Odaily Planet Daily reported that the White House is close to announcing the nominee for the new chairman of the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). The most likely successor is Mike Selig, chief legal counsel of the SEC Crypto Task Force. Sources said that Selig is still the government's "preferred candidate" and the White House has also begun to simultaneously review potential commissioners to rebuild the five-member committee currently led only by Acting Chairman Caroline Pham. This nomination is seen as an important node in the crypto regulatory landscape, coming at a critical time when Congress is advancing the Market Structure Act to expand the CFTC's regulatory authority over the crypto market. Selig is currently a senior advisor to SEC Chairman Paul Atkins. He has served as an assistant judge of the CFTC and has served in the digital asset team of Perkins Coie and Willkie Farr & Gallagher law firms for ten years. (Crypto in America)

Odaily Planet Daily reports that Nasdaq-listed Ethereum treasury firm BitMine Immersion Technologies has updated its cryptocurrency holdings, revealing that as of October 12, 2020, the company held 3,032,188 ETH and 192 BTC. The company also holds $135 million worth of shares in Eightco Holdings. (PRNewswire)

According to SoSoValue data, as of October 13, 2025, US Eastern Time, global listed companies (excluding mining companies) had a net purchase of $31.63 million in Bitcoin last week. Strategy (formerly MicroStrategy) invested $27.2 million last week, increasing its holdings by 220 Bitcoins at a price of $123,561, bringing its total holdings to 640,250. Metaplanet, a Japanese listed company, suspended Bitcoin purchases last week. Three other companies also made new Bitcoin purchases last week. B HODL, a British Bitcoin company, invested $980,000 last week, purchasing eight Bitcoins at a price of $124,234, bringing its total holdings to 136. The Smarter Web Company, a British web design and development company, announced on October 7 that it had invested $3.1 million to increase its holdings by 25 Bitcoins at a price of $124,018, bringing its total holdings to 2,550. On October 7th, Remixpoint, a Japanese energy business and digital asset strategy firm focused on Bitcoin, invested $350,000 to acquire 2.66 BTC at a price of $130,552, bringing its total holdings to 1,371.5 BTC. On October 9th, Asian food brand DDC Enterprise announced the completion of a $124 million equity financing round, primarily to advance the company's Bitcoin reserve strategy. As of press time, the total holdings of global listed companies (excluding mining companies) included in the statistics are 864,940 BTC, with a current market value of approximately $98.91 billion, representing 4.34% of Bitcoin's circulating market capitalization. Data source:

Huoxun Finance reported on October 13th that GriffinAI announced that $GAIN will reopen for trading on Binance Alpha 2.0 at 12:00 UTC on October 13, 2025. GriffinAI (GAIN) announced a 1:1 token swap (subject to Binance verification) for eligible users who purchased GAIN on Binance Alpha 2.0 before the trading halt, and launched a $1,000,000 buyback program, part of the previously announced $2,500,000 recovery and buyback program.

Huoxun Finance reported on October 13th that STBL founder and CEO Avtar Sehra announced a buyback program will begin at the end of October, with proceeds distributed in USST. The team also launched a Multi-Factor Staking (MFS) module, enabling USST holders to participate in staking. The team will also announce USST liquidity channels, supporting withdrawals and continued staking.