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According to Jinshi reports, the South Korean Finance Minister stated that proactive measures will be taken to avoid escalating market anxiety.The South Korean Finance Minister also mentioned that regulations on borrowing and investment will be relaxed to alleviate market volatility; if volatility further intensifies, additional stabilization measures will be implemented.

According to disclosures from OpenAI's official website, the company has established an autonomous security research pipeline covering vulnerability discovery, dynamic verification, exploitability assessment, and patch generation. In a run centered on an upcoming network model, the pipeline completed scanning and verification of targets related to the Linux kernel, generating 948 exploits that can achieve local privilege escalation (LPE) on commonly used Linux distributions, with an API cost of approximately $1.213 million, or about $1,279 per LPE exploit.It was reported that the pipeline identified and analyzed a total of 2,308 candidate discoveries, dynamically reproducing 1,724 vulnerabilities, and producing 291 information leakage proofs of concept (PoC); the target virtual machine ran a standard desktop system with complete protection. The Scout agent initially identified about 5,034 audit targets (approximately 2.8 million lines of code, accounting for about 7% of the kernel), and the Analyst agent produced candidate discoveries in about 12 hours. OpenAI stated that it has prioritized reporting critical vulnerability patches as recommended by the Linux community and continues to advance the remaining reports in collaboration with Patch the Planet partners.OpenAI also mentioned that in the adapted kernelCTF environment, an additional 25 information leakage PoCs and 21 LPEs were obtained; among 166 sampled exploits, the agent reportedly used at least 10 newer Linux exploitation techniques that it deemed more recent. The company emphasized that maintainers are quick to fix: over 100 LPEs have been patched or entered temporary patches within about 10 days of scanning, and approximately 300 others have entered public discussion.

According to Bloomberg, the United States is increasing deployments in preparation for a possible resumption of military strikes against Iran. Trump has repeatedly hinted that U.S. forces may resume strikes against Iran after the November 3 midterm elections and has sent a third aircraft carrier strike group and an additional 10,000 sailors and Marines toward the Persian Gulf to provide commanders with more options, although the exact timing remains uncertain.U.S. Secretary of Defense Mark Esper visited Israel this week without prior announcement and met with Netanyahu. Israel will hold elections on October 27. Meanwhile, after Iran-backed Houthi forces expanded the conflict to Saudi Arabia, attacking airports and energy facilities, the U.S. State Department has ordered the evacuation of some diplomatic personnel and their families stationed in Saudi Arabia.A source familiar with Iran's thinking stated that Iran is preparing for a new round of bombings that may occur before and after the U.S. midterm elections and is planning retaliatory actions in the Middle East, including against Israel and the United Arab Emirates. This individual believes that the period from the end of the U.S. elections until the new Congress is sworn in in January will be the most difficult phase, with a way out being to reach an agreement that allows both sides to claim victory. Some officials from Gulf countries are concerned that the intensity of the conflict after its resumption may exceed that before the pause.Recent diplomatic attempts to end the conflict have failed to yield results. Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif stated this week that if there is sufficient evidence showing that the U.S. genuinely wishes to reach a fair, dignified, and permanent resolution to end the conflict, Iran is willing to give diplomacy another chance, but he also noted that there is currently not much reason to expect progress.The conflict has disrupted energy transportation in the Persian Gulf, pushing Brent crude oil prices up more than 80% this year and raising U.S. gasoline prices and living costs. A Pew Research Center survey conducted from September 28 to October 4 shows that about two-thirds of Americans disapprove of Trump's handling of the Iran conflict, and about half of respondents expect the war to last more than a year. Reports indicate that concerns over military escalation are once again driving up oil prices and affecting the Republican Party's prospects in the midterm elections.

According to Gate market data, the escalation of the Middle East conflict has led to a frantic sell-off of precious metals, with international spot gold falling below the 4,000 mark and Shanghai silver futures dropping over 6%.The Federal Reserve's interest rate decision is about to be announced, creating uncertainty in the precious metals market.

Google announced a breakthrough in the field of quantum computing, stating that its Willow chip has overcome a critical resource bottleneck.Google stated that a technology called magic state cultivation is now running on the Willow chip, reducing errors by approximately 40 times and achieving an accuracy of 99.99%. This research was published in the journal Science, and Google also mentioned that it still needs to prove the effectiveness of this technology under large-scale conditions.

Arthur Hayes stated on the X platform that he is uncertain whether AI-related assets will experience a significant drop and is unwilling to bet on their direction of rise or fall.He prefers to trade around the expected eventual multi-trillion dollar bailout and expresses a bullish stance on BTC and ETH.

According to Glassnode data, over 6 million Bitcoins are under publicly visible public keys on the blockchain, accounting for 31.2% of the circulating supply, which is about 5 to 6 percentage points higher than the low point in 2023. Rafael Schultze-Kraft, co-founder of Glassnode, stated that since the company's report in May, the exposed supply has increased by 222,000 BTC (approximately 18.2 billion USD), while the total Bitcoin supply during the same period has only grown by 64,000 BTC.Among them, exchanges contributed an incremental 123,000 BTC, currently holding 1.79 million BTC that are publicly visible. There are significant differences among institutions: Coinbase has an exposure ratio of 10%, while Binance reaches as high as 83%; Fidelity holds about 375,000 BTC with an exposure ratio of only 2%, Grayscale is at 49%, Revolut is at 99%, and Robinhood is at 100%. According to this statistical method, the holdings of the governments of the United States, the United Kingdom, and El Salvador do not show exposure.Public keys can be reused through addresses or become visible directly in certain Bitcoin output types, including early pay-to-public-key outputs and Taproot. A sufficiently capable quantum computer or hypothetical mathematical breakthroughs could allow attackers to derive the corresponding private keys.

