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Arbitrum's on-chain derivatives protocol Variational announced that the private testing of its trading platform Omni has concluded, and the public mainnet is now open, with registration no longer requiring an invitation code. The Omni private testing began in January 2025 and was initially open only to a small number of whitelisted addresses from the testnet and Discord waitlist. According to the official statement, after approximately 20 months of development, the protocol's open contracts have exceeded 1.5 billion dollars, with a cumulative trading volume exceeding 450 billion dollars.During the private testing period, Variational set zero fees as a long-term arrangement and launched a referral program and a points program, along with two interface updates. It introduced the first batch of TradFi markets outside the crypto market and recently brought TradFi liquidity on-chain through exchanges. Currently, it supports all users to trade over 550 traditional assets and crypto assets that are live on Omni.

According to The Block, payment company Visa has included the Monad blockchain network in its stablecoin settlement program, allowing participating issuing institutions and acquiring institutions to settle through this network.The Monad Foundation stated that Monad has joined the ranks of blockchains supported by Visa, including Avalanche, Ethereum, Solana, Stellar, Circle's Arc, Base, Canton, Polygon, and Tempo, with the latter five announced as supported in April this year. Compared to traditional card settlements that follow a five-business-day banking schedule, blockchain settlements allow funds to flow on weekends and holidays.Dan Roesbery, Vice President of Global On-Chain Partnerships and GTM at Visa, stated that the goal is to allow partners to flexibly choose the blockchain network that best meets their needs for settlement. The support for Monad expands the options for partners and is another step in building a multi-chain stablecoin payment settlement infrastructure. Visa disclosed that as of September 2026, its stablecoin settlement annualized run rate reached $20 billion, a year-on-year increase of more than 15 times, with over 225 stablecoin-related card projects launched globally.Monad is developing a privacy feature called Private Settlement for institutions, expected to launch in the coming months, which will allow institutions to keep sensitive transaction details confidential while sharing these details with auditors or regulators when necessary. This feature is built directly into Monad, and privacy transactions can use the same liquidity as other transactions on the network without slowing down settlement.Keone Hon, co-founder and General Manager of the Monad Foundation, stated that the next phase will depend on whether institutions can keep sensitive fund flows confidential without leaving the open network. Visa has also explored privacy settlements on Canton, announcing in June a proof of concept with stablecoin issuer Brale to test settlements using its dollar-backed SBC token.

According to Bloomberg, the New York Stock Exchange will settle tokenized stocks on the Avalanche blockchain.

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Clearing and Risk Division issued a no-action letter clarifying whether derivatives clearing organizations can use trust companies for the daily settlement of clearing members.The letter states that derivatives clearing organizations may consider trust companies as settlement banks that meet applicable CFTC requirements, allowing them to use these for daily settlements.

Binance announced that starting from November 6, 2026, at 14:00 Beijing time, there will be a dividend adjustment settlement for the USDⓈ margin SAMSUNGUSDT perpetual contract, with an adjustment amount of 1,001 Korean Won per share, equivalent to -0.037336%. The settlement is expected to last about 30 minutes.This adjustment applies to users who hold a net position in the contract on the ex-dividend date (September 29, 2026, at 07:00 Beijing time). Eligible users can select special funding fees in their transaction history to view the specific adjustment amount.The adjustment amount will be credited to or deducted from the user's U-based contract full margin account. Binance reminds users to assess the impact of the dividend adjustment in advance and manage their positions. During the settlement period, the contract funding rate intervals will remain unchanged, and there will be no early switch to a reduction-only mode.

The traditional inventory financing platform Settle has reached a forward loan purchase agreement with the crypto lending platform 3Jane, with an initial amount of 50 million USD, which can be expanded to 100 million USD.3Jane has purchased 18 million USD of existing loans from Settle and will continue to purchase eligible new loans. 3Jane stated that it will use stablecoin liquidity to finance these loans.

According to Gate market data, the settlement price of U.S. crude oil futures is $88.12 per barrel, down $7.97, a decrease of 8.29%.

According to Bloomberg, Jack Dorsey's payment company Block disclosed in regulatory filings submitted on Tuesday that it has reached a principle agreement with the U.S. Department of Justice regarding its anti-money laundering compliance investigation, in which the Department of Justice will defer prosecution for three years on charges that Block failed to maintain an effective anti-money laundering program and violated the Bank Secrecy Act.This deferred prosecution agreement still requires court approval, with an expected total amount of approximately $964 million, and a net payment of about $764 million. Block had previously accrued $526 million at the end of June and increased the accrued amount to $764 million by the end of September.

Standard Chartered Bank announced the launch of a tokenized deposit scheme in Hong Kong, making it the first market within the group to offer this scheme to corporate clients. The scheme is based on Standard Chartered's own blockchain infrastructure and relies on the Hong Kong Monetary Authority's Ensemble TX, allowing corporate treasury, banking, investment platforms, and digital asset businesses to use commercial bank deposits in digital treasury and investment processes, including internal liquidity management within the group.According to Standard Chartered's announcement, tokenized deposits can be transferred in real-time between participating banks, with interbank settlements in central bank currency, including wholesale central bank digital currency, and supporting 24/7 operations. Huaxia Fund, Finloop, and PantherTrade have completed real-time tokenized deposit transactions and tokenized money market fund settlements.

