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According to Bitcoin Magazine, Patrick Lowry, CEO of Samara Asset Group, an asset management company that holds Bitcoin as a primary treasury reserve, expressed his dislike for the term "Bitcoin treasury company" and believes that the current market is rejecting all pure treasury strategies except for Strategy. He stated that "digital gold" is poor marketing, turning Bitcoin into an investment rather than a currency, which is also the reason for Bitcoin's price drop during discussions of interest rate hikes by the Federal Reserve.Lowry introduced that Samara uses Bitcoin as operating capital rather than merely holding it. The company allocates committed funds from its risk fund to Bitcoin and liquidates at market price when capital calls are needed, regardless of price fluctuations. He mentioned that holding Bitcoin presents a threshold yield issue, which could harm shareholder interests.He also discussed MSCI's decision regarding non-operating companies, loopholes related to the Investment Company Act of 1940, and the potential impact of a rebound in altcoin treasuries. Lowry criticized the regression of the European regulatory environment, mentioning BaFin, the first Bitcoin ETP, and the issues of excessive regulation in the post-Merkel era.

Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev stated during the third quarter earnings call held this morning that the future plan is to build Robinhood Chain into the best place to hold and trade all tokenized assets, starting with stock tokens and perpetual contracts, and then expanding significantly.Regarding support for builders, Vlad said, "We are currently putting a lot of effort into researching how to further scale and how to better support community development. Many developers have provided feedback that we can do more in supporting the community. I believe everyone will see us increasing our investment because we want to make it the best developer ecosystem and the best on-chain community in the world. So, you will see us increasing investment because the development of emerging ecosystems like this is rare."He also confirmed, "Robinhood is working hard to do more for the community. We had to form a team, and I think in the near future, you will see us providing more support for developers."

According to Cointelegraph, Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev stated during the third quarter earnings call on Tuesday that there is uncertainty about whether U.S. tokenization rules can be sustained in the long term, which may hinder investors from allocating large assets into the tokenized market. He described the five-year innovation exemption granted by the SEC in September as "a very positive step," but emphasized that further rule-making or legislation is needed to bring long-term regulatory certainty.Tenev noted that the uncertainty regarding the direction of the rules after five years is likely to become an obstacle to allocating large assets to this technology when communicating with clients. Tokenized stocks have previously faced resistance from traditional issuers, with 16 companies including Microsoft, Alphabet, and Goldman Sachs opposing their stocks being listed on the proposed OKXICE platform. AMC CEO Adam Aron has also publicly criticized Robinhood's tokenized stock products.Robinhood currently offers about 200 stock tokens on the Robinhood Chain, supported by the underlying stocks, but constructed in the form of tokenized debt securities, providing only economic exposure without dividend and voting rights, thus falling outside the scope of the SEC innovation exemption that requires rights parity. Tenev stated that tokenized stocks of private companies will be launched overseas, while seeking a path that complies with accredited investor restrictions within the United States. Binance Research's baseline scenario predicts that the market size could reach $34.9 billion by 2030, with approximately $4.43 billion as of September 15.

Zilliqa stated that the investigation into the recent security incident is still ongoing, with affected components including the X-Bridge and certain liquidity pools using ZRC2 proxy contracts, involving tokens such as zUSDT, SEED, kUSD, and Zoge.Zilliqa emphasized that the native ZIL and Zilliqa EVM network were not affected, and the X-Bridge will remain suspended; users are advised not to use the cross-chain bridge and the affected liquidity pools for the time being.

Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong posted on the X platform that all asset classes are migrating on-chain. Tokenized stocks and stablecoins are rapidly growing, and more tokenized assets will emerge in the future.Armstrong stated that Coinbase will continue to drive the upgrade of the financial system. The Blockworks chart he shared shows that the total supply of tokenized stocks has reached $3.75 billion, with a total of 1,501 stocks being tokenized.

Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse stated that the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) has finally approved the application related to Ripple National Trust Bank. This approval will provide Ripple with a business platform under a federal regulatory framework to support its dollar stablecoin RLUSD and offer digital asset custody services to enterprise clients.Garlinghouse noted that this move reflects the integration of the cryptocurrency industry with the traditional banking system, emphasizing the importance of innovation, accountability mechanisms, and federal regulation.

Coinbase Institutional Co-CEO Brett Tejpaul stated in an interview that the "second wave" of institutional funds for Bitcoin has arrived. He revealed that the seven largest banks in the world are currently operating on Coinbase's infrastructure and are experiencing their own "Kodak moment," as these banks begin to move funds from traditional accounts to on-chain settlements.Tejpaul indicated that the core driver of institutional adoption has shifted from Bitcoin ETFs to stablecoin payments. Funds can now be transferred from Citibank accounts to USDC, cross-chain in a second, and then enter corporate accounts on the other side. He disclosed that the scale of stablecoin settlements has reached $400 million per hour, but relative to the overall payment market, it is still just "a speck of dust," with payment service providers adopting it on a large scale ahead of banks. Additionally, Coinbase is connecting U.S. funds to Deribit, which holds 85% of the options market share.When discussing Bitcoin, Tejpaul believes the macro environment is good, but the price performance is disappointing, and institutions currently view it as a tech-related trade. He also mentioned that stablecoins and agency-style commerce have arrived almost simultaneously, and Coinbase is advancing a transformation from "Amazon to AWS" to activate infrastructure across the United States, disclosing that it holds about 90% of the market share in Bitcoin ETF custody.

The vulnerability bounty platform Immunefi's CEO Mitchell Amador warned that internet users still face the risk of cyberattacks triggered by PHP vulnerabilities, especially small websites that are slow to adopt emergency upgrades, which may take weeks to patch. He stated, "The vulnerability apocalypse" is coming as planned, where the cost of discovering vulnerabilities becomes cheap while the cost of fixing them remains high. He advised users to treat any websites they log into in the coming weeks as potentially compromised, avoid reusing passwords, exercise caution when connecting to encrypted wallets, and revoke token authorizations that are unrecognizable.Previously, the PHP Foundation admitted that it delayed fixing a critical security vulnerability first discovered in 2024 due to resource shortages. PHP developers released emergency patches for two critical vulnerabilities on the same day, but each website still needs to complete the upgrade on its own. Cloudflare CEO Matthew Prince stated that within 24 hours of the PHP vulnerability being publicly disclosed, the web recorded millions of exploitation attempts, with thousands of attempts even before the disclosure. According to W3Techs, PHP supports about 69% of websites with known server-side programming languages, and these vulnerabilities could allow attackers to spread malware or inject malicious scripts into websites.The FBI's Cyber Division also warned that these vulnerabilities could allow malicious actors to "remotely execute code in the PHP core, potentially compromising sensitive data and networks." Amador warned in an interview with Cointelegraph in June that the proliferation of cutting-edge AI models has changed the cybersecurity landscape, giving attackers an advantage, leading to the emergence of the "vulnerability apocalypse," and triggering a resurgence of DeFi hacking attacks. Immunefi is the world's largest vulnerability bounty platform, having paid out $140 million in bounties to 650 protocols to date.

NASDAQ-listed company BNB Standard Corporation (NASDAQ: BNC) rang the opening bell at Times Square in New York to commemorate the company's name change and the appointment of new CEO Alex Odagiu.The company, formerly known as CEA Industries, officially changed its name on September 29, with its main business including managing the BNB corporate treasury and planning to operate validation nodes on the BNB Chain. The company claims to hold the largest corporate BNB reserves in the world.

Verizon (VZ.N) CEO stated that the SpaceX (SPCX.O) network leasing deal "has no benefits."

Strive CEO Matt Cole posted the company's Bitcoin holdings data chart on the X platform, captioned "The sats/$SATS perpetual swap has been activated," which may hint at disclosing BTC accumulation data next week.

