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According to CoinDesk, CF Benchmarks, an index provider under Kraken's parent company Payward, has launched CFB Oracle, which will introduce pricing benchmarks for BlackRock's Bitcoin ETF and CME Group's cryptocurrency futures into blockchain applications.The service provides benchmark data for markets including cryptocurrencies, stocks, bonds, commodities, and foreign exchange, supporting developers in building on-chain index funds, tokenized portfolios, and derivatives products.CF Benchmarks stated that its indices currently serve products representing over $120 billion in assets. CFB Oracle now supports Ethereum, HyperEVM, and Robinhood Chain, with plans to expand to other compatible networks in the future.Payward also plans to use this service for its upcoming U.S. perpetual contract products, providing pricing data for these products, which are still awaiting regulatory approval. The service will compete with oracle providers such as Chainlink and Pyth.

Bitcoin News posted on X platform that Coinbase Institutional Co-CEO Brett Tejpaul stated that large banks in the United States are increasingly relying on Coinbase to provide digital asset service infrastructure.PNC private banking clients can directly buy, sell, and hold Bitcoin through its platform; JPMorgan is integrating Chase accounts, debit cards, and rewards with Coinbase, but will not offer Bitcoin trading within the banking app; Citibank is collaborating with Coinbase to provide stablecoin payment services for businesses.

After comments from Iranian leaders, oil prices fell, U.S. stock futures and government bond prices rose, and the cryptocurrency market saw a short-term increase. Previously, the Supreme Leader of Iran called for conditions to be proposed to end the war, leading to a short-term drop of about $0.8 in both U.S. and Brent crude oil prices. The Secretary of the Supreme National Security Council of Iran, Major General Rezaei, met with the Supreme Leader of Iran, Mojtaba Khamenei.The talks discussed maintaining national and regional security through the management of the Strait of Hormuz, as well as consolidating bilateral relations with neighboring countries based on lasting mutual benefits. Khamenei stated that the enemy's predicament is a result of Iran's adherence to national resistance and emphasized the need to actively and timely disseminate information to maintain public participation in defending the country and the system.Khamenei also mentioned that efforts should be made to uphold the rights and interests of the Iranian people and the resistance front by implementing the relevant conditions proposed by Iranian officials, in order to end the war and the situation of "neither war nor peace." Rezaei stated that the Secretariat of the Supreme National Security Council is advancing Iran's strategic policies, which include establishing a regionally-led arrangement and order.

Goldman Sachs' latest research shows that over the past three weeks, semiconductor stock exposure has been able to explain about 54% of the return performance differences between different asset classes, while oil price exposure accounts for only 2%. As the influence of AI trading continues to expand, technology stocks are becoming an important factor driving global market risk appetite and asset performance differentiation.Goldman Sachs pointed out that recent investor risk appetite has been highly synchronized with the relative performance of large technology stocks. Last week, concerns about AI investment returns, financing costs, and capital expenditures intensified, leading to a sell-off in technology stocks and corporate bonds, with Goldman Sachs' risk appetite indicator falling to its lowest level since April 2025. The South Korean stock market has become a typical case of this impact, with the KOSPI rising 3.1% on Tuesday, and SK Hynix and Samsung Electronics increasing by 5.2% and 4.2%, respectively.Due to the high weight of semiconductor stocks in the Korea Composite Stock Price Index, changes in global AI investment expectations directly affect local market performance. Goldman Sachs emphasized that the 54% and 2% figures reflect a statistical relationship within a specific time window and do not imply that AI factors long-term determine global market fluctuations; the impact of high oil prices on inflation, monetary policy, and asset pricing cannot be ignored. Major technology companies such as Microsoft, Google, and Amazon are about to announce their earnings reports, and the market will focus on whether AI demand can continue to grow and whether massive capital expenditures can be converted into actual profits.

In the cryptocurrency industry, Coinbase ranks 5th among donation organizations with approximately 57.8 million USD, and 12th on the overall list; Ripple donated about 49.6 million USD, ranking 7th among donation organizations and 17th on the overall list; Gemini founders Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss donated a total of about 55.9 million USD, ranking 13th on the overall list; Foris Dax ranks 24th on the overall list with 39 million USD.

