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S&P Global warns that six major tech companies, including Amazon, Microsoft, Alphabet, Oracle, Meta, and SpaceX, may have actual debts and contingent liabilities related to AI infrastructure that exceed the levels reflected in public data.S&P expects that these six companies will spend more than $7 trillion on capital expenditures for data centers and other AI projects from 2025 to 2030, and will maintain negative free cash flow at least until next year. The rating agency has not yet broadly downgraded credit ratings as a result, but believes the biggest risk is that expected profits may not materialize after the massive investments are completed.

The Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA) has approved the country's first Bitcoin ETF aimed at retail investors. This product falls under "other alternative investment funds" according to Swiss law and is labeled as having special risks. FINMA did not disclose the issuer of the fund, but multiple media outlets have indicated that signs suggest it may come from BIT Asset Management (formerly Matrixport Asset Management), and FINMA did not deny this claim in response to inquiries. Additionally, several fund providers have submitted or announced plans to submit Bitcoin ETF applications.The fund is a single-asset product, with all funds directed towards Bitcoin. To this end, FINMA needed to grant an exemption regarding its risk diversification rules, citing that Bitcoin has a long trading history and extremely high trading volume. In terms of asset custody, participating institutions must take measures to prevent operational and custody risks, with standards referenced from the regulatory announcement issued by FINMA on January 12, 2026, which requires that customer crypto assets are not included in bankruptcy assets in the event of the custodian's bankruptcy. Meanwhile, the sales process must comply with Fidleg's conduct rules to provide higher investor protection than direct purchases of cryptocurrencies, and the fund documents must clearly indicate the associated risks.While approving the ETF, FINMA emphasized that even investing in Bitcoin through an approved ETF carries high risks, with severe volatility potentially leading to significant depreciation of the principal invested, and required the issuer to provide clear warnings about volatility and loss risks. The United States has approved Bitcoin spot ETFs starting January 2024, with BlackRock's iShares Bitcoin Trust launching on January 11, 2024, currently managing approximately $65 billion. The Swiss Exchange has been able to trade Bitcoin products for years, but they have existed in the form of ETPs and do not have fund status; this approved ETF is the first to incorporate Bitcoin into the approved public fund framework.

According to the content from the 1inch official help center, the 1inch Card service will be closed on December 18, 2026, and new user registrations have currently been stopped.Cardholders are advised to spend or withdraw their balance before the deadline. Account closures, KYC, and data-related requests will be handled by the card issuer, Crypto Life.

According to Gate market data, U.S. stocks closed on Monday with the Dow Jones Industrial Average initially down 0.07%, the S&P 500 index up 0.4%, and the Nasdaq up 1.1%. SK Hynix rose 4.6%, Micron Technology increased nearly 3%, Tesla rose 3.7%, and Amazon increased nearly 5%.The Nasdaq Golden Dragon China Index closed down 0.26%, and iQIYI fell over 2%.

The XRP Ledger vulnerability fix package named fixCleanup3_4_0 is expected to officially take effect around 09:34 UTC on October 23. This fix package has received votes from 29 validators, surpassing the threshold of over 80% approval among the network's default 35 validators, and must be maintained continuously for two weeks. The countdown has been ongoing for nine days. Since there is no margin in the vote count, if any validator withdraws support, the countdown will restart.This fix package partially addresses the unsecured lending system that Ripple has been promoting to banks and payment companies since June, but this system has not yet been activated. Currently, the lending amendment has only 19 votes, and the vault amendment for holding funds has 21 votes, neither of which has started the countdown. Therefore, even if both reach 29 votes today, the lending function will not be available until early November at the earliest.As designed, lenders will deposit XRP or other tokens into the vault, and loan brokers will then lend out the funds for a fixed term. The ledger is responsible for recording the loans and tracking repayments, while brokers assess the borrower's qualifications off-chain. Since borrowers do not need to provide collateral, the broker's judgment becomes the only guarantee for lenders against default losses. Ripple has promoted this scheme to payment companies that need liquidity during cross-border settlement. Additionally, the fix package also closes a vulnerability that allowed accounts authorized to destroy tokens to create new tokens under specific conditions and adjusts the rounding of vault amounts as well as the rules for determining loan overdue and default.

According to on-chain analyst Yu Jin's monitoring, a certain address shorted 13,830 ETH at a price of $2,366 last night at 11 PM, worth $32.72 million. This morning at 7:30 AM, ETH rebounded to $2,409, and the address's position of 2,765 ETH was liquidated, worth $6.66 million.Currently, there are 11,061 ETH long positions remaining, worth $26.64 million, with a liquidation price of $2,419, which is $9 away from the current price.

According to EmberCN monitoring, a certain whale's previously opened $110 million BTC long position market stop-loss at $80,500 failed to trigger, and after closing the BTC long position at 5 AM today, it shifted to open a long position in US stocks.At 4 AM today, BTC dropped to a low of $80,684, just $184 away from its $80,500 market stop-loss, but it did not continue to drop to trigger that sell order. The whale closed the long position at $80,949, ultimately incurring a loss of $3.26 million, and then opened long contracts in US stocks worth $45.8 million, including TSLA, DRAM, SOXL.

