PeckShield: 79th Vault Suffers Attack, Losing Approximately $12.51 Million
The DeFi protocol 79th Vault (@79thVault) was attacked, with 10,000 $79AU tokens stolen and swapped for 16,249 BNB, worth approximately $12.51 million. The attacker subsequently transferred 30 BNB to the exchange KuCoin.
China's Central Bank: No Intention to Gain Trade Competitive Advantage Through Depreciation, Never Engages in Competitive Currency Devaluation
According to the People's Bank of China website, the central bank issued the "Policy Position on the RMB Exchange Rate," clarifying that China implements a managed floating exchange rate system based on market supply and demand and adjusted with reference to a basket of currencies, and has exited normalized foreign exchange intervention since 2017. The central bank stated that China has no intention of gaining trade competitive advantage through depreciation and never engages in competitive currency devaluation, using macroprudential tools only under major external shocks such as the pandemic and the April 2025 tariff war to prevent short-term overshooting. In terms of data, since the 2005 exchange rate reform, the RMB has appreciated cumulatively by 23% against the US dollar, with the nominal effective exchange rate appreciating by more than 50%; since 2025, it has appreciated cumulatively by about 9% against the US dollar. The central bank also pointed out that using the IMF's External Balance Assessment (EBA) conclusions as an "official basis" for the RMB being undervalued is a misinterpretation and misuse, and alleviating global imbalances requires joint action by deficit and surplus countries.
ESMA Requires Crypto Service Providers to Cease Offering Non-MiCA-Compliant Stablecoin Services, with a 3-Month Phase-Out
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) today issued an opinion requiring EU crypto-asset service providers (CASPs) to stop offering services involving non-MiCA-compliant stablecoins to EU clients, covering trading, exchange, custody, transfer, and investment advice, and to prevent clients from buying or increasing holdings. Existing exposures must be cleared within 3 months, by no later than January 8, 2027, during which only limited exit services such as selling, exchanging, and withdrawing may be provided.
Spot Silver Falls More Than 2% Intraday, Now at $58.56/oz
Spot silver fell more than 2% intraday, now at $58.56/oz.
Sui Bitcoin Financial Infrastructure Hashi Mainnet to Launch This Month, Secures Over $500 Million in Funding Commitments
Its Bitcoin financial infrastructure Hashi will launch its mainnet in phases this month and has secured over $500 million in funding commitments from an alliance of more than 20 partners. Hashi supports the use of native BTC as DeFi collateral, serving applications such as lending, vaults, and structured products. Anchorage Digital has joined as one of the first partners, providing institutional custody access and stablecoin liquidity.
Moscow Exchange Plans to Open Cryptocurrency Trading Starting December 1
Boris Blokhin, Senior Managing Director of the Moscow Exchange, said the exchange plans to provide cryptocurrency trading services starting December 1 under new legislation, with testing to continue until launch. Previously, the Moscow Exchange launched crypto asset index futures and perpetual contracts for BTC, ETH, SOL, XRP, TRX, and others for qualified investors. Russia's new rules require citizens to legally purchase cryptocurrencies through licensed intermediaries such as exchanges and brokers.
AI Trading Agent Startup Catalyst Completes $30 Million Seed Round, Led by Sequoia Capital
AI trading agent startup Catalyst announced the completion of a $30 million seed round led by Sequoia Capital, with participation from Jump Trading, Peak XV, Lux Capital, AntiFund, Coinbase, and Premji Invest. The company was co-founded by Justin Zheng and Dylan Iskandar in 2025, aiming to help ordinary investors formulate and execute trading strategies through AI agents, allowing users to express investment goals in natural language, which the AI agent then translates into trading strategies and completes processes such as asset selection, cost optimization, and trade execution, though final trades still require user confirmation. It is reported that Catalyst has completed a round of testing for high-frequency trading users.
STRK Rose 17.4% in the Past 24 Hours, ZEC Fell 7.5% to Around 1200 USDT
OKX market data shows that in the past 24 hours, OGN rose 79.24% to 0.03807 USDT; STRK rose 17.40% to 0.05850 USDT; W rose 16.16% to 0.01639 USDT; JUP rose 14.83% to 0.3702 USDT; ALGO rose 13.09% to 0.1322 USDT. On the decline side, MINA fell 17.19% to 0.0824 USDT; PUMP fell 10.49% to 0.005710 USDT; ZEC fell 7.50% to 1,207.01 USDT; TWT fell 5.38% to 0.5157 USDT; LTC fell 4.34% to 64.09 USDT. DeFi token performance was mixed; aside from JUP's strength, CRV rose 8.42% to 0.3786 USDT; UNI fell 3.44% to 7.725 USDT; AAVE fell 0.89% to 170.65 USDT.