According to the latest episode of the Gatecast podcast, Gate founder and CEO Dr. Han shared the product philosophy and future plans of Gate Money. He stated that Gate is extending years of accumulated experience into the fields of asset management and daily payments, reaching a broader user base, with the goal of doubling the user scale of Gate Money in the next one to two years.Leveraging the technical systems, institutional clients, and market-making liquidity accumulated from years of trading operations, Gate supports the exchange between various types of assets; relying on a global licensing layout and partnerships with banks and payment networks, Gate Money creates conditions for users' fund collection, payment, and consumption applications. These capabilities collectively form the operational foundation of Gate Money, enabling the platform to reduce exchange and fund circulation costs in different usage scenarios.Through various capabilities such as holding, exchanging, appreciating, and paying, Gate Money connects multiple types of assets with life needs. Dr. Han illustrated the consumption use of assets beyond investment by using the example of "buying coffee with stocks." In eligible regions, users can open bank accounts in their own names, using familiar payment methods, with transfers processed by underlying blockchain technology; idle funds can also participate in appreciation through yield products.Looking ahead, Dr. Han also shared the application prospects of AI Agent providing round-the-clock assistance in asset allocation and fund management. With the integration of investment, wealth management, and daily payments, Gate Money will continue to expand the application boundaries of various assets, promoting Gate's services deeper into more everyday life scenarios.

According to a post by Ki Young Ju, founder and CEO of CryptoQuant, on the X platform, the continuous recovery of Bitcoin's hash rate is an "indirect bullish signal" from institutional investors. He pointed out that a higher hash rate means stronger security and better value storage fundamentals, and most publicly listed mining companies are supported by traditional financial institutions (TradFi). Therefore, the rise in hash rate can be seen as institutional recognition of Bitcoin's security and long-term value. Hash rate is an indicator of the computational power of a blockchain network, representing the number of hash calculations that can be completed per second.CryptoQuant data shows that Bitcoin's hash rate has rebounded by about 45% from its summer low, rising from approximately 726 EH/s in July to about 1,050 EH/s on Wednesday. However, the global hash rate is still below the peak of 1,305 EH/s set in October 2025, when Bitcoin's price was above $111,000. On Thursday, when the U.S. stock market opened, Bitcoin's price was approximately $81,843.Publicly listed mining companies are still expanding their production capacity. Nasdaq-listed NIP Group (NIPG) announced a third batch of asset purchase agreements, which will acquire approximately 4.47 EH/s of deployed Bitcoin mining machines. After the transaction is completed, the total hash rate from the three batches is expected to reach 13.85 EH/s. The company currently ranks 16th among publicly listed mining companies with an operational hash rate of 3.11 EH/s, while Bitdeer leads with 79.9 EH/s. On Wednesday, NIPG's stock price fell 6.8% to $6.1, down 86% over the past year; affected by higher-than-expected inflation data, U.S. stocks experienced the most severe sell-off since July, with TeraWulf, Core Scientific, Cipher Mining, and IREN all seeing stock prices drop by about 12%.

Circle CEO Jeremy Allaire stated in an interview that he is not particularly focused on the short-term price performance of Bitcoin, but is more optimistic about the digital dollar used for payments and the AI agent economy. Allaire mentioned that the digital dollar can be used for payments, transactions, lending, and investment, and that AI agents will participate in more economic activities in the future, potentially further driving the demand for digital dollars and related blockchain infrastructure, although he did not provide specific data on the growth of this demand.On the regulatory front, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency in the United States is formulating rules related to the GENIUS Act. The proposal requires stablecoin issuers to hold reserve assets not less than the total amount of circulating stablecoins and to redeem at face value within two business days, while prohibiting issuers from paying interest to holders. Allaire believes that the bill has bipartisan support and can provide policy protection for the stablecoin industry, but broader legislative progress on the structure of the cryptocurrency market in the United States has not yet been made.