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Foresight News reports that, according to Bitget market data, Bitcoin has fallen below 81,000 USDT and is currently trading at 80,977.44 USDT, down 1.53% on the day.

Foresight News reports that Web3 game developer Unagi posted on X that it has entered court-ordered judicial liquidation proceedings in France. All assets will be publicly sold under the supervision of a court-appointed liquidator. Unagi’s products include Persona Journey, Ultimate Champions, and Records. Assets for sale include: the intellectual property, NFT contracts, and creator royalty rights for Persona Journey; 957 Persona NFTs held in its treasury; community accounts and related AI products; the UNA token and its contracts; the fantasy football and basketball game Ultimate Champions and its NFT card economy; a white-label fantasy sports platform; Fantasy Brainz, a fully developed but unreleased prediction game; and Records, an AI user-generated content platform launched in March this year. Assets may be acquired individually, and bids are due by November 2.

Foresight News reports that Lighter announced on X that the Lighter EVM Devnet is now live. Built in collaboration with Axiom, Lighter EVM is an EVM-equivalent rollup based on OpenVM that runs alongside Lighter Core. The two will settle on Ethereum together using a single ZK proof. Developers can use tools such as Foundry, Hardhat, Viem, and Ethers to deploy contracts; read Lighter Core account, balance, position, order, and market data; place, modify, and cancel orders through smart contracts; and transfer assets between Devnet L1, Lighter Core, and Lighter EVM. Lighter is currently onboarding developers in batches. Teams can apply by email, and access will be opened to all developers in the coming weeks.

Foresight News reports that S&P 500 constituent and core banking systems provider Jack Henry (JKHY) is expanding its partnership with Google Cloud and will integrate with Google Cloud Universal Ledger (GCUL) to provide tokenized deposit services to banks and credit unions. GCUL is a fully managed distributed ledger service launched by Google Cloud. It enables financial institutions to tokenize and transfer funds and assets on a shared, real-time ledger, and offers programmable, 24/7 settlement.

Foresight News reports that PhotonPay, the next-generation payment operating system, has officially obtained an Electronic Money Institution (EMI) license issued by the UK's Financial Conduct Authority (FCA). The license allows PhotonPay to issue electronic money under the UK's regulatory framework and provide customers with related payment services within the scope of its authorization, further strengthening its local financial infrastructure footprint in the UK and European markets.
JP, Global Chief Compliance Officer at PhotonPay, said, “Obtaining a UK EMI license is an important milestone in PhotonPay’s continued expansion of its global compliance footprint. The UK is one of the most influential markets in the global financial system. This authorization not only further strengthens our compliance foundation locally, but also provides important support for our continued development of global financial infrastructure spanning more markets, currencies, and payment scenarios. As our business continues to expand, we will remain committed to compliance and provide businesses around the world with more efficient and reliable payment and fund management capabilities.”

Foresight News reports that Lido posted an introduction to the Fallback Exits mechanism for its lending product in development, Lido Lend. When liquidity for borrowed assets is insufficient, the mechanism uses borrowers’ collateral to fulfill lenders’ withdrawal requests, providing lenders with an additional exit route. Lido Lend is built on a modified version of Morpho Blue and uses isolated markets comprising related assets only, such as wETH and wstETH, or dollars and U.S. Treasury RWA. Lenders can exit in full or in part using borrowers’ collateral. When the mechanism is triggered, borrowers closest to the liquidation LTV (LLTV) are affected first, and their outstanding debt is reduced accordingly. The specific technical specifications and market parameters will be announced within the next two weeks. Lido Lend will launch on mainnet after completing the DAO governance process.

Foresight News reports that, according to an announcement by Cobo, due to a business strategy adjustment, the Cobo Wallet App will discontinue service on December 1. Cobo’s other businesses will not be affected. Users must transfer all assets out of their accounts by 23:59 on November 30 and update the Cobo Wallet receiving addresses set on platforms such as exchanges and mining pools. After the app shuts down, Cobo will charge a monthly management fee equal to 2% of any assets remaining in an account, deducted directly in the original currency, with a minimum monthly fee equivalent to $100. If the total value of the remaining assets is less than $100, all remaining assets will be deducted in a single charge. The first fee will be charged on January 1, 2027.

Foresight News reports that Perp DEX Lighter posted a teaser announcing that “options season” is coming, hinting at the launch of options products. No specific launch date or product details have been announced yet.

Foresight News reports that Bitfinex tweeted that the Bull Run Index, which ranges from 0 to 100 and has historically approached 100 near BTC peaks, currently stands at around 55. The index was around 90 when BTC peaked in October 2025 and in the 20s this June.

Foresight News reports, according to Bitget market data, that U.S.-listed crypto stocks are all up. Over the past 24 hours, CRCL (Circle) rose 13.87%, BMNR (BitMine) rose 8.21%, COIN (Coinbase) rose 7.91%, PURR (Hyperliquid Strategies) rose 7.33%, FWDI (Forward Industries) rose 7.04%, MSTR (Strategy) rose 5.76%, HOOD (Robinhood) rose 5.58%, CLSK (CleanSpark) rose 2.55%, MARA (MARA Holdings) rose 1.12%, IREN (IREN Ltd.) rose 0.76%, and BNC (CEA Industries) rose 0.52%.

