According to Cointelegraph, the US SEC will conclude the public comment period on the "Regulation Crypto Assets" rule proposal on Tuesday. The proposal was introduced in August, and about 140 comments were received during the 60-day consultation period, including 6 anonymous submissions. The comments mainly concern safe harbor provisions and exemptions for issuances below a certain amount. The MiCA Crypto Alliance generally supports the amendments to disclosure requirements and suggests that the

Wu reported that on October 19, the State Taxation Administration issued a reminder requiring relevant taxpayers to complete the declaration and payment of individual income tax for offshore trusts by October 22. Late payments may face late fees and other legal risks. According to new regulations issued by the Ministry of Finance and the State Taxation Administration in July this year, Chinese tax residents who place assets into offshore trusts are generally required to calculate and pay individ

According to Bloomberg, UK AI data center operator Nscale, supported by Nvidia, is negotiating a second computing power supply agreement worth approximately $4.5 billion with Claude developer Anthropic. Previously, Anthropic reached a long-term computing power lease agreement with Nscale worth about $4.5 billion in August this year. If the new deal is completed, the total cooperation scale between the two parties will approach $9 billion. Nscale originated from Bitcoin mining company Arkon Energ

According to the announcement by the Japan Crypto-Asset Business Association (JCBA) on October 20, the association has established a special working group and released a draft security management guideline for crypto exchanges, wallets, and signature system outsourcing service providers. The guideline covers 10 major areas with 347 inspection items, focusing on private key generation and custody, cold and hot wallet segregation, transaction signature verification, and third-party vendor manageme

JPMorgan Asset Management released the "2027 Long-Term Capital Market Assumptions" report on October 19, including Bitcoin in its long-term return forecasts for the first time. It expects Bitcoin's compound annual growth rate over the next 10 to 15 years to be 10%, higher than 7.5% for large-cap U.S. stocks, 5.5% for gold, and 8.2% for U.S. real estate investment trusts (REITs). The report also projects Bitcoin's arithmetic average annual return at 20.9%, with an annualized volatility of 55%. Bi

According to SoSoValue data, as of October 19 Eastern Time, the total net inflow of Bitcoin spot ETFs was $527 million. The Bitcoin spot ETF with the largest single-day net inflow yesterday was Blackrock's ETF IBIT, with a single-day net inflow of $665 million. The total net outflow of Ethereum spot ETFs was $103 million, and the Ethereum spot ETF with the largest single-day net outflow yesterday was Blackrock's ETF ETHA, with a single-day net outflow of $95.3953 million.

According to the announcement by the French Financial Markets Authority (AMF) on October 19, the regulator disclosed 26 newly identified websites in the third quarter that offer crypto assets and related services to French investors without authorization, including alphaairobot, bitgrokapp, cryptobullbea, among others. Since 2026, the AMF has cumulatively added 64 websites or names to the blacklist of crypto asset services. The AMF warns that these platforms are not authorized to provide crypto

The Hyperliquid Policy Center is calling on the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to exclude airdrops from the definition of securities. Their proposal includes codifying the SEC's position from March 2026 that free airdrops do not constitute "investment of money" and therefore are not investment contracts; extending this rule to announced airdrops, including periodic or regular distributions, provided the network is operational, eligibility is based on usage or contribution (such as