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According to The Block, the Indian fintech platform Mochatrade, incubated by Y Combinator, has completed a $5.56 million financing round, led by CoinFund with participation from Coinbase Ventures. The company previously received pre-seed investments from Y Combinator and Pioneer Fund.Mochatrade offers perpetual contracts linked to U.S. stock prices for Indian traders, allowing users to deposit and trade in rupees via UPI, covering over 50 types of U.S. stock perpetual contracts as well as Pre-IPO stocks, commodities, indices, and crypto assets, with a maximum leverage of 50 times. The platform is built on Hyperliquid, utilizes non-custodial wallets, supports 24/7 settlement, and does not require overseas remittances.Mochatrade co-founder Chetan Manda told The Block that the platform is currently in the testing phase and plans to open to the public in the coming weeks. The company is advancing its registration with the Indian financial intelligence agency FIU-IND and is collaborating with local law firms to establish a compliance framework.

On October 25, 2026, Bilibili UP Master "Brother Feng on the Run" released a video titled "A Day of Daily Settlement Experience at Majia Bridge." In the footage, street stalls display the words "Binance New User Promotion," with the relevant segment appearing around 04:08 in the video.Majia Bridge is located outside the sixth ring road in the southeast of Beijing, adjacent to the Yizhuang Economic and Technological Development Zone, where a large daily settlement labor market has spontaneously formed. The video and related description state that APP user acquisition refers to intermediaries finding passersby to download and register the application, and sometimes they also need to complete their first use, after which cash rewards are paid to them.

According to a statement from Keystone Hardware Wallet, its official website was breached on October 20 due to a vulnerability in third-party monitoring tools, resulting in the acquisition of approximately 25,964 purchase records containing personal information, 12,873 unpaid checkout records, and device WebAuth authentication keys. Mnemonic phrases, private keys, and payment information were not affected.Keystone will destroy 18,835 devices containing old keys from its inventory, suspend shipments from the official website, and switch to pre-sales, while reminding users that there is no need to transfer assets and to be wary of scams such as "recalls."

Anthropic stated in the S-1 filing that computing power is a key issue the company faces. If it cannot obtain sufficient computing power or fails to allocate it effectively, the company may not be able to train models that remain competitive with its rivals.Anthropic is paying fees to obtain computing capacity from companies like SpaceX, but it expects that demand will continue to exceed supply in the short term.

a16z recently submitted a public comment letter to the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) in response to the CFTC's request for comments on the listing of computing power derivative contracts, expressing support for establishing a regulated computing power derivatives market in the United States. The related derivatives would help AI startups and cloud service providers hedge against computing power price, utilization, and duration risks, and reduce the financing costs of AI infrastructure.a16z stated that the CFTC does not need new statutory authority, as the Commodity Exchange Act (CEA), Part 38 core principles, and Part 40 self-certification process are sufficient, and no new rules are needed prior to listing. The letter suggested that the CFTC rely on the existing regulatory framework to support the adoption of computing power price benchmarks that comply with the principles of the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO), and allow exchanges to launch cash-settled computing power futures, including fixed-term futures and perpetual contracts.a16z crypto is an investor in Ornn, and ICE announced in May plans to launch GPU computing power futures based on the Ornn Computing Power Price Index (OCPI).

According to CoinDesk, the Indian cryptocurrency exchange CoinDCX has confirmed a loss of $16 million. The reason is that its fund sweeping process failed to transfer customer deposits from the wallet that was hacked in July 2025.The exchange stated that it will bear this loss itself and claimed that the funds of active users are still safe.

Recently, there has been discussion in the market about Cambrian's chip shipments exceeding 1 million units next year. At the Cambrian third quarter earnings briefing on the afternoon of October 26, Cambrian's Chairman and General Manager Chen Tian Shi responded that the company has never engaged in any related communication.Chen Tian Shi stated that market information is complex, and he urged investors not to trust information from unknown or unverified sources. The above response was reported by Yicai.

