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Larry Fink, CEO of the world's largest asset management company BlackRock, stated in an interview with CNBC on Wednesday that if the United States implements "some kind of pause" on data center construction, it will plunge the U.S. economy into recession. He said, "A large part of our economy is built on such capital expenditure expansion." Data centers are buildings that house a large number of computers and provide computing power for artificial intelligence. Fink's remarks were in response to calls to halt data center construction due to concerns about environmental impacts.Fink dismissed concerns about data centers, stating that most fears are based on "misinformation," and emphasized that "data centers are not the problem." He also pointed out their demand for labor in construction, energy infrastructure, and AI computing hardware. A survey by the Pew Research Center shows that at least 49% of Americans believe data centers negatively impact the environment and the quality of life for surrounding residents. Moody's estimates that U.S. capital expenditure on data centers will reach $700 billion this year, accumulating between $2.4 trillion and $2.48 trillion by 2030, with the global total reaching $7 trillion by the end of this decade.Fink also warned about the government debt issue, stating that the U.S. fiscal deficit is having a serious impact, with national debt rising from $8 trillion in 2000 to $40 trillion in 2026, "an increase of $32 trillion over 26 years," causing a huge shock to credit demand and leading to larger government bond auction sizes. He believes that private capital needs to be unleashed to drive the U.S. economy to achieve 3% growth. BlackRock saw a net inflow of $205 billion in the third quarter, with revenue growth of 19%, adjusted earnings per share increasing by 38% year-on-year, and operating profit margin rising to 47.8%.

According to Axios, senior advisors to Ukrainian President Zelensky communicated with White House officials to inquire whether a decision had been made to cut off "Starlink" services and to discuss solutions. The Ukrainian side also had similar communications with the CIA and the Pentagon. White House officials stated that they could not control SpaceX, and the Trump administration would contact SpaceX to understand the situation.

According to PR Newswire, the cryptocurrency payment platform Mesh announced the launch of Link Chat. The company stated that this is an AI-driven product experience within Mesh Link, allowing users to initiate financial operations using natural language.This capability has gone live and is being rolled out to partners, with plans to expand to the Mesh product stack, covering payments and other supported transaction types. Mesh was founded in 2020 and is building a cryptocurrency payment network connecting hundreds of exchanges, wallets, and financial service platforms.According to Mesh, after users make a request, the platform can present eligible accounts and funding sources, including connected accounts and compatible accounts that can be connected. An example intent is to deposit 50 USDC into an account.Users specify the action they intend to take and review and confirm the transaction details, after which Mesh orchestrates the connection between the funding source and the target platform, requiring user approval before the funds move. Relevant uses include transferring funds into accounts, completing payments, or other supported operations.

Chainlink's Data Feeds and Data Streams have officially launched on the Stellar network.Stellar stated that developers can use this to access reliable market data, develop lending markets, prediction markets, perpetual contracts, and other DeFi applications, further enhancing the utility of Stellar's over $4 billion RWA ecosystem.

The Ukrainian military reported that SpaceX's Starlink satellite internet system is facing new usage restrictions. Polish Foreign Minister Sikorski questioned Musk whether he is using the product to play politics.An advisor to the Ukrainian president stated that SpaceX has imposed restrictions on Starlink terminals, and Ukraine has not received any notification. Starlink has become an important infrastructure for communication on the Ukrainian battlefield, with Poland funding part of the costs.

According to Onchain Lens monitoring, Galaxy Digital OTC clients transferred 134,000 LINK to Binance, worth 1.73 million USD, possibly for sale.

According to official news, Starknet announced the launch of shadow accounts, allowing users to participate in public DeFi activities through an independent address controlled by themselves, while keeping the association between this address and the main wallet confidential.Shadow accounts are independent pseudonymous addresses on Starknet, with funds sourced from the user's protected STRK20 balance. The first integration will go live tomorrow. The balance, transaction records, and holdings in various applications of the shadow account will still be publicly visible on-chain, but STRK20 can protect the association information between the shadow account and the user's main wallet. This means that users do not need to hide their DeFi activities themselves, while also reducing the likelihood of external observers tracing related activities back to their main wallet.

