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According to Bloomberg, Coinbase co-founder Fred Ehrsam is betting personal funds on Venezuela's oil industry. He referred to this opportunity to become a significant oil producer as an "excellent opportunity" and compared it to the once-in-a-generation investment opportunities that helped him join the ranks of billionaires.The startup founded by Fred Ehrsam, Primavera, has recently signed multiple contracts with the state-owned oil company Petróleos de Venezuela S.A. (PDVSA) and is preparing to take over the operations of several oil fields in the country.Primavera has also hired senior oil industry professionals from Chevron and Occidental Petroleum to assist in building the necessary infrastructure to support the production of conventional oil and heavy crude.

According to CoinDesk's latest September Exchange Review, Gate's average daily trading volume in September was approximately 15 billion USD, maintaining a leading position globally; meanwhile, the platform's global user base has exceeded 61 million, providing support for user foundation and market activity. In the CoinDesk Data Exchange Benchmark, Gate received a Grade A rating, ranking among the top exchanges. From trading and user scale to platform ratings, multiple indicators collectively outline Gate's comprehensive competitiveness in the global market.The world's first stock event contract launched by Gate in September has also been reported, covering initial targets such as MU, SNDK, SK Hynix, and Yushu Technology, supporting bullish or bearish trades in short cycles of 5 minutes and 15 minutes, without the need for leverage or margin, automatically settling after the cycle ends, and allowing for early closing.Combining Gate Money, on-chain trading, and payment products, Gate is expanding its product innovation into various application scenarios, including traditional assets, based on a continuously growing trading scale, gradually building a comprehensive service system that covers a wider range of financial needs.

According to CoinDesk, asset management company Federated Hermes, with a management scale of 911 billion dollars, plans to launch its first batch of on-chain fund shares early next year, further participating in Wall Street's push to bring traditional assets on-chain.Federated Hermes has partnered with digital securities infrastructure company Prometheum to introduce blockchain-based fund shares into traditional brokerage accounts and financial advisor channels. The company has not yet disclosed the specific types of tokenized funds and the blockchain network used, but its head of digital asset products and platforms, Kevin Barr, stated that money market funds may become the first tokenized products.

Singapore, October 13, 2026, the BSC ecosystem AI Agent project NeoSoul today announced a strategic cooperation with Alibaba Cloud. NeoSoul has integrated Alibaba Cloud's AI model services into its Agentic Trading product NeoTrade, providing support for model inference and computation for autonomous trading agents; as the product develops and usage scales grow, both parties plan to further explore cloud-based AI technology collaboration.After users set trading rules in NeoTrade, the AI Agent will continuously track market changes, assess trading opportunities, and execute strategies within the authorized scope. The model inference and computation services provided by Alibaba Cloud will support the Agent in repeatedly updating judgments in response to market changes, providing computational resources for autonomous trading applications.Kaelan, co-founder of NeoSoul, stated that AI Agents are evolving from answering questions to continuous decision-making and autonomous execution, rapidly increasing the demands on underlying AI infrastructure; Alibaba Cloud's modeling and computing capabilities will support NeoTrade in handling larger-scale and more complex autonomous trading tasks, and explore the application boundaries of AI Agents in real financial scenarios. An Alibaba Cloud spokesperson stated that they will support the development of NeoTrade through model services and computing capabilities, and continue to explore technological collaboration aimed at next-generation AI Agent applications with NeoSoul.

JackYi (@Jackyi_ld) posted an analysis, stating that Bitcoin currently has strong support at the 400-day moving average at $81,000, and it has quickly rebounded each time it touches this level during a pullback; $84,000 serves as the resistance level for the 20-day moving average, and if it breaks through, it will test the strong resistance level at $86,500.Currently, Bitcoin is in a downward trend on the 15-minute, 1-hour, 4-hour, and daily charts, but the larger cycle is still in a bullish uptrend. This stage is considered a phase pullback during an upward trend, so it is recommended to be patient and avoid frequent trading.

Goldman Sachs Chief China Equity Strategist Liu Jinjun and his team released a report stating that since the "DeepSeek Moment" at the beginning of 2025, Chinese AI-related listed companies have created a market value of nearly $5 trillion through stock price increases and IPOs. Currently, AI stocks account for 42% of the total market capitalization in the A-shares and Hong Kong stock markets, and 57% of the total trading volume.The report also mentioned that China has always been a key exporter in the global AI supply chain, holding about 50% of the global market share in certain AI power and infrastructure sectors. With the advancement of domestic AI technology, China has gradually established an internal circulation AI value chain that encompasses advanced semiconductors, open-weight large language models, and application layers.

