Odaily News: According to a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filing, Strategy announced that the November regular dividend annualized rate for its floating rate Series A perpetual preferred stock STRC will remain at 12%. The company's board of directors also announced plans to distribute cash dividends on a daily basis from November 1 to November 30, with dividends corresponding to each record date to be paid on the next business day, totaling $1 per share for November.

The daily dividend plan must meet two conditions: shareholders approve the relevant amendment at the special shareholders meeting on October 28, and the amended certificate of designation takes effect before 12:01 a.m. Eastern Time on November 1.

If the conditions are met, the dividend originally scheduled for payment on November 15 will be canceled; if not approved, dividends will continue to be paid at the current semi-monthly frequency.

Strategy previously stated that management will recommend the board maintain the 12% annualized dividend rate until the STRC price stabilizes consistently around $100 per share.

Odaily News: Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda stated that as the underlying inflation rate gradually approaches the 2% target and the current financial conditions remain accommodative, the Bank of Japan will continue to raise interest rates and gradually adjust its monetary easing policy.

Ueda pointed out that maintaining the stability of the 2% inflation target is becoming increasingly important. During this week's meeting, no views deviating from the Bank of Japan's basic assessment have been heard.

In addition, the Bank of Japan will continue to monitor the impact of a weakening yen, artificial intelligence development, and the situation in the Middle East on price trends. (Jinshi)

Odaily reports that Glassnode posted on X that seller capitulation appeared once again during yesterday's BTC decline. Each previous wave of loss-driven selling occurred at local bottoms, in early August, mid-August, and mid-September respectively. Since the September high, profit-taking has slowed. If this pattern holds, yesterday's sell-off just above $80,000 would mark a local bottom.

Odaily reports that Japan's Mizuho Bank, Mitsubishi UFJ Bank (MUFG), and Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (SMBC), together with Mitsubishi UFJ Trust and Banking Corporation and TISI, have completed a yen stablecoin pilot.

The test used Mitsubishi Corporation's business locations in Japan and overseas as cross-border payment scenarios, successfully validating the issuance, transfer, and redemption processes of the yen stablecoin, providing technical validation for the application of stablecoins in corporate cross-border payments. (The Block)

Odaily News: Strive has expanded its SATS perpetual preferred stock offering to 7 million shares at $90 per share, expecting to raise approximately $630 million in gross proceeds. The preferred stock carries a 15% annual dividend rate and is expected to close around October 20, subject to the completion of the offering. Strive had previously planned to issue 5 million shares to raise approximately $500 million. The proceeds from this offering will be used to purchase Bitcoin and will not dilute common shareholders' equity as an additional common stock issuance would; if fully deployed to purchase Bitcoin, Strive could become the world's second-largest publicly listed Bitcoin treasury company after Strategy.

Odaily News: Asset management firm Vaneck has filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to withdraw the registration statement for the Lido Staked Ethereum ETF. The filing is dated October 14, 2026, and the registration statement never became effective, with no shares of the fund ever being sold.

The product was originally intended to hold stETH, the liquid staking token issued by the Lido protocol, rather than staking Ethereum directly through designated validators. Lido's total value locked currently stands at approximately $23.6 billion, down from $33.3 billion a year ago.

BlackRock launched ETHB in March 2026, which stakes Ethereum directly through validators, with net assets of $409.8 million as of March 31. (Bitcoin.com News)

Odaily reports that CryptoQuant founder Ki Young Ju posted on X that despite market attention on MSCI-related rule adjustments, Wall Street analysts remain broadly bullish on Strategy (MSTR).

Ki Young Ju noted that Citi, Barclays, and B. Riley have assigned MSTR price targets of $240, $175, and $195, respectively, with targets overall trending upward. He believes the MSCI-related impact is mainly reflected at the capital flow level and has already been priced in by the market.

He further stated that what is more noteworthy now is that Strategy's market-to-net-asset-value ratio (mNAV) relative to Bitcoin is approximately 1x, the STRC price remains near par value, and the company holds $3.75 billion in reserve funds to cover dividend payments.

Odaily News: Bloomberg ETF analyst Eric Balchunas posted on X that Korean fund managers are resigning from jobs that prohibit them from holding stocks through personal accounts, instead turning to day trading or joining independent firms with fewer restrictions. He noted that these fund managers, watching the market surge from up close while being unable to participate, may find it extremely frustrating.

