🇸🇬 LONGITUDE’s 10th edition kicks off in Singapore, opened with welcome remarks by Cointelegraph CEO Yana Prikhodchenko.

Two years since the first event, the narrative has evolved — moving beyond memecoins and tap-to-earn games toward institutional adoption, stablecoin-powered payments, and asset tokenization.

Today’s stage unites leaders from traditional finance and digital assets to explore what’s next in the journey forward.

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🇸🇬 SUI BASECAMP: Sui unveils the SUI Agent Pass — a new feature empowering users to define custom policies that control agent access to coins and non-coins on the Sui blockchain.

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🇸🇬 TOKEN2049: Morgan Stanley’s Amy Oldenburg reveals that its crypto ETPs hit $1B in assets within six months.

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🇪🇺 REGULATION: ESMA has set a January 8 deadline for EU crypto firms to eliminate their exposure to stablecoins that don't comply with MiCA.

Learn more: https://cointelegraph.com/news/esma-unauthorised-stablecoins-three-month-deadline

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🇸🇬 LONGITUDE: The idea of waiting until Monday for a payment could soon be outdated.

“Nobody’s going to be talking about weekend settlements or weekend payments,” says Visa’s Head of Digital Currencies, Nischint Sanghavi.

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🇸🇬 LONGITUDE: Tokenization might redefine how banks attract and retain customers.

“It pushes the industry to compete. It drives services to become modular,” says Ka Yan Chan from UBS, the $2T financial powerhouse.

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🇺🇸 JUST IN: The U.S. government has moved another 12,267 BTC — valued at $1.01 billion — according to Lookonchain.

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🇺🇸 JUST IN: President Trump says the White House views anyone using “Artificial Intelligence” instead of “Super Intelligence” as “THE ENEMY.”

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🇮🇷 TODAY: President Trump states the U.S. will not strike Iran before the November 3 midterm elections, as the blockade stays active and negotiations continue.

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🔥 BULLISH: The next surge of institutional capital might be poised on the sidelines, ready to move.

Speaking at LONGITUDE Singapore, Grayscale’s Laurie Katz pointed to banks, family offices, and pension funds beginning to explore crypto — a sign of broader adoption on the horizon.

“They're watching. They're learning.”

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🇺🇸 JUST IN: The U.S. budget deficit hit an estimated $2 trillion in fiscal 2026—up $218 billion from 2025—according to the CBO.

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🚨 BIG: The Nasdaq 100 dropped more than 1.5% amid rising oil prices and OpenAI’s revenue reportedly falling $20 billion below earlier projections.

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JUST IN: US Treasury takes aim at Iran’s oil shadow fleet as Scott Bessent warns those evading sanctions will face full enforcement action.

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🔥 NOW: Elon Musk says he envisions SpaceX reaching a value "orders of magnitude greater than the entire current Earth economy."

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🇹🇭 BREAKING: Thailand’s SEC has officially finalized regulations for Bitcoin and Ether ETFs on the Stock Exchange of Thailand, with trading set to begin October 16.

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🇸🇬 TODAY: CONNECT Singapore is live.

$170,000 in prizes await at our pitch competition, powered by FundersVC.

Meet the judges:

• Aleksandr Nechaev, Funders VC
• Bobur Muvdinov, Inspira Labs
• Xin Yi Lim, DWF Labs
• Arthur Firstov, Mercuryo
• Yitzy Hammer, DLT Law
• Roman Evdokimov, Contribution Capital
• Lachlan Breakey, Kosmos Ventures

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🔥 ETF FLOWS: BTC, ETH, and SOL spot ETFs recorded net outflows on October 8th, while XRP saw net inflows.

BTC: -$244.00M
ETH: -$72.54M
SOL: -$3.32M
XRP: +$8.17M

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🚨 ALERT: Ledger is investigating reports of fund losses linked to CryptoBilis, a reseller based in Southeast Asia.

Users who purchased devices from CryptoBilis within the last 90 days are urged not to set them up, as a precautionary measure while the investigation is ongoing.

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⚡️ BREAKING: Telegram is launching Money, a non-custodial Gram wallet, to its global user base of over one billion. Store and send tokens, purchase gifts, and grab collectible usernames—all directly within the app.

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🚨 ALERT: A Bitcoin holder reportedly lost their entire 80 BTC—originally purchased for $5.2 million—after transferring the funds to a Ledger wallet bought from reseller CryptoBillis, according to Lookonchain.

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