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Brendan Ma, head of investment strategy at the Arbitrum Foundation, said he met with representatives of institutions managing about €800 billion in assets over 48 hours of closed-door meetings to discuss crypto.Private bankers and wealth managers kept returning to one problem:“There’s been business or ecosystem traction that has been divorced from any fundamental case.”Ma told CryptoSlate that allocators asked him how network activity connects to the asset an investor can own.Allocate or build in cryptoMa said institutions are drawn to networks “building towards durable, sustainable network revenues and a P&L that can be geared towards investment and reinvestment.”He described a…

Global onshore oil inventories fell by an estimated 113 million barrels in September, according to the International Energy Agency’s October 14 report. A buildup at sea offset most of that draw, leaving the prospects for energy-led inflation relief uncertain for Bitcoin investors.Global observed inventories fell just 10 million barrels because oil on water increased by 103 million barrels. The small net decline therefore concealed a much larger loss from onshore buffers.The IEA linked the waterborne buildup to recovering Gulf exports. Gulf crude shipments reached 13.9 million barrels a day in September, more than 75% of pre-war levels. Oil afloat remains…

Institutions trade swaps referencing more than 100 traditional financial markets around the clock, with Ripple Prime as the principal counterparty, Ripple announced on Oct. 15.The swaps cover stocks, equity indices, ETFs, metals, energy and foreign exchange, and they reference perpetual contracts that Trade.xyz lists on Hyperliquid.The structure offered by RippleRipple offers consolidated margining across the supported asset classes and accepts RLUSD as eligible collateral, subject to jurisdiction. The product runs through Ripple Prime’s British Virgin Islands entity, with other regions planned.It builds on Ripple Prime’s February Hyperliquid integration and the total-return swaps on equities, indices and digital assets that Ripple…

Key takeaways Ethereum recovered above $2,400 after briefly falling toward $2,340 following hotter-than-expected US producer inflation. September PPI rose 6.3% annually, while core PPI reached 5%, both exceeding forecasts. Support stands near $2,355, while resistance between $2,496 and $2,552 could challenge the recovery. Ethereum rebounds after producer inflation surprise Ethereum recovered above $2,400 on Friday after a stronger-than-expected US wholesale inflation report briefly pushed the cryptocurrency toward $2,340. September’s Producer Price Index increased 1.3% month-over-month and 6.3% annually, exceeding forecasts of 0.5% and 5.3%, respectively. Core PPI, which excludes food and energy prices, also surpassed expectations. It rose 0.7% monthly…

Key takeaways HYPE recovered to $81.88 after falling to approximately $77.59 following hotter-than-expected US producer inflation. Ripple Prime introduced institutional RWA perpetual swaps referencing more than 100 Trade.xyz markets on Hyperliquid. HYPE faces resistance at $83.10, while support lies around $76.30–$75.70. HYPE recovers after inflation-driven selloff Hyperliquid’s HYPE token rebounded toward $82 on Friday, recovering from an intraday decline as new institutional trading initiatives drew attention to the platform. HYPE traded at approximately $81.88 at the time of this report, up 0.8% over the previous 24 hours. Earlier, the token fell to around $77.59 after a stronger-than-expected US inflation reading.…

Two hot inflation reports in two days resulted in Bitcoin falling below $80,000 on Oct. 15.September CPI accelerated to 3.7% from 3.4%, and producer prices jumped 1.3% on the month, the largest rise since March 2022 and more than double the forecast in most surveys.Can-Luca Köymen, investment strategist at Sygnum, said in a note that the bank’s base case is a range-bound move into the midterms.Köymen says options price roughly $80,000 to $87,000 over the coming month, and on-chain cost-basis data draws much the same box. Support sits at $80,000 to $81,500, where the average US spot ETF buyer breaks…

MSCI will assess companies with substantial non-operating assets using operating-asset, expense, cash-flow, valuation and capital-raising tests. Companies flagged on four of five tests become ineligible, although existing constituents must fail across their two latest annual periods. JPMorgan previously estimated Strategy could face US$2.8 billion in passive outflows if removed from MSCI indices. MSCI will publish affected companies on 11 November 2026, with index changes taking effect after the close on 30 November. MSCI has adopted new index eligibility rules which could put companies like Michael Saylor’s Strategy at risk of dropping out of MSCI indices. MSCI’s new rule applies to…

Aave’s proposed native Bitcoin lending market would keep collateral in Bitcoin while borrowing wrapped Bitcoin (WBTC) to pay outside liquidators immediately. Suppliers financing those payouts would face any settlement shortfall without funded protection.The design in Babylon Labs’ Oct. 14 proposal separates fast liquidation from the slower redemption of Bitcoin collateral. Its open route draws WBTC from Aave’s shared liquidity pool, called a Hub, until a permissioned buyer takes over the vault.A direct keeper route lets an authorized operator finance repayment and redeem the BTC itself.The Aave Request for Comment lists feedback, a conditional Snapshot vote, and an eventual on-chain proposal…

ASIC opened consultation on 15 October on standards and guidance for crypto exchanges and tokenised custody platforms. Two of three capital options would require exchanges holding client assets themselves to keep AU$14 million in net tangible assets. The new regime starts on 8 April 2027, and submissions on the proposals close on 27 November. Crypto exchanges that hold customers’ coins themselves could need AU$14 million (US$9.66 million) in net tangible assets under rules the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) proposed on Thursday. The figure sits in Consultation Paper 392, ASIC’s draft standards and guidance for the Corporations Amendment (Digital…

Binance announced covered-call and cash-secured-put strategies on Oct. 15, allowing eligible stock-options customers to collect premiums while committing shares or USDC to a potential assignment.For put sellers, assignment means having to buy the underlying shares at the agreed price, even if their market value has fallen.A cash-secured put seller receives a premium for accepting that purchase obligation, and the agreed purchase price is the strike price. If the stock falls sharply, the premium offsets only part of the loss from buying at a price above the market.A covered-call seller commits shares already held and must sell them at the strike…