatic CARF exchanges are scheduled to start in 2028.
Source‑reported coverage (Reuters reproduced by bitcoinist.com) says cryptocurrency‑backed groups spent about $176 million across more than 100 2026 midterm races, led in part by PACs such as Fairshake and affiliates; outlets caution spending does not guarantee passage of priority bills like the CLARITY Act.
TokenPost reports roughly $396 million in crypto liquidations in a 24‑hour tally, with about $322 million (81.3%) from long positions and 96,160 liquidated traders; Binance accounted for 48.6% and the largest single liquidation was about $8.78 million on BTCUSDT. TokenPost did not publish underlying raw data.
Crypto.news reports analyst Ali Martinez flagged three‑day TD Sequential buy signals for Sui (SUI), Aave (AAVE) and Chainlink (LINK) as markets attempted to recover from October’s selloff, listing short‑term targets and resistance levels while stressing signals depend on further buying and remain below key daily resistances.
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CryptoBriefing reports the New Jersey Bureau of Securities rescinded a June 2023 cease-and-desist order and a $5 million penalty 'without prejudice,' and that Coinbase has resumed accepting staking funds from New Jersey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.
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Hong Kong’s Legislative Council has approved the Inland Revenue (Amendment) (Crypto‑Asset Reporting Framework and Amended Common Reporting Standard) Bill 2026, adopting the OECD’s CARF. RCASPs must begin collecting customer and transaction data from 1 January 2027; automatic CARF exchanges are scheduled to start in 2028.
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