Google Cloud Launches Gemini Agent, Capable of Executing Tasks Lasting Several Days
Google Cloud CEO Thomas Kurian released the general-purpose AI agent Gemini Agent, which can execute tasks in the cloud lasting from several hours to several days, supports forming sub-agent teams, and connects to tools such as Workspace, Microsoft 365, and Slack. "Colleague agents" can have independent email addresses and calendars. The agent already supports Gemini and Claude models.
US Initial Jobless Claims for the Week Ending October 3 at 197,000, Expected 200,000
US initial jobless claims for the week ending October 3 were 197,000, expected 200,000, with the previous value revised from 197,000 to 199,000.
ICANN's New Round of Top-Level Domain Applications Reaches 1,615, with .agent Attracting 13 Bidders
A new round of generic top-level domain applications received a total of 1,615 submissions, with AI domains becoming a hotspot. Among them, .agent had 13 applications, with applicants including OpenAI, Meta, Google's registry, and iPollo. OpenAI applied for 15 in total, including .gpt and .chatgpt; Anthropic applied for .claude. Crypto domains such as .btc and .bnb also had multiple applicants.
Indian Official Confirms Removal of Precious Metals Import Tax Exemption, Raising Gold and Silver Import Costs
India has removed tax exemptions for banks and government-designated agencies importing gold, silver, and platinum, imposing a 3% tax on related imports, thereby raising import costs for the country's main supply channels. Indian Finance Ministry Revenue Secretary Srivastava said on Thursday that the Indian government did not extend beyond March 31 the policy exempting banks importing precious metals from paying integrated goods and services tax (IGST). This move subjects all import channels for gold and silver to uniform tax treatment. Srivastava said the decision took effect on April 1, "We do not want taxation to be the reason a particular import channel enjoys preferential treatment." He added that the government informed the Goods and Services Tax Council of this decision at a meeting held on Thursday.
Trump Completed More Than 500 Securities Transactions in August: Bought Up to $25 Million in Meta Stock, Also Purchased SpaceX Debt ProductsThe latest disclosed financial filing shows that U.S. President Donald Trump completed more than 500 securities transactions in August. One of the trades was a purchase of up to $25 million in Meta stock; two days before signing a comprehensive policy aimed at expanding U.S. commercial space transportation, he also invested up to $5 million in a SpaceX debt product. An analysis by the media of Trump's August financial disclosure documents shows that the total value of the 517 buy and sell transactions ranged from about $74.3 million to $273.3 million. According to media calculations, purchases totaled at least $44.2 million, while sales totaled at least $30.1 million. The 18-page filing shows that Trump's portfolio trading remained very active, although the frequency declined compared with June and July, when he disclosed more than 1,000 transactions in each of those two months. The largest transaction occurred on August 21, when Trump bought between $5 million and $25 million of Meta stock, the same day he also made broad adjustments to his portfolio. The filing shows that on the same day he bought shares of AT&T, ConocoPhillips, Abbott Laboratories, Netflix, and Chevron, with each purchase in the range of $1 million to $5 million. On the sell side, on August 21 Trump sold shares of Advanced Micro Devices and Church & Dwight, with each sale between $1 million and $5 million; at the same time, he reduced holdings in companies including Boeing, Home Depot, T-Mobile, Datadog, Dell Technologies, Palo Alto Networks, and Nvidia, with each reduction in the range of $500,010 to $1 million.
A certain address swept up $8.09 million in altcoins in 4 hours, heavily accumulating ZRO, WLD, and CHIP
Address 0x129...72EbE accumulated about $8.09 million in altcoins over the past 4 hours, covering the AI and cross-chain infrastructure sectors. It bought 2.55 million $ZRO (about $5.3 million, quoted at $2.08), 4.41 million $WLD (about $2.29 million, quoted at $0.5189), and 10 million $CHIP (about $492,000, quoted at $0.04928).
Data: U.S. government address transfers out 12,267 BTC, worth about $1.01 billion
According to Arkham and on-chain data, at 21:33 Beijing time on October 8, an address labeled "U.S. Government: Bitfinex Hacker Seized Funds" transferred out 12,267.02 BTC (about $1.01 billion), after which 6,000 BTC were moved in two transactions to a new address 33pYK...cFk, while the remaining about 6,267 BTC were temporarily held in another new address. In the previous two days, U.S. government-related addresses had already transferred more than 6,200 BTC to Coinbase Prime in total.
