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Market news reports that Nvidia has released the Nemotron 3.5 Super VL and launched the edge model Nemotron 3.5 Bolt 74B-A9B (24GB).

According to PR Newswire, Solana Mobile, the mobile business of the Solana ecosystem, announced at the Ledger Op3n 2026 event in Paris that the hardware wallet company Ledger has become its first hardware expansion partner. The Solana dApp Store and wallet will merge into the Seeker app and integrate with the new device Ledger Atom, which will be pre-installed on the device's home screen for users to access the Solana ecosystem. Pre-orders for Ledger Atom are now open.Ledger Atom is based on the Android open-source project and features a secure element running Ledger OS, with a protection level of EAL6+, displaying and touch control physically isolated from the Android system. Signing and approval are completed in secure mode, and the device includes tamper-proof and tamper-evident solutions, sold exclusively through the Ledger official website. The built-in app store currently has over 1,500 applications covering categories such as trading, payments, gaming, and AI. Existing Seeker users are unaffected, and developers can reach more devices with a single submission.This collaboration builds on Solana Mobile's opening of the Solana Mobile Stack to Android manufacturers at the World Mobile Communications Conference in March 2026. The SKR token is used to reward user participation, developer building, and hardware vendor integration. Seeker has a transaction volume exceeding $13 billion, with 154 million transactions and over 200,000 devices sold; the company shipped Saga in 2023 and will ship Seeker in 2025.

Cryptocurrency hardware wallet manufacturer Ledger announced the launch of Ledger Agent Intent, which is now open for free to all signature devices compatible with Ledger. The AI agent can monitor the market and provide portfolio optimization suggestions, allowing users to review and approve relevant actions on their Ledger devices, while the private keys remain under the user's control.Agent Intent will be directly integrated with OpenClaw, allowing users to register the OpenClaw agent and authorize actions on their Ledger Atom devices, with the OpenClaw application pre-installed on the device. This tool also supports Pay.sh from the Solana Foundation, and requests made by the agent can enter a unified queue for users to choose the timing for signing.Ledger collaborates with Venice AI to address privacy issues and stated that user data will not be used for training models by third parties.

Ledger announced the progress of the investigation into the hardware wallet implantation attack. According to its disclosure, an organized crime group spent months purchasing genuine Ledger devices, disassembling them to implant custom hardware specifically designed to steal mnemonic phrases, and then reintroducing them to the market through Southeast Asian distribution channels.The group also established a supporting system for collecting mnemonic phrases, asset theft, and money laundering, with Ledger stating that the scale of their investment reached several million dollars. Ledger emphasized that this incident is a localized distribution channel attack, and its chips, operating system, and servers were not compromised.The company has requested authorized distributors and resellers in Southeast Asia and Hong Kong to suspend sales and implement new security regulations, including prohibiting the display of devices on shelves or in display areas, as well as banning the resale of returned devices.

According to Lookonchain monitoring, the cryptocurrency asset management firm Abraxas Capital has realized profits exceeding 331 million dollars from two hedge accounts on the decentralized derivatives trading platform Hyperliquid.Currently, the aforementioned accounts hold a total of over 1.45 billion dollars in short hedge positions.

According to Bitcoin News monitoring, Bitcoin News released a podcast where former Mt. Gox CEO Mark Karpelès discussed the largest supply chain attack in the history of the cryptocurrency industry with Foundation CEO Zach Herbert.Mark Karpelès stated that he discovered a spy implant three weeks before the funds were stolen and contacted Ledger, but received no response. The implant was equipped with a hidden cellular modem that could directly read the mnemonic phrases displayed on the screen and bypass Ledger's own checks; even setting a passphrase would not prevent the mnemonic phrases from being stolen.Mark Karpelès mentioned that if he had $5 million, he could create an implant that would only be detectable through X-rays. The show also discussed the hardware wallet dealer model, the Malaysian dealer behind the attack, on-chain tracking of stolen crypto assets, the spread of the attack to Europe, reasons why Trezor was not targeted, hardware wallet security, and multi-party computation solutions. The show timeline indicated that the amount stolen from hardware wallets reached $100 million, with $86 million transferred out within 24 hours.