The Supreme People's Procuratorate released typical cases of legally protecting citizens' personal information, two of which are related to the cryptocurrency industry. In Case One, Wang and 11 others established a chain of "finding downstream buyers domestically --- obtaining personal information from abroad --- reselling at a markup domestically," paying for purchases to foreign upstream sources with virtual currency, and reselling information such as citizens' household registration, property status, and tracking trajectories, with an amount involved exceeding 1.98 million yuan. The court sentenced each defendant to imprisonment ranging from three years and six months to eight months, and imposed fines.In Case Seven, Lin and 21 others illegally obtained over 870,000 pieces of personal information of job applicants under the guise of recruitment, through online recruitment platforms and by bribing corporate human resources personnel, selling it to foreign entities for profit. The illegal gains were settled in virtual currency and then exchanged for RMB, with an amount involved exceeding 7.46 million yuan. The court sentenced each defendant to imprisonment ranging from five years and three months to six months, and ordered them to bear civil liabilities such as public welfare damage compensation.

According to TASS, the First Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Russia, Vladimir Chistyukhin, stated that the restrictions on the use of non-custodial wallets in the proposed cryptocurrency legislation do not apply to international settlements, and such scenarios still allow the use of non-custodial wallets.

The Euronext exchange suspended the Zcash ETP from the cryptocurrency asset management company CoinShares just hours after its launch on the Paris market. The reason for the suspension is that the central securities depository is unable to support the related settlement operations, which prevents CoinShares from participating in the Zcash ETP trading.A spokesperson for Euronext stated that the suspension is not related to regulation but is a settlement infrastructure issue; the ETP will remain frozen until the central securities depository can fully support standard settlement operations. Currently, related products from 21Shares, Virtune, and Valor are still trading in the European market. According to the page content, the EU Anti-Money Laundering Regulation will come into full effect on July 1, 2027, prohibiting licensed cryptocurrency companies from handling privacy coins like Zcash and interacting with anonymous wallets.

Visa disclosed in its Q4 fiscal year 2026 earnings call that its stablecoin settlement annualized transaction volume has exceeded $25 billion, a tenfold year-on-year increase, currently supporting 10 blockchains and operating in all 5 regions. The Visa stablecoin platform is available in the United States, Mexico, Puerto Rico, Colombia, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom, with over 300 partners in the pipeline.Open USD launched on September 30, and as of October 15, its circulating supply exceeded $800 million. Additionally, Visa has over 225 stablecoin-linked card projects, a year-on-year increase of over 70%, with transaction volume growing by more than 150%, covering 5 million cards across more than 50 countries.

According to Cointelegraph, exchange operator Euronext suspended CoinShares' Zcash exchange-traded product (ETP) on Wednesday, which was originally scheduled to be listed on the Euronext Paris exchange that day. Euronext announced that the CoinShares Zcash ETP (ticker ZCSH) is suspended from trading effective immediately until further notice, and the announcement did not specify the exact reason.Flavio Bornancin-Tomasella, Euronext's Media and Communications Manager, told Cointelegraph that the product will remain suspended until the Central Securities Depository (CSD) can fully support standard settlement operations. He stated that this measure is strictly limited to the scope of "operational settlement requirements."This suspension prevented the product from becoming the fourth ETP based on Zcash in Europe. Earlier this year, 21Shares, Virtune, and Valor launched their Zcash ETPs. CoinShares announced its plans to list the product on Euronext Paris earlier on Wednesday, and as of the time of publication, it had not responded to Cointelegraph's request for comment.

According to unfolded.data, this Friday at 16:00 Beijing time, Deribit will have 135,000 BTC expiring, with a nominal value of 10.92 billion USD, and the maximum pain point price is 78,000 USD, with a put/call ratio of 0.53.On the Ethereum side, this Friday there will be ETH options expiring with a nominal value of 776 million USD, the maximum pain point price is 2,500 USD, and the put/call ratio is 0.77.

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) is once again investigating the prediction market platform Polymarket to determine whether it has violated the 2022 settlement agreement, focusing on whether it has taken adequate measures to prevent U.S. users from accessing the main overseas platform. This review is part of a broader investigation initiated by the CFTC earlier this year, involving user geographic location identification mechanisms, advertising activities in the U.S. market, as well as the customer account opening processes and protective measures of U.S. platforms.According to the 2022 settlement agreement, Polymarket agreed to cease providing services to U.S. users. In 2024, the CFTC and the U.S. Department of Justice conducted investigations, which concluded in 2025 without any charges being filed; thereafter, Polymarket gradually returned to the U.S. market through the acquisition of a licensed derivatives exchange. Polymarket previously stated that it has strengthened geographic restrictions, prohibiting circumvention through methods such as VPNs, and established monitoring mechanisms. There is currently no information indicating that the CFTC has filed formal charges regarding this investigation.

On October 25, 2026, Bilibili UP Master "Brother Feng on the Run" released a video titled "A Day of Daily Settlement Experience at Majia Bridge." In the footage, street stalls display the words "Binance New User Promotion," with the relevant segment appearing around 04:08 in the video.Majia Bridge is located outside the sixth ring road in the southeast of Beijing, adjacent to the Yizhuang Economic and Technological Development Zone, where a large daily settlement labor market has spontaneously formed. The video and related description state that APP user acquisition refers to intermediaries finding passersby to download and register the application, and sometimes they also need to complete their first use, after which cash rewards are paid to them.

According to the official announcement, Gate has launched pre-trading for the PREDICTUSDT perpetual contract (settled in USDT), supporting 1-10 times long and short operations.