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Binance founder and former CEO Changpeng Zhao (CZ) announced on X that the Japanese edition of "Freedom of Money" launches today, with more languages coming soon. CZ said all proceeds go to charity and the book is free of charge, thanking "Miss Bitcoin" Mai Fujimoto, Co-Founder of zERC20, for the translation.

According to the announcement from Binance, Binance Futures will launch four USDT-margined perpetual contracts on 2026-10-21. CEGUSDT, based on Constellation Energy Corporation common stock, is scheduled to begin trading at 09:00 (UTC). BACUSDT, based on Bank of America Corporation common stock, will follow at 09:05 (UTC), and IBKRUSDT, based on Interactive Brokers Group, Inc. Class A common stock, at 09:10 (UTC). MDTUSDT, based on Medtronic plc ordinary shares, is scheduled for 09:20 (UTC). Each contract will be settled in USDT and will support 24/7 trading, maximum leverage of 20x, and a tick size of 0.01. The minimum trade amount is 0.01 of the respective underlying, while the minimum notional value is 5 USDT. All four contracts will have capped funding rates of +2.00% and -2.00%, with funding fee settlement every eight hours and a 0% interest rate for the funding rate. Binance also stated that all four contracts will support Multi-Assets Mode.

Bitcoin trades at $81,993 on Tuesday morning, having been turned back from $83,062 on Monday as ask liquidity thickened above $83,000 on exchange order books. The wall is not arbitrary: it sits almost exactly on Bitcoin’s 20-day moving average of $83,242, which is why Monday’s $83,100 high stalled just beneath it.Below the price, the 50-day average at $81,481 is now only 0.63% away. Bitcoin is pinned between two converging averages with its daily range running at little more than half of normal — a setup that resolves through expansion rather than drift.The Ceiling Is Falling While the Floor RisesOctober’s high was $87,229 on the 2nd. Bitcoin was rejected near $84,000 on the 13th and again on the 14th. Monday’s attempt stopped at $83,100.Against that, the October low of $79,709 was set on the 15th, and subsequent approaches have held progressively higher — around $80,700 through last week and $81,678 on Monday.Lower highs against higher lows is a closing range, not a flat one. That matters because the two framings imply different outcomes: a flat range can persist indefinitely, while a converging one cannot. The two moving averages are 2.16% apart and tightening.Volatility Has Compressed to Half Its MedianTuesday’s high-to-low range stands at 1.29% so far. Monday’s was 1.77%. The 90-day median is 2.38%.So current activity is running at about 54% of the typical daily range. Compression of this kind is a measure of indecision rather than direction — buyers are defending the 50-day average and sellers are defending the 20-day, and neither has committed. The resolution comes when one side withdraws, and nothing in the positioning data signals which.Whale Deposits Are Shrinking as a Share of FlowThe Binance whale ratio, which measures the ten largest exchange inflow transactions against total inflows, has fallen to 0.45 from 0.54 at the start of October — a decline of about 17%.Large deposits to exchanges are the usual precursor to whale selling, so a falling ratio means that category of supply is a shrinking part of the flow. CryptoQuant frames it cautiously, noting the decline “potentially reflects shifts in whales’ trading strategies and asset management activities,” and that caution is appropriate: a lower ratio can reflect reduced whale selling or simply reduced whale activity in either direction. It removes a source of downside pressure without adding demand.Cross-crypto liquidations totalled $335 million over 24 hours, which is unremarkable for a session with this little price movement.QCP’s Bullish Conditions Are Not Being MetTrading firm QCP Capital identified bond-market stability as the key input for Bitcoin upside, warning that “broader equity deleveraging dynamics could transmit to cryptocurrency markets and potentially threaten the $80,000 support level if sustained.”Its constructive scenario requires “a sustained Treasury rally” accompanied by “declining real yields and a weaker US dollar.” Neither is in place. The 10-year yield rose to 5.139% and the 30-year to 5.46%, while the dollar index firmed to 101.95. The conditions QCP names as supportive are moving the other way, which makes its $80,000 warning the live half of the analysis.Monday’s Equity Rebound FadedThe Nasdaq Composite closed up 1.11% at 26,431 after peaking near 1.8% in late morning. The S&P 500 added 0.41% to 7,691 and the Dow slipped 0.07% to 51,966. South Korea’s KOSPI finished 1.76% higher at 5,768, recovering part of its worst weekly fall in 18 years.Bitcoin did not participate meaningfully in either direction, which is the behaviour of an asset waiting on an external resolution rather than one tracking equities. Yields rose alongside stocks, continuing a pattern of recent weeks in which both move together ahead of earnings — a correlation that removes the usual flight-to-safety read from rising bond prices.Earnings Are the CatalystMeta, SpaceX and Tesla report Tuesday and Wednesday. With the Fed in blackout before its October 27 to 28 meeting, there is no official guidance to interrupt them, so corporate results and Treasury yields will set the tone on their own.For Bitcoin specifically, the levels are defined: $83,242 is where the sellers are, $81,481 is where the buyers have been, and $79,709 is the October low beneath that. A compressed range ahead of a known catalyst is the most readable setup the market has offered in weeks, even if the direction is not.