According to Bitcoin News monitoring, a German Ledger user @jayr_crypto reported receiving a forged letter again this week. The letter impersonates Ledger, claiming that new regulations require users to register their Bitcoin wallets through a service called ZenLedger by October 31. The letter uses Ledger's official branding elements and mentions German financial regulators, while also including a QR code that directs users to a so-called mandatory registration process.The user believes that addresses exposed in a previous data breach are being used for targeted attacks on Ledger users. In the same week, Ledger coordinated with MediaMarktSaturn to suspend the sale of its hardware wallets in a European retail network covering 11 countries and over 1,000 stores.Earlier reports indicated that malicious spy implants were found inside Ledger devices purchased from European retailers. Ledger confirmed separately that compromised devices sold by a Southeast Asian distributor contained implants capable of stealing recovery phrases and transmitting them over cellular networks. Ledger has not confirmed any breaches of devices in Europe. Ledger users are currently facing physical supply chain tampering and targeted phishing attacks initiated using home addresses. Do not scan suspicious QR codes or enter recovery phrases.

NVIDIA has committed to investing $250 million over the next five years to promote research in agent safety and security in the UK. The company stated that it will provide $50 million in computing resources support for agent safety research in the UK each year.

Ripple announced the integration of the wallet technology from Privy, a subsidiary of Stripe, into the XRP Ledger, allowing financial applications and AI agents to create accounts, hold cryptocurrency assets, and complete payments without users needing to manage wallet software themselves. Developers can create wallets within their own products and authorize transfers involving XRP, the US dollar stablecoin RLUSD issued by Ripple, and other network assets. Privy is responsible for the wallet infrastructure, reducing the workload for application developers while supporting the export of private keys or mnemonic phrases for wallet migration to other platforms.This integration also allows AI agents or automated bots to hold funds and automatically pay for online data and service fees. Privy documentation states that wallets running on enterprise servers can allow software to hold and spend funds, including purchasing data access services through the x402 payment standard. J. Ayo Akinyele, head of engineering at RippleX, stated that the network has processed over 13 million agent payments via x402, accounting for about 25% of ledger activity. Data from the XRPL AI Hub operated by payment infrastructure developer t54 shows that as of Wednesday, cumulative transactions exceeded 14.3 million, covering 169 registered merchants.However, the cumulative transfer amount is much smaller than the scale suggested by the number of transactions, with the dashboard recording cumulative payments of approximately 6,991 XRP and 12,752 RLUSD, most transaction amounts being very small. Ripple began providing related tools to developers in June and expanded support for payment standards developed by Stripe and payment blockchain Tempo in September.

Bitcoin has retreated from around $86,000 at the beginning of October, fluctuating in the range of $81,000 to $84,000 in recent days, while the US dollar has strengthened and US Treasury yields remain high. Cloud, the chief analyst at Huobi HTX, believes that the likelihood of breaking down from the fluctuation range is greater.The ISM services price index rose to 74.0 in September, the highest since July 2022, and the one-year inflation expectation from the University of Michigan rose to 4.7% in October. The rise in price components and inflation expectations indicates that the probability of CPI exceeding expectations this Thursday is not low; if this materializes, the pricing for interest rate hikes at the end of the year will be further strengthened, and the lower bound of $81,000 will be tested first. Only if CPI is below expectations will the breakthrough of the upper bound of $84,000 have sustainability.The recent decline in chip stocks is mainly due to the repricing of AI capital expenditures and hardware profit expectations. The retracement of Bitcoin is smaller, indicating that its pricing is more aligned with macro liquidity, and its correlation with the AI narrative is weakening; however, this divergence is temporary. Once the US dollar and long-term interest rates regain dominance in pricing, the linkage will quickly strengthen, with the CPI announcement on Thursday evening serving as a recent testing window.

Dework founder Lonis Hamaili announced on X the launch of the AI hedge fund Cambrian, with seed funding of approximately 70 million USD. The fund's supporters include the Japanese listed company Metaplanet and Skype co-founder Jaan Tallinn.Lonis Hamaili also stated: General artificial intelligence is on the way, and the current trading multiples of hundreds of AI supply chain oligarchs are only 1 to 5 times revenue and 5 to 15 times profit. He believes that the shorter AI development timeline may weaken the moat in the software field, but key bottlenecks in physical processes still exist.

