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The cryptocurrency trading platform Bakkt, a subsidiary of the New York Stock Exchange, announced the completion of the direct issuance pricing for 3,024,799 shares of Class A common stock and pre-funded warrants. Each pre-funded warrant can purchase up to 2,475,201 shares of Class A common stock, with an issuance price of $8.75 per share and a price of $8.7499 per pre-funded warrant, totaling $48.125 million to be raised. The transaction is expected to be completed around March 2, 2026, subject to customary closing conditions.

The ETF Store President Nate Geraci stated that a 50% drawdown is not uncommon for long-term Bitcoin investors and may not be the last occurrence. He pointed out that despite the significant market downturn, there are no clear signs of panic among spot Bitcoin ETF investors, as the fund flow data indicates that these investors' attitudes remain steady.Geraci believes that, based on recent fund movements, some ETF investors are more inclined to accumulate positions during the pullback phase.

According to Businesswire, Nasdaq-listed Bitcoin financial company ProCap Financial announced that it has repurchased 148,241 shares of common stock in the open market. In addition, the company disclosed that its current Bitcoin holdings have reached 5,007 coins, valued at approximately $335 million, while also holding $75 million in cash and convertible bonds worth about $100 million.

The London-listed technology company The Smarter Web Company has allocated 187,000 ordinary shares according to the terms of the subscription agreement. The total amount raised from this share allocation is £82,170 (before expenses), equivalent to approximately £0.44 per share, and the company will receive about 98.25% of the funds as settlement. The remaining ordinary shares not yet allocated under the subscription agreement amount to 58,833,500 shares.

The Hurun Research Institute today released the "2026 Hurun Quality Life Report for High Net Worth Individuals in China," which states: "The commonly used information platforms are Xiaohongshu and Douyin, the commonly used AIs are DeepSeek and Doubao, and the most followed financial bloggers are Wu Xiaobo Channel, Xiao Lin Says, and Ren Zeping."61% of the surveyed high net worth individuals frequently use Xiaohongshu for information, which is 13 percentage points higher than Douyin. 32% of high net worth individuals frequently watch WeChat Video Accounts, and 24% frequently watch Bilibili. The enthusiasm for Eastmoney and Zhihu exceeds 20%, while Tonghuashun and Wind Info receive 14% enthusiasm.By age group, over 70% of U25 individuals use Xiaohongshu and Douyin as their most common information platforms, while U40 and those over 45 prefer to use Video Accounts. The audience for professional investment software like Eastmoney, Wind Info, and Tonghuashun is mainly U35 and U40.The top three financial bloggers that high net worth individuals most frequently follow are Wu Xiaobo Channel (38%), Xiao Lin Says (23%), and Ren Zeping (17%).The most commonly used AI assistants among the surveyed high net worth individuals are DeepSeek and Doubao. By age group, U25 most frequently uses ChatGPT, while U30, U35, U40, and U45 predominantly use DeepSeek, and respondents over 45 most frequently use Doubao.

The London-listed technology company The Smarter Web Company has placed 955,000 ordinary shares according to the terms of the subscription agreement.The total amount raised from the subscription of the shares is £520,037 (before expenses), equivalent to approximately £0.54 per share, with the company set to receive about 98.25% of the funds as settlement. The remaining ordinary shares not yet placed under the subscription agreement amount to 59,020,500 shares.

According to GlobeNewswire, Nasdaq-listed Ethereum treasury company FG Nexus disclosed that as of today, the company holds 37,594 ETH, with total outstanding debt of 1.9 million USD, and 33.6 million shares of common stock outstanding.In addition, FG Nexus also stated that it has repurchased approximately 99 million shares of common stock at an average price of about 3.24 USD per share, and approximately 53,000 shares of preferred stock at an average price of about 24.16 USD per share, with a total value exceeding 32 million USD.

According to GlobeNewswire, Bakkt announced that it has established an ATM equity fundraising program under its existing shelf registration statement filed in 2025, allowing Bakkt to (but not obligated to) decide to offer and sell its common stock, with a total fundraising amount of up to $300 million.The program aims to enhance Bakkt's financial flexibility and accelerate the execution of its long-term growth strategy, including expanding the distribution of the Bakkt Agent program, rapidly scaling the Zaira stablecoin payment platform, increasing investments in the Bakkt Global program, and entering other high-potential markets.

According to market news, the NASDAQ-listed TON treasury company AlphaTON Capital announced a public offering of $15 million through the registration of common stock, issuing a total of 15,000,000 shares of common stock at a price of $1 per share. HC Wainwright & Co. is serving as the exclusive placement agent for this offering. The company stated that it plans to use the net proceeds from this offering to expand the GPU deployment scale of Cocoon AI, supplement working capital, and for general corporate purposes.

According to PRNewswire, Nasdaq-listed company AIxCrypto (AIXC) announced plans to invest $10 million in Faraday Future through the purchase of common stock. AIxCrypto intends to use these shares as the underlying asset for its first tokenized equity product.It is reported that AIxCrypto was formerly known as QLGN, which rebranded and transformed into a crypto and Web3 business platform last November, focusing on the tokenization of stocks and RWA business.