According to a report by Reuters, reprinted by Nikkei Asia, the union representing employees at Micron Technology's Taoyuan plant in Taiwan announced on Wednesday that it has obtained authorization for a strike, with the focus of the dispute being the company's bonus plan. The union stated that 1,994 members voted in favor of the strike, accounting for 99% of the voters, while details such as the timing of the strike are still under discussion. Micron has approximately 15,000 employees in Taiwan, with independent unions in Taoyuan and Taichung, and the two unions together represent over 80% of Micron's employees in Taiwan. Micron Taiwan is the company's largest manufacturing base.Taiwan is a key production site for Micron's DRAM and high-bandwidth memory, with related chips being important components for AI servers. Mediation with the Taoyuan union did not reach an agreement in September, and the Taichung union is still in negotiations. In September, Micron announced that it would distribute bonuses for the fiscal year 2026 to over 60,000 employees worldwide, stating that the company had experienced an "extraordinary year," with Taiwanese employees receiving a cash bonus of 1 million New Taiwan Dollars, approximately 31,400 US dollars. The Taoyuan union stated that the plan did not address the request for a permanent profit-sharing mechanism and criticized Micron for announcing the bonuses without first reaching an agreement with the union during the mediation period.

On October 7, Google launched the web platform Playground, where users can describe game ideas in natural language and obtain playable, shareable game versions without writing code. Users can also continue to adjust physical effects, rules, characters, or scenes through dialogue and share their creations via links. This tool is currently open to users over 18 in the United States, with creation permissions tiered according to the user's Google AI subscription level.Games in Playground can run in browsers on mobile phones and laptops. Creators can set their works to private or publish them to the community gallery, and all games must pass a security review, with some categories supporting leaderboards and multiplayer modes. Google refers to it as "an early experiment," and the announcement did not disclose pricing or specify which AI models power the tool.The upgrade path points to Unity Spark, and Google stated that Playground will soon integrate this tool to meet the needs of creators requiring professional-level mechanics and high-fidelity 3D. In a joint statement, Google and Unity announced that Spark will launch later this year, with closed testing starting soon. Previously, DeepMind released the Genie model in 2024, and in January, Google opened Project Genie based on Genie 3 to users of the AI Ultra subscription in the United States.

According to Arkham monitoring, the whale mtAAVEbank.ETH sold over 138,000 LINK six hours ago, worth 1.9 million dollars, at which time BTC had not yet fallen below 84,000 dollars.This whale is suspected of funding its 8x leveraged CRCL position on Hyperliquid by selling LINK, with its position once showing an unrealized loss of over 1.25 million dollars. It currently still holds over 21 million dollars in digital assets, mainly in stablecoins, with over 10% of the funds coming from Aave loans.

U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen criticized Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei and others for their warnings about AI existential risks in an interview with Axios, stating that merely sounding alarm bells without providing solutions is not leadership. She urged lab leaders to take safety responsibilities and to accelerate development safely.

Binance will support SpaceX (SPCXB) airdrop plan for MarsCoin (MARSCOIN) holders, as well as Invesco QQQ Trust (QQQB) airdrop plan for Bullish holders. Effective holdings will be counted starting from September 2026, with the first distribution taking place in early October 2026. Users must complete identity verification (KYC) and be from eligible jurisdictions.

U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessenet told reporters after several hours of talks in New York with Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng and other officials that the discussions were "very successful," covering topics such as artificial intelligence, trade, and investment. The talks took place on September 20 at JPMorgan Chase headquarters, occurring ahead of the summit this week between U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping.Bessenet stated that both sides agreed to establish a dialogue on artificial intelligence, aimed at reaching a common understanding of goals and threats, and plan to meet again. Li Chenggang, China's representative for international trade negotiations at the Ministry of Commerce, said the atmosphere of the talks was good, and the working group would continue discussions on Monday.

Nathan Allman, the founder of Ondo Finance, suddenly passed away in May this year at the age of 32 without leaving a will. His parents, Kathleen Allman and Lawrence Allman, inherited the estate, including a controlling stake in Ondo and a large number of ONDO tokens. Subsequently, Kathleen Allman sued acting CEO Ian De Bode, accusing him of attempting to seize control of the company and arranging a compensation package of approximately $11 million for himself.Now, this inheritance crisis has escalated further. Nathan's half-sister, Lani Clinton, a medical professor at Duke University, along with Ondo investor David Chen, has applied to the Hawaii court for limited oversight of Kathleen Allman's share of the estate, accusing her of having a long-term alcohol use disorder and progressive cognitive impairment, as well as engaging in extravagant behavior. Documents show that Kathleen had purchased a yacht worth about $4 million, requested the company to cover six-figure charter costs, and stayed at hotels costing about $4,000 per night. Her son also purchased a $18.5 million beachfront residence for his parents in June 2025.Kathleen Allman, through her lawyer, denied the above allegations, stating they are unfounded, and claimed that the application was made by associates of De Bode, representing a last-ditch effort after his attempt to seize power in the Delaware Chancery Court failed. Ondo Finance declined to comment.

U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen will attend a hearing of the House Financial Services Committee tonight at 10:00 PM, with the theme being the state of the international financial system. The market is focused on whether she will release new signals regarding fiscal policy, government bond issuance and repurchase plans, debt management, and the outlook for the dollar and interest rates.If her remarks lean towards controlling the deficit, it may alleviate upward pressure on U.S. Treasury yields; if they lean towards fiscal expansion, caution is needed as yields may rise further.