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Tianfeng International Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo stated that Jensen Huang's importance to NVIDIA lies in his ability to transform technologies deemed feasible by engineers into products that the company must invest resources in, take risks on, and deliver. He believes this provides the supply chain with strong order visibility and a willingness to cooperate with aggressive specification upgrades; this move will also force competitors to follow suit, thereby driving technological upgrades and supply chain investments across the entire AI industry.Kuo mentioned that compared to providing order visibility to the supply chain, deciding on and implementing aggressive specification upgrades is more challenging. Jensen Huang does not need to be the person within NVIDIA who understands new technologies such as HVDC, CPO/NPO, or CCL/PTFE the best; his value lies in weighing strategy, organization, technology, and supply chain simultaneously, and making decisions and allocating resources quickly. He indicated that based on the information currently available, it is difficult for Jensen Huang to step back completely; if so, the actual approach may be to gradually reduce NVIDIA's reliance on Huang's personal decisions while preparing a succession plan. Two things worth observing in this process are whether NVIDIA can continue to develop new products and technologies as efficiently as before, and how competitors will respond. He stated that supply chain research will be an important basis for judging the direction of AI technology and investment.

Joe Flanagan, co-founder of the on-chain asset management platform Maple, announced his decision to leave Maple. He stated that Maple has been the center of his life for the past seven years, and leading and building this company has been his full commitment. His partnership with co-founder Sid Powell has lasted nearly a decade, during which they built a business that he has always been proud of. Over time, their views on strategy, leadership style, and life orientation have gradually diverged, and these differences are no longer beneficial to the team or the business. He believes it is more appropriate for one co-founder to continue leading Maple forward than to allow these differences to persist and widen.Joe Flanagan stated that as a co-founder, he needs to agree with the decisions he has participated in, the direction he asks others to follow, and the choices for which he still needs to be responsible. He mentioned that he can no longer continue to do so with conviction and loyalty to his own values, and therefore chose to leave rather than continue to support a direction he cannot agree with. He will assist with the transition for the remainder of this year and provide support as requested by Sid and the team, after which he will no longer participate in Maple. He also stated that he has not left the industry and is currently formulating his next steps, which he will share more about soon. Maple officially confirmed that Joe Flanagan will step down as chairman and leave the company, describing this as an orderly transition agreed upon by both parties, with the company's direction remaining unchanged; since 2019, he has helped Maple expand its managed assets to $4.8 billion and its loan issuance to $20 billion.

According to a report by the Science and Technology Innovation Board Daily, there is a significant price disparity in the embodied intelligence data collection industry. For the same 1-hour period, the listed price for high-quality real machine data can reach 300 to 1000 yuan, while the hourly wage for end collection workers is as low as 8 yuan, with some original data transactions even dropping to 3 to 5 yuan per hour.The investigation found that the price difference mainly stems from multi-level subcontracting and the resale of data copies. A hundred-yuan order from the client, after being passed through five or six intermediaries, leaves the grassroots collectors with only about 15 yuan. The baseline remuneration for county-level projects is around 30 yuan/hour; falling below this standard poses compliance or source risks. Additionally, the resale of non-original data three to five times is "very common" in the industry, with some teams monetizing the same material through private copies or additional equipment for simultaneous recording.The report points out that while the industry loudly claims that high-quality data is scarce, data collection service providers are valued at tens of billions; on the other hand, low-priced copies are rampant, and data traceability has failed. Some intermediaries gain pricing power through order control, with domestic data producers averaging a gross profit of about 20% to 30%.

According to a survey by the technology media outlet The Information on NVIDIA's board of directors, the fate of founder and CEO Jensen Huang currently depends on the board. This company, which has the highest market value globally, does not have a clear successor for the CEO position, and there are several long-time partners who have worked with Huang for decades on the board. The board needs to investigate whether Huang's personal relationships have led to the leakage of company secrets and whether he has violated internal regulations; if issues are found, they must also decide how to handle this founder and CEO.NVIDIA has a total of 11 directors, including Jensen Huang himself, with 5 of the remaining 10 having served for over ten years. Venture capitalists Tench Coxe and Mark Stevens joined the board when the company was founded in 1993, coming from early investors Sutter Hill Ventures and Sequoia Capital, respectively. The person most likely to lead the investigation is Chief Independent Director Stephen Neal, a nearly 80-year-old lawyer who joined the board in 2019 and serves as the chair of the corporate governance committee; his firm, Cooley LLP, has provided legal services to NVIDIA since 1993. NVIDIA has not yet announced the members of the investigation committee, and it is still uncertain whether Neal will personally lead it.Neal previously defended Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes and represented key figures in the U.S. savings and loan crisis, such as Charles Keating; FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried also proposed him as chairman when the company was on the brink of bankruptcy. He is also responsible for overseeing Meta's independent content review board, and a person familiar with him described his approach as pragmatic, preferring to resolve issues with minimal disruption. Jensen Huang has long directly managed dozens of executives, with core business leaders reporting directly to him, and there is no recognized second-in-command; none of the board members have held CEO positions at large companies. Harvard University corporate governance expert Jesse Fried expects the investigation could last for months, and the board is likely to ultimately choose to retain Jensen Huang.

