WisdomTree, with $170 billion in assets under management, stated that allocating 1% of its portfolio to Bitcoin in a 60/40 portfolio can improve risk-adjusted returns and views zero holdings as an active reduction rather than a neutral strategy. (Bitcoin Archive)

Russia's VTB Bank plans to obtain a license to offer Bitcoin trading services by the end of the year, with a limit of $3,700 per transaction for retail users annually. (Bitcoin Archive)

Kalshi, a prediction market platform, plans to launch futures contracts tracking the U.S. CPI and core CPI this December. It is currently marketing the product to major banks and hedge funds and has hired former Barclays trader Michael Ashton to handle contract design and institutional client development. The product aims to provide institutional investors with an inflation hedging tool. (Source: Bloomberg)

Crypto wallet Phantom has launched its Kalshi prediction market to US users, allowing them to trade event contracts within the app. The feature began rolling out on October 23 and will be rolled out gradually over the next few weeks. Phantom users must complete Know Your Customer (KYC) verification with Kalshi before using the feature. In response to questions raised by several US states regarding Kalshi, Phantom's General Counsel, Kevin Jacobs, stated that the company is confident in continuing to move forward with the business.

CME Group's revenue for the third quarter was 1.737 billion US dollars, with a trading volume of 469.5 billion US dollars in encrypted derivatives CME Group's revenue for the third quarter of 2026 was $1.737 billion, with a net profit of approximately $1 billion. During the reporting period, the average daily trading volume of all CME products was 29.4 million contracts, and the average daily trading volume of cryptocurrency derivatives was about 196000 contracts. The quarterly nominal trading volume was about $469.5 billion, of which the nominal trading volume of Bitcoin derivatives was about $326.7 billion and Ethereum derivatives was about $118.8 billion.