Japan's Ministry of Finance proposes a "three-type" plan for government bond tokenization
Japan's Ministry of Finance held the first meeting of its "Government Bond On-Chain Study Group" today and published explanatory materials, organizing government bond on-chain initiatives into three types. Type 1 is circulating the beneficiary rights of funds investing in government bonds (MMFs) on the blockchain; Type 2 is putting transfer ledgers on-chain under the current transfer settlement system, in three forms: a single account management institution, multi-institution collaboration, and connection to the Bank of Japan's ledger; Type 3 is issuing a new form of government bonds on a blockchain outside the current system. The Ministry of Finance believes that on-chain implementation can improve collateral and liquidity management efficiency and expand the investor base, especially benefiting overseas investors, but it also pointed out issues such as market fragmentation, transmission of sharp price fluctuations, and system renovation costs. All three types are provisional classifications, and the Ministry of Finance plans to compile a report by January 2027.
Citrini Research releases AI and crypto portfolio
Citrini Research posted that as AI agents enter the mainstream and financial assets accelerate tokenization, the barriers between traditional finance and the crypto world are breaking down. The institution also released a portfolio: among crypto tokens, DRV, LIT, and ETHFI each account for 10%, AAVE and ENA each 9%, SOL 8%, and HYPE and AERO each 7%; among equities, SECZ accounts for 20%, CRCL and COIN each 18%, and BHYP and HOOD each 14%.
Pyth DAO passes OP-PIP-136, 100% of product revenue to be used to buy back PYTH
According to the official Pyth blog, Pyth DAO has passed the OP-PIP-136 proposal, committing to use all revenue (100%) it receives from Pyth products to buy PYTH on the open market and inject it into reserves, compared with the previous ratio of one-third of non-PYTH balances. The proposal replaces the previous monthly individual votes with a long-term authorization. Covered products include Pyth Pro subscriptions, Listing as a Service, Data Marketplace, and Pyth Indices, and non-PYTH assets already held by the DAO are also included. As of now, the PYTH reserve has accumulated 42 million tokens, and the first purchases under the new authorization were executed on September 30. Pyth's overall ARR reached $11.5 million in September 2026, up 86% month over month. Execution constraints such as a 5% slippage cap, a $25,000 limit per transaction, on-chain public disclosure, and monthly reporting remain unchanged.
Cardano Foundation spins off digital identity project Veridian and tokenizes its equity on-chain
The Cardano Foundation announced that it will spin off its digital identity project Veridian into an independent Swiss company and use CIP-0113, a newly launched programmable token standard on the Cardano network, to tokenize most of its 1 million shares on-chain. Veridian becomes the first company to use the standard for equity tokenization, but the tokenized shares were not offered to the public. Foundation CEO and Veridian Chairman Frederik Gregaard said the company plans to seek strategic investors in 2027. Veridian is led by blockchain engineer Thomas A. Mayfield and develops digital credentials based on the KERI and ACDC open standards to help individuals, businesses, and AI agents verify identity and permissions without a central database. Its mobile wallet has launched on iOS and Android and has already connected to Utah's digital identity regulations in the United States.
Nvidia commits to investing $1 billion over the next five years to advance American science
Nvidia (NVDA.O) committed to investing $1 billion over the next five years to advance American science.
Anthropic to open Claude to more than 15 U.S. federal agencies
Anthropic announced that it will invest $150 million over three years in the Trump administration's "Genesis Mission" federal program. The company will provide its AI model Claude to more than 15 federal agencies, including NASA and NIH, and provide Claude, Claude Code, and API credits to the "Genesis Mission" project.
More than $450 million liquidated across the network in the past hour, with longs hit hardest
According to CoinGlass data, total contract liquidations across the network in the past hour reached $455 million. Among them, long liquidations were $427 million, while short liquidations were only $28.5681 million, with longs accounting for about 93.7%. By exchange, Binance had the highest liquidation amount at $263 million (about 58%); Bybit followed with $68.49 million, while Gate and OKX liquidated $36.97 million and $30.7 million respectively, with all of the above platforms mainly seeing long liquidations (long positions accounting for more than 94%). Notably, of HTX's $20.1 million in liquidations, more than 94% were shorts, opposite to the overall direction. By coin, ETH had the largest liquidation scale at about $135 million in the past hour; BTC followed at about $81.33 million; SOL, XRP, ZEC, and DOGE liquidations were about $21.94 million, $17.1 million, $14.08 million, and $10.36 million respectively. In terms of price action, BTC is now quoted at about $81,400 (24h -2.27%), ETH at about $2,454 (-4.33%), and ZEC led the decline with a 24h drop of 14.42%.
Trump: The White House will regard those who use the term "artificial intelligence" rather than "superintelligence" as enemiesU.S. President Trump posted on Truth Social that the White House will treat anyone who uses the term "Artificial Intelligence" instead of the highly accepted and more accurate new term "Super Intelligence" as an enemy. Previously, Trump had proposed renaming AI to "Super Intelligence."
Riot Platforms (RIOT) stock fell as much as 10.03% intraday, now at $16.64
According to Binance market data, Riot Platforms (RIOT) stock fell as much as 10.03% intraday, now at $16.64.