Binance founder CZ recently accepted an interview with Japanese business media PIVOT, discussing his decision to voluntarily go to the United States to plead guilty and pay a hefty fine. He emphasized that this was because he did not want to be a fugitive or evade issues. CZ stated that Binance was only involved in registration-related violations, with no fraud and no victims, and that users have always been well protected. Serving time was an unpleasant experience and a lesson.CZ also mentioned that recently, American banks have committed more serious violations but were only fined $1.2 billion and were not prosecuted. He stated that the world is inherently unfair, but he is no longer entangled in it and wants to focus on moving forward, learning from experiences to do more positive things.

According to "Du Jia," Tencent is currently beta testing "HermitKit," an AI capability plugin for WeChat Mini Programs, providing three levels of access: API, UI components, and Demo. This plugin supports streaming calls to large models through ChatApi, creates and manages Agents using AgentBuilder, and enables multi-turn conversations, with built-in session storage and long-term memory capabilities. Additionally, it can bind remote Agents via QR code scanning through AgentChannel to complete message sending and receiving.Currently, HermitKit showcases 7 types of functional demonstrations, including AI SDK, Agent Channel, Agent Management, Pet Agent, Chatbot, Travel Planning, and Plugin Market. Among them, the AI SDK aligns with cloud development APIs such as createModel, generateText, and streamText; the Pet Agent allows developers to read pet status through interfaces and trigger status changes using props; the Plugin Market enables searching, publishing, and downloading MCP, Skill, and Expert resource packages. This plugin has not officially launched yet, and related capabilities may still be subject to adjustments, with specifics to be confirmed by official statements.

According to a report by the Economic Daily, Apple's first foldable device, the iPhone Duo, quickly sold out after its launch on October 23 on the official website and major channels, with all models sold out on the same day. The second wave of shipments is expected to arrive on January 22, 2027. Supply chain sources indicate that Apple has requested its partners to expedite production and increase orders by 30%, with optimism surrounding Hon Hai, TSMC, and New Kinpo Group benefiting from this.The report states that scalper prices once reached NT$100,000, a premium of about 33% over the minimum entry price of NT$74,900. Industry insiders noted that the initial stock was insufficient, affected by assembly yield rates and demand exceeding Apple's expectations. Market research firms originally anticipated a stock volume of only 6 million units this year, which was later revised up to 8 million to 10 million units, with shipments expected to reach 33 million units by 2027, and it is estimated that it could capture about 40% of the global foldable device market next year.Supply chain sources indicate that the complete assembly is exclusively handled by Hon Hai, the core processor chips are manufactured by TSMC, and key bearing components are supplied by a joint venture between Hon Hai and New Kinpo Group, with Amphenol as the second supplier. The industry believes that insufficient production capacity is mainly limited by bearing capacity and the difficulty of complete assembly. The above content is a summary of supply chain and market research estimates and is not an official announcement from Apple.

The Hong Kong dollar stablecoin joint venture Anchorpoint, established by Standard Chartered Bank and Animoca Brands, stated that it will cautiously advance products aimed at retail users and has not confirmed a specific launch time. Anchorpoint's CEO Dominic Maffei declined to reiterate the previous timeline of "opening retail by the end of 2026" during a press conference on Friday, stating that the company would adopt a prudent strategy. He mentioned that the market should be built in a long-term and sustainable manner, and rushing to launch is "not reasonable."Anchorpoint launched its institutional-grade stablecoin product in August 2026. This statement comes as HSBC launched the Hong Kong dollar stablecoin RedCoin for its 3.3 million PayMe app users on Friday. Anchorpoint originates from the collaboration between Standard Chartered Bank, Animoca Brands, and telecommunications operator HKT, which was announced in February 2025. The three parties previously participated together in the Hong Kong stablecoin issuer sandbox in July 2024. Animoca is responsible for providing blockchain expertise and industry networks for the joint venture and promoting the application of the stablecoin in the Web3 ecosystem.