Foresight News reports that Circle disclosed in a post that its revenue in the first half of 2026 was approximately $1.4 billion. Of this, approximately $819 million (about 59%) went toward USDC distribution partner fees and transaction costs, while approximately $473 million (about 34%) was spent on licenses, banking partnerships, settlement liquidity, compliance, and blockchain integration, resulting in a net profit margin of about 7%. USDC on-chain settlement volume exceeded $36 trillion in the first half of the year, while minting and redemption volume exceeded $315 billion.
Circle also said that customers making payment settlements through the Circle Payments Network (CPN), or building businesses on the Circle platform—including products such as Arc, Circle Mint, and Circle Wallets—can now redeem USDC for free and enjoy near-real-time settlement, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. USDC redemptions through standard banking channels have always been free for all Circle customers, with settlement taking up to two business days.

Foresight News reports that Metis tweeted that Metis Andromeda will end support for Stargate on October 23, and LayerZero Labs’ DVN and Executor will stop providing services to Metis on October 30. Users providing liquidity to Stargate pools on Metis must withdraw their liquidity by October 23. If their liquidity is staked, they must unstake it first, then select Metis Andromeda in the Stargate app to withdraw. Holders of m.USDC, m.USDT, WETH, or METIS do not need to take any action. These assets are issued by Metis’s official cross-chain bridge, and minting and redemption will continue as usual. The official cross-chain bridge between Ethereum and Metis will also remain unaffected.

Foresight News reports that Charles Schwab CEO Rick Wurster said at the company’s fall business update that Schwab Crypto is now available to all clients. Schwab is gradually rolling out crypto asset transfers into the platform and will add three more crypto assets by year-end. Rick Wurster also said that new businesses such as cryptocurrencies and prediction markets will provide Schwab with new sources of transaction-based revenue.
Previously, Charles Schwab launched Schwab Crypto in May 2026 as an early access offering, supporting spot trading in BTC and ETH. In August, it announced plans to add SOL, AVAX, and LINK.

Foresight News reports that DWF Labs published a report stating that, as of the week of October 5, the total market capitalization of tokenized stocks reached $3.8 billion, up 483% from $654 million in the week of January 5. By issuer, Ondo Finance remained in first place with a market capitalization of about $1 billion, but its market share fell from 56% to 26%. xStocks’ market capitalization rose from $187 million to $954 million, giving it a 25% share. Binance’s bStocks, launched in June, had a market capitalization of $905 million and a 24% share. Securitize had a market capitalization of $290 million and an 8% share. Since launching in July, Robinhood’s market capitalization has risen from $20 million to $170 million.

Foresight News reports, according to the Daily Mail, that Russia’s Federal Penitentiary Service has disclosed that Vladimir Dalekin, one of three suspects accused of killing Russian crypto tycoon Roman Novak and his wife, Anna, died in a prison in the UAE last month. Russian media reported that he died of a long-term chronic illness that was not specified, though no health issues had previously been reported. In October 2025, the Novaks were kidnapped and murdered after traveling to Dubai to meet supposed “investors.” The three suspects allegedly posed as investors and demanded Novak’s crypto wallet password. At the time of his disappearance, Novak was under investigation on suspicion of defrauding crypto investors under the guise of business development.

Foresight News reports that publicly listed card-issuing platform Marqeta (MQ) has partnered with Coinbase to offer card services funded by stablecoin balances to crypto-native and non-crypto businesses. Under the arrangement, Coinbase will custody stablecoin balances and handle conversions between digital assets and fiat currencies, while Base will provide the on-chain settlement infrastructure. Marqeta will handle card issuance, payment processing, and relationships with banks and card networks. Cardholders can spend their stablecoin balances at merchants worldwide that accept payment cards, and businesses can issue cards and fund card programs around the clock. Marqeta has previously issued a crypto-asset payment card for Coinbase.

Foresight News reports, according to an SEC filing, that Strategy announced that, subject to the dividend conditions being met, the annualized regular dividend rate for its floating-rate Series A perpetual preferred stock, STRC, on the November record date will be 12%. Strategy’s board of directors also announced cash dividends on STRC for each calendar day from November 1 through November 30, payable on the next business day after the record date, totaling $1 per share for November.
The daily dividend payments described above are subject to two conditions: shareholders must approve the amendment providing for daily dividends at a special meeting on October 28, and the relevant certificate of designation must take effect before 12:01 a.m. ET on November 1. If these conditions are met, the STRC dividend originally scheduled for payment on November 15 will not be paid. If they are not met, daily dividends will not take effect, the November 15 dividend will be paid as usual, and dividends will continue at the current twice-monthly frequency. Strategy previously stated that management would recommend that the board maintain STRC’s annualized dividend rate at 12% until STRC trades steadily around $100 per share.

Foresight News reports that Solana-based lending protocol Kamino has appointed Matthew Klopfer to lead its U.S. institutional expansion and Blake Messer to lead Agent operations. Both will report to CEO Michael Weisz and work at Kamino’s U.S. headquarters in New York. Klopfer previously worked at Yieldstreet (now renamed Willow Wealth) and will be responsible for broadening access to private markets and connecting asset managers and financial institutions to Kamino’s on-chain credit and liquidity infrastructure. Messer, formerly CTO of Cratejoy, will build AI-powered systems to accelerate Kamino’s transaction processing.

Foresight News reports that Celestia announced on X the launch of Eden, a high-performance EVM chain built on Celestia and designed as a sandbox for AI Agent commercial experiments to study their on-chain needs and behavior. Eden is built on the Evolve tech stack, uses Celestia as its data availability layer, and employs a single sequencer. Its native token is TIA, which can be deposited via the Eden bridge. Eden is compatible with existing Solidity contracts and Ethereum development tools. The first experiment is a closed test of bot.fun, where AI Agents issue tokens and trade around each other's narratives, with each inference call paid for on-chain through x402.

Foresight News reports that Bybit will launch the DNA USDT perpetual contract on October 16 at 19:45, with up to 20x leverage.