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The stablecoin issuer Tether's Tether AI Research (referred to in the text as Tether Data, S.A. de C.V.) has released the open-source multilingual automatic speech recognition model QVAC TranscribePsy. This model has 254 million parameters and runs entirely on-device, suitable for smartphones, smart glasses, and humanoid robots, with audio not needing to be uploaded to the cloud; smart glasses can process in near real-time via Bluetooth or Wi-Fi, and the model can also run on the robot's onboard processor.Evaluation shows that its word error rate on the Open ASR Leaderboard is 8.02%, 6.58% on Multilingual LibriSpeech, and 21.56% on Common Voice. It outperforms the specifically mentioned Qwen3-ASR-0.6B, omniASR-CTC-1B-v2, OWSM-CTC-v4, and Whisper-Medium on Multilingual LibriSpeech. Among six tested smartphones, it is the fastest model, being 2.6 times faster than the second fastest model and 5.7 times faster than Whisper-small. The Core ML version transcribes 10 minutes of audio into 1.65 seconds on the iPhone 17 Pro Max, occupying less than half the disk space of a certain tested Core ML competitor and using 1.7 times less memory.

Apple plans to launch Apple Smart through the iOS 27.3 system update in December, with the first batch of AI features released two years ago in the United States, covering iPhone, iPad, and Mac.Alibaba provides AI model capabilities, while Baidu is responsible for Siri and visual intelligence features.

NVIDIA (NVDA.O) launched the cuPotential CUDA-X library, accelerating GPU workflows by 2 to 3 times in the early access phase.

According to BBX data, yesterday global US and Japanese stock-listed companies announced their latest financial updates regarding the increase in digital asset treasury holdings, capital tool operations, and optimization of collateralized lending. The core updates are as follows:Strive (NASDAQ: $ASST) increased its holdings by 3,311 BTC last week, bringing the total holdings to 32,773 BTC: The US-listed company Strive disclosed its latest treasury updates, revealing that it made a significant purchase of 3,311 Bitcoins in the open market last week. As of now, Strive's cumulative Bitcoin holdings have officially reached 32,773 BTC. During the same period, warrants valued at $208 million have been exercised, with approximately 15.3 million warrants set to expire on October 14 at 05:00.Metaplanet (TSE: 3350) plans to issue 52 billion yen zero-coupon convertible bonds to enhance the flexibility of pledged BTC for increased holdings: According to Metaplanet's CEO Simon Gerovich, the company announced it will issue zero-coupon yen convertible bonds worth 52 billion yen (approximately $328 million) maturing in 2031, while simultaneously advancing its share buyback plan.

According to official data from Bitget, the fifth batch of rewards for the platform's "Peer Program" has been fully distributed, with a total of 5,130,896 USDT awarded to 3,770,321 participants.In addition, users who enter the event page to claim their rewards will also receive an extra chance to participate in the 8th Anniversary Surprise Blind Box Lottery. The event will last until October 26, and more details can be found on the official Bitget platform.

According to Bloomberg, Polymarket CEO Shayne Coplan recently hinted at the possibility of launching a platform token, sparking speculation in the crypto community about potential token issuance and airdrop plans.Coplan previously stated at the TOKEN2049 conference in Singapore that the company is exploring an on-chain asset linked to the platform's economic system with practical programmable uses, but did not announce specific token issuance plans. Against the backdrop of an increasing number of crypto startups turning to equity financing, Polymarket's potential token issuance plan has drawn attention.

According to Metaplanet CEO Simon Gerovich, Metaplanet announced the issuance of 52 billion yen zero-coupon convertible bonds maturing in 2031, while simultaneously advancing a share buyback.Of the raised funds, up to 28.3 billion yen will be used for discounted repurchase of company shares; 23.6 billion yen will be used to repay loans and release Bitcoin previously locked as collateral, in order to eliminate interest costs and enhance financial flexibility for additional Bitcoin purchases. In addition, Simon Gerovich will lend up to 55 million shares of personal holdings at an annual interest rate of 0.75% to reduce the hedging borrowing costs for institutional investors and optimize the bond issuance conditions.

According to Bitcoin.com analysis, the U.S. prediction market platform Kalshi saw a single-day nominal trading volume of up to $3.9 billion over the weekend, with combo bets contributing about 70% of the weekend's nominal trading volume.The analysis also pointed out that nominal trading volume measures the face value scale of contracts and does not equate to the actual cash invested by buyers, nor does it represent the number of new users on the platform. Therefore, this metric cannot directly reflect Kalshi's actual capital inflow or user growth situation.

Market news shows that Nvidia has invested in Doctolib, GenesisAI, and Pigment.

Hardware wallet manufacturer Trezor stated that in light of recent supply chain security incidents, it has decided to reduce the number of distributors to more effectively review partners.Currently, there is no evidence that Trezor devices have been compromised. This adjustment is a precautionary measure taken out of caution.