Former U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chairman Gary Gensler stated in an interview that after the scandal involving NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang, the NVIDIA board will face "Tough Choices."However, as of now, the specific details and conclusions of the related investigation have not been disclosed in the provided information. Gary Gensler did not further clarify which aspects the board's decision specifically involves, but he mentioned that the stock price seems to show issues, and NVIDIA has already seen a decline in pre-market trading.

Investment institution The Future Fund managing partner Gary Black published an article discussing the impact of NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang's infidelity incident. He expressed doubts about whether Huang could continue to serve as CEO of NVIDIA, believing this could exert short-term pressure on the stock of the world's second-largest company by market capitalization, and stated that there is no natural successor for Huang within the company.Gary Black also mentioned that although Huang has not committed any crimes or infringements, his code of conduct and judgment will be called into question, which is likely to lead NVIDIA's board to dismiss him. He stated that even if the market does not perceive long-term value impairment, many portfolio managers may still reduce their holdings in the coming weeks due to uncertainty about the successor to Huang as CEO of NVIDIA.

On November 8, Tencent's AI product WorkBuddy released a statement and compensation announcement regarding the DeepSeek-V4.1 Flash discount event. On September 10, WorkBuddy launched DeepSeek-V4.1 Flash and simultaneously started a two-week 50% discount points experience event, which was originally scheduled to end on September 24. Subsequently, WorkBuddy extended the discount until November 5 and restored the original price starting from 14:00 on November 5. Due to the delay in announcing this adjustment to users, WorkBuddy expressed its apologies for the inconvenience caused.WorkBuddy has decided that for accounts that used DeepSeek-V4.1 Flash from 14:00 on November 5 to 23:59 on November 8, all points consumed during this period will be settled at the original price with a 50% discount. The difference, which is 50% of the total points actually consumed, will be fully refunded. No application is required for the refund, as it will be automatically calculated by the system and is expected to be credited within 7 working days.

On October 29, Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin reflected on his experience investing in DOGE and donating to SHIB during an interview on the Silicon Valley 101 podcast. He revealed that he had spent $25,000 to buy DOGE, which later increased in value to over $10 million.He also recalled that the SHIB project team had transferred half of the total token supply to his public wallet. He sold part of the tokens, exchanging them for approximately $70 million worth of ETH, but due to insufficient market liquidity, he still held a large amount of remaining tokens, which he later donated to an organization fighting COVID-19 in India and the Future of Life Institute (FLI).He initially thought that the recipients could cash out a maximum of over $20 million, but the amount reached several hundred million dollars, far exceeding expectations. He stated that if he had foreseen this outcome at the time, he would have made very different decisions.

According to Bitcoin.com, the difficulty of Bitcoin mining has been below the historical high of 155.97T set on October 29, 2025, for 374 days, marking the longest duration in the network's history, surpassing the 364-day record set after the 2011 crash and the 253 days following China's mining ban in 2021. Economist Saifedean Ammous pointed out that the 95% price retracement in 2011 and the Chinese mining ban did not last as long as this, calling it a new world for Bitcoin mining.The difficulty dropped to a low of 124.93T in mid-June 2026, about 20% lower than the peak. Although there was a rebound in October, with the difficulty rising to 148.36T, Mempool.space predicts it will decline again by about 3.7% around November 13, further delaying new highs. Reports indicate that the pressure comes from the sluggish Bitcoin price and publicly listed mining companies selling off Bitcoin and shifting towards AI, while the Democrats pushing for data center restrictions after the midterm elections may also impact mining companies.

President Trump is facing differing opinions from his advisory team and foreign allies, with the debate focusing on whether the United States should end the war in Iraq or resume large-scale military operations. Vice President Pence and Special Envoy Whitaker support a diplomatic solution, while Secretary of Defense Hegseth and Central Command Commander General Brad Cooper advocate for military action. Secretary of State Rubio and Treasury Secretary Basant argue for tightening sanctions. Qatari officials have initiated a new round of mediation, attempting to prevent military action and reopen the Strait of Hormuz.