Avalanche announced on October 13 that the Korean Securities Depository (KSD) is "building infrastructure connections based on Avalanche" for the Korean securities tokenization market. KSD's technical guidelines confirm that Avalanche is one of several ledger technologies supported by its platform plan; Avalanche's post states that the plan covers issuance, trading, clearing, settlement, and investor rights, ultimately achieving on-chain settlement.KSD's distributed ledger guidelines (reflecting development as of July 2026) place Avalanche alongside Hyperledger Besu and Hyperledger Fabric, committing to support multiple ledger technologies rather than positioning Avalanche as the sole option for Korean securities infrastructure. The project has transitioned from a testing ground to the construction phase of a production platform, with Samsung SDS winning the bid to build it, aiming to convert the technology testing platform into a system that supports real transactions and stable operations, with a target completion date of February 2027.The roadmap released by the Korean Financial Services Commission in September shows that the revised terms for recognizing tokenized securities will take effect on February 4, 2027, with the first phase launching in the same month, initially covering private money market funds and bonds aimed at institutional investors, non-listed stocks held through trust structures, and publicly issued fractional investment securities. The second phase will expand to all publicly issued securities. On-chain payments related to stablecoins belong to the final phase, and the commission remains flexible on the timing for the second and third phases, setting November 11 as the deadline for public consultation on the implementation regulations.

Ledger stated on platform X that it has coordinated with German retailer MediaMarkt Saturn to suspend the sale of Ledger devices both online and in physical stores to assist with the relevant investigation.Previously, a German user reported finding a suspected implant in the device they purchased. There have been no reports of financial loss, and Ledger has stated that there are no signs that its infrastructure, systems, or services have been compromised. Ledger customer service is reviewing the reports submitted by users, and its cybersecurity team Donjon will inspect the received devices.Ledger reminds users that if they have any questions about their purchased devices, they can contact the support team through the official customer service website. Ledger will never proactively call or message users, nor will it ask for the 24-word recovery phrase.Many claims and data circulating online have not been verified, and scammers may exploit such incidents to carry out fraud. Users should obtain the latest information only through official channels of Ledger and MediaMarkt Saturn.

According to an official post from Ledger, its security team Ledger Donjon is investigating Ledger signing devices sold by the Southeast Asian distributor CryptoBilis, which have been implanted with unauthorized hardware components. Ledger confirmed this matter on October 10 regarding a device belonging to an affected user. Donjon's analysis shows that the implant is located within the device's casing and can read the screen display content—decoding the 24-word recovery mnemonic during the initial setup and transmitting it externally via LTE through a built-in eSIM; this component does not alter the security chip, system, or transaction signature.Currently, all confirmed financial losses related to the incident disclosed on October 9 involve devices sold by CryptoBilis. CryptoBilis has stopped selling Ledger devices. The total number of affected users and the amount of losses have not yet been verified, and Ledger is investigating similar implant reports from other distributors and regions.

Catherine Chen, the head of VIP and institutional business at Binance, stated in an interview with The Block during Token2049 that traditional hedge funds, which previously took a wait-and-see approach, are now showing a stronger interest due to the emergence of arbitrage opportunities related to traditional financial instruments such as cash stocks and perpetual contracts on crypto platforms.She pointed out that the improvement in market depth, combined with 24/7 trading and weekend price discovery mechanisms, makes these opportunities more realistic. She also mentioned that when the same tools are offered on second- and third-tier platforms or in DeFi venues, liquidity often falls short of hedge funds' needs. However, she emphasized that this process is still in its early stages and does not expect a surge in capital inflows overnight, with the next 12 to 18 months being worth close attention.Similar changes are happening on the other side of the market. Chen indicated that their crypto-native clients are incorporating more tools linked to traditional financial products to build hybrid investment portfolios. The data she cited showed that the scale of Binance's cash stock assets has increased from about $800 million to $900 million to $1.4 billion, while the trading volume of traditional financial perpetual contracts has risen from about $20 billion to $30 billion per month when launched at the beginning of this year to about $400 billion every 30 days. She believes that tokenization and cross-asset trading are still in their early stages, and regulatory clarity will determine the ultimate integration of traditional and crypto trading more than the product offerings of a single platform.

