Bitfinity Weekly : Nodes & Notes

Welcome to Issue #173 of Bitfinity Weekly for our #BITFINIANS community. If this newsletter was forwarded to you, sign up here.

What's in Today's Email?

• Bitcoin Bytes
• Global Crypto News
• In the IC
• Tweet of the Week
• Infographic Insights
• A Matter of Opinion

Bitcoin Bytes

• Ancient Whales : Clusters of old Bitcoin wallets moved back into circulation. Blockchain trackers reported long-dormant addresses transferring large blocks of BTC this week, a reminder that on-chain activity can reappear without obvious explanation.
• TradFi Unlocks : Big banks are preparing infrastructure to use Bitcoin in traditional finance workflows. Reports this week say JPMorgan will let institutional clients pledge Bitcoin as loan collateral by year-end, under custodial safeguards — a sign banks are building integration tooling.
• Custody Crunch : Custody rails and regulated trust services are expanding. Crypto firms are seeking regulated bank and trust charters to offer institutional custody at scale, reflecting growing focus on secure custody for Bitcoin holdings.
• Judicial HODL : Madras High Court rules cryptocurrency can be treated as property. In a Oct 25 decision the court said crypto can be owned and held in trust under Indian law, a practical step for disputes and recovery efforts.

Global Crypto News

• VroomFi : Major brands keep experimenting with NFTs as utility and marketing tools. Ferrari’s F76 digital “hypercar” NFT this week is another example of brands using blockchain for storytelling and exclusive digital access.
• DeFi Wall Street : Four altcoin ETFs — including a Solana staking product — began trading in the U.S. this week. The debut of non-Bitcoin spot/ staking ETFs marks wider infrastructure for tokenised products in regulated markets.
• Satoshi-san Approved : Japan launches the first yen-pegged stablecoin. A yen-backed stablecoin debuted this week, reflecting growing interest from Asian markets in fiat-pegged digital payments and tokenised cash equivalents.
• Fiat FOMO : RBI issues draft capital-market exposure directions. The Reserve Bank of India published draft rules this week aimed at tightening how banks manage capital-market exposures, a move that could affect how traditional banks handle crypto-linked services.

In the IC

• MetaSig Mode : On-chain signing/identity upgrade moving ahead. The “Synchrotron” milestone to standardize signer protocols for wallets and dApps is slated for October, simplifying user access.
• Proof of Trust : Security and integrity focus intensifies on subnet hardware. The Magnetosphere milestone is addressing node-state integrity, trusted environments and decentralised logs — key to ICP’s long-term trust profile.
• Code Over Clout : Governance and tooling remain front-and-centre. Between NNS proposals, developer newsletters, and tool releases called out in community threads, the focus this week was on stability, governance fixes, and practical developer support rather than speculation.

Tweet of the Week

Infographic Insights

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Matter of Opinion

This week feels like a structural moment: on-chain activity (including old wallets waking up) and banks building ways to use Bitcoin within regulated workflows show the focus is shifting from quick trades to custody, security, and real-world plumbing. Institutional Bitcoin integration and stronger custody rails are quietly changing how the market works.

Regulation and legal clarity are following suit — from the Madras High Court recognizing crypto as property to central banks and tokenised-yen experiments — while NFTs and spot/staking ETFs are being retooled for utility and access rather than pure speculation. These moves make it clearer that policy and product design will shape everyday use.

On the developer side, Internet Computer milestones like Synchrotron and Magnetosphere, plus active governance and tooling, remind us that durable ecosystems need both secure infrastructure and easy developer flow. Builders and rule-makers together are turning crypto into practical tech, not just headlines.

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