On-chain researcher Zeeme posted a lengthy analysis on X, explaining why hackers can attack Binance, Bybit, and Bitget, but find it difficult to breach Coinbase. He stated that Coinbase holds approximately 959,000 BTC, worth about $10.33 billion, and has not suffered such attacks in 14 years.Zeeme indicated that most exchanges concentrate billions of dollars in a few hot wallets for quick withdrawals; Coinbase, on the other hand, employs multi-party computation (MPC) technology, where the complete private key never exists on disk or in memory. Each key is split into shards upon generation and stored on isolated hardware chips.He compared that in October, after hackers compromised a DevOps personnel's computer at Binance and hijacked hot wallet signatures, they transferred approximately $6.36 billion within 20 minutes; whereas at Coinbase, even if they breach an engineer's computer, they can only obtain a useless shard of the key.Additionally, Zeeme later corrected that the approximately 69.8 million addresses mentioned in the post are Coinbase's deposit addresses, not the wallets holding funds, as Coinbase also has both hot and cold wallets.

Galaxy Research Director Alex Thorn stated that the adjusted discount of Bitcoin on Coinbase relative to Binance's USDT has expanded to the largest level this year. However, Binance's previous suspension of withdrawals limited cross-platform arbitrage activities, making this price difference difficult to accurately reflect the true demand signals in the U.S. market.With Binance having resumed withdrawals, attention should be paid to whether the price difference between the two major exchanges will gradually narrow.

According to mempool.space data, at 03:14:58 Beijing time, Bitcoin completed its latest mining difficulty adjustment at block height 973728, with the difficulty increased by 5.54% to 148.36T. The previous adjustment was an increase of 5.92% to 140.58T.

Dragonfly Managing Partner Haseeb Qureshi stated that after Binance experienced a hacker attack exceeding $6 billion, the market reaction was completely different from the FTX collapse back in the day.Although the scale of funds involved in this incident is only about 25% lower than the funding gap left by FTX, the overall decline in Bitcoin and the cryptocurrency market was only a few percentage points, and market sentiment remained relatively calm, with bottom-fishing funds gradually entering the market; even with macro market pressures, capital outflows were relatively mild, and the directly affected tokens also showed some resilience.Haseeb believes that the market has strong confidence in Binance as a company, and with various industry parties quickly collaborating and providing mutual support, there is a general expectation that Binance will be able to repurchase related assets and make up for the losses. He stated that this incident reflects the maturity and progress of the cryptocurrency industry.

Standard Chartered Bank has announced that it is providing digital asset custody services in Luxembourg and the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC).The bank's authorized partnership with LMAX covers its Luxembourg entity and Dubai branch. Additionally, an independent collateral link will allow clients to trade using tokens held in the bank's custody.

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."

According to Cointelegraph, Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev stated during the third quarter earnings call on Tuesday that there is uncertainty about whether U.S. tokenization rules can be sustained in the long term, which may hinder investors from allocating large assets into the tokenized market. He described the five-year innovation exemption granted by the SEC in September as "a very positive step," but emphasized that further rule-making or legislation is needed to bring long-term regulatory certainty.Tenev noted that the uncertainty regarding the direction of the rules after five years is likely to become an obstacle to allocating large assets to this technology when communicating with clients. Tokenized stocks have previously faced resistance from traditional issuers, with 16 companies including Microsoft, Alphabet, and Goldman Sachs opposing their stocks being listed on the proposed OKXICE platform. AMC CEO Adam Aron has also publicly criticized Robinhood's tokenized stock products.Robinhood currently offers about 200 stock tokens on the Robinhood Chain, supported by the underlying stocks, but constructed in the form of tokenized debt securities, providing only economic exposure without dividend and voting rights, thus falling outside the scope of the SEC innovation exemption that requires rights parity. Tenev stated that tokenized stocks of private companies will be launched overseas, while seeking a path that complies with accredited investor restrictions within the United States. Binance Research's baseline scenario predicts that the market size could reach $34.9 billion by 2030, with approximately $4.43 billion as of September 15.

Recently, the cryptocurrency exchange Echobit has partnered with the stablecoin infrastructure platform Interlace to launch a customized ceramic stablecoin card, combining stablecoin payment functionality with personalized card designs, further enriching VIP customer benefits and expanding service scenarios beyond trading.As competition among digital asset platforms becomes increasingly diversified, enriching user scenarios and shaping differentiated VIP services have become the core of customer operations. In this collaboration, Echobit leverages Interlace's ceramic card solution to integrate stablecoin payments with everyday consumption scenarios, and through unique materials and exclusive designs, creates a cardholder experience that differs from traditional cards, providing VIP customers with more recognizable exclusive benefits.As a stablecoin infrastructure platform, Interlace focuses on issuing card infrastructure, helping exchanges, wallets, fintech platforms, and financial institutions quickly launch their own branded card projects through API and white-label solutions, supporting virtual cards, physical cards, and customized card designs. As of now, Interlace has issued over 10 million cards, continuously assisting global partners in accelerating the implementation of stablecoin payments.

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.

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.