tech giant IBM announced the launch of the digital asset operation platform IBM Digital Asset Haven. It is reported that this is a comprehensive platform for financial institutions, governments, and enterprises to securely manage and expand their digital asset operations, allowing banks and administrative agencies to manage their digital asset lifecycle, including custody and settlement, through a single solution.

 China Securities Regulatory Commission issued the "Opinions on Strengthening the Protection of Small and Medium Investors in the Capital Market". It mentions promoting listed companies to enhance investor returns. Vigorously advocate for listed companies to return to investors through methods such as "cancellation-style repurchases". Take multiple measures to guide listed companies to implement dividends more than once a year while ensuring sustainable development, enhancing the stability, continuity, and predictability of dividends.

according to CNBC: Tesla's chairman of the board said that if the $100 billion compensation plan is not approved, Tesla (TSLA.O) could face the risk of losing CEO Musk.

based on extensive solicitation of opinions from all parties, the China Securities Regulatory Commission has conducted research and drafted the "Opinions on Strengthening the Protection of Small and Medium Investors in the Capital Market", which was officially released today. The "Opinions" follow the approach of "targeting core concerns, striving for practical effectiveness, and being legally justified", focusing on key issues of concern to small and medium investors, strengthening the protection of small and medium investors in the issuance and listing process, creating a system environment conducive to fair trading for small and medium investors, strengthening the responsibility of operating institutions to protect small and medium investors, cracking down severely on illegal activities that harm the interests of small and medium investors, promoting the construction of a diversified dispute resolution mechanism for securities and futures, enhancing the role of investor protection institutions, improving the protection system and mechanism for small and medium investors in the delisting process, and strengthening the legal protection of small and medium investors, proposing twenty-three specific measures in eight aspects. The relevant measures are conducive to improving the investor protection mechanism, enhancing the inherent stability of the capital market, effectively protecting the legitimate rights and interests of small and medium investors, and boosting market confidence.

 Alan Konevsky, CEO of tokenized securities market tZero Group Inc., said in an interview that the company plans to conduct its initial public offering (IPO) in 2026.

On October 27th, Binance officially announced on social media that starting from 8:00 AM on October 28th Beijing time, the trading volume of tokens created through Four.Meme "Meme Rush - Fair Mode" will not be included in the Alpha trading volume points until the token is recommended by Binance Alpha. If the token is recommended, the trading volume after the recommendation will be calculated according to the standard Alpha points rate.

as of 7 PM Eastern Time on October 26, BitMine's cryptocurrency holdings include 3,313,069 ETH (an increase of 77,055 ETH from last week), 192 bitcoins (BTC), 88 million US dollars of Eightco Holdings (NASDAQ stock code: ORBS) shares ("moonshots"), and 305 million US dollars of undesignated cash.

Tesla (TSLA.O) Chairman Robin Denholm called on shareholders in a letter on Monday to vote in favor of CEO Musk's nearly $1 trillion compensation plan before the annual shareholder meeting. "If we fail to create an environment that incentivizes Elon to achieve great achievements through a fair performance compensation plan, we face the risk of him resigning from executive positions, and Tesla may lose his time, talent, and vision, all of which are crucial to providing outstanding shareholder returns," Denholm said. As Tesla is committed to surpassing the designation of "just a car company" and focusing on fully autonomous driving and humanoid robot Optimus, Musk's role in the company's future is crucial. Tesla's annual shareholder meeting is scheduled to take place on November 6th, Eastern Time, with shareholder voting ending at 11:59 pm on November 5th.

 Chijet Motor Company, Inc. (stock code: CJET), a Nasdaq-listed company, announced today that it has successfully completed a private placement financing, raising the equivalent of $300 million in cryptocurrency funds. This issuance is targeted at non-U.S. institutional investors, with each unit consisting of one common stock (priced at $0.10) and three warrants (exercise price equivalent to $0.12).

according to Lookonchain monitoring, BlackRock has just deposited 1,021 Bitcoins (about $118 million) and 25,707 Ethereum (about $107 million) into CoinbasePrime.

according to Lookonchain monitoring, the whale "0x960B" deposited 3.72 million USDC into Hyperliquid in the past 9 hours, and then opened a long position with 240 BTC (worth 27.7 million US dollars) and 4874 ETH (worth 20.3 million US dollars) with 15 times leverage.

On October 27th, Semantic Layer officially announced on social media that the airdrop of its project token 42 is now available for claiming, and users need to claim it through official channels.

according to The Wall Street Journal: Artificial intelligence model training startup company Mercor plans to raise $350 million at a valuation of $10 billion.

 BTQ and ICTK have signed a development and joint investment agreement worth $15 million to jointly develop the quantum secure component chip "Quantum Computing In Memory" (QCIM). The two agreements cover joint design through certification and BTQ's equity investment, with ICTK providing physical cost sharing and priority manufacturing capabilities.

 American Bitcoin, a Nasdaq-listed company focused on building Bitcoin infrastructure, announced an increase in holdings of 1414 BTC, bringing the total strategic reserve of Bitcoin to 3865 coins. It is reported that these Bitcoins were obtained through the company's Bitcoin mining and strategic purchases.

Reuters survey: It is expected that the average price of gold will reach $3400 per ounce in 2025, higher than the previous survey of $3220 per ounce. The average price of silver is expected to reach $38.45 per ounce in 2025, up from $34.52 per ounce previously. The average price of gold in 2026 is expected to be $4,275 per ounce, and the average price of silver is expected to be $50 per ounce.

spot gold fell below $4020 per ounce, with a daily decline of 2.26%.

 cloud-based clearing bank ClearBank plans to join the Circle Payments Network (CPN), connecting its cloud-native banking platform with Circle's blockchain infrastructure to accelerate cross-border payment speeds and provide access to regulated stablecoins. This move comes after the UK-based clearing bank reached a new strategic agreement with Circle Internet Group (the issuer of USDC and EURC stablecoins). ClearBank will be one of the first European banks to join CPN, allowing customers to transfer global funds at close to real-time speeds while maintaining regulatory transparency.

according to an official announcement, Binance has completed the 33rd BNB burn, destroying a total of 1,441,281.413 BNB, worth approximately $1.208 billion.

 Binance Alpha will launch Common (COMMON) on October 27, 2025 at 20:00 (UTC+8). Eligible Binance users can use Binance Alpha points to claim 1,140 COMMON tokens airdropped on the Alpha activity page within 24 hours after trading starts. The Binance Alpha airdrop will be distributed in two phases: