Odaily — France narrowly passed a cryptocurrency tax amendment that proposes a 31.4% capital gains tax on transactions converting crypto assets into stablecoins starting in January 2027. The amendment still requires approval from the French Senate and must go through the budget reconciliation process before it can officially become law.

Odaily reports that Bitget has launched the "Limited-Time Stock Subsidy — Pharma Boom" campaign, running from October 20, 21:00 to October 26, 18:59 (UTC+8). During the campaign, users who trade designated pharma-themed rTokens such as rUNH and rLLY and complete trading volume tasks can earn mystery box rewards.

The mystery box prize pool includes rPFE spot cash vouchers ranging from 0.04 to 50, with up to 30 mystery boxes available per day and a 100% win rate. In addition, the campaign features a leaderboard session where users can share in 285 rPFE rewards based on trading volume rankings, with the champion receiving 100 rPFE.

According to a Reuters poll, all 100 economists expect the Federal Reserve to raise interest rates in December 2026. (Jinshi)

Odaily Report: According to monitoring by on-chain analyst Yu Jin, the hacker who stole $285 million in assets from Drift Protocol in early April transferred 25,710 ETH, worth $61.24 million, through Tornado 3 hours ago. In early April, the hacker exchanged the stolen assets into 131,564 ETH at an average price of $2,154, and in July transferred 24,400 ETH through Tornado; the address currently still holds 81,454 ETH, worth $194 million.

Odaily reports that, according to an official announcement, Binance Alpha will list Axis Robotics (AXIS) on October 21. After trading opens, eligible users can use Binance Alpha points on the "Alpha Events" page to claim the airdrop.

Odaily reports: Real-world asset platform tx has launched the USD stablecoin USTX for use in its wallet and its planned tokenized stock market. Users can mint USTX using USDC from 8 blockchains and redeem it back to USDC, with supported networks including Ethereum, Solana, and Base.

Fintech platform Brale is responsible for issuing USTX, managing reserve assets, and executing minting and redemption. tx co-founder and Chief Legal Officer Ashley Ebersole stated that USTX is not a USDC-backed wrapped asset or a synthetic representation of USDC; it uses an independent 1:1 reserve structure through Brale.

According to tx's disclosure, each USTX is backed by $1 in assets, with reserves including cash, bank deposits, government money market funds, and short-term U.S. Treasury bills. Eligible USTX users can also earn rewards through the tx wallet program, and Ashley Ebersole said the reward program was designed based on legal advice to comply with the relevant provisions of the GENIUS Act. (Cointelegraph)

Odaily report: According to monitoring by Xie Jiajun, Xie Jiajun, Head of Bitget Greater China, stated in a post that after investigation and confirmation, hackers breached and obtained data from TiDB Cloud, a cloud database product under PingCAP. Bitget and companies such as Baidu had previously partnered with the company. Bitget had only stored some public trade logs in that database—data visible to all users on the trading channel—and had already stopped using the related services more than two months ago. This incident did not involve any user data, nor was there any leakage of sensitive information such as passwords. Previously, PingCAP's database and customer information were suspected of being stolen by hackers, involving companies such as Bitget and Pionex.

Odaily reports, according to Gate data, the US dollar against the Japanese yen (USDJPY) fell to 158.0, currently at 157.975, a 24-hour decline of 0.2%.

Odaily reports: UK crypto advocacy group Stand With Crypto stated that within 90 days from May to August 2026, a total of 9,803 individuals submitted 10,092 complaints about restricted transfers to crypto platforms through its online tool to UK banks. The UK is preparing to introduce a digital asset regulatory framework in 2027.

The report shows that Lloyds Banking Group received the most complaints, totaling 2,297; Barclays and NatWest Group received 1,569 and 1,278 respectively. Barclays and HSBC UK were listed as imposing a per-transaction limit of £2,500 and a 30-day cumulative limit of £10,000.

Six banks, including Starling Bank, TSB, and Chase UK, were listed as imposing a full ban on crypto-related transfers. Nick Jones, founder and CEO of digital asset company Zumo, said that the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) plans to implement mandatory approval in October 2027, but corporate bank account access is not covered by that framework. (Cointelegraph)

Odaily: U.S. ADP employment weekly change for the week ending October 3 was 18,500, previous value 24,750. (Jinshi)

According to MSX.COM data, SOXS is up 12.1% over the past 24 hours and is currently trading at 49.41000 USDT.

Odaily reports: The Phase 2 subscription for Axil Prime Credit (APC3M), the first RWA vault product jointly launched by R25 and Binance Wallet and curated by Axil, will close at 23:59 Beijing time on October 26. As of October 20, APC's total value locked (TVL) has reached $81.66 million, of which $36.26 million in subscriptions has been raised since Phase 2 opened on October 13.

APC is a 3-month USDC wealth management product deployed on Pharos Mainnet, with underlying yields derived from emerging-market consumer credit portfolios. This phase offers a net annualized yield of approximately 12.5%-13%, plus a $200,000-equivalent PROS incentive pool. Users can make new subscriptions through the DeFi portal on Binance Wallet, or choose to continue holding their Phase 1 position.

Axil is an institutional-grade RWA risk management provider whose team comes from BlackRock, HSBC, and HashKey. It focuses on emerging-market private credit strategies and employs AI-driven risk assessment and a multi-layered protection framework. R25, as on-chain asset management infrastructure for the next generation of finance, is committed to transforming real-world and digital assets into standardized, programmable vaults, helping users more easily access expert-level on-chain yields.

According to official announcements, Gate has listed MPLX perpetual contract trading, trading bots, and copy trading. The contract supports 1x to 20x long and short positions.

According to Lookonchain monitoring, @Jelitics (mXvJ...RTtj) has cashed out all Meme coin holdings for gambling. They traded 12 tokens on Solana, losing on every single trade with a 0% win rate, accumulating losses exceeding $1 million.

According to an MSX announcement, MSX will list the TMO (Thermo Fisher Scientific) US stock token on October 20, 2026 (UTC+8), offering spot and futures trading.