Odaily News: The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) plans to expand its Contracts for Difference (CFD) rules to bring derivatives settled by digital asset transfers, and meeting other conditions, under regulatory oversight. The relevant products will be subject to leverage caps, mandatory close-out provisions, and negative balance protection, with the exception of certain crypto futures and options that have a fixed expiry date. ASIC is seeking feedback from industry participants and stakeholders on the proposed amendments, with a deadline of November 9.Australia's existing CFD regulatory framework was introduced in 2021, requiring service providers to close out positions when account funds fall below a specified level, with negative balance protection limiting client losses to the funds in their CFD accounts. In April, Australia passed legislation bringing crypto exchanges and tokenized custody platforms into its financial services licensing framework, with the new regime set to take effect on April 9, 2027. (Cointelegraph)

1. Star slams CZ: Binance claims voluntary $800 million compensation, ignoring massive market losses;2. 10x Research: Bitcoin options prices at five-year lows, investors remain bullish and actively hedging risks;3. SkyAI plans to launch a $201 million tender offer and rejects Forward Industries' acquisition proposal;4. a16z releases seventh edition consumer AI app ranking: ChatGPT still tops the list, Claude web version rises to third;5. South Korea plans to expand security tokenization scope to stocks, bonds, and funds, with related regulations planned to take effect in February 2027;6. Cumulative trading volume reaches $10.1 billion, an address conducted 1,012 trades on Papertrade and ultimately profited $17,800;7. Anthropic banned 11.4 million accounts in the first half of the year, with an appeal success rate of approximately 10.6%;8. Billionaire Grant Cardone: His company will acquire 500 more bitcoins through refinancing;9. QCP Group: BTC holds steady above $80,000 support, if it breaks through $87,000 it may further test $94,000;10. Meme coin hype returning to Solana? Solana Meme coin spot DEX trading volume share reaches 91%, hitting a nearly 14-week high.

Odaily — QCP Group stated in its latest market report that despite market disruptions from news of the U.S. government moving a large amount of BTC and a hack on Ledger, Bitcoin has maintained a range-bound trajectory, repeatedly failing to break through $87,000, though support at $80,000 remains relatively solid. If it effectively breaks above $87,000, the next target could point to $94,000.In the options market, Bitcoin's implied volatility remains elevated, while put option premiums have narrowed, indicating that the market prefers to wait for a directional breakout rather than adding defensive positions. Currently, long call butterfly options expiring on October 30 with strike prices of $90,000, $95,000, and $100,000 have become the main concentration of month-end positions.Additionally, this week's U.S. CPI and PPI data, as well as Fed Chairman Warsh's speech at the IMF and World Bank annual meetings, will be key market focuses. The report noted that the market is currently pricing in about a 17% probability of an October rate hike, and related macroeconomic data and policy signals could influence BTC's subsequent trajectory.

Odaily reports that Xie Jiayin, Head of Bitget Greater China, posted on X sharing his thoughts from attending Token2049 Singapore. First, users are becoming increasingly professional and have begun to reverse-define products—demands such as options and strategy marketplaces to amplify capital efficiency were all raised by users; for institutions, the capital efficiency gains brought by tokenization are a core need. Second, the bubble is being cleared out, with projects beginning to de-tokenize—no longer relying solely on token issuance for marketing, but instead creating real value through payments, asset management, and brokerage services. Third, the industry is welcoming a clear regulatory framework, which will inevitably bring short-term pain, but in the long run, compliance and institutionalization will drive the industry to consolidate into mature financial infrastructure.

Odaily News: 10x Research has stated that Bitcoin options prices have dropped to five-year lows, with near-month implied volatility at 33.5%, more than 4 percentage points below realized volatility, indicating that options are relatively cheaply priced.Over the past week, Bitcoin options skew has declined by nearly 3 percentage points, with traders concentrated in buying October-expiry put options at strike prices of $78,000 and $80,000, with single block trades reaching as high as $204 million. 10x Research believes this indicates that investors on the whole still hold long positions while hedging downside risk through options, rather than fully turning bearish.By contrast, the Ethereum options market is showing different signals. Its largest corporate buyer has indicated it will stop buying within weeks, options trading is dominated by call sellers, and implied volatility is higher than realized volatility.

Odaily reports: Bitcoin News posted on X that publicly listed Bitcoin mining company CleanSpark disclosed its September operational data: mining output of 529 BTC, sold 702 BTC, of which 700 BTC were sold through call option exercises and 2 BTC were sold directly on the spot market; the company holds 13,530 BTC, with an average operating hashrate of 36 EH/s and contracted power capacity of 1.8 GW. CleanSpark also disclosed that 3,475 BTC in its treasury are recorded as collateral for derivatives trading or as receivables.CleanSpark has secured $2.276 billion in financing for its Sandersville data center expansion project, with the related lease agreements expected to generate approximately $6.6 billion in contract revenue. CEO Matt Schultz stated that the financing will fully fund the project through to completion. As the business expands beyond Bitcoin mining, the company will cease publishing monthly Bitcoin mining updates and switch to quarterly disclosures.

Odaily reports: The Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) of Hong Kong has released its financial review report on the securities industry, disclosing that the Hong Kong securities industry's net profit increased by 21% to HK$51.7 billion in the first half of 2026. Total net commission income and interest income from securities trading, futures and options trading, leveraged foreign exchange trading, and virtual asset trading amounted to HK$45.4 billion, up 13% compared with the second half of 2025; among this, virtual asset trading commission income was HK$99.3 million, a decrease of HK$15.5 million from HK$114.8 million in the second half of 2025, down 13.5% quarter-on-quarter.

Odaily News: Nasdaq-listed Bitcoin mining company CleanSpark has released its unaudited operational data for September 2026, producing 529 BTC during the month, with an average daily output of 17.64 BTC, bringing its cumulative Bitcoin production for 2026 to 5,432 BTC. As of September 30, CleanSpark's operational hashrate reached 50 EH/s, with an average operational hashrate of 36 EH/s.Regarding Bitcoin holdings, CleanSpark sold a total of 702 BTC in September at an average price of $72,928, including 2 BTC sold on the spot market and 700 BTC sold through the exercise of call options. As of the end of September, the company held 13,530 BTC, a decrease of 173 BTC from 13,703 BTC at the end of August. (PRNewswire)

Odaily News: The Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) has released its Securities Industry Financial Review Report, disclosing that Hong Kong's securities industry recorded solid growth in the first half of this year, with net profits increasing 21% to HK$51.7 billion. Total net commission income from securities trading, futures and options trading, leveraged foreign exchange trading, and virtual asset trading, along with interest income, rose 13% from HK$40.1 billion in the second half of 2025 to HK$45.4 billion in the first half of 2026. In addition, the total commission income from virtual asset trading reported in the first half of 2026 was HK$99.3 million, a decrease of HK$15.5 million from HK$114.8 million in the second half of 2025, representing a quarter-on-quarter decline of 13.5%.

Odaily reports that Hyperliquid founder Jeff Yan, in an interview at DAS 2026 Asia, stated that if he were to start a business again and were no longer allowed to develop infrastructure, he might research options. He believes HIP-4 is an obvious way to build an options protocol, as it can inherit spot, order book, and portfolio margin, and use perpetual contracts to hedge options Delta.