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According to a report by The New York Times, Israel shared intelligence indicating that Iran is considering the use of chemical weapons.U.S. officials have mixed opinions on this report, with some comparing it to the intelligence on Iraq's weapons of mass destruction in 2002; some U.S. and Gulf officials suspect that Netanyahu is trying to pressure Trump into re-engaging in the war.

Swell announced that it has opened a claim channel on Ethereum, allowing users affected by the shutdown of Swellchain to retrieve tokens that were stranded on that network.The project team disclosed that they have recovered 72.77 million SWELL, 100.99 swETH, and 55.28 rswETH through a temporary cross-chain path on BNB Chain, and users can now claim them on Ethereum.

The Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy announced that on the evening of November 1, two oil tankers crossed the Strait of Hormuz without Iranian authorization and were hit by mines, one of which was a supertanker. These two oil tankers turned off their navigation systems in an attempt to secretly cross with the support of the U.S. military, but were forced to stop after hitting the mines.

On October 31, the DeFi strategy platform Troves on Starknet announced that its xWBTC/WBTC treasury was exploited that day, resulting in an initial loss of approximately 8.6 BTC. Troves stated that, according to the investigation as of the time of the announcement, the exploitation was limited to that treasury, and no impact on other Troves treasuries had been found.Troves mentioned that the exploitation involved an old rebalancing contract that retained permissions even after being replaced. The team has revoked the relevant contract permissions and proactively paused the affected and potentially exposed treasuries. The team is continuing to verify the extent of the exposure and is tracking funds with security partners to assess possible recovery options.Troves later updated that approximately 40 minutes after discovering the exploitation, the problematic old contract was revoked, and all rebalancing permissions on its LST treasury were revoked. As a precaution, the three treasuries xWBTC/WBTC, xSTRK/STRK, and xstrkBTC/strkBTC are currently in a paused state. Troves provides automated DeFi strategies on Starknet, and the team stated that a detailed post-analysis and options for affected depositors will be announced after verification.

According to a report from DeepMind Institute, Google DeepMind researchers Alex Imas, Andrew Koh, and co-founder Shane Legg stated that the enhancement of individual AI capabilities will only gradually affect wages and prices. It is only when the collaborative abilities of multiple agents surpass the "super-collaboration" threshold that market concentration, employment, and wages will experience a sudden change.The article divides the development of AI into four stages: minimal AGI, super-competent AI, super-collaborative AI, and ASI. The article points out that current AI has strong individual capabilities but weak collaborative abilities, and changes in wages and job positions will occur before changes in corporate structures. The authors call for the establishment of benchmarks to measure the organizational capabilities of multiple agents.

Bitcoin Treasury Company Strategy stated in its third-quarter earnings call that it plans to finance its continued acquisition of Bitcoin through the issuance of preferred stock. Executive Chairman Michael Saylor mentioned that the company could create up to $30 billion in digital credit using its existing balance sheet, without the need for additional issuance of common stock or relying on further increases in Bitcoin prices.Strategy's Chief Executive Officer Phong Le indicated that issuing digital credit will be the primary means of acquiring Bitcoin. If the company raises between $1 billion and $2 billion monthly through preferred stock like STRC, part of the funds will go into dollar reserves, while the remainder will be used to purchase Bitcoin. This move marks a shift in the company's financing method from convertible bonds and common stock sales to preferred stock.The earnings report showed that Strategy's net profit for the third quarter was $19.53 billion, primarily driven by an increase in the value of digital assets by $20.91 billion. As of October 25, the company held 848,517 Bitcoins, representing a year-to-date increase of 26%. Saylor emphasized that the $30 billion represents a potential limit, not an announced financing target.

The cryptocurrency KOL Australian Lion Brother posted on platform X, stating that there are fewer and fewer mixing channels capable of handling large amounts of funds in Bitcoin today. Most centralized exchanges also require strict KYC and will cooperate in freezing funds. Additionally, on-chain tracking is becoming increasingly mature, making it significantly more difficult for hackers to transfer and cash out stolen funds.Australian Lion Brother mentioned that the 18,270 BTC (worth about 1.4 billion USD) stolen from Binance would be very slow to launder, even if it could be washed, and would likely require a significant discount. The risk of being intercepted along the way is also higher, and it may not become a force to crash the market in the short term. Binance co-founder He Yi replied to the tweet, stating, "We will pursue it to the end."

For the week ending October 24, the number of initial jobless claims in the United States was 194,000, expected to be 199,000, and the previous value was revised from 194,000 to 195,000.

P2P cryptocurrency trading platform Peer announced that its beta version now supports users to buy and sell USDC using Alipay in Renminbi. Users can pay sellers in Renminbi to purchase USDC or sell USDC and receive Renminbi through Alipay, with the USDC locked in an on-chain custody contract during the transaction, released after payment verification.Peer stated that since August 21, 45 buyers have completed 107 related orders, with a transaction volume of approximately $7,094. Alipay's official response stated that Alipay does not support virtual currency trading and related services, and claims by third-party platforms that Alipay supports cryptocurrency purchases are false and unauthorized, reminding users to be cautious about their funds and account security.

As the "leader" of the Prince Group of Cambodia, Chen Zhi has been apprehended, prompting various judicial jurisdictions to initiate the disposal of assets related to the Prince Group. Local courts have appointed Joint Provisional Liquidators (JPLs) to investigate and preserve the corresponding assets surrounding the 30 British Virgin Islands (BVI) entities actually controlled by Chen Zhi. The bankruptcy proceedings in the British Virgin Islands are collective in nature, and the eligibility for creditor claims is not determined by nationality or jurisdiction; potential victims from any jurisdiction can file claims, which means that victims of online fraud and gambling from China can also submit claims at some point in the future.It is reported that the liquidation list includes 30 BVI companies, including Prince Global Group Ltd, most of which are actually controlled by Chen Zhi, while only 28 BVI companies are listed on the U.S. Treasury's sanctions list. Furthermore, "the scope of liquidation is not solely determined by sanctions," as two companies not sanctioned but included in the liquidation list, Amber Hill Ventures Limited ("AHV") and Lateral Bridge Global Limited ("LBG"), have been mentioned in U.S. judicial proceedings and are considered entities within the widely associated network of the Prince Group, accused of having no other practical use besides participating in money laundering. The prosecution claims that of the more than 120,000 bitcoins confiscated in the U.S., over 90,000 flowed through AHV, LBG, and another company registered in the Cayman Islands, Future Technology Investment; among them, the chairman and shareholder of AHV is Fan Yang, and the chairman and shareholder of LBG is Minyi Tang, who are referred to in the U.S. indictment as "Co-conspirator 6" and "Co-conspirator 7," respectively. Regarding the claims of victims of online fraud and gambling, a claims filing and distribution process has not yet been established. If a liquidation process is initiated in the future and there are sufficient funds to support distributions to creditors, the liquidators will establish a claims process, adjudicate claims, and make distributions in accordance with the British Virgin Islands bankruptcy law.

According to Caixin, as the "leader" of the Prince Group in Cambodia, Chen Zhi, has been captured, various judicial jurisdictions have successively initiated the disposal of assets related to the Prince Group.Regarding the 30 entities in the British Virgin Islands (BVI) actually controlled by Chen Zhi, local courts have appointed Joint Provisional Liquidators (JPLs) to investigate and preserve the corresponding assets.

According to The Washington Post, AI cybersecurity startup Cathedral, founded by former members of the U.S. "Department of Government Efficiency" (DOGE), claims that its AI agent breached Anthropic's internal systems in less than 12 hours, obtaining content such as meeting notes, salary and hiring information, and Slack messages. Anthropic confirmed that the intruder accessed parts of its sales, human resources, and IT systems, involving business contact information of clients and partners, as well as some basic user account records, but did not involve Claude user conversations, source code, or model weights.This test was conducted under Anthropic's vulnerability bounty program, with the intrusion achieved through vulnerabilities in third-party commercial software; Anthropic accused Cathedral of not fully disclosing its actions, violating program rules. Cathedral is valued at $1.4 billion and has secured $160 million in funding from a16z, Sequoia Capital, and others.

