According to Barclays' 13F filing, as of September 30, Barclays held 3.94 million shares of BlackRock's Bitcoin Spot ETF (IBIT), an increase of 48% from 2.66 million shares at the end of June, with the holding value rising from approximately $88.5 million to approximately $187 million. Citigroup established a new position in the Fidelity Bitcoin Spot ETF (FBTC) worth approximately $119 million and increased its IBIT holdings by 50% to approximately 521,000 shares. According to Bitwise statistics, among the 1,389 institutions that have submitted their Q3 reports, banks held a total of $258 million in Bitcoin spot ETFs, up from 3.2% in Q2 to 4.9%.

The DRAM ETF jumps 8% and semiconductor stocks gain more than 4%, while bitcoin edges higher after testing its 200-day moving average.

[He Yi: Binance Legal Department Will Provide Legal Protection for Female Employees Affected by Rumors] He Yi, co-founder of Binance, stated that Binance's legal department will provide legal protection for female employees affected by rumors circulating about them within the industry. He Yi called for evaluating individual achievements according to standards unaffected by gender.

A Binance Research report shows that as of October 31, neutral strategy funds accounted for less than half of the total number of funds on the Capital Connect platform, but held 92.1% of the total funds. Directional strategy funds accounted for 44.3% of the total number of funds and 6.7% of the total assets under management. The average allocation size of neutral strategies was approximately 11 times that of directional strategies. Bitcoin fell 7.2% in October, while the average return of directional funds on the platform was 1.9%, and the number of investors rebounded to 52. Among the surveyed investors, 80% prioritized asset security and all indicated that verified exchange data was helpful for due diligence. Institutional funds primarily flowed into passive products such as ETFs, and the industry lacked channels for identifying and evaluating active fund managers.

Anthropic disclosed over $10 billion in new deals. (Source: The Information)