EP 28
Hong Kong Broker Futu Launches BNB Services
In this episode
Hong Kong broker Futu officially opened BNB deposit and withdrawal services for professional investors, a milestone highlighted by CZ and Yi He as BNB Chain's tokenized equity traction grows. Binance continued expanding its tokenized equity footprint via bStocks corporate actions and trading campaigns, while delisting several tokens and futures pairs. Across broader markets, spot Bitcoin ETFs faced $635.6M in daily outflows as BTC held around $81,350 and the Fear & Greed Index cooled to 50.
- Futu (Futubull / moomoo) launched BNB deposit and withdrawal support over BNB Smart Chain (BEP20) for eligible professional investors in Hong Kong.
- Binance captured the majority of net exchange inflows over the past 30 days, leading with $721M as overall flows into ten exchanges slowed to +$813M.
- Binance announced support for ASML Holding N.V. (ASML) and Nokia Corporation (NOK) cash dividend distributions via bStocks.
- BNB traded at $741.12 with a 1.23% 24-hour gain, outperforming major crypto assets including BTC (-0.04% at $81,350.0) and ETH (+0.39% at $2,395.81).
- BNB Smart Chain TVL stood at $5.798B, reflecting an 8.67% 7-day increase, led by PancakeSwap AMM ($1.55B) and Venus Core Pool ($1.22B).
- Binance Alpha delisted PTB, AA, OWL, DORA, ELIZAOS, MEMES, and 哭哭马, alongside futures delistings for PTBUSDT and MITOUSDT.
- Spot Bitcoin ETFs posted $635.6M in net outflows on Thursday, pulling October cumulative ETF flows down to a net loss of approximately $176M.
- The Crypto Fear & Greed Index dropped from 68 to 50, shifting market sentiment into neutral territory.
- Layer-1 network Initia halted its blockchain and rollups following a security exploit draining over $2.6M.
- The US SEC's Division of Examinations designated tokenization and AI technologies as key examination focus areas.