Strive CEO Matt Cole released the company's Bitcoin holdings data chart on the X platform, with the caption "Now stack sats with double the horsepower," suggesting that BTC accumulation data may be disclosed next week. This move may follow the example of Strategy founder Michael Saylor.

Trader Killa posted that the rise of Bitcoin does not necessarily align with logic; sometimes it is precisely because the market behaves irrationally.If market trends always followed logic and every fluctuation could be rationally explained, everyone would make money, but the Bitcoin market is not like that. Killa stated that he remains bullish on Bitcoin and holds a long position in BTC, and he will not close his position until the price reaches $126,000.

According to Catcher Predict monitoring, in the market prediction on Polymarket for the event "Dota 2: Royal Bear vs Xipto Esports - DreamLeague Southeast Asia Closed Qualifier Playoffs," the "O/U 4.5 games" sub-market's "Over" option win rate has experienced significant fluctuations, dropping from 50% an hour ago to the current 31.5% (a fluctuation of 18.5%). Please note the impact of related breaking news.

According to the official event report from UNCX Network, on October 14, attackers exploited a set of public vesting operations of Smart Token Vesting V2, creating a discrepancy between the token balance in the pool and the recorded shares, allowing the controlled positions to withdraw excess tokens.The attack affected four networks: Ethereum, BNB Chain, Base, and Robinhood, involving 10 tokens and a total of 11 confirmed withdrawal transactions, with a verified economic value of approximately $807,609, of which about $567,500 was from the BNB Chain. The involved calls did not use administrator privileges.After the incident, white hats returned 82,143,476 X tokens and 23.8682 ETH, and currently, there are no significant tokens pending disposal. UNCX stated that it is working with legal advisors to review technical evidence and subsequent handling.

According to Gate market data, U.S. stocks closed on Friday with the Nasdaq down 2.14%, the S&P 500 index down 1.09%, and the Dow Jones initially down 0.34%. Coreweave fell 11.91%, SK Hynix fell 6.58%, Arm fell 6.94%, SanDisk fell 6.85%, Oracle fell 4.64%, and Tesla fell 2.13%. The Nasdaq Golden Dragon China Index fell 1.3%, Baidu fell 2.93%, and Alibaba fell 1.83%.

According to Catcher Predict monitoring, in the market prediction event on Polymarket "Dota 2: Team Synapse vs. Dawn Bulls - DreamLeague Western Europe Closed Qualifiers Playoffs", the "Yes" option in the sub-market "Both sides defeat Roshan" has experienced a sharp fluctuation in winning probability, soaring from 50% an hour ago to the current 90.5% (a fluctuation of 40.5%). Please note the impact of related breaking news.

Documents disclosed by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) indicate that the investment advisory firm Unique Wealth has submitted a 13F-HR report to the SEC, showing that it holds approximately $10.4 million in Bitcoin-related positions.The 13F-HR is a quarterly holdings report submitted by institutional investment managers to the SEC, used solely to disclose securities holdings that meet the reporting threshold, excluding directly held crypto assets. Therefore, the aforementioned positions typically represent Bitcoin exposure in the form of securities such as spot Bitcoin ETFs.

According to official news, SpaceX plans to announce its financial and operational performance for the third quarter of 2026 on October 20, and will hold an audio-only online earnings call at 3:30 PM Central Time on that day, which is 4:30 AM Beijing Time on October 21.

According to market news, a certain address contract account has accumulated earnings of over 21.7 million USD. On October 16, 2026, at 18:32, it closed approximately 12.31 million USD in BTC long positions, realizing a profit of about 180,500 USD.Previously, it held approximately 12.27 million USD in BTC long positions, which have now been fully liquidated. Address: 0xbf732ea04197942783e34730ed6e0f6099575d58.

According to Catcher Predict monitoring, in the market prediction on Polymarket for the event "Dota 2: Power Rangers vs Kalmychata - DreamLeague Eastern Europe Closed Qualifiers Playoffs," the "Yes" option in the sub-market "Ends During the Day" has experienced significant fluctuations in winning probability, soaring from 50% an hour ago to the current 91% (a fluctuation of 41%). Please note the impact of related breaking news.

Iran has stated that the Strait of Hormuz is currently closed, and passage must be coordinated.

According to Catcher Predict monitoring, in the market prediction on Polymarket for the event "Dota 2: Kalmychata vs HULIGANI - DreamLeague Eastern Europe Closed Qualifiers Playoffs," the "Yes" option in the sub-market "Both sides destroy barracks" has experienced a dramatic fluctuation in win rate, soaring from 50.5% an hour ago to the current 90% (a fluctuation of 39.5%). Please note the impact of related breaking news.