Aptos announced on platform X that the initial token unlock arrangement for core contributors and investors was officially completed on October 12, 2026. This plan lasted four years and is entirely consistent with the scheme announced at the launch of the mainnet.As of now, all tokens obtained by core contributors and investors in the initial allocation have been released, and there are no related tokens left to be unlocked.

Nasdaq-listed company Cipher Digital plans to raise funds for its Barber Lake project and high-performance computing (HPC) data center business expansion by issuing $850 million in zero-coupon convertible bonds.Cipher Digital stated that the private placement could be expanded to a maximum of $1 billion if the initial purchasers exercise their option to purchase additional bonds, which would add $150 million in bonds.At the same time, the company plans to convert part of its 1.75% convertible bonds maturing in 2030 into common stock. The company has previously adjusted the planning of its Barber Lake data center project located in Colorado City, Texas, and signed an agreement with Fluidstack and an undisclosed AI laboratory to extend the project contract term from 10 years to 20 years, with expected contract revenue increasing from $3.8 billion to over $9 billion.

Sui liquidity staking protocol Volo announced that the additional incentives for Volo Dowsure stable vault S1 participants are now online. Eligible S1 participants can now claim additional incentives denominated in USD through the exclusive claim page of the Dow Protocol.Volo stated that all eligible Sui wallet addresses and the corresponding deposit amounts have been provided to the Dow Protocol. Participants need to connect and bind their EVM wallet, and after completing the S1 participation verification, they can claim the aforementioned incentives on the Dow Protocol website.

Singapore, October 13, 2026, the BSC ecosystem AI Agent project NeoSoul today announced a strategic cooperation with Alibaba Cloud. NeoSoul has integrated Alibaba Cloud's AI model services into its Agentic Trading product NeoTrade, providing support for model inference and computation for autonomous trading agents; as the product develops and usage scales grow, both parties plan to further explore cloud-based AI technology collaboration.After users set trading rules in NeoTrade, the AI Agent will continuously track market changes, assess trading opportunities, and execute strategies within the authorized scope. The model inference and computation services provided by Alibaba Cloud will support the Agent in repeatedly updating judgments in response to market changes, providing computational resources for autonomous trading applications.Kaelan, co-founder of NeoSoul, stated that AI Agents are evolving from answering questions to continuous decision-making and autonomous execution, rapidly increasing the demands on underlying AI infrastructure; Alibaba Cloud's modeling and computing capabilities will support NeoTrade in handling larger-scale and more complex autonomous trading tasks, and explore the application boundaries of AI Agents in real financial scenarios. An Alibaba Cloud spokesperson stated that they will support the development of NeoTrade through model services and computing capabilities, and continue to explore technological collaboration aimed at next-generation AI Agent applications with NeoSoul.

On Tuesday, Alibaba Group launched the Qwen Glasses N1 series smart glasses at an event in Hangzhou, extending its artificial intelligence strategy into consumer electronics. The company claims to be a full-stack artificial intelligence provider in China, covering everything from data centers and software to end products. The series starts at a pre-discount price of 2999 yuan (approximately 450 USD). Bloomberg reported that this price is not lower than that of industry leader Meta's Ray-Ban smart glasses, with Alibaba aiming to compete on quality and functionality, not just price.Wu Jianjun, General Manager of Qwen AI Hardware Products, stated that the new glasses are equipped with an improved 50-megapixel camera and sensors. The Pro version is priced at 3499 yuan and features eye-tracking capabilities, with a standby time of 25 hours or 9 hours of music playback on a single charge. The new model is about a year after the first version released last November, integrating the Qwen AI assistant more closely and expanding its functionalities. Following Meta's example, Alibaba is trying to make smart glasses an entry point for its artificial intelligence tools and agents. Last month, Meta launched a simplified version of smart glasses without a camera, priced at 349 USD, primarily for interaction with the Muse AI assistant.

The Japanese-listed Bitcoin treasury company Metaplanet announced plans to issue zero-coupon convertible bonds in European yen, totaling approximately $333 million (52 billion yen), maturing in 2031, marking the company's first issuance of such bonds. Merrill International will act as the exclusive bookrunner, with an issuance price of 102.5% of face value. The bonds will be listed on the Singapore Exchange, with net proceeds of approximately $333 million (51.9 billion yen).Of this amount, approximately $151 million (23.6 billion yen) will be used to repay credit financing secured by Bitcoin, and up to approximately $181 million (28.3 billion yen) will be used for stock repurchases. These funds will not be used to purchase Bitcoin. As of September 30, the company holds 44,000 Bitcoins, with a credit financing borrowing balance of approximately $650 million, accounting for about 17.7% of the net asset value of Bitcoin, exceeding the company's set target cap of 10%. The company plans to repurchase up to approximately $162 million (25.3 billion yen) in stock through ToSTNeT-3 on October 14, and establish a total repurchase limit of approximately $385 million (60 billion yen).

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.