The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government today launched a public consultation on the implementation of the OECD's framework for the declaration of crypto assets and the amendments related to the Common Reporting Standard in Hong Kong.The OECD announced the declaration framework in 2023, which requires partner tax jurisdictions to automatically exchange tax information related to crypto asset transactions annually, as well as to incorporate new digital financial products and optimized declaration and due diligence rules into the Common Reporting Standard. The Hong Kong government plans to complete the necessary local legislative amendments within the next year, aiming to automatically exchange tax information related to crypto asset transactions with relevant partner tax jurisdictions starting in 2028, and to implement the newly revised Common Reporting Standard from 2029. Hong Kong will automatically exchange tax information with suitable partners on a reciprocal basis, provided that the partners meet standards related to the confidentiality and security of the information. The public is invited to submit comments on the various proposals by February 6, 2026.

The National Development and Reform Commission officially issued a document titled "Opinions on Strengthening the Construction of Data Element Disciplines and Digital Talent Teams," which emphasizes the need to accelerate research in key areas, targeting major issues in the market-oriented allocation reform of data elements, and systematically conducting strategic research in the data field.Focusing on key issues such as data property rights, pricing, and trading, in-depth research on the fundamental theories and policy laws of data elements will be carried out. Keeping pace with the development trends of cutting-edge technologies such as artificial intelligence, blockchain, and privacy-preserving computing, in-depth research on the common theories and technologies of data will be conducted.Surrounding key industries and fields such as intelligent manufacturing, transportation, financial services, and healthcare, the emphasis will be on research into data application technologies. A practical-based independent knowledge system and scientific research system for China's data elements will be established to provide theoretical support for the high-quality development of Digital China.

The report "2025 Cyber Threat Trends and 2026 Security Outlook" released by AhnLab shows that the North Korean-backed hacker group Lazarus has been named the most frequently in the past 12 months, primarily using "spear phishing" to carry out attacks, often disguising themselves as seminar invitations, interview requests, and other emails to lure targets into opening attachments. The report states that Lazarus is considered the main suspect in several major attacks, including the Bybit hacking incident on February 21 this year (resulting in a loss of $1.4 billion) and the recent $30 million vulnerability attack on the South Korean exchange Upbit.AhnLab indicates that to enhance security, companies need to establish a multi-layered defense system, including regular security audits, timely patch updates, and strengthening employee education. The company also recommends that individual users employ multi-factor authentication, handle unknown links and attachments with caution, avoid excessive exposure of personal information, and only download content from official channels. AhnLab points out that with the widespread use of AI applications, attackers will find it easier to generate indistinguishable phishing emails, spoofed pages, and deepfake content, and related threats may further complicate in the future. (Cointelegraph)

According to GlobeNewswire, Nasdaq-listed company Scilex Holding announced that it has completed its second investment in Datavault AI, which will be paid in Bitcoin (based on the spot price of Bitcoin at the time the strategic investment agreement was signed).It is reported that this investment allows it to acquire 263,914,094 shares of common stock in Datavault AI, valued at approximately $583.3 million based on a closing price of $2.21.

The Smarter Web Company (Code: SWC) today announced that it has successfully placed 230,000 ordinary shares, raising approximately £140,000 (around £0.61 per share). The company expects to receive about 98% of the funds early this week.The company is the largest publicly listed company in the UK holding Bitcoin on its balance sheet, and this placement is based on the subscription agreement announced on September 4, 2025. There are currently 13,240,500 ordinary shares remaining to be placed under this agreement. Investors can view the complete RNS announcement on the company's official website.

According to PRNewswire, Nasdaq-listed Bitcoin mining company CleanSpark announced that it has spent $460 million to repurchase 30.6 million shares of common stock, accounting for approximately 10% of the company's current outstanding shares. This repurchase does not involve any shares held by the company's directors or executives. Additionally, the company announced that the previously disclosed $1.15 billion fundraising transaction for the issuance of convertible preferred notes has now been completed.

According to the official announcement, Binance will hold a BNB Smart Chain trading competition from November 12, 2025, 00:00 to November 26, 2025, 00:00. During the event, users trading AT, BOS, and COMMON tokens on the Binance Alpha platform can share a reward pool equivalent to $1.6 million.The specific reward distribution is as follows: the top 6,600 users in the AT trading volume pool will share 1,254,000 AT, the top 10,000 users in the BOS trading volume pool will share 122,000,000 BOS, and the top 9,700 users in the COMMON trading volume pool will share 47,530,000 COMMON.

The Web3 robot company XMAQUINA community has released a proposal vote for "Allocation of 800,000 USDC to acquire common stock of 1X Technologies," which will end on November 11.The proposal includes the plan to allocate 800,000 USDC from the DAO treasury to directly acquire common stock of 1X Technologies through its Norwegian holding company 1X Holding AS. 1X Technologies is accelerating the development of humanoid robot technology through the NEO Gamma robot, and the product is now in the pre-sale stage.

According to Fortune, payment-focused blockchain project Tempo, supported by fintech giant Stripe and crypto venture firm Paradigm, announced it will lead a $25 million financing round for crypto infrastructure company Commonware.As part of the collaboration, Tempo will work with Commonware to develop faster methods for processing blockchain payments. Commonware founder Patrick O'Grady declined to disclose other investors but stated that the company's valuation has seen "significant growth" after this round of financing compared to the seed round valuation of $63 million.