Charles Schwab announced that its platform customers with a management scale of $13 trillion can now directly purchase Bitcoin in their accounts, covering over 40 million US users. （The Bitcoin Historian）

Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda stated that it is difficult to make a clear statement on Japan's neutral interest rate.

OKX has announced the addition of DNAUSD UM (X-Perp) to multiple services, including various trading services, officially launching on October 16, 2026, at 20:30 (UTC+8). Notes: - DNAUSD UM (X-Perp) trading will officially open on October 16, 2026, at 20:30 (UTC+8). - X-Perp is a leveraged derivative trading product. Users are advised to fully understand the associated risks and manage their positions responsibly.

The Allium report shows that from January to September this year, stablecoin payments increased by 45% to $482 billion, and the number of payments increased by 71% to 1.04 billion, with an average single transaction amount dropping to $462. The supply of stablecoins increased by 0.4% to $305 billion during the same period, with a decrease in supply of Tether, Circle, and Ethena, and a net increase of $6.9 billion for other issuers combined. The payment amount in the third quarter increased by 51% year-on-year, reaching $72 billion in September. In the third quarter, the number of AI intelligent agent payments increased to 68.3 million, and stablecoin card consumption increased tenfold to 3.9 billion US dollars.

Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda stated that the bank's policies have entered a new phase, with underlying inflation approaching 2%, and the bank cannot allow inflation to rise.