Zcash rose 8.5% in 24 hours to $1,215.85 on Tuesday, leading gains among the largest cryptocurrencies, while Bitcoin climbed 1.57% to $83,195 and total crypto market capitalization increased 1.68% to $2.78 trillion. According to NS3.AI, crypto exchange-traded funds recorded $526.7 million in net inflows on Monday, their biggest daily inflows in a month. Zcash developers are due to decide on the NU7 network upgrade today. Oil near $110 a barrel and Treasury yields above 5% remain key risks to the rebound.

According to the announcement from Binance, eligible holders of Dell Technologies (DELL) bStocks, known as DELLB, will receive the company’s cash dividend in the form of additional DELLB units or fractions. The net dividend will be reinvested after applicable withholding taxes, fees, costs, and other deductions. Users must hold DELLB at the record-date snapshot of 2026-10-20 00:00 (UTC) to qualify. On-chain DELLB holders will receive the dividend through a multiplier adjustment. General trading of DELLB/USDT will not be affected. Binance will suspend the 1:1 token conversion service between DELL stock and DELLB bStocks at 2026-10-19 23:30 (UTC). Deposits and withdrawals of DELLB, along with Binance Convert transactions for DELLB and associated pairs, will also be paused at 2026-10-19 23:30 (UTC). These services are expected to resume once the distribution is complete. Dividends earned from assets held in other accounts, including Savings and Margin accounts, will be credited to users’ Spot Accounts. Binance said it will manage the technical requirements for the distribution.

一個自2013年9月以來從未進行過交易的比特幣錢包於週日轉出了全部餘額，共411.45枚BTC。按今天約82,600美元的價格計算，這些比特幣價值約3,400萬美元。比特幣當時的交易價格約爲131美元，錢包所有者購入這些比特幣時花費約53,900美元，價值增長了630倍。這筆資金轉入了一個新的私人地址，而非交易所。十三年間未進行過任何交易該錢包的大部分比特幣於2013年9月11日轉入，此後的13年裏，所有者沒有買入、賣出或轉移任何比特幣。

過去24小時內，Hyperliquid以每枚78.55美元的平均價格買入並銷燬了11,340枚HYPE代幣。據BlockBeats鏈上監測，此次銷燬使累計銷燬量達到4,963萬枚HYPE，相當於該代幣10億枚最大供應量的4.96%。OnchainLens監測到這項活動發生於10月18日。

拉脫維亞議會已通過一項加密貨幣稅法，計劃於2027年生效。據 NS3.AI 稱，該法律重點對超出存款金額的提現徵稅，並設有一次性申報機制。

據 BeInCrypto 報道，以太坊聯合創始人 Vitalik Buterin 於 2026 年 10 月 16 日爲其 AI 智能體推出了一種實驗性的“偏執模式”，旨在隱藏用戶身份、請求來源和付款信息。這套公開代碼方案結合了 Tor、掩護流量、本地提示詞改寫和 zkAPI。每段對話都會使用獨立的 Tor 電路，而 zkAPI 付款則在以太坊主網上進行，並支持 ETH 和 USDC。該系統並不能提供完全匿名性：服務提供商可以看到改寫後的提示詞，流量的時間特徵也可能暴露請求。Buterin 表示，zkAPI 費用將會降低；但這個原型並未證明其已被廣泛採用，也沒有顯示出能立即提振 ETH 價格的效果。