Cryptocurrency market analyst Axel Adler Jr. stated that on-chain data shows the average cost basis for Bitcoin long-term holders (LTH) is $48,600, with the current price approximately 72% higher than their cost. This group has remained profitable since January 2023, with the last close to the cost line occurring in March 2023.The average cost basis for LTH peaked at $49,500 on July 30 and has since decreased by 1.7%. Since August 1, there have been 60 negative weekly changes out of 74 days, with the largest single-week decline being 0.34% on August 25, and the current reading is -0.06%. The analyst pointed out that this decline is still moderate, and if it continues to drop, it would indicate an acceleration of selling, while a return to positive values would mean that long-term holders are starting to accumulate again.

Neura posted on platform X that it will take down the v1 test network and Neuraverse and enter the next phase. The team has completed a full snapshot of the points balance, leaderboard, task completion status, and activity history to ensure that no data is lost.

According to the official announcement, Bitget has launched ZCSH (Grayscale Zcash Trust) and SNPS (Synopsys) perpetual contracts. The above contracts are settled in USDT, supporting up to 20 times leverage and 24/7 trading. As of now, Bitget supports a total of 348 stock perpetual contract underlying assets.

On-chain analyst Murphy stated that as of October 11, the current cycle's new Bitcoin buyers (First Buyers, FB) have accumulated 4.27 million coins, returning to levels seen in mid-August 2023. Compared to before the market started in August this year, new buyers have increased their holdings by approximately 400,000 BTC over the past two months, accounting for about 2% of the total circulation, with an average monthly increase of about 200,000 coins.In contrast, from January to August 2023, new buyers accumulated approximately 340,000 BTC over about seven months. Murphy pointed out that the current BTC price is about 2.6 times that of the same period in 2023, indicating that the capital required for new buyers to increase their holdings this round is significantly higher than in the previous cycle, reflecting stronger new demand. Additionally, the market in September saw the emergence of new momentum buyers (Momentum Buyers, MB) for the first time since January this year, which are investors who continue to increase their positions above their own cost basis. Murphy believes that the appearance of such buyers helps to enhance market confidence and drive upward trends, whereas significant increases in momentum buyers are usually rare during bear market rebounds.

According to the latest weekly report from Binance Research, since August 31, the yield on the 10-year U.S. Treasury has risen by 47 basis points, of which 43 basis points came from an increase in real yields, while the inflation breakeven rate only rose by 4 basis points. The 10-year real yield once reached 2.95%, the highest since 2008.The weekly report also pointed out that since the interest rate hike in September, BTC has risen by 9.3%, ETH by 2.7%, and Layer 2, RWA, and AI tokens have increased by approximately 32%, 29%, and 29%, respectively, while meme and payment tokens have performed relatively poorly.Binance Research stated that the current high real interest rates still exert a suppressive effect on a wide range of risk assets, and future attention should focus on CPI, long-term U.S. Treasury yields, and BTC ETF fund flows.

Cryptocurrency community user Johannes posted that he found suspected spyware and hardware modifications, including additional cables and LTE modules, in two Ledger hardware wallets purchased at different stores of the European retailer MediaMarkt, and called for Ledger to immediately recall the related products.Johannes stated that MediaMarkt employees confirmed that the second device was not a returned item, as returned Ledger products would be sent directly back to the manufacturer rather than resold as new. Store records show that the relevant inventory came from the supplier Aqipa GmbH. Since the company operates distribution in Europe, Johannes suspects that the issue may involve a broader retail inventory, but there is currently no evidence to confirm that Ledger's supply chain has been widely compromised in Europe.Johannes mentioned that he has handed over the first device for analysis and plans to send the second device to Ledger for investigation, while also releasing an unboxing video as evidence. He reminded users that if they purchase devices from merchants outside of Ledger's official channels, they should check for any abnormalities in the devices. Currently, the above claims mainly come from this user's personal disclosure, and the reasons for the device damage, the scope of impact, and whether it involves a supply chain attack still need to be verified by Ledger and other relevant parties.

The blockchain data platform Arkham stated on platform X that it has tagged the wallet addresses of Justin Sun across 10 blockchains, with on-chain assets totaling approximately $2.25 billion.Arkham added that in a ranking released in September, the platform's research team listed Justin Sun as the individual holder with on-chain holdings second only to Bitcoin founder Satoshi Nakamoto.