Odaily reports, according to GMGN market data, the AI concept project NeoSoul's token DNA has risen above $0.23, now trading at $0.2313, with intraday gains exceeding 210%.

It is reported that NeoSoul is dedicated to building an operating system for the AI Agent economy. Its core product NeoTrade is positioned as a universal execution layer for trading Agents, supporting AI Agents in conducting trading operations.

Odaily reminds users that token prices are highly volatile, please be aware of trading risks.

Odaily News: Modular blockchain project Celestia has announced the launch of Eden, a high-performance EVM-compatible chain running on Celestia, serving as an experimental sandbox for testing AI Agent autonomous payments, trading, and model calls. Eden supports atomic batch transactions, application-sponsored gas, and larger smart contract deployments, with TIA as its native gas token. Eden's first experimental project is Botfun, currently in closed beta, where participating Agents can independently issue tokens and trade around narratives generated by other Agents; each model inference call is paid on-chain via x402.

1. Thanks to investments in SpaceX and others, Harvard's endowment grew to $68 billion, the best performance in five years;

2. Solana Foundation Chair responds to Shanghai event postponement: registrations surged to 4x the original number, exceeding the declared cap;

3. JPYC: The delay issue for yen stablecoin issuance on the Polygon network has been resolved, and related processing is gradually resuming;

4. Vitalik launches "paranoid mode" for his AI Agent, integrating zkAPI, Tor, and local large language models to enhance privacy protection;

5. NeoSoul announces the Believe Plan, binding the interests of the company, products, and team to DNA with a century-long vision;

6. DWF Labs: The fusion of AI and crypto has not yet been priced in by the market, and sectors such as DePIN may present opportunities;

7. South Korean regulators will strengthen oversight of offshore perpetual contract platforms serving the Korean market;

8. Filecoin advances reward mechanism reform, with FIL's daily new circulating supply expected to drop by 75%;

9. Trump's AI task force holds first meeting: requires reporting of hacker attacks and "jailbreaks," no new regulations discussed yet;

10. Shanghai: Advance the construction of the national blockchain network (Shanghai hub), strengthening foundational capabilities such as cross-chain services.

Odaily reports that traders will soon be able to participate in binary options trading in the US market, with contracts centered on whether the stock prices of cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase, fintech company Robinhood, and Bitcoin miner Marathon can reach preset targets. The corresponding ticker symbols for the three companies are COIN, HOOD, and MARA, respectively. (CoinDesk)

Odaily News: The Tokenized Asset Coalition (TAC) has launched the Global Access Protocol (GAP), designed to enable composability of tokenized securities within DeFi. TAC stated that GAP was developed over the course of a year by TAC and the Digital Securities Initiative, during which multiple discussions were held with the U.S. SEC, CFTC, and the Treasury Department. More details will be announced next week. TAC also announced the addition of 12 new members: Ascend, Control, Cryptio, Digital Securities Initiative, Enterprise Ethereum Alliance, Euler, Lava, OpenZeppelin, Overmatch Capital, Protocol Wealth, Reserve, and T-RIZE.

Odaily reports that Bybit today added the Derive (DRVUSDT) perpetual contract, supporting up to 20x leverage.

Odaily reports that CryptoQuant posted on X platform stating that with the Ethereum leveraged positions on Binance being cleared, the ETH market structure has become healthier, but there is still a lack of clear catalysts to drive prices higher.

CryptoQuant noted that going forward, key focus should be on whether USDT flows back into Binance and whether the Coinbase Premium Index can turn positive. If these signals emerge, they could shift the Ethereum market outlook toward bullish.

Odaily reports that stablecoin issuer Circle plans to expand into approximately 50 emerging and developing markets to meet growing demand for digital dollar payments in Southeast Asia, Latin America, and the Middle East.

USDC circulation stands at about $73.3 billion, accounting for roughly one-quarter of the stablecoin market; USDT's market share is close to 60%, higher than that of USDC.

Circle's $400 million acquisition of Tazapay, the newly launched Arc blockchain, and its approval for a federal trust bank charter are expected to support its market expansion; a clearer regulatory environment is driving stablecoin adoption. (CoinDesk)