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OpenAI announced that the ChatGPT Finances feature has officially expanded to the Mac desktop application. After users update the app, they can connect their bank, credit card, and investment accounts through the "Finance" entry in the sidebar, allowing them to view balances, analyze spending, manage subscriptions, and track portfolios directly on macOS. This feature connects accounts through the financial data service provider Plaid, enabling ChatGPT to answer questions based on real transactions, balances, and investment data, such as inquiries about the categories with the highest spending this month or subscriptions that should be canceled, providing analysis based on account information.ChatGPT Finances launched in May this year, with main features including tracking expenses by category, reviewing recurring charges, monitoring stock holdings and asset allocation, tracking credit scores, and generating weekly financial updates. Regarding privacy, OpenAI emphasizes that this connection is read-only; ChatGPT cannot transfer funds, pay bills, or execute stock trades, and users can disconnect their accounts at any time. This feature is currently available to Free, Go, Plus, and Pro users in the United States.

According to on-chain analyst Yu Jin's monitoring, Arthur Hayes transferred a total of 3 million USDC to the OTC trading platforms Flowdesk and Galaxy Digital about 10 minutes ago.Half a month ago, Hayes had liquidated various altcoins worth at least 49.25 million dollars and stated that he planned to wait for further price declines before buying again. Since then, the prices of the tokens he previously sold have dropped by about 15% to 30%. This recent transfer of USDC has sparked market speculation about his possible preparations to buy back in, but the specific use of the funds and buying plans have not yet been confirmed.

According to a report by Huang Xinyi from the Science and Technology Innovation Board Daily, at the HarmonyOS Office Industry Summit, Huawei launched its first HarmonyOS desktop computer, the Huawei Qingyun HM650 series, and simultaneously released the HarmonyOS Computer Enterprise Edition, enhancing government and enterprise terminal deployment, device management, and data security capabilities.According to on-site reports from IT Home on November 5, the 2026 HarmonyOS Office Industry Summit was held in Wuhan. Zhu Dongdong, President of Huawei's Terminal Tablet and PC Product Line, announced that the Qingyun HM650 series has achieved 100% localization certification, is equipped with the Kirin X90 chip, and has improved overall performance by 15% through software and hardware collaboration. It also debuts with the HarmonyOS Computer Enterprise Edition, supporting features such as HarmonyOS AI, Xiao Yi Work, Xiao Yi Deep Research, and Xiao Yi Smart Note. Huawei's Executive Director Yu Chengdong stated that the cumulative shipment of HarmonyOS computers has surpassed one million units.

According to the election forecasting agency Decision Desk Headquarters (DDHQ), Democrat James Talarico is predicted to win the federal Senate seat in Texas, defeating Republican Ken Paxton. This marks the first significant victory for the Democrats in Texas since 1988.This result brings the Democrats closer to regaining a majority in the Senate. The Democrats need a net gain of 4 seats to retake the Senate majority, and according to U.S. media predictions, the Democrats have flipped and won in the Senate elections in North Carolina and South Carolina.

CoinDesk Research report shows that the total market value of stablecoins in October increased slightly by 0.10% month-on-month to 30.55 billion USD. Among them, USDC decreased by 2.80% to 7.23 billion USD, while Tether maintained its leading position with 18.30 billion USD.During the same period, the value of on-chain tokenized real-world assets grew by 2.92% to 3.45 billion USD, reaching a historical high of 3.49 billion USD on October 16. Private credit increased by 11.8% to 5.27 billion USD, the value of tokenized stocks and equity grew by 4.81% to 4.89 billion USD, and the on-chain daily trading volume decreased by 39.3% to 317 million USD.

According to Slow Fog's disclosure, its security personnel discovered that the script udeskApi.2026-10-16.cached.js related to the Udesk customer service system was implanted with a malicious loader during routine threat intelligence checks. This loader hides the address through hexadecimal encoding and asynchronously loads the remote script deeps.js (sourced from udeskqlobal[.]com, note that the domain name starts with the letter q). This script reads accessible Cookies, localStorage, and sessionStorage on the page, intercepts form and login/authentication requests, and sends data to udeskqlobal[.]com/c.php. Attackers may use this to impersonate sessions or take over accounts. This data collection behavior is not restricted by the target site's rules, and unmatched pages may also be affected.According to Slow Fog's analysis, this script also targets three types of sites: mgbx[.]com, bikingex[.], and bitxex[.]io, scanning the recharge page every 200 milliseconds and replacing identified recharge addresses with preset BTC, EVM, TRON, Solana, LTC, and DOGE addresses. At the same time, the script manipulates the clipboard API, replaces copy buttons, and intercepts copy events, making users see and copy tampered addresses. If users transfer funds to this address, the money will flow into the attacker's address.

According to Onchain Lens monitoring, Arthur Hayes transferred approximately 8,000 ETH, worth about 18.69 million USD, and subsequently received around 11.73 million USDC from Galaxy Digital and Flowdesk, with approximately 6.96 million USD remaining to be processed.

Robinhood announced that its social trading network is now open to all eligible users in the United States. CEO Vlad Tenev stated on October 13 that this feature is built into the app's information feed, centered around users' trades and performance. Users can follow other traders, view shared account activities, and initiate eligible trades directly from posts through the Quick trade feature. Tenev mentioned that Robinhood Social is now available to everyone, allowing users to share charts, profits and losses, and portfolio allocations, as well as receive news and company updates.This feature was previously tested starting on March 18, initially for 1,000 customers who attended the HOOD Summit, followed by an additional 10,000 in the subsequent weeks. The early version provided verified trading posts, daily and yearly profit and loss statistics, and the ability to place orders manually from the information feed; news feeds are part of future planning. Sharing is selective: trades will not be automatically published, and customers can choose which eligible trades to publish, as well as disable trading statistics in their profiles.Access and publishable content are restricted. Social is only available in the United States, and Robinhood excludes licensed securities professionals, individuals associated with regulated financial institutions, and the company's own employees. Its help page indicates that futures and multi-leg options trades currently do not meet publishing criteria. Tenev stated that Social will be coming to Robinhood's desktop trading platform Legend in the coming weeks.