When discussing the reasons for acquiring the AI programming company Cursor, Musk stated that to create truly outstanding superintelligence, a large amount of training data is required, and programming must be conquered.Musk mentioned that, to his knowledge, there are only three organizations with sufficient programming training data: OpenAI, Anthropic, and Cursor, with Google barely making the list. Musk's SpaceX completed the acquisition of Cursor on August 14, with a transaction price of approximately 60 billion dollars.

U.S. President Trump announced an "energy ceasefire" between Ukraine and Russia, to which Ukraine expressed surprise, while Russia remained silent. The Chinese side stated that dialogue and negotiation are the only viable way to resolve the Ukraine crisis and supports all efforts conducive to peace.

The proposal for the activation of ENSv2 for Ethereum Name Service (ENS) states that after the official launch of ENSv2, new registrations for ENSv1 will cease, while existing .eth domain holders will not face a migration deadline and can continue to retain and use their registered domains.The proposal also arranges for ENS Labs to transfer its remaining management roles for ENSv2 to the ENS DAO, handing over the relevant management authority to the community.

According to the 21st Century Business Herald, the Chaoyang Branch of the Beijing Public Security Bureau reported that it has recently filed a case for investigation into the suspected illegal activities of related companies of Yixin. Currently, several criminal suspects, including the actual controllers Tang and Zhao, have been subjected to criminal coercive measures in accordance with the law.Yixin Group had previously fully suspended the redemption of quasi-fixed income products on May 22 and issued an apology letter to relevant investors on October 11. Yixin stated that the group has incurred significant losses in multiple businesses, and the market value of asset disposal is relatively low. Preliminary findings indicate that the group may be insolvent and has a significant debt repayment gap.

According to the Business Times citing supply chain sources, Intel has raised the prices of multi-generational PC processors since September, with the high-end Panther Lake seeing an increase of 15% to 20%. Qualcomm raised the prices of multi-chip platforms by about 10% on October 1, and AMD is reported to follow suit, with the increase, scope, and effective date still to be confirmed.The report states that Intel has raised prices three times since the end of last year. Starting from September 1, prices were adjusted differentially by product line, with the highest increase for high-end Panther Lake products, focusing on those equipped with high-end GPU tiles, rather than a simultaneous increase across the entire series; Meteor Lake and Arrow Lake saw increases of about 5% to 10%. Panther Lake adopts heterogeneous integration, with the CPU Compute tile produced by Intel 18A, and the high-end GPU tile outsourced to TSMC N3E. The largest increase this time is for high-end GPUs using TSMC's advanced process.The supply chain indicates that Qualcomm's Snapdragon X and X2 Elite platforms will increase by about 10% starting in October. AMD's Ryzen and EPYC heavily rely on TSMC's advanced processes, with the next generation of EPYC pushing towards 2 nanometers. Industry insiders say that process upgrades, product high-endization, and AI computing power demands are simultaneously driving up CPU prices, with AI, mobile, and high-end computing competing for TSMC's 3-nanometer capacity, while 2-nanometer is entering the ramp-up phase for mass production.

According to Catcher Predict monitoring, the predicted market on Polymarket for the "Ravens vs. Falcons" event shows that the "Over" option in the sub-market "Ravens 2H O/U 12.5" has experienced a sharp fluctuation in winning probability, dropping from 50% an hour ago to the current 35% (a fluctuation of 15%). Please note the impact of related breaking news.

Papertrade's official response to the allegations of price manipulation and the existence of obvious loopholes in the protocol states: It has never been possible for small orders to have the same priority as large orders. If this were done, the front end would suffer from congestion due to junk trading, and the consequences would be much worse than the existing queuing mechanism.Under these constraints, we have designed the fair launch to be as inclusive as possible.Last night, the attempts to manipulate BTC/ETH on Hyperliquid BBO were not due to flaws in the mechanism that took six months to design. These situations had already been considered; it was only because the position limits were set very loosely in the early stages to cope with congestion that such occurrences were possible. If position limits were set during peak demand for launching, it would only exacerbate the slow experience, and the queuing mechanism itself, due to the uncertainty of opening/closing confirmation times, naturally provides protection against manipulation.As congestion eases, we have begun to tighten position limits on-chain and at the relay level. In such a system, manipulation attacks are always possible— the key is whether the attempt is economically viable. The official goal is to set parameters to a point where it is almost never profitable; even if successful, the tail risk is extremely high, and the expected value is negative.