法國國民議會以38票贊成、37票反對、25票棄權，通過一項對2027年預算的修正案。據《The Defiant》報導，該修正案提議自2027年1月1日起，取消將加密貨幣兌換為單一貨幣穩定幣的稅務遞延。即使投資者沒有將資產兌換為法定貨幣，也可能須按目前約31.4%的統一稅率繳納資本利得稅。
該修正案僅在國民議會一讀中獲得通過。要成為法律，仍須經參議院審議並完成後續立法程序。

2026年10月18日19:32（UTC）。根據幣安市場數據，比特幣已跌破81,000 USDT，目前交易價格爲80,984.492188 USDT，24小時跌幅收窄至0.67%。

俄羅斯央行表示，自2027年7月1日起，居民將被禁止使用自託管錢包進行加密貨幣交易。據 NS3.AI 稱，居民還將被禁止將資金從受監管經紀商轉入自託管錢包，交易只能通過持牌經紀商或交易所進行。

俄羅斯副財政部長伊萬·切別斯科夫估計，約有2000萬俄羅斯人持有價值3.7萬億盧布的加密資產。俄羅斯聯邦儲蓄銀行副董事長阿納託利·波波夫預計，俄羅斯約20%的加密貨幣交易量將轉移至持牌交易所。

要點總結

bStocks 是 Binance 上的代幣化證券，每個 bStock 都由受監管託管方持有的美國股票以 1:1 的比例背書。

它們可在 Binance 的現貨市場 24/7 交易，通常在 1 秒內完成結算，無需等待 T+1 結算窗口。

作爲 BNB Smart Chain 上的 BEP-20 代幣，bStocks 支持自我託管，可用於去中心化金融（DeFi）協議，允許用戶將 bStocks 用於質押、借貸以及其他活動。

諸如股息和股票拆分等公司行動會通過稱爲 Multiplier 的鏈上機制自動處理。

香港警方拘捕六人，涉嫌涉及一宗為期九年、涉款1,400萬港元的投資騙案。據 NS3.AI 表示，調查人員於9月接獲21名受害人的投訴後，開始調查此案。受害人稱，他們投資了 BBB Group (Hong Kong) 推出的產品。

總警司朱明倫表示，大部分受害人年齡介乎52至82歲，個別投資金額由3萬港元至190萬港元不等。該公司涉嫌推銷虛假的沉香、加密貨幣及洗車投資計劃，同時拖延提款；證券及期貨事務監察委員會於週三將該公司及兩間相關公司列入警示名單。

據金十報道，隨着全球芯片股拋售潮持續，且投資者對人工智能投資熱潮的可持續性及相關公司的盈利前景愈發謹慎，日本和韓國股市開盤走低。日經225指數盤中跌超3%，鎧俠跌超8%；韓國綜合股價指數連續第七個交易日下跌，一度下挫6%，跌至7月31日以來的最低水平。半導體權重股成爲主要拖累因素，三星電子跌超7%，SK海力士跌超8%。隨後，韓國交易所啓動韓國綜合股價指數的“側車”機制，暫停程序化賣單。

Binance 的 bStocks 管理資產規模已突破 10 億美元，距離 6 月 11 日推出僅約四個月——根據該公司對 Dune 公開鏈上數據的解讀，這是代幣化股票產品中最快達到這一里程碑的。亮眼數字背後，是累計 400 億美元的交易額、近 100 種上市資產，以及一系列表明這些代幣正在流通而非靜置的使用數據。從五種資產到近百種該產品上線時包含五種代幣化證券。如今已列出近 100 種美國股票和 ETF，每種資產均由對應的底層股份按 1:1 支持。

美國生產者物價 9 月上漲 1.3%，年增 6.3%，高於 8 月的 5.6%，也遠高於經濟學家預期的 5.3%。扣除食品和能源價格的核心 PPI 月增 0.7%，高於預測的 0.3%，年增 5.0%。零售銷售上升 0.8%，高於預期的 0.30%。CNN 將整體漲幅形容為四年來批發通膨最大的一次躍升。核心 PPI 才是關鍵指標，實際數字是預測值的兩倍能源成本推升整體生產者物價，這是機械式的結果。原油、汽油和柴油價格一直居高不下，而燃料是直接的生產投入。