AI model evaluation platform Arena completes $200 million funding round at $3.1 billion valuation
AI model evaluation platform Arena has completed a new $200 million funding round at a $3.1 billion valuation, nearly doubling from its $1.7 billion valuation in January this year. The round was led by Lightspeed Venture Partners and Khosla Ventures, with participation from Salesforce Ventures and Dell Technologies Capital. Arena originated from the Chatbot Arena research project at UC Berkeley and is known for its public large model leaderboard. Its annualized revenue reached $100 million in June this year.
Aptos Foundation commits to permanently lock and stake 210 million APT
Aptos posted on X that the Aptos Foundation has committed to permanently lock and stake 210 million APT, approximately 37% of its holdings at mainnet launch. The related tokens will never be sold or distributed, and the foundation's operations will be supported by staking rewards. Previously, Aptos proposed tokenomics reforms, including setting a hard cap of 2.1 billion APT in supply, reducing the annual staking reward rate from 5.19% to 2.6%, and increasing Gas fees by 10x with all fees burned, to drive the token supply mechanism toward a network-usage-driven transition.
Coinbase to suspend BAL and TNSR trading at early morning on November 10
Coinbase Markets posted on X that, based on recent review, Coinbase will suspend Balancer (BAL) and Tensor (TNSR) trading at around 14:00 ET on November 9 (around 03:00 Beijing time on November 10), involving Coinbase.com, Coinbase Exchange, and Coinbase Prime. Currently, BAL and TNSR order books have switched to limit-only mode, and user assets can still be withdrawn normally.
Jump Crypto stakes $49.81 million worth of SOL
Firedancer wallet under Jump Crypto has staked another 453,987 SOL, worth $49.81 million.
Arthur Hayes: Early bull markets must overcome numerous concerns, "money printing wave" will drive asset prices to surge
Arthur Hayes posted that at the beginning of every super bull market, the market must overcome numerous concerns. In 2017, it was the block size war; in 2020, it was the pandemic; in 2023, it was the FTX collapse and central bank rate hikes; in 2026, it is the panic sentiment (FUD) triggered by AI crypto technology. The money printing wave will eventually arrive, and asset prices will eventually surge.
BTC involving address reuse rose from 3.79 million to 4.33 million over the past year, accounting for 21.5% of circulating supply
According to glassnode data, most BTC with visible public keys is exposed due to address reuse (because these addresses have had outgoing transactions, their public keys are made public; transferring these coins to new addresses can eliminate the exposure risk), and this proportion has been growing. Over the past year, the total amount of BTC involving address reuse rose from 3.79 million to 4.33 million, now accounting for 21.5% of circulating supply.
Bitcoin life insurance company Meanwhile completes $37 million funding round led by Bain Capital Crypto
Bitcoin life insurance company Meanwhile, backed by Sam Altman, has completed a new $37 million funding round at a $350 million valuation. The round was led by Bain Capital Crypto, with other participants including Haun Ventures, Framework Ventures, Pantera Capital, Apollo, Northwestern Mutual Future Ventures, and Morgan Creek Digital. The funds will be used to meet demand for Bitcoin-denominated life insurance in Asia, Europe, and the Middle East. Bermuda-based insurer Meanwhile is the first life insurance company approved to conduct business entirely in Bitcoin. Since its founding, Meanwhile has signed 15 brokerage institutions serving wealthy families, covering insurance hub regions such as Singapore, Hong Kong, the UAE, and Switzerland. Meanwhile's total funding to date has exceeded $180 million.
Venture capital firm USV establishes $900 million new fund focused on early-stage investments in AI and other fields
Venture capital firm Union Square Ventures (USV) announced it has raised a $900 million new fund dedicated to supporting startups building at the frontier of large markets undergoing technological transformation. USV said its previous core fund was $275 million; this expansion is intended to lead more rounds in the AI era, support companies for longer periods, and invest in fields such as robotics, manufacturing, and energy that require more capital. In addition, the team welcomed several new members, including General Partner (GP) Michael Mignano (co-founder of Anchor), Venture Partner Jared Hecht (co-founder of GroupMe and Fundera), and Product Advisory Partner Scott Belsky (co-founder of Behance, former Chief Product Officer of Adobe). These new members will join USV veteran investors Fred Wilson, Rebecca Kaden, Nick Grossman, and Nikhil Raman to form the core investment team of the future; meanwhile, Andy Weissman, Albert Wenger, John Buttrick, and Brad Burnham will continue to support USV and its portfolio companies.
Top 25 deployers on Pump.fun issued 770,000 tokens and profited $128 million, with only 6 tokens exceeding $20 million in market cap
According to crypto KOL Bando's statistics, the top 25 developers by deployment volume on Pump.fun launched a total of 770,000 tokens and profited $128 million from the market, but only 6 tokens have a market cap exceeding $20 million.