Meta Platforms has released the artificial intelligence model Muse Wonder, stating that after 14 months of intensive development, the new Muse model has reached the forefront of AI and represents a significant leap forward from its predecessor. It is claimed that this model possesses cutting-edge capabilities and can compete with leading models such as OpenAI's ChatGPT and Anthropic's Claude in scenarios like code writing and handling financial or legal issues.Developers can currently access Muse Wonder through the Meta model API and Muse Code interface, and the model will soon provide underlying computational support for the subscription version of Meta's personal AI assistant, Muse. According to related reports from Financial Associated Press, the Muse Wonder series leads competitors in certain agent and software engineering evaluations. Zuckerberg expects that the development cycle for larger models will be shortened in the future and plans to achieve a return on AI investment through subscriptions, revenue sharing from commercial services, APIs, and enterprise services.

The media and conference organization NEXTPredict announced that it has executed the first trade in the flight cancellation market through Kalshi to hedge investments for its October summit, locking in $3 million in guarantees. The company paid a premium of $12,000, and if the cancellation rate of flights arriving at New York's Kennedy International Airport on October 21 exceeds 50%, the contract will automatically pay out, covering the summit costs, as October 21 is the main travel day for attendees. Susquehanna acted as the market maker for this transaction.Kalshi launched the flight cancellation market after self-certifying the contract with the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) on July 14, allowing participants to trade on whether the cancellation volume at specific airports exceeds preset thresholds. This market does not target individual flights and has clear anti-manipulation clauses. NEXTPredict is a media and event platform focused on the global prediction market industry, launched by the NEXT.io team. Its flagship event, the "Global Prediction Market Summit," will be held from October 22 to 23, 2026, at Convene Hudson Yards in New York, bringing together founders, executives, investors, and policymakers.NEXTPredict and Kalshi position this trade as institutional hedging, similar to how airlines hedge against fuel costs or farmers hedge against crop yields, rather than betting on the fate of the summit.

Cryptocurrency community user Johannes posted that he found suspected spyware and hardware modifications, including additional cables and LTE modules, in two Ledger hardware wallets purchased at different stores of the European retailer MediaMarkt, and called for Ledger to immediately recall the related products.Johannes stated that MediaMarkt employees confirmed that the second device was not a returned item, as returned Ledger products would be sent directly back to the manufacturer rather than resold as new. Store records show that the relevant inventory came from the supplier Aqipa GmbH. Since the company operates distribution in Europe, Johannes suspects that the issue may involve a broader retail inventory, but there is currently no evidence to confirm that Ledger's supply chain has been widely compromised in Europe.Johannes mentioned that he has handed over the first device for analysis and plans to send the second device to Ledger for investigation, while also releasing an unboxing video as evidence. He reminded users that if they purchase devices from merchants outside of Ledger's official channels, they should check for any abnormalities in the devices. Currently, the above claims mainly come from this user's personal disclosure, and the reasons for the device damage, the scope of impact, and whether it involves a supply chain attack still need to be verified by Ledger and other relevant parties.

According to CoinDesk, several blockchain analysis companies estimate that the assets stolen by attackers from hundreds of wallets associated with the authorized dealer CryptoBilis sold Ledger devices could be as high as $94.5 million. Ledger has not yet confirmed this total.Hardware wallet company Ledger discovered that unauthorized hardware was implanted in at least one affected device; stablecoin issuer Tether has frozen $10 million USDT related to the theft, and investigators are still tracking the flow of funds. Ledger advises CryptoBilis customers not to set up devices that have not yet been used; customers who are already using the related devices should transfer their assets to new devices and generate new recovery phrases.

Intel CEO Chen Liwu stated on October 12 in Singapore that the token costs of cutting-edge artificial intelligence models in China are lower, and the adoption speed is "very fast." At a seminar organized by DBS Bank, he mentioned that Chinese models like DeepSeek, Kimi, and GLM perform "well enough."Chen Liwu said, "I firmly believe in open source; it is the best way to drive efficiency." He added that the market will determine which models are best suited for different use cases. He also mentioned that quantum computing could become mainstream in the next 3 to 5 years, and software will play a role in driving the efficient use of some necessary infrastructure.