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 security researcher BeakSec, Telegram Desktop previously had a high-risk vulnerability CVE-2026-107181. Attackers could pre-place command files in the group where the victim is located, then induce them to click on links redirected through the browser, using inter-process communication command injection to send local files to a group controlled by the attacker; if the session file is stolen and the user has not set a local password, the account may be taken over.The researcher stated that versions 7.2.8 and earlier are affected, and the vulnerability has been fixed in version 7.2.9 released on September 17.

According to a previous report by CoinDesk, the crypto media outlet Cointelegraph is seeking new buyers due to a significant decline in recent traffic data. Cointelegraph issued a statement through its official X account on October 8, stating that the report contains false information and multiple factual errors, and asserted that it will not sell and will not remain silent.The statement criticized CoinDesk for attracting readers through controversy and sensationalism, claiming that such practices undermine journalistic credibility, and questioned whether its publisher is trading sensational headlines for commercial gain. Cointelegraph demanded that CoinDesk publicly acknowledge its mistakes and provide corrections with equal exposure to the original content, emphasizing that credibility stems from accuracy and accountability, not sensationalism.

Phoenix Technology reported that on September 29, the DeepSeek Harness v0.2 preview version was officially released, providing installation packages for macOS and Windows desktop, and is now available on the DeepSeek official website. The new version comes pre-equipped with commonly used features for daily office work and development, and introduces a plugin installation and management page.This update optimizes file display, content preview, and code change display, improves the settings and management of automated tasks, and offers various ways to showcase work processes. Users can provide documents, spreadsheets, or PDFs for organizing materials, analyzing data, generating charts, or creating presentations, and can also modify projects and run code.The built-in automation task plugin can be activated as needed, supporting the scheduling of repetitive tasks and allowing users to view running records, adjust execution frequency, and task instructions. The plugin management page supports installing by entering the plugin package name, as well as disabling, uninstalling plugins, and viewing introductions and sources; in the experimental creative mode, users can describe their needs through dialogue, allowing it to write and modify plugins. The official statement indicates that the product is still in its early stages and will continue to improve the sandbox and security, agent teams, long-term memory, browser and other GUI software automation, remote and mobile usage, and explore session sharing and multi-user collaboration. According to the official model API user statistics, about 60% of users have used third-party plugins.

According to on-chain analyst @ai_9684xtpa, a certain smart money address (0x54e...a3F41) withdrew 133,000 VVV from Flowdesk 3 hours ago, worth 4.14 million dollars.This address allegedly took profits of 588,000 dollars two weeks ago and currently holds 233,337 VVV, worth 7.45 million dollars, with an unrealized profit of 2.128 million dollars calculated at the average withdrawal price of 22.78 dollars.

DeepSeek Harness official desktop version has appeared in the main branch of the official repository. This desktop version is based on Electron, turning the existing Harness Web UI into a standalone app, allowing users to avoid starting the web service themselves.The code includes build, signing, notarization, automatic update, and upload processes for macOS and Windows installation packages, with the production update address pointing to download.deepseek.com. Recent submissions mainly fix issues related to packaging, notarization, and startup recovery. The official release time has not yet been announced, and there are no installation packages in the GitHub Release.

CoinDesk released the "August 2026 Exchange Report," which shows that the trading volume of RWA perpetual contracts on centralized exchanges reached $602 billion in August. Among them, Gate's RWA perpetual contract trading volume reached $64.7 billion, with a market share of 12.6%, ranking third globally, only behind Binance's 60.9% and OKX's 21.5%. During the same period, Gate's RWA perpetual contract trading volume increased by 158% month-on-month, and its market share more than doubled from July's 5.32%.From the perspective of platform scale, the CoinDesk report disclosed that Gate's global user count has surpassed 60 million, with August spot trading volume reaching $40 billion and contract trading volume reaching $287 billion, ranking fourth globally in combined spot and derivatives trading volume, reflecting the platform's trading scale and user base in the global market.

According to on-chain analyst Yu Jin's monitoring, Arthur Hayes (0x6cd...e21) purchased 244,000 UNI through Flowdesk OTC at a price of $7.06.

According to on-chain analyst Ai Yi's monitoring, a certain address (0x9a3...9513c) withdrew 327,872 UNI from Flowdesk half an hour ago, worth 2.045 million dollars, with an average withdrawal price of 6.24 dollars.The withdrawal source of this address is different from the associated address of Haskey, and it is not yet certain whether they belong to the same entity.

According to CoinDesk, after the U.S. military intensified airstrikes on Iranian targets, Brent crude oil surpassed $93 per barrel, and WTI approached $90 per barrel, pushing the 10-year U.S. Treasury yield up to nearly 4.8%. Risk assets are under pressure, with Bitcoin briefly dropping below $76,500, down more than 1% from midnight, and a nearly 3% correction over the past week.In terms of derivatives, Coinglass data shows that the long-short taker transaction ratio shifted to favor short positions, accounting for about 51.5%, while the overall open interest remained at around 700,000 BTC, indicating that leverage has not significantly increased. The open interest in ETH futures slightly rose alongside a price drop, interpreted as a buildup of short positions. UNI continued to rise, while TRX short positions remained crowded, and the implied volatility of BTC and ETH fell back to previous levels.