According to SoSoValue data, the total net outflow of Bitcoin spot ETFs is $65.401 million. The Bitcoin spot ETF with the highest single-day net outflow is Blackrock ETF IBIT, with a single-day net outflow of $65.401 million. Currently, the historical total net inflow of IBIT has reached $65.668 billion.As of the time of publication, the total net asset value of Bitcoin spot ETFs is $106.058 billion, and the ETF net asset ratio (the market value compared to the total market value of Bitcoin) is 6.35%. The historical cumulative net inflow has reached $57.041 billion.

According to BBX data, yesterday global publicly listed companies in the U.S. stock market and leading investment institutions disclosed the latest developments in digital asset treasury allocation, equity tokenization, and mixed financial innovations in real estate. The core information is as follows:Strategy (NASDAQ: $MSTR) increased its holdings by 250 BTC last week, raising its dollar reserves to $5.5 billion: The world's largest corporate Bitcoin treasury publicly listed company, Strategy, disclosed its latest ledger. Last week, the company increased its holdings by another 250 Bitcoins in the secondary market, while spending $192 million to repurchase its STRC preferred shares. As of October 11, 2026, the total amount of Bitcoin held by Strategy has risen to 848,250 BTC, and the balance of dollar reserves in the balance sheet has increased to $5.5 billion.Zhibao Technology (NASDAQ: $ZBAO) plans to explore stock tokenization and evaluate re-staking 2,380 BTC for liquidity: Nasdaq-listed insurtech company Zhibao Technology announced the signing of a strategic cooperation framework agreement with the liquidity re-staking protocol Bedrock. Both parties will establish a joint working group to explore the tokenization of its Class A common stock registered with the U.S. SEC at the transfer agent level (retaining full voting and dividend rights) and explore integration with compliant DeFi applications; at the same time, Zhibao Technology is evaluating the possibility of putting part of its treasury holdings of 2,380 Bitcoins into Bedrock's uniBTC infrastructure. This agreement is currently non-binding and still needs to go through due diligence, compliance review between China and the U.S., and complete restructuring if necessary, with a formal agreement expected to be signed within the next 12 months.BitMine (NASDAQ: $BMNR) increased its holdings by over 12,000 ETH last week, raising its total holdings to 6.028 million: Nasdaq-listed mining company BitMine disclosed that it increased its holdings by another 12,532 Ethereum last week. As of October 11, 2026, its total Ethereum holdings reached 6,028,946 ETH (approximately 4.9% of the total supply on the network). Currently, BitMine's total asset value is approximately $16.2 billion (including $612 million in cash and securities, 214 Bitcoins, $180 million in Beast Industries equity, and $85 million in Eightco investments). Of these, the staked Ethereum remains at 5,067,309 (accounting for 84% of total holdings), valued at approximately $12.9 billion, with current annualized staking income of about $336 million.DeFi Development (NASDAQ: $DFDV) increased its holdings by over 22,000 SOL last week, bringing total holdings close to 2.59 million: Solana treasury company DeFi Development announced that in the past week, its holdings of SOL and SOL equivalents increased by 22,070. The cumulative holdings on the balance sheet have reached approximately 2,586,282 SOL, continuously promoting on-chain staking and validator node operations.Cardone Capital disclosed a $1 billion mixed real estate and Bitcoin platform, planning to refinance to increase holdings by 500 BTC: Real estate investment firm Cardone Capital's founder Grant Cardone revealed that its mixed investment model in real estate and Bitcoin has attracted about 3,000 investors over the past 18 months, with a cumulative transaction scale of $1 billion. Its first project cost $72 million to acquire property and allocated $17 million in Bitcoin, with the property currently generating about $360,000 in monthly rental cash flow, all of which is used for continuous Bitcoin purchases. The project is planning to refinance the underlying property to use the loan to buy back 500 Bitcoins, which will increase the project's holdings to about 700 Bitcoins. Cardone also revealed that Bitcoin currently accounts for about 20% of his personal investment portfolio.

On October 12, 2026, Bulgarian bank Fibank (First Investment Bank) signed a strategic cooperation agreement with the Austrian licensed cryptocurrency service provider Bitpanda GmbH. The cooperation will allow Fibank customers to directly access cryptocurrency asset service technology provided by Bitpanda through the My Fibank mobile application. The article states that Fibank thus becomes the first bank in Bulgaria to offer integrated cryptocurrency trading access to its customers.Customers can apply and, once approved, use the related services through the embedded Bitpanda interface in My Fibank around the clock, with a minimum investment threshold of 1 euro. The cryptocurrency asset services are provided by Bitpanda, and access depends on Bitpanda's acceptance of potential customers and its applicable terms and standards. The article explains that these digital products are different from traditional deposits and financial instruments, and do not come with guarantees or compensation plans.Fibank CEO Nikola Bakalov stated that the cooperation with Bitpanda is the next step for My Fibank to expand financial services as a digital platform, emphasizing collaboration with European technology partners and compliance with applicable regulatory requirements. Bitpanda Enterprise's global head Nadeem Ladki stated that the two parties will bring cryptocurrency services to over 1 million customers in Bulgaria. Fibank claims to be the largest bank in Bulgaria by capital holdings, with core operations in Bulgaria and branches in Cyprus and a subsidiary in Albania.