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According to the latest stock derivatives exchange ranking released by RootData, the top three exchanges are Binance, Bitget, and Gate.Among them, Binance scored 95.4, with a 24h trading volume of approximately 25.341 billion USD and a market share of 45.57%; Bitget scored 93, with a 24h trading volume of approximately 3.073 billion USD and a market share of 5.53%; Gate scored 92.6, with a 24h trading volume of approximately 964 million USD and a market share of 1.74%.

Bitcoin News posted on platform X stating that Michael Saylor explained that Strategy intends to have investors accept selling Bitcoin as part of its overall financial strategy. When Strategy initially sold 32 Bitcoins, the market reacted excessively; subsequently, the market absorbed the sale of thousands of Bitcoins without a negative impact on the price.Saylor stated that when it aligns with the interests of shareholders and credit investors, Strategy must be able to buy and sell Bitcoin.

According to official disclosures from JPYC, the cumulative issuance of its issuance and redemption service JPYC EX surpassed 10 billion yen as of September 18, with users expanding from individuals to local Japanese businesses and overseas projects.On September 17, JPYC was listed on the South Korean exchange Upbit, trading against the Korean won, BTC, and USDT markets, but the market price temporarily deviated from 1 yen after the listing. In addition, Netstars signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Kaia DLT Foundation to integrate the stablecoins circulating on Kaia into its payment networks such as StarPay, which has approximately 700,000 affiliated stores; the Osaka physical store of Mi&T received a subsidy from the Osaka Prefecture for its JPYC payment pilot, planning to implement it in about 5 stores from November 2026 to March 2027.

Michael Roberts, Head of Corporate and Institutional Banking at HSBC Holdings, stated that as AI infrastructure development progresses, banks and investors are becoming more cautious in providing financing and are demanding higher investment returns. Global stock markets faced a sell-off due to falling stock prices of chip manufacturers, intensifying concerns about financing challenges. PwC estimates that by 2050, related investment spending in the Asia region alone could reach $8.2 trillion.

According to a recent report by AlphaWire, Edwin Cheung, Executive Director of Gate, stated in an interview during TOKEN2049 Singapore that the payment business will become an important growth direction for Gate, serving individuals and corporate users with daily fund transfer needs.On October 7, Gate officially launched Gate Money, allowing users to open a global electronic bank account in their own name through the Gate App, and as services gradually open, it will accept payments in over 60 local currencies, connecting digital assets with everyday financial scenarios. Edwin Cheung pointed out that stablecoins can reduce the number of intermediary banks in cross-border transfers and enhance the transparency of fund flows. In the future, it will coexist long-term with traditional bank transfers, instant payments, and QR code payments, and will play a greater role in cross-currency payments as services develop in Europe, Asia, and the Middle East. Gate Money integrates functions of fiat currency, digital assets, stocks, ETFs, and gold, providing integrated financial services.Regarding institutional business and security, he mentioned that institutional investors remain highly concerned about liquidity and counterparty risk. Gate offers an OES over-the-counter settlement solution, allowing institutional clients' assets to be retained in third-party custodians while still utilizing Gate's liquidity and trading services, and enhancing transparency with reserve proof. He emphasized that user trust is crucial, and Gate's compliance qualifications, risk control system, and cooperation with various market regulatory agencies are key to the sustainable development of the business.

Vitalik posted on the X platform to congratulate the @zksync Airbender team for achieving this milestone. He believes that the speed competition of zkEVMs has achieved a decisive victory, and the primary focus should shift entirely to security.Vitalik stated that this means there is a need to formally verify the equivalence of arithmetic and Ethereum specifications, the hard upper limit of the ratio of prover costs to total block Gas, and the security of the proof system itself.