According to South Korean media Digital Asset, the Second Division of the Seoul Administrative Court held its first hearing on October 22 regarding the administrative lawsuit between Bithumb and the Financial Intelligence Unit of Korea (FIU). The FIU determined that between August 28, 2022, and April 3, 2025, Bithumb conducted 45,772 transactions with 18 unreported cryptocurrency operators, and based on this, imposed sanctions, including a partial suspension that restricts new customers from transferring cryptocurrency assets externally for six months.Bithumb stated in court that transactions of 1 million won or more are subject to the "travel rule," and unreported operators have been excluded from the list of optional exchanges, thus the number of violations for this amount range is zero. Transactions below 1 million won were not subject to the travel rule at that time, and the platform had no legal basis to require customers to provide information about the receiving exchange, nor did the regulatory authorities specify a blocking method. Bithumb also mentioned that after integrating the Chainalysis API, only about 2% of the addresses that could not be confirmed were later identified as unreported operators designated by the FIU. If all were blocked, the remaining 98% of normal transactions would be affected, and the platform could also face user claims.Bithumb also believes that the six-month sanction is excessive, effectively equivalent to prohibiting the platform from acquiring new customers. The company also questioned the FIU's criteria for identifying overseas operators and the reasonableness of the basis for the sanctions.

Last week, the number of new applications for unemployment benefits in the United States fell to the lowest level in nearly 57 years, with layoffs decreasing and the labor market stabilizing. Data from the U.S. Department of Labor today shows that for the week ending October 17, the preliminary number of applications for unemployment benefits in various states decreased by 6,000, adjusted for seasonal variations, to 194,000. This figure is close to the 189,000 level reached in mid-July, the lowest since 1969.Economists believe that strong domestic demand in the United States has driven profit increases, protecting workers from layoffs. However, as the war between the U.S. and Iran intensifies, tightening financial conditions and rising interest rates may suppress the performance of the labor market next year.

For the week ending October 17, the number of initial unemployment claims in the United States was 194,000, lower than the expected 200,000, and the previous value was 199,000.

Layer-1 blockchain Qubic has restarted the network and initiated the fund recovery process. Previously, attackers exploited a wallet seed vulnerability to transfer approximately 1.4 million USD worth of QU tokens from 1,404 accounts. The network validator Computors has approved the recovery plan, and affected users can submit claims, with a deadline of May 1, 2027.The Qubic block explorer shows that the network resumed processing ticks on October 19 at 20:00, with progress exceeding the previously paused 85,371,949. The vulnerability affects wallet seeds generated by certain Apple devices and browsers. Qubic recommends using version 4.26.4 or above to create new wallets and to transfer funds as soon as possible.

On the afternoon of October 19, the official account of the artificial intelligence company MiniMax released a short video with the caption "Welcome back, Space Bunny." First Financial reported that this move is seen as an official acknowledgment of the anonymous model Space Bunny.Since its launch in late September, the model has topped the daily token usage charts on OpenRouter and OpenCode within three days, alongside DeepSeek V4.1 Flash and GLM 5.3 Flash, occupying the top three positions. It is reported that Space Bunny is an early version of MiniMax M3.1 Flash, and the model is about to be officially released.

Former Mt. Gox CEO Mark Karpelès questioned Ledger Support's previous statements. Ledger customer service had claimed that the secure element could detect physical tampering, and if additional hardware attempted to intercept signals, it would not pass authenticity verification. Karpelès pointed out that Ledger's own documentation states that if the original secure element is intact, authenticity verification cannot detect unauthorized physical modifications such as spy implants, which directly contradicts the customer service claims.Mark Karpelès stated that reports have shown that over $90 million has been stolen due to such "additional hardware" intercepting signals less than two months later, and that Ledger had published photos of spy implants for multiple models in a March 2026 academic article. Given the known threats, assuring users that authenticity verification can detect such modifications may constitute misleading advertising.

The Iranian Navy stated that the number of violating oil tankers damaged while attempting to cross the restricted navigation zone of the Strait of Hormuz has increased recently. On the 17th, an oil tanker caught fire and lost its navigational capability in the Gulf of Oman. On the same day, the Iranian Revolutionary Guard reported that two supertankers exploded after hitting mines in the strait, one of which was carrying over 2 million barrels of crude oil.

For the week ending October 10, the number of initial jobless claims in the United States was 199,000, expected to be 200,000, and the previous value was revised from 197,000 to 198,000.