Web3 fitness protocol BRT.Fit publicly committed on the X platform on October 27. The team stated that BRT.Fit is a lifelong mission derived from the smart hardware BitRing, aimed at guiding users to develop healthy habits through technology and incentive mechanisms.BRT.Fit emphasizes that launching the token is not seen as the endpoint, nor will it be distracted by short-term market speculation. The team believes that true success should not be defined by the token price, but rather by the countless individuals who continue to maintain exercise and health due to the protocol ten or twenty years later. The project team stated that they will continue to optimize the product and listen to community feedback.

According to a report by The New York Times on the evening of the 26th Beijing time, as there are widespread concerns that the United States may soon launch a new round of attacks on Iran, senior representatives from Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and Pakistan held talks with Iranian officials in Tehran on Monday. This visit is the latest initiative in the recent intensive diplomatic efforts by regional mediators.Officials in the Gulf region stated that the talks on Monday aimed to support the efforts of the mediators from Qatar and Pakistan, with the goal of urging Iran to show sufficient flexibility to reach a diplomatic solution with the United States. Two diplomats indicated that the Qatari mediators have been pushing for an agreement between the U.S. and Iran, whereby both sides would make a series of concessions within five days.According to a proposed part of the concession arrangement, Iran would reopen the Strait of Hormuz to allow commercial vessels to pass, while the United States would lift the maritime blockade on Iranian ports. The main obstacle to reaching an agreement lies in determining when each side would make its concessions. They added that the mediators have been pushing for Iran to make concessions regarding its nuclear program early in the implementation of the agreement.

IBM (IBM.N) and NVIDIA (NVDA.O) will bind AI entity identity with runtime access control.

Bloomberg Markets column Odd Lots released the episode "AI Agents Are Already Changing the Price of Goods" on October 26, subtitled The Future of Fair Pricing. Guest Lindsay Owens from the think tank Groundwork Collaborative stated that the history of price fraud does not support the notion that new technologies will make goods cheaper.Owens mentioned that research from the think tank shows that some consumer-facing AI agents, after understanding users' financial situations, actually recommend more expensive products. Her new book "Gouged: The End of a Fair Price --- and What That Means for Your Wallet" discusses how companies increase charges through data collection and monitoring. This episode also covers AI agents like Meta's Muse, tech companies' claims about agents helping consumers find good deals, and methods of price fraud that existed before the advent of AI.

According to the latest stock derivatives exchange rankings released by RootData, the three exchanges with the largest spreads among the listed exchanges are HTX, Crypto.com, and BingX, with spreads of 0.44%, 0.315%, and 0.297%, respectively.It is reported that this spread is the weighted spread based on the 24-hour trading volume, and a higher value typically indicates higher trading costs.

The venture capital firm a16z released a chart weekly report written by Moses Sternstein on October 23, 2026. The report states that Netflix is still growing, with revenue growth slowing to just below about 12%, the lowest level since 2021 to 2022. The company is producing its own short videos and entering live sports. The report cites BCG data indicating that the upper limit of media consumption in the U.S. is about 26 hours per week, showing a moderate decline since the peak of lockdowns. Moses Sternstein: Competition comes not only from other streaming services but also from short videos, with much of the recent media growth coming from background consumption while driving or working.In terms of computing power, the report cites Ornn Data stating that the rental price of every GPU in the chart series is higher than at the beginning of the year, including the oldest A100, which is about 9% to 143% higher compared to a 6-year straight-line depreciation. Moses Sternstein: Over a longer period, older A100 and H100 GPUs spend more time below that line, but have only shown significant strength since April this year, making comparisons over a longer period not entirely fair. According to OpenRouter, token demand surged sharply in spring, jumped again after a brief plateau at the end of summer, with token consumption for both open-source and closed-source models still following an exponential path, and the share of proprietary models slightly increased last week. The author states that OpenRouter only covers a very small portion, and these indices are not perfect proxies for actual token spending and GPU pricing.In manufacturing, the report states that computer production capacity and utilization rates are rising, with production increases being larger. The increase in communication and semiconductor production mainly comes from expansion, while the price increase for electrical equipment is the largest, but domestic production has slightly declined. The import increase of key categories of AI capital expenditures mentioned above far exceeds the domestic production increase in dollar terms. According to ADP, the increase in average weekly hours for industries related to AI construction is greater than that of other industries, and is generally greater than the net increase in personnel. Job switchers in manufacturing have about a 5 percentage point wage growth premium compared to stayers. Cybersecurity stocks remain strong in IGV this year, but have seen a larger pullback than the market since October. The revenue growth rate of large companies has mostly only increased by a few percentage points, with some experiencing declines, and stock price performance reaching up to about 125%, with Palo Alto Networks' revenue growth largely driven by acquisitions.