According to SoSoValue data, yesterday (Eastern Time October 14), the total net outflow of the HYPE spot ETF in the United States was $4.95 million.The HYPE spot ETF with the highest net outflow yesterday was the Bitwise Hyperliquid ETF (BHYP), with a net outflow of $1.8174 million for the day, and the historical total net inflow currently stands at $140 million. Following that was the Grayscale Hyperliquid Staking ETF (HYPG), with a net outflow of $1.7308 million for the day, and the historical total net inflow currently stands at $153 million. As of the time of writing, the total net asset value of the HYPE spot ETF is $431 million, with a net asset ratio of 2.39%, and the historical cumulative net inflow has reached $329 million.On the same day, the total net outflow of the SOL spot ETF in the United States was $1.2946 million. Only the Bitwise Solana Staking ETF (BSOL) experienced a net outflow yesterday, with a net outflow of $1.2946 million for the day, and the historical total net inflow currently stands at $1.196 billion. As of the time of writing, the total net asset value of the SOL spot ETF is $1.657 billion, with a net asset ratio of 2.70%, and the historical cumulative net inflow has reached $1.580 billion.

According to BBX data, yesterday global publicly listed companies in the U.S. disclosed their latest accounts regarding digital asset treasury allocations and institutional-level ecosystem deployments. The core updates are as follows:Strive invests an additional $235 million to acquire 2,822 BTC, total holdings exceed 35,000: Strive, a publicly listed Bitcoin treasury company, announced via social media that as of Tuesday local time in the U.S., it has once again utilized $235 million to purchase 2,822 Bitcoins in the secondary market. Following this large-scale acquisition, Strive's total Bitcoin holdings have significantly increased to 35,595 BTC.Evernorth (NASDAQ: $XRPN) partners with four major institutions, deploying $648 million in XRP starting in the fourth quarter: Evernorth, which has just completed its Nasdaq reverse merger, announced that it has officially selected Ripple, Kraken, Coinbase, and BitGo as its first institutional strategic partners. The company plans to fully deploy approximately 473 million XRP (valued at about $648 million at current market prices) held in its treasury starting in the fourth quarter of this year, to deepen its liquidity provision and infrastructure development within the XRP ecosystem.

Unified Account Protocol Clovis announced that the private mainnet is now live. Clovis integrates revenue, cross-chain assets, and collateralized lending into a single unified account, allowing users to deposit assets on supported chains and transfer assets between chains.According to the official statement, users can use eligible positions to natively borrow assets in the market built on Morpho on Base.

Bitwise analyst Ishmael Asad posted on the X platform that Bitwise is currently collaborating with over 20 wealth management platforms, with a total asset management scale of approximately $24 trillion. Bitwise is also promoting the approval of cryptocurrency exchange-traded products (ETPs) by relevant platforms so that their investment advisors can provide clients with channels for cryptocurrency allocation.Currently, among the institutions collaborating with Bitwise, 17 have approved cryptocurrency concept stock ETPs, 11 have approved Bitcoin ETPs, 6 have approved Ethereum ETPs, 6 have approved ETPs for the top ten cryptocurrency portfolios, and 2 have approved Solana ETPs, with 1 each approving Bitcoin and gold combination and XRP ETPs. Asad stated that since the first batch of spot cryptocurrency ETFs was launched in January 2024, the cumulative net inflow into cryptocurrency ETPs has been approximately $77 billion. Currently, there are over 50 spot cryptocurrency ETPs in the U.S. market, and the number is still increasing, covering BTC, ETH, SOL, AVAX, LINK, XRP, ZEC, HYPE, cryptocurrency portfolios, and more. In addition, the interest of wealth management institutions in cryptocurrency assets is also continuously growing, and the related demand is extending from ETPs to cryptocurrency trading and custody, payment, and tokenization fields.

According to Coinglass data, if BTC breaks through 85,737 USD, the cumulative short liquidation intensity on mainstream CEX will reach 2.293 billion USD. Conversely, if BTC falls below 78,177 USD, the cumulative long liquidation intensity on mainstream CEX will reach 1.416 billion USD.