Hardware wallet manufacturer COLDCARD stated that its official X account had previously posted a fake security announcement, directing users to a phishing website disguised as a wallet migration guide. The post has been deleted, but no corresponding login, session, or access records have been found.COLDCARD indicated that its credentials and offline two-factor authentication remain secure, leading to suspicions that the attacker may have gained X platform-level or administrative access, and has requested an urgent investigation by the X security team. The company also mentioned unverified reports of X administrator accounts being sold on the dark web, but no connection to this incident has been found.

The meme coin issuance platform Pump.fun will adjust its call reward mechanism, linking rewards to the actual earnings of followers. Co-founder Alon stated that starting from the settlement on October 10, recommending low market cap tokens will receive less reward.Pump.fun is a meme coin issuance platform running on the Solana network, where users can create and trade tokens.

Privacy infrastructure Hinkal announced on October 9, 2026, its participation in the Mastercard Crypto Partner Program. This program connects crypto and blockchain teams, Mastercard teams, and its global payment network, with members including stablecoin issuers, infrastructure providers, fiat exchange service providers, crypto card supporters, and blockchain and blockchain service providers. Mastercard positions it as a way to transform technological capabilities into compliant use cases for global commerce; some members can also access financial institutions within the card issuing and acquiring networks and receive regulatory and compliance support aligned with global standards.Related use cases include cross-border payments and remittances, B2B transactions, fund and settlement flows, stablecoin payments, and card projects that allow users to spend digital assets at regular merchants. Hinkal can provide embeddable privacy capabilities for wallets, payment platforms, and chains, allowing stablecoins to settle in private balances and transfer using zero-knowledge proofs, ensuring that the amount, sender, or receiver is not disclosed during on-chain transfer verification. This capability is already live on Ethereum, Polygon, Solana, TRON, and other major EVM chains, accessible via SDK and API.Existing integrations include Private Send in Polygon Wallet, Hinkal Private Send in the Tether wallet development kit, Turnkey wallets that can enhance privacy features through Hinkal SDK, and Avvio running Hinkal private payments on its own interface.

According to Etherscan data, two non-circulating supply multi-signature wallets of Chainlink (Noncirculating Supply 17, 24) transferred a total of approximately 7.4 million LINK to Binance's deposit address at 03:53 and 04:01 Beijing time today, valued at approximately 94.32 million USD.Whale Alert also monitored the aforementioned transfers.

SpaceX has received approval from the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to launch 15,000 Starlink second-generation satellites for global 2GHz spectrum.

According to official news, Chainlink announced the launch of CCIP Vault Adapters, allowing decentralized finance (DeFi) vaults on a single network to directly receive one-click deposits from over 80 supported blockchains, without the need to redeploy vaults across different chains.

According to an official post from Chainlink, it has launched the institutional financing and collateral management solution Fulcrum, which separates financing agreement management from cash and collateral settlement networks, supports cross-chain repurchase (Repo) and 24/7 collateral movement, and will demonstrate with DTCC at Sibos 2026.Chainlink also stated that 40 new integrations were added in September, covering 24 users including Aave, Coinbase, Paxos, Monad, Tempo, and others.

ChainCatcher live report, at the Token2049 conference in Singapore, Gemini co-founders Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss stated that Zcash is the cryptocurrency version of Bitcoin, just as the early internet was HTTP, Zcash is HTTPS. They also announced that they have submitted a spot Zcash ETF application to the SEC.

Polymarket CEO Shayne Coplan stated at Token2049 that they are exploring an on-chain asset linked to the Polymarket economy that also has true programmatic utility, which he referred to as "the way stocks should be."Shayne Coplan also emphasized very cautiously that this is not investment advice.

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.

According to market news, Winklevoss has submitted a spot Zcash ETF application to the U.S. SEC, which is planned to be listed on Nasdaq under the ticker WINK.