The co-founder of the cryptocurrency trading app Fomo, Se Yong Park, posted on platform X stating that the current number of tokens in the market has become excessive. The team has no intention of launching new tokens but hopes to help build a future that allows the strongest communities to continue to grow and thrive.Se Yong Park had previously denied that Fomo plans to launch a Solana ecosystem token issuance platform and stated that the team has no intention of competing with Pump.fun through related products.

According to Sveriges Radio, the Swedish government office announced that starting from October 26 (Monday), ChatGPT and Claude will be banned on employee computers, with Microsoft Copilot approved as the only AI tool that has passed security review, and civil servants are required to switch to using Copilot.Mikael Wettercrantz, the agency's Director of Digitalization, stated in a post on the employee intranet that using AI services without a formal contract could "have consequences for our information security." He noted that multiple cases of improper use of open AI services have been identified, involving the sensitivity of the information inputted and the handling of AI-generated content. Due to the lack of formal agreements, consumer-grade AI tools send user queries to external company servers, and U.S. law allows authorities to request these companies to hand over data as required.Copilot is allowed to remain because the government office enhanced its security settings after review, while ChatGPT and Claude did not receive the same treatment. Some employees can still access these two banned tools through the AI platform built internally by the agency. Previously, the Swedish Tax Agency and the National Board of Health and Welfare had implemented similar bans, and the enforcement agency is also about to make a decision; an internal audit by the Transport Agency found about 10 AI services being "widely and at high risk" used.

According to a report by CryptoSlate, the UK's Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) stated in its latest draft of regulatory guidelines that if a cryptocurrency trading application autonomously selects trading platforms and trading paths based on factors such as price, liquidity, trading costs, or execution speed through algorithms, it may be deemed to be engaging in regulated crypto asset trading arrangement activities and will need to obtain the appropriate license.

According to the information released by the SEC, Robinhood (HOOD) director Bhatt Baiju sold 50,912 shares of the company's stock on October 21 at an average price of $101.4 per share, for a total value of approximately $5.1625 million. After the transaction, his direct holdings decreased to 4,636 shares.

According to Lookonchain monitoring, an Ethereum OG who purchased 100,000 ETH at a price of $0.31 during the ICO period sold 1,000 ETH 6 hours ago.

Research institution Tiger Research researcher Ryan Yoon released the final report of the prediction market series, discussing whether prediction markets have practical utility. The report states that participants bear the judgment results with funds, and prices are updated in real-time with new information, forming probability distributions comparable to traditional polls, expert surveys, and economic forecasts; prediction markets have expanded from sports and election predictions to macroeconomic and geopolitical data infrastructure.The report lists that Google Finance, CNBC, CNN, and The Wall Street Journal have displayed prediction market probabilities, and the parent company of the New York Stock Exchange, Intercontinental Exchange, along with the electronic bond trading platform Tradeweb, distributes relevant data to institutional clients. A working paper from the Federal Reserve Board describes the prediction market Kalshi as a high-frequency, continuously updated benchmark with rich information distribution. The paper states that Kalshi's median and mode predictions for the federal funds rate recorded perfectly the day before the FOMC meeting and significantly outperformed federal funds futures during that period; compared to Bloomberg consensus, it is more accurate for overall CPI and statistically similar for core CPI and unemployment rate.The report also cites research from the Iowa Electronic Markets: in five U.S. presidential elections from 1988 to 2004, and in a comparison of 964 polls, it was more accurate in 74% of cases; the average voting share error one week before the election was 1.5 percentage points, lower than Gallup's final poll of 2.1 percentage points. The report suggests that the platform needs to deepen liquidity to resist manipulation, communicate with regulatory agencies, and position itself as a monitoring tool while maintaining open transparency and data supported by independent research.