According to Bitcoin News, researchers claim that Tailscale has a serious vulnerability, where users with approved access can exploit its built-in SSH to gain root access to devices, and the attack may spread to other devices on the network.Users running nodes with Tailscale should disable Tailscale SSH and update promptly after the patch is released. Tailscale has not yet responded.

The parent company of Kraken, Payward, has received preliminary approval from the Kazakhstan AFSA and plans to offer digital asset trading, investment trading, and custody services through Payward Kazakhstan at the Astana International Financial Centre. After obtaining the final license, local users will also have access to Kraken's global order book and major market liquidity.

According to Lookonchain monitoring, if the market continues to decline, a certain whale's long position of 93,184 ETH (approximately 214 million USD) may face liquidation, with liquidation prices of 2256.45 USD and 2226.53 USD respectively.

According to Lookonchain monitoring, if the market continues to decline, a certain whale's long position of 93,184 ETH (approximately 214 million USD) may face liquidation, with liquidation prices of 2256.45 USD and 2226.53 USD respectively.

Amazon CEO Andy Jassy stated that due to the growing demand for artificial intelligence infrastructure, Amazon Web Services' cloud computing capacity is essentially sold out before the end of 2027, with a large number of orders pushed to 2028.

Bitcoin infrastructure company Blockstream announced the launch of consulting services for financial institutions and established an office in Lugano, Switzerland. This business enables banks, asset management institutions, and others to directly connect with Blockstream's engineering team and Bitcoin infrastructure. Blockstream Consulting Services will assist institutions in assessing, designing, and implementing Bitcoin-based financial infrastructure, as well as developing related solutions such as tokenized asset issuance and confidential settlements, covering areas such as technology strategy, system architecture, integration, and implementation.Blockstream stated that the Lugano office will serve Swiss clients, including those in Zurich, Geneva, and Zug, and will act as its European business hub, supporting client relationships, strategic partnerships, and collaboration with local financial and technology communities. The company's Chief Marketing Officer Peter Bain stated that Switzerland has a long-standing banking tradition and a regulatory framework supporting digital assets, making it an important market for Blockstream; the company aims to provide local expertise in markets where it sees demand for Bitcoin infrastructure, and the consulting business along with the Lugano office will bring customized Bitcoin solutions to European financial institutions.Founded in 2014, Blockstream's business covers Bitcoin custody, settlement, payments, asset issuance, and self-custody, with products including the sidechain Liquid Network, Elements, Simplicity, Core Lightning, Jade hardware wallet, and Blockstream App. The company has launched Simplicity smart contracts on the Liquid network and added Lightning Network support for the Jade hardware wallet. Co-founder and CEO Adam Back stated that the next phase of Bitcoin adoption is to integrate into the existing financial system, and the company's experience in Bitcoin cryptography, protocol development, and engineering can address the related complexities. This announcement did not disclose the pricing of the consulting services, the size of the Lugano office's staff, or the names of clients.

According to a report by Forbes on Friday, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is preparing to reform its voluntary disclosure program, planning to reduce penalties and expedite the processing of tax violation cases, including those involving cryptocurrency.Jarod Koopman, head of the IRS Criminal Investigation Division, stated that the agency aims to launch the revised program before December and to close cases within 120 days after taxpayers complete the required submission process. He noted that the new plan will not establish a separate disclosure channel for digital assets but will apply the same voluntary disclosure procedures to other forms of tax noncompliance. Koopman also mentioned that the penalties under the revised program will be significantly lower than current levels, although he did not provide specific amounts. The IRS is considering allowing taxpayers to settle debts through installment payments or settlement offers.According to Forbes, the current program often takes a year or longer to complete and primarily targets taxpayers who intentionally fail to comply with tax laws and may face criminal prosecution, rather than those who make reporting errors due to negligence. Meanwhile, legislative efforts are advancing another voluntary disclosure program aimed at cryptocurrency taxpayers. Section 502 of the Digital Asset Taxation Certainty Act will establish a correction process with clear penalty standards for past violations, and the bill was passed by the House Ways and Means Committee in September.

OpenAI announced that to prevent AI models from breaching security limits, it has required the most advanced models to be trained in environments where direct access to the live internet is not possible. Previously, an internal research model had gained limited internet access through a network configuration vulnerability, prompting the company to suspend training.After security rectifications, OpenAI resumed training on October 1, but still restricts internet access.