OAK Research researcher Lilian Aliaga wrote that the on-chain options protocol Derive (formerly Lyra) has a nominal trading volume of $14.22 billion since January this year, approximately 2.6 times that of the entire year of 2025, accounting for nearly 75% of the on-chain options nominal trading volume and 88.1% of the paid premiums. The nominal trading volume in September was $3.43 billion, and it has exceeded $1 billion in the first week of October.The article states that Derive completed its V3 migration on October 6, 2026, abandoning its own chain and opting for zero-knowledge applications to settle directly on Ethereum, planning to become an options engine accessible to other applications. V3 introduces mutually isolated risk domains, including Prime covering BTC and ETH, an independent HYPE domain, an Alt domain covering SOL, XRP, ZEC, and DOGE, and an RWA domain covering tokenized gold.According to the article, Derive launched V2 in December 2023, replacing automated market makers with an order book as the main source of liquidity, and will launch portfolio margin in February 2024; Lyra will be renamed Derive in August 2024, and DRV will be launched in January 2025. In October 2025, FalconX became the publicly confirmed institutional market maker quoting on Derive, with collateral retained on its own side and positions represented on-chain in fxUSDC.

On the 11th, Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates stated in a television interview that AI is the most dangerous technology ever invented by humanity, with risks exceeding those of cars, airplanes, and pharmaceuticals. He mentioned that the real threat at present is not AI going out of control, as that scenario is still years away from becoming a reality; rather, the more immediate threat is criminals using AI to carry out extortion, manipulate the stock market, and other crimes.Gates indicated that as criminals crack and bypass the security protections of the latest AI models, there will be a significant number of negative events in the cybersecurity field over the next year. He also mentioned concerns about biosecurity, stating that AI has significant implications for fields such as healthcare, but the potential risks still outweigh those of traditional industries that are already under strict regulation. Currently, there is no effective regulatory framework established globally, and within the next year, industry governance will have to move beyond mere self-regulation, while existing resource investments are far from sufficient.According to reports cited by the Financial Associated Press, Ken McCallum, the director of the UK's MI5, stated in the annual threat assessment that AI is exacerbating the cyber offense and defense game and may change the risk landscape of biological weapons. MI5 has announced the establishment of an AI threat assessment center. Additionally, reports indicate that executives from laboratories such as OpenAI and Anthropic have recently privately simulated disaster response plans, believing that a likely scenario involves cyberattacks impacting financial services, internet connectivity, or water and electricity supply.

On October 14, the stablecoin payment blockchain Tempo announced that the payroll payment platform Deel has become the first customer to use its Zones privacy system in a production environment, with contractor balances and payment histories no longer publicly accessible. According to the case study released by Tempo, the funds deposited by Deel's treasury department into its Zone remain visible on the public network, but which contractors received payments, how much each received, and what assets they hold are private; contractors can view their own balances, while Deel retains access for reconciliation and auditing.Each Zone maintains a private ledger connected to the Tempo public network through a portal that holds endorsed assets. According to Tempo's privacy documentation, operators can read the ledger, while deposits and withdrawals will leave records on the public network, including the amount of tokens and public network addresses. Operators can also restrict the participants and assets supported by the Zone and apply the transfer policies of the token issuers. Tempo demonstrated an example of private accounts using public financial products: after depositing into the Zone, accessing public Earn products, and then bringing the positions back to the Zone, their balances and holdings remain private.This launch adds privacy features to Deel's existing wallet, which was opened to qualified contractors in over 80 countries in August. Tempo stated that this integration does not change Deel's existing customer wallet and treasury infrastructure, with embedded wallet service provider Privy supporting Zones through its API.

According to Coinglass data, if ETH breaks through $2,548, the cumulative short liquidation intensity on mainstream CEX will reach $1.264 billion. Conversely, if ETH falls below $2,319, the cumulative long liquidation intensity on mainstream CEX will reach $703 million.

The Federal Reserve's Beige Book shows that since the last Beige Book was released, two of the twelve Federal Reserve districts reported moderate growth in economic activity.

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